((ht: NFHSNetwork.com))
Nothing like winning a High School Football playoff game with a walk-off TD pass.
Which is exactly what happened in the Mays (Atlanta, GA) vs. Jones County (GA) game in Atlanta Friday night. The two teams squared off in a state quarterfinal game.
Jones County leads 41-38 with :04 seconds left. But Mays has the ball on the 17 yard line.
QB Asahnia Adderhold drops back to pass, avoids a couple of pass rushers and as the clock hits :00, throws the ball into the end zone where Julius Whitehead makes the catch.
Game over, Mays wins 44-41...and moves on to the semi-finals.
Highlights from the folks at NFHSNetwork.com:
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Saturday, November 29, 2014
Friday, October 31, 2014
Georgia Southern's Win Streak Is 6, But Who Will Coach Troy?
((HT: College Football Talk/The Coastal Source))
We discussed earlier in the week just how successful Georgia Southern has been in their first Sun Belt Conference-Division I season- doing it the right way in developing a football program.
They took care of Troy 42-10 last night and took their win streak to six.
CFT has the numbers on the win:
Georgia Southern, the top-ranked FBS rushing offense at a shade over 400 yards per game, has racked up 1,034 rushing yards in the past five days. They’ve punted twice in 22 combined possessions.
All that running limited Troy to just 44 offensive snaps.
Here's The Big Guy with the highlights
The larger question is: Who will replace Larry Blakeney as the new coach at Troy...?
Here's a name for you...
Rush Propst...
The current Colquitt County (GA) head coach has his Packers ranked top-five in the country and are the favorite to win the state title in the highest classification in the state. He has maintained in the past that he is the "best college coach in the country that no one has hired."
The situation makes sense. A program in trouble in need for renewal and rebuilding. It gives Propst the chance to go back to Alabama to coach and he can work his system to build it his way in a Division I football conference.
So there...
Propst needs seven more weeks worth of wins to go coast-to-coast and, then, it's on Troy... and up to Troy...
We discussed earlier in the week just how successful Georgia Southern has been in their first Sun Belt Conference-Division I season- doing it the right way in developing a football program.
They took care of Troy 42-10 last night and took their win streak to six.
CFT has the numbers on the win:
Georgia Southern, the top-ranked FBS rushing offense at a shade over 400 yards per game, has racked up 1,034 rushing yards in the past five days. They’ve punted twice in 22 combined possessions.
All that running limited Troy to just 44 offensive snaps.
Here's The Big Guy with the highlights
The larger question is: Who will replace Larry Blakeney as the new coach at Troy...?
Here's a name for you...
Rush Propst...
The current Colquitt County (GA) head coach has his Packers ranked top-five in the country and are the favorite to win the state title in the highest classification in the state. He has maintained in the past that he is the "best college coach in the country that no one has hired."
The situation makes sense. A program in trouble in need for renewal and rebuilding. It gives Propst the chance to go back to Alabama to coach and he can work his system to build it his way in a Division I football conference.
So there...
Propst needs seven more weeks worth of wins to go coast-to-coast and, then, it's on Troy... and up to Troy...
Saturday, October 25, 2014
OSG High: Football Coach Meets Birth Mother After 40 Years
((HT: 11Alive.com))
Talk about a half time celebration...
Tucker (GA) coach Robby Gilbert was in for a shock of shocks at the end of halftime last night...
A coach the HQ has covered for a while got to close a quest and begin a new chapter in his life at the same time...
Jon Shirek tells a great story...
Talk about a half time celebration...
Tucker (GA) coach Robby Gilbert was in for a shock of shocks at the end of halftime last night...
A coach the HQ has covered for a while got to close a quest and begin a new chapter in his life at the same time...
Jon Shirek tells a great story...
Monday, October 20, 2014
OSG High: The Dark Side Of High School Football And The Art Of The Appeal
((HT: WSAV-TV))
Kids transfer...
It's a part of high school existence and, even moreso, high school athletics.
Parents of athletes, and the athletes themselves, want to make sure that these days their opportunities are "maximized." If you can move, and move successfully, then maybe your chances to improve your place are magnified.
The case of former Savannah (GA) Country Day-slash-Alabama commit Demetris Robertson is going down those lines very quickly.
Robertson through either the desire of his brother-guardian, himself, or both wanted to transfer to another contending football program across town- Savannah Christian.
But the hook is, and has been, Robertson has had to file paperwork with the state governing body- the Georgia High School Association- to prove he had moved districts to be eligible to play for SCPS.
Through repeated appeals, his status has been denied for one reason or another. With his guardian threatening a lawsuit against the GHSA, FOSG Ken Slats may have discovered the real reason that Robertson may not be playing this season.
Looks like his old school objected on the grounds that the move was only football-based and didn't have anything to do with academics.
Local news, weather, sports Savannah | WSAV On Your Side
The larger question in all of this: Just how much education is Robertson getting this season in bouncing between schools and will he even get a high school diploma this season...???
Kids transfer...
It's a part of high school existence and, even moreso, high school athletics.
Parents of athletes, and the athletes themselves, want to make sure that these days their opportunities are "maximized." If you can move, and move successfully, then maybe your chances to improve your place are magnified.
The case of former Savannah (GA) Country Day-slash-Alabama commit Demetris Robertson is going down those lines very quickly.
Robertson through either the desire of his brother-guardian, himself, or both wanted to transfer to another contending football program across town- Savannah Christian.
But the hook is, and has been, Robertson has had to file paperwork with the state governing body- the Georgia High School Association- to prove he had moved districts to be eligible to play for SCPS.
Through repeated appeals, his status has been denied for one reason or another. With his guardian threatening a lawsuit against the GHSA, FOSG Ken Slats may have discovered the real reason that Robertson may not be playing this season.
Looks like his old school objected on the grounds that the move was only football-based and didn't have anything to do with academics.
Local news, weather, sports Savannah | WSAV On Your Side
The larger question in all of this: Just how much education is Robertson getting this season in bouncing between schools and will he even get a high school diploma this season...???
Sunday, August 3, 2014
OSG High: Larry Campbell Honored In Lincolnton
((HT: WJBF-TV))
The HQ will admit that it will be a little more than odd not covering Larry Campbell when high school football season comes around in the state of Georgia.
After being a co-head coach for one season, Campbell took over for his mentor, Thomas Bunch, and piloted one of the most successful programs in the country.
He retired after last season was completed, and with a month before the new season begins in Lincolnton, his time was recognized in the town he helped put on the map.
WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken
We'll catch up with him and "Miss Connie" soon...
If we can catch him in retirement...
The HQ will admit that it will be a little more than odd not covering Larry Campbell when high school football season comes around in the state of Georgia.
After being a co-head coach for one season, Campbell took over for his mentor, Thomas Bunch, and piloted one of the most successful programs in the country.
He retired after last season was completed, and with a month before the new season begins in Lincolnton, his time was recognized in the town he helped put on the map.
WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken
We'll catch up with him and "Miss Connie" soon...
If we can catch him in retirement...
Friday, April 25, 2014
OSG High DEVELOPING: 3rd Winningest HS FB Coach In US Retires
The HQ has been covering high school sports for the last twenty years now, and today we say good-bye to one of the coolest guys we've ever covered...
Larry Campbell was hired as a baseball coach out of school for the Lincoln County (GA) Red Devils in 1971. He accepted the job on a Delta Air Lines post card on the way to his honeymoon in Florida and has become one of the living legends in high school football in the country.
Today, he hangs up his whistle... for now... because, frankly, the HQ always sees him as a coach- even as we know he wants to spend time with his kids and be a parent and a grandparent...
Here's the top 10 wins list, thanks to FootballFridayNight.com
1 John McKissick 606-150-13
2 John T. Curtis 524-56-6
3 Larry Campbell 477-85-3
4 Mike Smith 440-76-2
5 George Curry 430-95-5
6 Corky Rogers 428-75-1
7 Al Fracassa 424-121-7
8 G. A. Moore 423-97-9
9 Dick Tighe 407-154-8
10 Pete Atkins 405-60-4
Campbell leaves Lincolnton with 11 state titles in his 42 years and also won 44 straight games from 1989 to 1991
Here's a tour Campbell gave of his trophies a year or so ago...
((HT: Augusta Chronicle))
The HQ wishes him and Miss Connie the best as they take the 2014 season off... and thank them for the example they have set over the last four decades...
Here's early returns from Kevin Faigle and WRDW-TV
And work from our friends at WJBF-TV
WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken News, Weather, Sports
Larry Campbell was hired as a baseball coach out of school for the Lincoln County (GA) Red Devils in 1971. He accepted the job on a Delta Air Lines post card on the way to his honeymoon in Florida and has become one of the living legends in high school football in the country.
Today, he hangs up his whistle... for now... because, frankly, the HQ always sees him as a coach- even as we know he wants to spend time with his kids and be a parent and a grandparent...
Here's the top 10 wins list, thanks to FootballFridayNight.com
1 John McKissick 606-150-13
2 John T. Curtis 524-56-6
3 Larry Campbell 477-85-3
4 Mike Smith 440-76-2
5 George Curry 430-95-5
6 Corky Rogers 428-75-1
7 Al Fracassa 424-121-7
8 G. A. Moore 423-97-9
9 Dick Tighe 407-154-8
10 Pete Atkins 405-60-4
Campbell leaves Lincolnton with 11 state titles in his 42 years and also won 44 straight games from 1989 to 1991
Here's a tour Campbell gave of his trophies a year or so ago...
((HT: Augusta Chronicle))
The HQ wishes him and Miss Connie the best as they take the 2014 season off... and thank them for the example they have set over the last four decades...
Here's early returns from Kevin Faigle and WRDW-TV
And work from our friends at WJBF-TV
WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken News, Weather, Sports
Thursday, April 10, 2014
OSG High: State Title Coach Resigns Over Recruiting/Grades Flap
((HT: AJC/Holcomb))
This one has a lot of moving parts...
First moving part: Steve DeVoursney was the head football coach for the Griffin High (GA) Bears and won the 2013 Class 4A title
Evidence below...
((HT: GPB Sports/GHSA))
But, over the last three years the rivalry between the city school and the county school, Spalding, seems to have escalated to a different level entirely. Under allegations of illegal recruiting of student-athletes and improper academic assistance, DeVoursney and his wife- a science teacher at the school- submitted their resignations.
They were accepted by the Board of Education Thursday evening.
All the shenanigans then kicked into a high gear last fall...
From Holcomb:
The events that prompted the investigation began in September, 2013, when Griffin principal Keith Simmons questioned the legality of the transfer of a student-athlete from his school to county rival Spalding High. The schools are located five miles apart.
Simmons wrote a letter to the GHSA that asserted that the transfer student from Griffin was not living legally in the Spalding district, according to the report. Simmons speculated in the letter that Spalding football coach Nick Davis illegally recruited the student-athlete.
The Spalding principal, in turn, asked for an investigation on a three-year student at Griffin who was ineligible, but went through what was termed a "course recovery" program and became eligible. The Spalding High principal questioned the idea of 18 hours being picked up rather quickly.
And to top it all off, the student whose eligibility was restored was questioned in the investigation and fingered the coach's wife for giving him answers to tests.
Got all this...???
There's a test later on...
No immediate word on whether DeVoursney will pursue any job openings in the central part of the state- where he grew up, won a title as a player, and won a title as a coach. There are still a handful of openings still in the state for the upcoming 2014 season. And the fallout of this is huge...
It also makes the Spalding-Griffin rivalry really nasty from this moment on...
This one has a lot of moving parts...
First moving part: Steve DeVoursney was the head football coach for the Griffin High (GA) Bears and won the 2013 Class 4A title
Evidence below...
((HT: GPB Sports/GHSA))
But, over the last three years the rivalry between the city school and the county school, Spalding, seems to have escalated to a different level entirely. Under allegations of illegal recruiting of student-athletes and improper academic assistance, DeVoursney and his wife- a science teacher at the school- submitted their resignations.
They were accepted by the Board of Education Thursday evening.
All the shenanigans then kicked into a high gear last fall...
From Holcomb:
The events that prompted the investigation began in September, 2013, when Griffin principal Keith Simmons questioned the legality of the transfer of a student-athlete from his school to county rival Spalding High. The schools are located five miles apart.
Simmons wrote a letter to the GHSA that asserted that the transfer student from Griffin was not living legally in the Spalding district, according to the report. Simmons speculated in the letter that Spalding football coach Nick Davis illegally recruited the student-athlete.
The Spalding principal, in turn, asked for an investigation on a three-year student at Griffin who was ineligible, but went through what was termed a "course recovery" program and became eligible. The Spalding High principal questioned the idea of 18 hours being picked up rather quickly.
And to top it all off, the student whose eligibility was restored was questioned in the investigation and fingered the coach's wife for giving him answers to tests.
Got all this...???
There's a test later on...
No immediate word on whether DeVoursney will pursue any job openings in the central part of the state- where he grew up, won a title as a player, and won a title as a coach. There are still a handful of openings still in the state for the upcoming 2014 season. And the fallout of this is huge...
It also makes the Spalding-Griffin rivalry really nasty from this moment on...
Saturday, December 21, 2013
OSG High: Address Fraud Confirmed In Atlanta Football Program
((HT: 11Alive.com, WXIA-TV))
As OSG Sports first reported a week ago, the Atlanta Public Schools investigation into Grady High School and its football program has unveiled duplicate addresses for athletes who claimed to have lived in the district when they, in fact, did not...
Up to 20 players addresses were in question when an anonymous tip was called into APS in early November.
Here's part of the release from APS Superintendent Erroll B. Davis, Jr.
After interviewing the majority of the parents and guardians of the Grady High School Football team, APS has conclusive evidence of address fraud. Specifically, we have confirmed that parents falsified enrollment affidavits for students who live outside of the Grady attendance zone, and in some instances, outside of the city of Atlanta. The interviews also revealed additional issues that warrant further investigation.
Players who were fraudulently enrolled will be required to leave the school. Parents who falsified enrollment affidavits are subject to reimbursing the district tuition of up to $10,000 per school year, as well as other legal consequences that may be pursued.
While parents are ultimately responsible for false affidavits, there are issues of institutional control that must be addressed before we conclude this investigation. Integrity is paramount, and we want to send a message that false affidavits have academic, personnel, financial and legal consequences that are simply not worth it.
This remains an ongoing investigation that will continue after the winter break.
Here's the latest from the TV side...
The Georgia High School Association will now get to decide if the athletes will be eligible in their home districts...
Head football coach Ronnie Millen, Junior is still reassigned...
OSG sources close to the Grady situation still maintain it wasn't the first time of an event like this...and won't be the last...
As OSG Sports first reported a week ago, the Atlanta Public Schools investigation into Grady High School and its football program has unveiled duplicate addresses for athletes who claimed to have lived in the district when they, in fact, did not...
Up to 20 players addresses were in question when an anonymous tip was called into APS in early November.
Here's part of the release from APS Superintendent Erroll B. Davis, Jr.
After interviewing the majority of the parents and guardians of the Grady High School Football team, APS has conclusive evidence of address fraud. Specifically, we have confirmed that parents falsified enrollment affidavits for students who live outside of the Grady attendance zone, and in some instances, outside of the city of Atlanta. The interviews also revealed additional issues that warrant further investigation.
Players who were fraudulently enrolled will be required to leave the school. Parents who falsified enrollment affidavits are subject to reimbursing the district tuition of up to $10,000 per school year, as well as other legal consequences that may be pursued.
While parents are ultimately responsible for false affidavits, there are issues of institutional control that must be addressed before we conclude this investigation. Integrity is paramount, and we want to send a message that false affidavits have academic, personnel, financial and legal consequences that are simply not worth it.
This remains an ongoing investigation that will continue after the winter break.
Here's the latest from the TV side...
The Georgia High School Association will now get to decide if the athletes will be eligible in their home districts...
Head football coach Ronnie Millen, Junior is still reassigned...
OSG sources close to the Grady situation still maintain it wasn't the first time of an event like this...and won't be the last...
Monday, December 16, 2013
OSG High: Raekwon Chooses Ohio State
((HT: SouthernPigskin.com))
The HQ has seen Liberty County (GA) High School LB Raekwon McMillan up close- and he is a beast...
Today, he decided on his next place to attend, enroll early, and become one in the pile of all the other 5-star recruits heading to the next level...
So...
From Hinesville...
McMillan will be an interesting add for tOSU...
The HQ will be even more interested in how he would integrate
The HQ has seen Liberty County (GA) High School LB Raekwon McMillan up close- and he is a beast...
Today, he decided on his next place to attend, enroll early, and become one in the pile of all the other 5-star recruits heading to the next level...
So...
From Hinesville...
McMillan will be an interesting add for tOSU...
The HQ will be even more interested in how he would integrate
Monday, December 9, 2013
OSG High: How Not To Recruit... Allegedly...
((HT: AJC.com/Niesse))
Grady (Atlanta, GA) High School has had its ups and downs when it comes to the football program...
There have been playoff berths, but there have also been growing pains in between... as a matter of fact, Erk Russell coached the Grey Knights to their only state title in 1953...
Yes, THAT Erk Russell...
Anyway, the HQ digresses...
The 2013 season finished up with an 8-3 record under Ronnie Millen- who had been the coach since 2001...
Here's Grady's final game of the 2012 season- a playoff loss to Monroe Area...
((HT: NFHS Network))
But the City of Atlanta is now investigating the allegation (made anonymously, of course) that as many as 20 players falsified their addresses to play for Millen...
Millen has been transferred out of the school because of the investigation...
“We depend on the integrity of parents who have an ethical obligation to the district to provide accurate addresses to the district,” School Superintendent Erroll Davis said as he announced the investigation. “However, our commitment to ethics is higher than any individual program.”
The biggest issue of the whole investigation is: Why and how did the parents/guardians/coaches/administrators/anyone involved in the process (allegedly) think that filing duplicate addresses wouldn't get past the city gatekeepers and send up red flags in their investigation in the first place...???
Students found to have violated the geography rules could be transferred back to their native school districts and any athlete with a scholarship to a college could have that in jeopardy as well...
The Georgia High School Association has been notified of the City investigation and may hand down separate penalties of their own once the initial investigation is complete...
OSG sources familiar with the situation at Grady say this has been a fairly common occurrence in the past with athletes using either the addresses of relatives or outright fake addresses to take advantage of what has been characterized as the best school in the Atlanta Public School system- even when it was just a base for the magnet program...
Grady (Atlanta, GA) High School has had its ups and downs when it comes to the football program...
There have been playoff berths, but there have also been growing pains in between... as a matter of fact, Erk Russell coached the Grey Knights to their only state title in 1953...
Yes, THAT Erk Russell...
Anyway, the HQ digresses...
The 2013 season finished up with an 8-3 record under Ronnie Millen- who had been the coach since 2001...
Here's Grady's final game of the 2012 season- a playoff loss to Monroe Area...
((HT: NFHS Network))
But the City of Atlanta is now investigating the allegation (made anonymously, of course) that as many as 20 players falsified their addresses to play for Millen...
Millen has been transferred out of the school because of the investigation...
“We depend on the integrity of parents who have an ethical obligation to the district to provide accurate addresses to the district,” School Superintendent Erroll Davis said as he announced the investigation. “However, our commitment to ethics is higher than any individual program.”
The biggest issue of the whole investigation is: Why and how did the parents/guardians/coaches/administrators/anyone involved in the process (allegedly) think that filing duplicate addresses wouldn't get past the city gatekeepers and send up red flags in their investigation in the first place...???
Students found to have violated the geography rules could be transferred back to their native school districts and any athlete with a scholarship to a college could have that in jeopardy as well...
The Georgia High School Association has been notified of the City investigation and may hand down separate penalties of their own once the initial investigation is complete...
OSG sources familiar with the situation at Grady say this has been a fairly common occurrence in the past with athletes using either the addresses of relatives or outright fake addresses to take advantage of what has been characterized as the best school in the Atlanta Public School system- even when it was just a base for the magnet program...
Monday, November 18, 2013
OSG High: Georgia HS FB Team Rallies Around Deaf Teammate
((HT: 13WMAZ))
Football, and a lot of the sports world, is based on the act and react of the noises it makes...
Whether it's striking a ball, another player, or hearing a coach or teammate give out instructions- it's all predicated on sound...
John Milledge Academy DT Ross Swicord, however, can't work like that on the field with his deafness...
But that doesn't mean that Swicord can't do his job...and do it well...
Here's FOSG Suzanne Lawler catching up with a special athlete...
The HQ looks forward to his senior season...
Football, and a lot of the sports world, is based on the act and react of the noises it makes...
Whether it's striking a ball, another player, or hearing a coach or teammate give out instructions- it's all predicated on sound...
John Milledge Academy DT Ross Swicord, however, can't work like that on the field with his deafness...
But that doesn't mean that Swicord can't do his job...and do it well...
Here's FOSG Suzanne Lawler catching up with a special athlete...
The HQ looks forward to his senior season...
Saturday, November 9, 2013
GA High School QB Surprised on Senior Night by Brother
((ht: tift county board of education))
Imagine for a minute you are playing in your High School senior night football game. You are standing at midfield, at halftime, with MOST of, but not all of your family by your side to mark the occasion.
The P.A announcer is introducing them, and you. And all you can think about is your brother, a Navy serviceman, stationed in the Middle East and knowing he's never gotten the chance to see you play.
That's exactly what happened to Tift County (GA) Quarterback Ryan Wedgeworth Friday night. Wedgeworth and his family were standing at midfield during the halftime celebration at the Central Georgia High School listening to a list of his accomplishments when the announcer changed his description just a little bit.
Listen closely as the P.A guy starts to talk about Wedgeworth's brother Tyler, and how he's never gotten to see his younger brother play football.
Just a couple of seconds later, Ryan turns around and look who's standing---right behind him….
Imagine for a minute you are playing in your High School senior night football game. You are standing at midfield, at halftime, with MOST of, but not all of your family by your side to mark the occasion.
The P.A announcer is introducing them, and you. And all you can think about is your brother, a Navy serviceman, stationed in the Middle East and knowing he's never gotten the chance to see you play.
That's exactly what happened to Tift County (GA) Quarterback Ryan Wedgeworth Friday night. Wedgeworth and his family were standing at midfield during the halftime celebration at the Central Georgia High School listening to a list of his accomplishments when the announcer changed his description just a little bit.
Listen closely as the P.A guy starts to talk about Wedgeworth's brother Tyler, and how he's never gotten to see his younger brother play football.
Just a couple of seconds later, Ryan turns around and look who's standing---right behind him….
Friday, November 8, 2013
OSG High: Creekside Aiming For Perfect Season
((HT: MyFoxAtlanta))
The HQ has followed the story of Creekside (GA) High School and their football team ever since one of their own, DeAntre Turman, was lost in a scrimmage back in August from head trauma...
Head Coach Olten Downs and his team have played their season in memory of Turman saying: "Do it for deuce..."
And they have...
Here's FOSG Cody Chaffins...
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5
Creekside finished their regular season with a 49-0 over Ola (GA) High School...
Next step- the playoffs, which start next week...
The HQ has followed the story of Creekside (GA) High School and their football team ever since one of their own, DeAntre Turman, was lost in a scrimmage back in August from head trauma...
Head Coach Olten Downs and his team have played their season in memory of Turman saying: "Do it for deuce..."
And they have...
Here's FOSG Cody Chaffins...
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5
Creekside finished their regular season with a 49-0 over Ola (GA) High School...
Next step- the playoffs, which start next week...
Sunday, October 20, 2013
OSG High: Civil Suit Filed In Coach Assault Case
((HT: WRDW-TV/WMAZ-TV))
This is an unfortunate story that the HQ has had to follow for a while...
Former Warren County (GA) head football coach David Daniel has gone ahead and filed a civil lawsuit against neighboring Hancock County, their Board of Education, two sheriff's deputies, and the football player he alleges assaulted him two seasons ago during a post-game melee...
Back on October 14th, 2011 after a game in Hancock County, when the fight started outside the Warren County locker room, the suit says, deputies Richard Mayweather, Tampa Lewis and Patrick Williams pepper-sprayed the Warren players but did not restrain the other team. The suit also says Hancock player Kendrez Mayweather struck Daniel on the face and head with his helmet.
Here's where you can read the suit...all 19 pages of it...
Daniel says he's been unable to work and needed extensive surgery for his face, brain and eye. He also had to undergo repeated rehab sessions in Atlanta- 2-and-a-half hours away from his last job.
From WMAZ-TV:
The lawsuit says Hancock County school failed to provide proper security and that the number of officers assigned to the game was not adequate.
The district's "deliberately indifferent" security helped cause the brawl and Daniel's injuries, the suit said.
You'll recall that a grand jury in Hancock County failed to file any charges against anyone on the Hancock County side of the matter- and there has been a great deal of thought that the grand jury was stacked with people who were connected to the Board of Education and that the whole process was rigged from the start...
Daniel is seeking damages, including medical costs and lost wages. No trial date has been set...
Here's the latest out of Sparta...
This is an unfortunate story that the HQ has had to follow for a while...
Former Warren County (GA) head football coach David Daniel has gone ahead and filed a civil lawsuit against neighboring Hancock County, their Board of Education, two sheriff's deputies, and the football player he alleges assaulted him two seasons ago during a post-game melee...
Back on October 14th, 2011 after a game in Hancock County, when the fight started outside the Warren County locker room, the suit says, deputies Richard Mayweather, Tampa Lewis and Patrick Williams pepper-sprayed the Warren players but did not restrain the other team. The suit also says Hancock player Kendrez Mayweather struck Daniel on the face and head with his helmet.
Here's where you can read the suit...all 19 pages of it...
Daniel says he's been unable to work and needed extensive surgery for his face, brain and eye. He also had to undergo repeated rehab sessions in Atlanta- 2-and-a-half hours away from his last job.
From WMAZ-TV:
The lawsuit says Hancock County school failed to provide proper security and that the number of officers assigned to the game was not adequate.
The district's "deliberately indifferent" security helped cause the brawl and Daniel's injuries, the suit said.
You'll recall that a grand jury in Hancock County failed to file any charges against anyone on the Hancock County side of the matter- and there has been a great deal of thought that the grand jury was stacked with people who were connected to the Board of Education and that the whole process was rigged from the start...
Daniel is seeking damages, including medical costs and lost wages. No trial date has been set...
Here's the latest out of Sparta...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
OSG High: Team Gets Title Rings 48 Years After Win
((HT: WSB-TV))
Trinity High in Decatur, Georgia won the state title in 1965 defeating Tifton-Wilson 19-14 with guys like eventual Browns DB Clarence Scott on the roster.
But a lot of people didn't recognize the Georgia Interscholastic Association champs as actual champs of high school football until about a decade ago.
The Bulldogs never got title rings for their win until last week...
Here's FOSG Jeff Dore
The Bulldogs had seven shut outs in their 13-0 season under O.F. Massey and only gave up 25 points in the regular season.
Trinity High in Decatur, Georgia won the state title in 1965 defeating Tifton-Wilson 19-14 with guys like eventual Browns DB Clarence Scott on the roster.
But a lot of people didn't recognize the Georgia Interscholastic Association champs as actual champs of high school football until about a decade ago.
The Bulldogs never got title rings for their win until last week...
Here's FOSG Jeff Dore
The Bulldogs had seven shut outs in their 13-0 season under O.F. Massey and only gave up 25 points in the regular season.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
OSG High: The Colquitt County Rush Propst
((HT: ESPN))
The HQ covers Colquitt County football every week in our other pair of pants...
We've seen Rush Propst come over from Hoover to Colquitt County (GA) High and return them to being competitive in Region 1-6A all over again with the likes of Valdosta, Lowndes, Camden County, Tift, Coffee, and Brunswick...
He's been through a lot personally and professionally and Wayne Drehs caught up with Rush and his wife, Stefnie, before the Packers game with Propst's old school, Hoover (AL)
Oh, by the way, Colquitt lost to Hoover 24-10.
And Rush being Rush blamed himself- not for something in the game plan, but transportation...
From Wayne Grandy's piece in the Moultrie Observer:
“It was so hot on those buses,” Propst said, adding that many of the players were soaking wet when they reached Auburn for a walk through before continuing on to Hoover. “I should know better.
“We were gassed at halftime,” he said...
Rush also said that he didn't need to make it that easy on Hoover...
The HQ covers Colquitt County football every week in our other pair of pants...
We've seen Rush Propst come over from Hoover to Colquitt County (GA) High and return them to being competitive in Region 1-6A all over again with the likes of Valdosta, Lowndes, Camden County, Tift, Coffee, and Brunswick...
He's been through a lot personally and professionally and Wayne Drehs caught up with Rush and his wife, Stefnie, before the Packers game with Propst's old school, Hoover (AL)
Oh, by the way, Colquitt lost to Hoover 24-10.
And Rush being Rush blamed himself- not for something in the game plan, but transportation...
From Wayne Grandy's piece in the Moultrie Observer:
“It was so hot on those buses,” Propst said, adding that many of the players were soaking wet when they reached Auburn for a walk through before continuing on to Hoover. “I should know better.
“We were gassed at halftime,” he said...
Rush also said that he didn't need to make it that easy on Hoover...
Saturday, August 31, 2013
OSG High: In Your Face Music Videos Start HS FB Season
((HT: MyFoxAtlanta))
Admittedly, this is a plug and an attaboy to some close friends of the HQ...
WAGA-TV, the Fox affiliate in Atlanta, makes a point to blow out their high school football coverage on Friday nights...
The hook being "In Your Face..."
This season, to appropriately debut their product, they enlisted Aaron Chewning...
High 5 Sports - Prep sports coverage from FOX 5 Atlanta
Guts...
Absolute guts...
Admittedly, this is a plug and an attaboy to some close friends of the HQ...
WAGA-TV, the Fox affiliate in Atlanta, makes a point to blow out their high school football coverage on Friday nights...
The hook being "In Your Face..."
This season, to appropriately debut their product, they enlisted Aaron Chewning...
High 5 Sports - Prep sports coverage from FOX 5 Atlanta
Guts...
Absolute guts...
Saturday, August 17, 2013
OSG High: Georgia HS Player Dies During Scrimmage (UPDATED With Cause)
((HT: AJC.com/Holcomb, Lee, Stevens))
Creekside High (GA) Cornerback DeAntre Turman died last night during a scrimmage and is the first on-field death in three years in Georgia high school football.
He was hurt in a scrimmage last night and transported to a local hospital where he died. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has not released a cause of death at present and is scheduled to perform an autopsy within the next few days.
Turman had a scholarship offer from the University of Kentucky as a junior- according to 247Sports and former coaches.
The AJC got in touch with the Executive Director of the Georgia High School Association, Dr. Ralph Swearngin:
“Any kind of death of an adolescent, it’s a tragedy,” Swearngin said. “You think about the loss to the family and a young life being cut off whether it’s an athletic event or car accident or natural causes. As a father and grandfather, it strikes you personally.”
Here's Turman in action from his time at Creekside
((HT: Hudl))
The HQ sends its thoughts to the Seminoles family in this time...
More when we know more...
PM UPDATE: Jon Shirek has the details from the medical examiner and it appears Turman died of a spinal fracture...
((HT: 11alive.com))
Creekside High (GA) Cornerback DeAntre Turman died last night during a scrimmage and is the first on-field death in three years in Georgia high school football.
He was hurt in a scrimmage last night and transported to a local hospital where he died. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has not released a cause of death at present and is scheduled to perform an autopsy within the next few days.
Turman had a scholarship offer from the University of Kentucky as a junior- according to 247Sports and former coaches.
The AJC got in touch with the Executive Director of the Georgia High School Association, Dr. Ralph Swearngin:
“Any kind of death of an adolescent, it’s a tragedy,” Swearngin said. “You think about the loss to the family and a young life being cut off whether it’s an athletic event or car accident or natural causes. As a father and grandfather, it strikes you personally.”
Here's Turman in action from his time at Creekside
((HT: Hudl))
The HQ sends its thoughts to the Seminoles family in this time...
More when we know more...
PM UPDATE: Jon Shirek has the details from the medical examiner and it appears Turman died of a spinal fracture...
((HT: 11alive.com))
Sunday, July 28, 2013
OSG High: FB Player With Prosthetic Runs With His Team
((HT: Sports Mic Radio Network))
The HQ was alerted to the story of Jaque Billingsley last season while we were traversing the state checking on central Georgia's best in high school football...
He's a lineman for Northside High School in Warner Robins- just like his older brother did...
In November of 2010, Jaque decided to compete in wrestling as an Eagle...
"My leg got caught and he ended up falling on it and it snapped. I dislocated my knee. And we didn't really know what was happening," he told Macon's NBC41 that following spring.
Jaque went to the hospital and was released. But when he got home, he couldn't feel his right foot. A nerve in his leg was pinched and a blood clot formed. By the time the Billingsleys got a second opinion, gangrene had set in.
Doctors amputated his right leg just below the knee, but he is still playing and practicing. And since it's conditioning time for football season (since practice doesn't start until the 1st), the Eagles were doing their thing and Jaque was right there with them as the football program put their finishing touches on its annual Ironman Competition earlier this week.
Here's Jaque with his escort home...
Jaque wants to be the first player in the NFL playing with a prosthesis...
Go get 'em...
The HQ was alerted to the story of Jaque Billingsley last season while we were traversing the state checking on central Georgia's best in high school football...
He's a lineman for Northside High School in Warner Robins- just like his older brother did...
In November of 2010, Jaque decided to compete in wrestling as an Eagle...
"My leg got caught and he ended up falling on it and it snapped. I dislocated my knee. And we didn't really know what was happening," he told Macon's NBC41 that following spring.
Jaque went to the hospital and was released. But when he got home, he couldn't feel his right foot. A nerve in his leg was pinched and a blood clot formed. By the time the Billingsleys got a second opinion, gangrene had set in.
Doctors amputated his right leg just below the knee, but he is still playing and practicing. And since it's conditioning time for football season (since practice doesn't start until the 1st), the Eagles were doing their thing and Jaque was right there with them as the football program put their finishing touches on its annual Ironman Competition earlier this week.
Here's Jaque with his escort home...
Jaque wants to be the first player in the NFL playing with a prosthesis...
Go get 'em...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
OSG High: 6 Teens Injured In Car Crash, Some Recent HS Football Grads
((HT: Statesboro Herald/Bragg))
This has not been a good off-season for Georgia high school football...
Recently, the HQ has had to report on the death of three Brooks County (GA) football players in a truck crash. Now, we shift to just south of Augusta and where six teens — five that were on the Screven County (GA) High roster last year — were injured in a crash early Sunday morning.
Some are recovering from serious injuries, but two remain in the hospital awaiting surgery, according to friends and family.
And, frankly, looking at how the Georgia State Patrol has described the accident, the Hq has no idea how any of these people survived the crash...
Here's what the GSP says happened:
The accident report says the truck was traveling “at an extremely high rate of speed” when it went off the road onto the south shoulder and into a ditch.
The truck traveled in the ditch around 624 feet before striking a private driveway with its undercarriage, becoming airborne.
The truck traveled 57 feet in the air before striking a small tree.
Then it traveled 72 feet, hit a fence, entered a pasture where it traveled 336 feet before striking a second fence.
The truck began spinning counterclockwise, moving another 48 feet, before striking a second tree with its side.
Then it rotated clockwise another 18 feet before stopping in a wooded area.
Chance Harkins, a Gamecocks DB last season and enrolled at the University of the Cumberlands, was slated for surgery Monday for pelvic injuries, but it has been pushed back to Wednesday because of other surgeries in the hospital that he is currently in- according to his father, Shayne's, Facebook page. Harkins also suffered head trauma.
Both Harkins and TJ Heinemeyer (pictured, right from his Facebook page) suffered head injuries and were listed in
critical condition. Jeffrey Friese also suffered head injuries as he was behind the wheel of a Ford pick-up early Sunday morning.
Passengers in the truck were Harkins, Heinemeyer, Hyrum Robert “Bobby” Hodges, Dylan Edward Koch, and a 16-year-old minor
Heinemeyer and Friese, who graduated from Screven County High last year, were listed as offensive linemen.
Koch, a 2013 grad, was listed as a linebacker and suffered "upper body injuries," and the 16-year-old, whose lower body was injured, was listed as a wide receiver.
Holly Bragg caught up with Holly J. Smith- a mother whose daughter is friends with some of the injured:
From Smith through Bragg on Monday night:
“TJ (Heinemeyer) hasn’t shown any improvement. Chance (Harkins) is doing a little better. They both need surgery, but the brain injuries are the priorities. (The 16-year-old’s) surgery went well and he is resting and hungry. Jeffrey (Friese) and his family went home so he could rest. Dylan (Koch) is staying at the hospital to be by Chance’s side and Bobby (Hodges) is still the hero.”
Hodges reportedly helped responding troopers identify the others in the truck, she said.
All six were taken to a hospital in the Screven County seat of Sylvania. But some were transported to Georgia Regents Medical Center in Augusta.
Harkins, Friese and Koch are charged with not wearing a seat belt, according to GSP reports. Friese is also charged with DUI, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane.
More when we know more...
This has not been a good off-season for Georgia high school football...
Recently, the HQ has had to report on the death of three Brooks County (GA) football players in a truck crash. Now, we shift to just south of Augusta and where six teens — five that were on the Screven County (GA) High roster last year — were injured in a crash early Sunday morning.
Some are recovering from serious injuries, but two remain in the hospital awaiting surgery, according to friends and family.
And, frankly, looking at how the Georgia State Patrol has described the accident, the Hq has no idea how any of these people survived the crash...
Here's what the GSP says happened:
The accident report says the truck was traveling “at an extremely high rate of speed” when it went off the road onto the south shoulder and into a ditch.
The truck traveled in the ditch around 624 feet before striking a private driveway with its undercarriage, becoming airborne.
The truck traveled 57 feet in the air before striking a small tree.
Then it traveled 72 feet, hit a fence, entered a pasture where it traveled 336 feet before striking a second fence.
The truck began spinning counterclockwise, moving another 48 feet, before striking a second tree with its side.
Then it rotated clockwise another 18 feet before stopping in a wooded area.
Chance Harkins, a Gamecocks DB last season and enrolled at the University of the Cumberlands, was slated for surgery Monday for pelvic injuries, but it has been pushed back to Wednesday because of other surgeries in the hospital that he is currently in- according to his father, Shayne's, Facebook page. Harkins also suffered head trauma.
Both Harkins and TJ Heinemeyer (pictured, right from his Facebook page) suffered head injuries and were listed in
Passengers in the truck were Harkins, Heinemeyer, Hyrum Robert “Bobby” Hodges, Dylan Edward Koch, and a 16-year-old minor
Heinemeyer and Friese, who graduated from Screven County High last year, were listed as offensive linemen.
Koch, a 2013 grad, was listed as a linebacker and suffered "upper body injuries," and the 16-year-old, whose lower body was injured, was listed as a wide receiver.
Holly Bragg caught up with Holly J. Smith- a mother whose daughter is friends with some of the injured:
From Smith through Bragg on Monday night:
“TJ (Heinemeyer) hasn’t shown any improvement. Chance (Harkins) is doing a little better. They both need surgery, but the brain injuries are the priorities. (The 16-year-old’s) surgery went well and he is resting and hungry. Jeffrey (Friese) and his family went home so he could rest. Dylan (Koch) is staying at the hospital to be by Chance’s side and Bobby (Hodges) is still the hero.”
Hodges reportedly helped responding troopers identify the others in the truck, she said.
All six were taken to a hospital in the Screven County seat of Sylvania. But some were transported to Georgia Regents Medical Center in Augusta.
Harkins, Friese and Koch are charged with not wearing a seat belt, according to GSP reports. Friese is also charged with DUI, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane.
More when we know more...
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