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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Bainbridge-Cairo game called off
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The high school football game between state-ranked South Georgia powers Cairo and Bainbridge, originally postponed to Monday from Saturday due to Tropical Storm Fay, won’t be played after all.
Cairo has canceled classes Monday because many roads are dangerous or impassible after the city got high winds and 22 inches of rain Friday and Saturday, said Cairo coach Tom Fallaw.
”I don’t think there’s anybody that doesn’t want to play, but if our school superintendent cancels school, it wouldn’t be smart of us to play a game,” Fallaw said. “Most of the time, you wouldn’t even think about playing on a Monday, but it was such a big game [that it was re-scheduled]. But nobody was prepared for us to get 22 inches of water.”
Cairo is ranked No. 1 in Class AAA. Bainbridge is No. 8 in AAAA.
The game was scheduled to be played in Bainbridge and would’ve been the Bainbridge debut of new coach Ed Pilcher, who left Thomas County Central, where he won five state championships.
Neither school has a common off week, so the game cannot be rescheduled.
Bainbridge will open Friday against Early County. Cairo opens at Thomas Central on Sept. 5.
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AJC high school football rankings: August 25, 2008
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Let’s say Buford loses to Mansfield Timberview this week. Are the Wolves still No. 1?
I was going to ask the same about No. 1 Cairo and its game against Bainbridge, but it was called off due to Tropical Storm Fay. They should’ve played in the Georgia Dome.
But Buford, the No. 1 team in Class AA, is playing a good Class AAAA team from Texas this week in Texas Stadium. Mansfield Timberview, ranked No. 20 in Texas in one poll I found, will be playing in its hometown. Would Buford still be No. 1 in Georgia despite a loss?
Those are the kinds of questions we’ll be looking at this weekend. The rankings will face some re-shuffling after seven games between ranked teams — all from different classifications.
Those games should stoke the debate about whether one classification is significantly stronger than another.
Here’s the list of games between ranked teams:
Perry (No. 7 in Class AAA) at Northside-Warner Robins (No. 2 in AAAAA)
LaGrange (No. 4 in Class AAA) at Newnan (No. 5 in AAAAA)
Thomas County Central (No. 4 in Class AAAA) at Thomasville (No. 3 in AA)
Griffin (No. 6 in Class AAAA) at Dunwoody (No. 8 in AAA)
Marist (No. 10 in Class AAAA) at St. Pius (No. 6 in AAA)
Carrollton (No. 9 in Class AAA) at Westminster (No. 5 in AA)
Charlton County (No. 2 in Class AA) at Clinch (No. 2 in A)
I think the lower-class teams have a pretty good shot in every game except LaGrange and Perry. We’ll see.
In this week’s rankings (below), note that Norcross got bumped out and Walton moved in.
There are three games this week that probably will put the winner in the Top 10 and knock the loser out. They are Harrison at Peachtree Ridge, Flowery Branch at Stephens County and Brookstone at Landmark Christian.
Todd talks back: Holcomb mixes it up with you all week long. Catch his running commentary in Poll Talk Monday-Friday. Leave comments, questions, etc., here and return to talk about this week’s rankings.
AJC RANKINGS - WEEK OF AUG. 25
Class AAAAA
1. Lowndes (0-0) vs. Woodland-Stockbridge
2. Northside-Warner Robins (0-0) vs. Perry
3. Camden County (1-0) Off
4. M.L. King (0-0) vs. SW DeKalb (Hallford Stadium)
5. Newnan (0-0) vs. LaGrange
6. Grayson (1-0) Off
7. North Gwinnett (0-0) vs. Byrnes (S.C.)
8. Valdosta (0-0) vs. Jenkins
9. Walton (1-0) Off
10. Harrison (0-0) at Peachtree Ridge
Class AAAA
1. Ware County (0-0) vs. Coffee
2. Tucker (0-0) at Brunswick
3. Westside-Macon (0-0) at Central Macon
4. Thomas County Central (0-0) at Thomasville
5. Rome (0-0) at East Paulding
6. Griffin (0-0) at Dunwoody (North DeKalb Stadium), Sat.
7. Chamblee (0-0) vs. Douglass (North DeKalb Stadium)
8. Bainbridge (0-0) at Early County
9. Habersham Central (0-0) at Cedar Shoals
10. Marist (0-0) at St. Pius
Class AAA
1. Cairo (0-0) Off
2. Carver-Columbus (0-0) vs. Spencer (Memorial Stadium)
3. Baldwin (0-0) vs. Glenn Hills
4. LaGrange (0-0) at Newnan
5. Shaw (0-0) at Central-Phenix City (AL)
6. St. Pius (0-0) vs. Marist
7. Perry (0-0) at Northside-Warner Robins
8. Dunwoody (0-0) vs. Griffin (North DeKalb Stadium), Sat.
9. Carrollton (0-0) at Westminster
10. Flowery Branch (0-0) at Stephens County
Class AA
1. Buford (0-0) at Timberview (Texas Stadium), Sat.
2. Charlton County (0-0) at Clinch County
3. Thomasville (0-0) vs. Thomas County Central
4. Henry County (0-0) vs. Eagle’s Landing Christian
5. Westminster (0-0) vs. Carrollton
6. Fitzgerald (0-0) vs. Irwin County
7. Lovett (0-0) vs. Woodward Academy
8. Dublin (0-0) vs. Screven County
9. Cook (0-0) at Pierce County
10. Greater Atlanta Christian (0-0) at Hart County
Class A
1. ECI (0-0) vs. Savannah Country Day
2. Clinch County (0-0) vs. Charlton County
3. Wilcox County (0-0) at Seminole County
4. Lincoln County (0-0) vs. Greene County
5. Athens Academy (0-0) at Southwest Atlanta Christian
6. Savannah Christian (0-0) vs. Montgomery County, Sat.
7. Bremen (0-0) vs. Alexander
8. Twiggs County (0-0) at Wilkinson County
9. Brookstone (0-0) at Landmark Christian
10. Wesleyan (0-0) vs. Clarkston
Todd talks back: Holcomb mixes it up with you all week long. Catch his running commentary in Poll Talk Monday-Friday. Leave comments, questions, etc., here and return to talk about this week’s rankings.
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