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Sunday, October 5, 2008
AJC football rankings: Player of year? Lowndes’ Reid is frontrunner
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Our recruiting guru, Michael Carvell, called me Friday night as I was driving back from the Lowndes-Northside game and was saying he wasn’t sure there was a clear-cut Player of the Year candidate in Georgia this year.
Maybe I was under the influence of the game I just witnessed, but I’d have to say it’s Greg Reid of Lowndes. He was the biggest difference between those two teams. He made three long runs, one on a punt return. That’s what swung that game. The week before, he had a 99-yard run from scrimmage and a fumble return for about 100 yards. He also had a 75-yard run on a sweep.
Reid starts on defense as a cornerback, his college position when he goes off to Florida if he sticks with that commitment. I know that Georgia’s Rodney Garner and Willie Martinez were in Valdosta hoping to change his mind. (And Garner and Martinez had to be impressed with their own commit, Abry Jones, who I thought was as good as advertised on Northside’s defensive line.)
In the rankings: I dropped Northside to No. 6. I could’ve put the Eagles anywhere from No. 4 to No. 9. … In a minor adjustment, Sandy Creek moved to No. 3 in AAAA after the victory against Whitewater. … Dalton fell out, and Sequoyah entered. … I hate to say this, but I hope Westside keeps winning because there’s not another team in AAAA that would be a solid No. 1 if Westside slips. … Westminster stayed in the rankings despite the loss to Lovett, and Callaway entered at No. 10 to replace Blessed Trinity.
And finally, to honor Northside’s 35-game winning streak that just ended, here are the longest streaks in history. I reported last week that Northside’s was seventh-best all-time. Actually, it ranks eighth:
47, Buford (2001-04)
46, Parkview (2000-03)
44, Lincoln County (1989-91)
38, Lincoln County (1976-78)
37, West Rome (1981-84)
37, Valdosta (1960-63)
36, Thomson (1966-69)
35, Northside (2006-08)
34, Southeast Bulloch (1972-74)
33, Americus (1974-76)
32, East Rome (1977-79)
31, Morgan County (1958-60)
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.
This week’s rankings:
Class AAAAA
1. Lowndes (6-0) at Valdosta
2. Camden County (5-0) vs. Groves
3. Newnan (5-0) at Riverdale
4. Grayson (6-0) vs. Brookwood
5. Walton (5-0) vs. Milton
6. Northside-Warner Robins (5-1) at Coffee
7. Harrison (5-0) at Woodstock
8. Coffee (6-0) vs. Northside-Warner Robins
9. North Gwinnett (4-1) vs. Chattahoochee
10. East Paulding (5-0) at North Cobb
Class AAAA
1. Westside-Macon (6-0) at Harris County
2. Mays (6-0) OFF
3. Sandy Creek (5-0) at McIntosh
4. Statesboro (6-0) at Glynn Academy
5. Marist (4-1) vs. Forsyth Central
6. Chamblee (4-1) vs. Southwest DeKalb
7. Thomas County Central (4-1) at Lee County
8. Rome (5-1) at Woodland-Cartersville
9. Sequoyah (5-1) vs. Murray County
10. Evans (5-0) vs. Westside-Augusta
Class AAA
1. Cairo (4-0) vs. Peach County
2. Baldwin (6-0) OFF
3. St. Pius (6-0) OFF
4. Dunwoody (5-0) at Towers
5. Washington County (5-0) at Thomson
6. Gainesville (6-0) vs. East Hall
7. LaGrange (5-1) OFF
8. Carver-Columbus (3-2) at Troup
9. Carrollton (5-1) vs. Haralson County
10. Thomson (4-1) vs. Washington County
Class AA
1. Buford (5-0) at Cross Keys
2. Fitzgerald (5-0) at Berrien
3. Appling County (6-0) OFF
4. Jefferson County (6-0) at East Laurens
5. Pepperell (5-0) vs. Temple
6. Charlton County (4-1) vs. Long County
7. Westminster (4-1) at Avondale
8. Henry County (4-1) at Greene County
9. Brooks County (4-1) at Early County
10. Callaway (5-1) vs. Lamar County
Class A
1. ECI (5-0) at Treutlen
2. Wilcox County (6-0) at Telfair County
3. Clinch County (5-1) at Lanier County
4. Athens Academy (5-0) at Mount Paran
5. Savannah Christian (4-1) at Bryan County
6. Lincoln County (5-1) OFF
7. Brookstone (5-0) vs. Stewart-Quitman
8. Miller County (6-0) at Terrell County
9. Turner County (5-1) vs. Telfair County
10. Bremen (4-1) vs. Darlington
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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