As expected with No. 10 Douglass’ loss to No. 2 Hapeville Charter, there is a new team debuting in the top 10. The Jefferson County Warriors are ranked for the first time since Week 2 of last season.
The Warriors (4-2, 2-0 Region 4) are riding a four-game winning streak — all against league opponents — after opening the season 0-2 in non-region play. They beat previously undefeated Hephzibah 44-28 last week to enter the polls. Given their weak region, the Warriors will likely run the tables on their remaining games so long as they stay healthy and play to their capabilities.
The rest of the top 10 stayed relatively unchanged from last week, with the only difference being Swainsboro and Fitzgerald swapping places. It appears pollsters penalized the Tigers for only winning 14-7 on the road against unranked-but-solid Metter, while Fitzgerald shut out Worth County 34-0.
For Friday night's recap, go here.
Below is the latest top 10. The number in parenthesis represents the previous week's ranking.
(1) Rockmart (6-0)
(2) Hapeville Charter (4-1)
(3) Callaway (5-1)
(4) Dublin (5-0)
(5) Rabun County (6-0)
(7) Fitzgerald (5-1)
(6) Swainsboro (4-1)
(8) Brooks County (3-3)
(9) Washington County (4-1)
(NR) Jefferson County (4-2)
In brief:
- Dodge County's Nathan Coley Jr. earned Week 6's top play for Recruit Georgia with a one-handed interception.
- Early County's Ladarius Ceasar was recently named WTVY's player of the week.
- Jamon'tae Jean of Therrell recently came down with a remarkable touchdown reception.
- Jeff Davis coach Lance Helton recently sat down to talk with WTOC's Jake Wallace for The End Zone podcast.
- Jeff Davis' Jashaun Kirby, Andrew Aycock and Bradley Owens were recently named the team's players of the week following a 54-14 win over Bacon County.
- Jeff Davis is 6-0 for the first time since 1997 after beating Bryan County 43-7. The Jackets are one win away from matching last year's win total.
- Here are radio highlights from the Jeff Davis win.
- Former Vidalia standout Lakia Henry is doing big things at Ole Miss. He earned student-athlete of the week honors, and collected a sack — the first of his career —against Vanderbilt.
- Another Vidalia alum, Nate McBride, was making plays in Knoxville on Saturday.
- Bleckley County didn't take kindly to Maxwell's projection pegging them as 23-point underdogs. It turns out, the Royals were much better than that and played No. 4 Dublin close on the road, losing 41-32. The Royals are 4-2, 1-1 in Region 3 and eyeing their first trip to the playoffs since 2014.
- Bleckley County's Arkenzio Hayes has been named to participate in the Offense-Defense 2020 All-American Bowl Series.
- Toombs Now has highlights of Toombs County's 38-0 win over Bacon County. The Bulldogs improved to 4-1, 1-1 in Region 2.
- Toombs County's Thursday night kickoff against visiting Bryan County has been moved to 7 p.m.
- Union County is 6-0 after beating Elbert County 35-14. Todd Forrest has the game story for NGN Sports.
- The Dodge County Indians used a goal line stand to escape Northeast-Macon with a 35-29 win. The Indians are 3-3, 2-0 in Region 3.
- Westside-Augusta beat Cross Creek 13-0 in a non-region game to move to 3-2. They've now won as many games as the last three seasons combined and are looking to win at least four for the first time since 2014. The Patriots are 2-1 in Region 4 and are hoping for their first playoff appearance since 2013.
- Callaway pulled away from Bremen late in the fourth quarter thanks to this Demetrius Coelman to Jymere Jones 68-yard touchdown.
- Coosa moves into the win column with a 41-18 victory over Armuchee. Noah Syverson has the story for The Rome News-Tribune.
- Here are Rockmart's leaders last week on offense, defense and special teams. The Yellow Jackets beat Chattooga 51-7 to improve to 6-0, 3-0 in 7-AA.
- One Class AA alum — Rory Starkey of Hapeville Charter— is on a list any parent would be proud to see their kid on.
- Washington County senior defensive end Shedrick Collins recently earned the team's player of the week honors for his five tackles and three sacks against East Laurens.
- Hapeville Charter assistant Stephon Brown Jr. has overcome the odds to help guide the No. 2 Hornets.
- Hapeville Charter's Marcus Carroll notched three rushing touchdowns against Douglass last week, earning Prep Sports Nation athlete of the week honors.
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