Twelve of the 28 teams in this weekend’s state football semifinals also made it to the final four last season. Three of them – Buford, Aquinas and Marion County – went on to win state championships, but the other nine were just 2-7 in the semis. Two of the teams that lost in the semifinals last year will play each other on Friday when top-ranked Colquitt County hosts preseason No. 1 McEachern in Class AAAAAA. The computer Maxwell Ratings project Colquitt County as a 19-point favorite, but expect a closer game than that. In fact, a McEachern victory won’t be a shocker. But Colquitt County keeps finding ways to win, and look for the Packers to do it again.
THE WEEKEND PREDICTIONS
Last week: 26-2 (.929); Playoffs: 134-30 (.817); Overall: 1,761-455 (.795)
CLASS AAAAAA
Winner##Loser
Archer##Etowah
Colquitt County##McEachern
CLASS AAAAA
Allatoona##Northside-Warner Robins
Stockbridge##Mays
CLASS AAAA
Buford##Cartersville
Woodward Academy##St. Pius
CLASS AAA
Calhoun##Westminster
Washington County##Blessed Trinity
CLASS AA
Benedictine##Brooks County
Greater Atlanta Christian##Fitzgerald
CLASS A (Public)
Irwin County##Commerce
Marion County##Hawkinsville
CLASS A (Private)
Calvary Day##Eagle’s Landing Christian
Mount Paran Christian##Aquinas
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