Here is a look at the top games this weekend:
No. 7 (Public) Mount Zion-Carroll (6-1, 3-1 in Region 6-Division A) at North Cobb Christian (6-0, 3-0). (Preview courtesy of Georgia High School Football Daily.) Usually when a big-time high school football game is played in Kennesaw, it happens down the road at Mount Paran Christian. But this time Jacob Dennis Field on the campus of North Cobb Christian will be rocking, as the Eagles attempt to take another step toward respectability. North Cobb Christian was 0-10 in Mark Hollars' debut as coach in 2016, the school's first attempt at a region schedule. Now, the Eagles are the only unbeaten team in the subregion, though preseason favorites Mount Zion and Darlington remain to be played. It has been a season of thrills for NCC, starting with a 21-20 season-opening win over St. Francis when NCC stopped a two-point conversion attempt in overtime. Then in a 27-23 win over Monticello, Shanard Banks returned a kickoff 85 yards for the decisive touchdown with five minutes left. And against Bowdon, NCC scored the winning TD with less than three minutes left in a 19-15 victory. Ryan Pruitt has scored 11 of the Eagles' 22 touchdowns (six rushing, five receiving). Mount Zion suffered its only loss Sept. 14 against Christian Heritage but has won three consecutive games and likely will win the subregion for the second straight year with a victory Friday. Mount Zion has reshuffled its backfield after losing its top two fullbacks to injury, but each member of the new backfield - FB Lane Ackles, HB Breon Henderson, HB Tyriese Farley and QB Iaan Cousin - has at least one 100-yard rushing game during the winning streak. The four also are two-way starters. Mount Zion passes fewer than five times per game. Mt. Zion won last season's matchup, 48-21.
No. 9 (Private) Calvary Day (5-1, 1-1 in Region 3-Division A) vs. Claxton (5-1, 2-0). The Cavaliers may be ranked but the Tigers are the ones at the top of the subregion. If Calvary Day has hopes of winning the subregion, as well as its fourth region championship in the past six seasons, the Cavaliers will need to bounce back from last week's 24-21 loss to Savannah Christian. History is on Calvary Day's side. The Cavaliers have won seven in a row over the Tigers by an average score of 47-12, including 35-0 last season.
Other key games include:
No. 2 (Public) Clinch County (5-1, 2-1 in Region 2) vs. Turner County (4-2, 2-1)
No. 3 (Public) Commerce (6-0, 1-2 in Region 8-Division B) at Hebron Christian (4-2, 2-0)
No. 4 (Public) Pelham (6-0, 5-0 in Region 10 at Chattahoochee County (5-2, 5-1)
No. 5 (Private) Aquinas (6-0, 3-0 in Region 7-Division B) vs. Hancock Central (4-2, 2-1)
No. 6 (Public) Charlton County (4-2, 2-1 in Region 2) vs. Wilcox (4-2, 2-1)
No. 8 (Public) Schley County (5-1, 3-0 in Region 4) vs. Macon County (3-3, 2-1)
No. 9 (Public) Mitchell County (5-1, 5-0 in Region 1) vs. Seminole County (4-2, 4-1)
No. 10 (Private) Darlington (5-1, 2-1 in Region 6-Division A) vs. Trion (5-2, 2-2)
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