This week’s Southwest Georgia high school football games

Previewing Week 10 of the high school football season

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By Ron Seibel

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Lee County

at Valdosta

Time: 8 p.m., Friday.

Records: Lee County 8-0, 2-0 GHSA Region 1-6A; Valdosta 2-5, 0-1.

Last week: Lee County beat Northside-Warner Robins 16-13 in overtime; Valdosta off.

Series history: Valdosta leads 7-0.

Last meeting: Valdosta won 27-7 in 2016.

Notes: Lee County will try to beat another region foe for the first time after picking up its first-ever win over Northside-Warner Robins in dramatic fashion last week … The top-ranked Trojans are 8-0 for the first time in program history … Defending GHSA Class 6A champion Valdosta is in danger of posting its worst record in 11 years, when the Wildcats went 1-9 … Valdosta scored 44 and 26 points in wins over Thomas County Central and Woodland-Stockbridge, but it scored just a combined 30 points in losses to Lowndes, Wayne County, Tift County, Colquitt County and Northside.

Worth County

at Dougherty

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.

Records: Worth County 0-7, 0-1 GHSA Region 1-3A; Dougherty 1-7, 0-2.

Last week: Worth County off; Cook beat Dougherty 33-32.

Series history: Worth County leads 19-10.

Last meeting: Worth County won 42-12 in 2016.

Notes: Although these teams have combined for just one win, the nature of the five-team region they play in means the winner of this game gets an inside track on a playoff spot … Dougherty has had some close calls this season, with a one-point loss to Turner County, a seven-point loss to Berrien and another one-point loss last week to Cook … All of Worth County’s losses this season have come by double-figure margins.

Westover

at Cairo

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.

Records: Westover 3-4, 1-3 GHSA Region 1-4A; Cairo 4-3, 3-1.

Last week: Westover beat Columbus 26-13; Cairo beat Carver-Columbus 24-13.

Series history: Cairo leads 22-4.

Last meeting: Cairo won 34-6 in 2016.

Notes: Westover sits one game out of fourth place, but the teams tied for fourth, Hardaway and Carver-Columbus, both defeated Westover earlier this season, essentially putting the Patriots two games out of a playoff spot with three games to go … Westover has just two wins over Cairo in the past 25 years, coming in 1993 and 2013 … That 1993 win came during the Westover coaching tenure of Robin Hines, now the executive director of the GHSA.

Stewart County

at Pelham

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.

Records: Stewart County 1-6, 0-6 GHSA Region 1-1A; Pelham 6-1, 6-0.

Last week: Baconton Charter beat Stewart County 39-14; Pelham beat Randolph-Clay 53-0.

Series history: Pelham leads 2-1.

Last meeting: Pelham beat Stewart County 61-8 in 2016.

Notes: Pelham and Mitchell County are on track for a Nov. 3 meeting in Camilla for the region title, should Pelham beat Stewart County and Seminole County and Mitchell County top Calhoun County and Baconton Charter … The Hornets and Eagles are tied for first in Region 1-1A, two games ahead of Seminole County and Chattahoochee County with three games remaining in the regular season.

Calhoun County

at Mitchell County

Time: 7:30 p.m., Saturday.

Records: Calhoun County 1-6, 1-5 GHSA Region 1-1A; Mitchell County 6-1, 6-0.

Last week: Chattahoochee County beat Calhoun County 43-0; Mitchell County beat Seminole County 35-8.

Series history: Mitchell County leads 15-1.

Last meeting: Mitchell County won 44-0 in 2016.

Terrell Academy

at Westwood

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.

Records: Terrell Academy 4-5, 0-1 GISA Region 3-2A; Westwood 2-7, 0-1.

Last week: Southwest Georgia beat Terrell Academy 40-27; Flint River beat Westwood 17-10.

Series history: Westwood leads 23-16.

Last meeting: Terrell Academy won 37-0 in 2016.

Notes: Southwest Georgia has wrapped up the Region 3-2A title and the first-round playoff bye that goes with it, but the winner of this game will get to host a first-round playoff game while the other travels … Barring an upset win by winless First Presbyterian Christian over Robert Toombs on Friday, the Terrell Academy-Westwood winner will host FPCA next weekend while the loser will travel to Memorial Day.

Deerfield-Windsor

at Brookwood

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.

Records: Deerfield-Windsor 5-4, 2-1 GISA Region 3-3A; Brookwood 4-4, 0-3.

Last week: Valwood beat Deerfield-Windsor 35-0; Southland beat Brookwood 41-3.

Series history: Deerfield-Windsor leads 24-11.

Last meeting: Brookwood won 21-10 in 2016.

Notes: After wins over Southland and Tiftarea, Deerfield-Windsor saw its control of Region 3-3A disappear last week with its loss to Valwood … The loss allowed Southland, which wrapped up regular-season play last week, to claim a share of the region title with a 3-1 region mark … Deerfield-Windsor can still claim the top playoff seed from the region with a win over Brookwood and a Valwood loss to Tiftarea … A Deerfield-Windsor win and a Valwood win would result in a three-way tie for the region title.

Chattahoochee County

at Terrell County

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.

Records: Chattahoochee County 4-3, 4-2 GHSA Region 1-1A; Terrell County 2-5, 2-4.

Last week: Chattahoochee County beat Calhoun County 43-0; Terrell County off.

Series history: Chattahoochee County leads 2-1.

Last meeting: Terrell County won 39-28 in 2016.

Baconton Charter

at Seminole County

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.

Records: Baconton Charter 3-4, 2-4 GHSA Region 1-1A; Seminole County 4-3, 4-2.

Last week: Baconton Charter beat Stewart County 39-14; Mitchell County beat Seminole County 35-8.

Series history: Seminole County leads 1-0.

Last meeting: Seminole County won 40-0 in 2016.

Pataula Charter

at Sneads (Florida)

Time: 7 p.m., Friday.

Records: Pataula Charter 1-5; Sneads 0-6.

Last week: Pataula Charter off; Miller County beat Sneads 27-20.

Series history: First meeting.

Skipstone

at Sherwood Christian

Time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.

Records: Skipstone 5-2, Sherwood 0-6.

Last week: Both teams off.

NOTE: Historical information provided by the Georgia High School Football Historians Association.

Southwest Georgia Schedule

GHSA Region 1-7A

Friday

Lowndes at Camden County

Tift County at Colquitt County

GHSA Region 1-6A

Friday

Northside-Warner Robins at Coffee

GHSA Region 1-5A

Friday

Thomas County Central at Bainbridge

Veterans at Harris County

GHSA Region 1-4A

Thursday

Americus-Sumter at Hardaway (Memorial Stadium)

Shaw at Northside-Columbus (Kinnett Stadium)

Friday

Columbus at Carver-Columbus (Memorial Stadium)

GHSA Region 1-3A

Friday

Crisp County at Cook

GHSA Region 1-2A

Friday

Fitzgerald at Brooks County

Chiles (Tallahassee, Florida) at Thomasville

GHSA Region 1-1A

Friday

Randolph-Clay at Miller County

GISA Region 3-3A

Friday

Tiftarea at Valwood

GICAA South Region

Friday

Life Christian at Fullington

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