This week’s Southwest Georgia high school football games
Previewing Week 9 of the Albany-area high school football slate
By Ron Seibel
Northside-Warner Robins
at Lee County
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Northside 6-1, 1-0 GHSA Region 1-6A; Lee County 7-0, 1-0.
Last week: Northside beat Valdosta 16-7; Lee County off.
Series history: Northside leads 4-0.
Last meeting: Northside won 26-7 in 2016.
Notes: Lee County, the top-ranked team in Class 6A, faces its biggest test of the season in fourth-ranked Northside … The Eagles lost a lot of offensive firepower from last season, including speedy quarterback Tobias Oliver … Marcus Jolly is now Northside’s key playmaker, someone who can line up anywhere on the field … The star of the show at Northside, however, has always been defense, and the Eagles have yielded just 37 points in a six-game winning streak that followed a 28-17 loss to Class 5A No. 4 Warner Robins at the start of the season … Lee County has yet to score more than a touchdown in any of its meetings with Northside.
Crisp County
at Monroe
Game time: 7;30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Crisp County 4-1, 0-0 GHSA Region 1-3A; Monroe 2-4, 1-0.
Last week: Crisp County off; Monroe beat Dougherty 29-19.
Series history: Crisp County leads 19-10.
Last meeting: Crisp County won 28-14 in 2016.
Notes: Monroe snapped a four-game losing streak last week with its win over Dougherty … Seventh-ranked Crisp County started 4-0 but is coming off a loss two weeks ago to Class 2A No. 7 Brooks County … Crisp County runs a two-quarterback setup, with Patrick Felton and Myles Napier combining for 978 passing yards and seven touchdowns through the air.
Valwood
at Deerfield-Windsor
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Valwood 4-3, 1-1 GISA Region 3-3A; Deerfield-Windsor 5-3, 2-0.
Last week: Southland beat Valwood 16-6; Deerfield-Windsor beat Tiftarea 35-20.
Series history: Deerfield-Windsor leads 6-4.
Last meeting: Valwood won 28-14 in 2016.
Notes: Deerfield-Windsor wraps up at least a share of the Region 3-3A title with a win … Valwood has won the past two meetings in the series, including the 2015 GISA Class 3A title game.
Randolph-Clay
at Pelham
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Randolph-Clay 2-4, 2-3 GHSA Region 1-1A; Pelham 5-1, 5-0.
Last week: Baconton Charter beat Randolph-Clay 21-6; Pelham off.
Series history: Pelham leads 8-1.
Last meeting: Pelham won 50-38 in 2016.
Stewart County
at Baconton Charter
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Stewart County 1-5, 0-5 GHSA Region 1-1A; Baconton Charter 2-4, 1-4.
Last week: Terrell County beat Stewart County 28-14; Baconton Charter beat Randolph-Clay 21-6.
Series history: Baconton Charter leads 5-2.
Last meeting: Stewart County won 28-20 in 2016.
Westover
at Columbus
Game time/site: 7:30 p.m., Friday/Kinnett Stadium.
Records: Westover 2-4, 0-3 GHSA Region 1-4A; Columbus 2-4, 1-2.
Last week: Westover off; Columbus beat Shaw 13-7.
Series history: Westover leads 3-2.
Last meeting: Columbus won 40-29 in 2016.
Mitchell County
at Seminole County
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Mitchell County 5-1, 5-0 GHSA Region 1-1A; Seminole County 4-2, 4-1.
Last week: Mitchell County off; Seminole County beat Calhoun County 37-0.
Series history: Mitchell County leads 29-20-1.
Last meeting: Mitchell County won 42-28 in 2016.
Calhoun County
at Chattahoochee County
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Calhoun County 1-5, 1-4 GHSA Region 1-1A; Chattahoochee County 3-3, 3-2.
Last week: Seminole County beat Calhoun County 37-0; Chattahoochee County beat Miller County 19-16.
Series history: Chattahoochee County leads 4-1.
Last meeting: Chattahoochee County won 22-14 in 2016.
Terrell Academy
at Southwest Georgia
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Terrell Academy 3-4; 0-0 GISA Region 3-2A; Southwest Georgia 6-2, 1-0.
Last week: Terrell Academy off; Southwest Georgia beat Pataula Charter 60-0.
Series history: Southwest Georgia leads 29-17-1.
Last meeting: Terrell Academy won 54-6 in 2016.
Flint River
at Westwood
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Saturday.
Records: Flint River 3-5; Westwood 2-6.
Last week: Flint River beat Bethlehem Temple 14-12; Edmund Burke beat Westwood 26-0.
Series history: Westwood leads 10-9-1.
Last meeting: Flint River won 32-13 (Sept. 2, regular season) and 38-6 (Nov. 4, playoffs) in 2016.
NOTE: Historical information provided by the Georgia High School Football Historians Association.
Southwest Georgia Schedule
GHSA Region 1-7A
Friday
Colquitt County at Camden County
Lowndes at Tift County
GHSA Region 1-6A
Friday
Coffee at Houston County
GHSA Region 1-5A
Friday
Harris County at Warner Robins
Veterans at Thomas County Central
GHSA Region 1-4A
Thursday
Hardaway at Northside-Columbus, late
Friday
Shaw at Americus-Sumter
Cairo at Carver-Columbus (Memorial Stadium)
GHSA Region 1-3A
Thursday
Cook at Dougherty, late
GHSA Region 1-2A
Friday
Fitzgerald at Berrien
Early County at Thomasville
GHSA Region 1-1A
Friday
Sneads (Florida) at Miller County
GISA Region 3-3A
Friday
Brookwood at Southland
Tiftarea at Westfield
GICAA South Region
Friday
Fullington at Johnson Ferry Christian
Georgia Christian at Covenant Academy