This week’s Southwest Georgia high school football games
Previewing high school football games of Oct. 27-28, 2017
By Ron Seibel
Monroe
at Worth County
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Monroe 2-5, 1-1 GHSA Region 1-3A; Worth County 0-8, 0-2.
Last week: Monroe off; Dougherty beat Worth County 26-13.
Series history: Worth County leads 15-10.
Last meeting: Worth County won 35-34 in 2016.
Notes: Monroe County can clinch the No. 2 playoff seed from Region 1-3A and a first-round home game with wins over Worth County and Cook … Worth County, meanwhile, will be eliminated from playoff contention with a loss to the Tornadoes.
Bulloch Academy
at Deerfield-Windsor
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Bulloch Academy 6-4, Deerfield-Windsor 6-4.
Last week: Bulloch Academy beat Pinewood Christian 45-42; Deerfield-Windsor beat Brookwood 34-13.
Series history: Deerfield-Windsor leads 5-0. First playoff meeting.
Last meeting: Deerfield-Windsor won 38-10 in 2013.
Notes: First round of the GISA Class 3A playoffs … Bulloch just beat a Pinewood Christian team that beat Deerfield-Windsor 22-14 on Sept. 15 in Bellville … The winner faces the Loganville Christian-Gatewood winner in the quarterfinals.
First Presbyterian Christian
at Terrell Academy
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: FPCA 0-8, Terrell Academy 5-5.
Last week: Robert Toombs beat FPCA 43-0; Terrell Academy beat Westwood 17-6.
Series history: First meeting.
Notes: First round of the GISA Class 2A playoffs … Westwood, which Terrell Academy beat last week, opened its season with a 59-6 win over FPCA, which has scored just 26 points all season while giving up at least 38 in every game … The winner travels to Briarwood for the quarterfinals.
Westwood
at Memorial Day
Game time/site: 7:30 p.m., Friday/Calvary Day.
Records: Westwood 2-8, Memorial Day 4-3.
Last week: Terrell Academy beat Westwood 17-6; Memorial Day off.
Series history: Westwood leads 4-0. Westwood leads 2-0 in playoff meetings.
Last meeting: Westwood won 33-21 in the 2011 GISA Class 1A championship game.
Notes: First round of the GISA Class 2A playoffs … This is the first meeting between Westwood and Memorial Day since back-to-back championship game meetings in 2010 and 2011, in the smallest class what was then a three-classification association … the winner travels to Flint River for the quarterfinals.
Dougherty
at Crisp County
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Dougherty 2-7, 1-2 GHSA Region 1-3A; Crisp County 6-1, 2-0.
Last week: Dougherty beat Worth County 26-13; Crisp County beat Cook 31-7.
Series history: Dougherty leads 19-16.
Last meeting: Crisp County won 42-6 in 2016.
Notes: Dougherty needs either a win over seventh-ranked Crisp County or a Worth County loss to Monroe to wrap up a playoff spot … Crisp County, meanwhile, clinches the region title with either a win this week or next week against Worth County.
Mitchell County
at Baconton Charter
Game time/site: 7:30 p.m., Friday/Centennial Stadium.
Records: Mitchell County 7-1, 7-0 GHSA Region 1-1A; Baconton Charter 3-5, 2-5.
Last week: Mitchell County beat Calhoun County 42-0; Seminole County beat Baconton Charter 48-13.
Series history: Mitchell County leads 3-0.
Last meeting: Mitchell County won 42-0 in 2016.
Seminole County
at Pelham
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Seminole County 5-3, 5-2 GHSA Region 1-1A; Pelham 7-1, 7-0.
Last week: Seminole County beat Baconton Charter 48-13; Pelham beat Stewart County 67-6.
Series history: Seminole County leads 41-24-1.
Last meeting: Pelham won 28-21 in 2016.
Notes: Next week’s Pelham-Mitchell County game in Camilla will determine the Region 1-1A champion, regardless of what happens in the Mitchell County-Baconton Charter and Seminole County-Pelham games.
Terrell County
at Calhoun County
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Terrell County 2-6, 2-5 GHSA Region 1-1A; Calhoun County 1-7, 1-6.
Last week: Chattahoochee County beat Terrell County 19-6; Mitchell County beat Calhoun County 42-0.
Series history: Terrell County leads 16-15.
Last meeting: Terrell County won 34-12 in 2016.
Pataula Charter
at Cross Keys
Game time/site: 7 p.m., Friday/North DeKalb Stadium.
Records: Pataula Charter 1-6, Cross Keys 0-5.
Last week: Sneads beat Pataula Charter 39-0; Glascock Cunty beat Cross Keys 58-12.
Series history: Pataula Charter leads 2-1.
Last meeting: Pataula Charter won 28-0 on Sept. 29.
Sherwood Christian
at Georgia Christian
Game time: 7:30 p.m., Friday.
Records: Sherwood Christian 0-7, 0-2 GICAA South Region; Georgia Christian 4-4, 2-0.
Last week: Skipstone beat Sherwood Christian 49-7; Georgia Christian off.
Historical information furnished by the Georgia High School Football Historians Association.
GISA Playoffs
First Round
Friday
Class 3A
Westfield at Trinity Christian-Sharpsburg
Southland at Trinity Christian-Dublin
Edmund Burke at Valwood
Bethlehem Christian at John Milledge
Tiftarea at Frederica
Augusta Prep at Heritage
Loganville Christian at Gatewood
Bulloch Academy at Deerfield-Windsor, 7:30 p.m.
Class 2A
Westwood at Memorial Day, 7:30 p.m.
Piedmont at Brentwood
Thomas Jefferson at Unity Prep
First Presbyterian Christian at Terrell Academy, 7:30 p.m.
Southwest Georgia Schedule
GHSA Region 1-7A
Thursday
Camden County at Glynn Academy, late
Friday
Colquitt County at Lowndes
GHSA Region 1-6A
Friday
Valdosta at Coffee
Houston County at Northside-Warner Robins
GHSA Region 1-5A
Friday
Harris County at Bainbridge
Warner Robins at Veterans
GHSA Region 1-4A
Thursday
Americus-Sumter at Columbus, late
Westover at Shaw, late
Friday
Cairo at Northside-Columbus (Kinnett Stadium)
Saturday
Hardaway at Carver-Columbus (Kinnett Stadium)
GHSA Region 1-3A
Friday
Cook at Berrien
GHSA Region 1-2A
Friday
Thomasville at Brooks County
Early County at Fitzgerald
GHSA Region 1-1A
Friday
Chattahoochee County at Randolph-Clay
Miller County at Stewart County
GICAA South Region
Friday
Life Christian at Skipstone