WEEK 1: This week’s high school football games

Lee County

at Dougherty

Game time/site: 7:30 p.m./Hamp Smith Classic at Albany State Coliseum.

Records (2017): Lee County 14-1, Dougherty 2-9.

Series history: Dougherty leads 10-6.

Last meeting: Lee County won 55-6 in 2013.

Notes: The Trojan Bowl resumes after a five-year hiatus, with the teams playing in the inaugural Hamp Smith Classic on the Albany State campus … It’s the debut of former University of Georgia player Damien Gary as Dougherty’s head coach … Lee County plays its first game following its GHSA Class 6A championship victory in December, with head coach Dean Fabrizio entering his 10th season as the head coach in Leesburg … Lee County is ranked No. 1 in the Georgia Sports Writers Association Class 6A preseason poll.

Jordan

at Monroe

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Jordan 2-8, Monroe 3-7.

Series history: First meeting.

Notes: Both Monroe and Jordan have fielded football teams since the 1940s, but this is the first time the programs have met … Jordan enters with its third head coach in four seasons, with Joe Kegler, the head coach at Carver-Columbus from 2013-15, taking over for Justin Newman, who moved to Spencer … Monroe plays its first four games at Hugh Mills Stadium, not hitting the road until Sept. 14 for a game at Thomas County Central.

Macon County

at Pelham

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Macon County 8-4, Pelham 9-3.

Series history: Macon County leads 14-7.

Last meeting: Macon County won 41-28 in the second round of the 2017 GHSA Class 1A-Public playoffs.

Notes: Macon County rallied from a 21-7 deficit in last year’s playoff matchup in Montezuma, scoring three touchdowns in the final quarter to advance … Pelham quarterback Kendrick Patterson returns for his third season under center … Pelham put a little more than nine minutes of work in during its scrimmage last week against Thomasville before bad weather set in … Macon County’s scrimmage with Westside-Macon was completely washed out … Macon County is ranked 10th in the GSWA Class 1A preseason poll.

Americus-Sumter

at Crisp County

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Americus-Sumter 9-3, Crisp County 9-2.

Series history: Crisp County leads 7-3.

Last meeting: Crisp County won 20-18 in 2017.

Notes: Larry Harold makes his debut as Americus-Sumter head coach … Both teams come off region championships, with Americus-Sumter winning Region 1-4A and Crisp County claiming Region 1-3A … Crisp County enters the season minus three major senior transfers: Defensive back Jammie Robinson (now at Lee County, ranked 50th by 247Sports in Georgia’s Class of 2019), defensive lineman DeAngelo Griffin (now at Lee County, committed to Minnesota) and quarterback Patrick Felton (now at Tift County).

Westover

at Cook

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Westover 4-6, Cook 6-6.

Series history: Westover leads 2-1.

Last meeting: Westover won 21-6 in 1973.

Notes: Former Georgia and Georgia Southern assistant Olten Downs makes his Westover debut … The teams meet for the first time in 45 years … All three games in the series took place between 1969 and 1973, when they were members of the same region.

Worth County

at Turner County

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Worth County 0-10, Turner County 6-5.

Series history: Worth County leads 22-16.

Last meeting: Turner County won 27-13 in 2017.

Notes: Worth County athletics director Frankie Carroll coaches his first game as the Rams’ interim head coach.

Baconton Charter

at Pataula Charter

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Baconton Charter 3-7, Pataula Charter 2-7.

Series history: Baconton Charter leads 2-0.

Last meeting: Baconton Charter won 46-0 in 2017.

Notes: The Albany area’s “Charter Bowl” enters its third season … Richard Andrews begins his tenure at Pataula Charter after serving as head coach at Oglethorpe County … Pataula Charter will again play a non-region schedule this season.

Mitchell County

at Brooks County

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Mitchell County 10-2, Brooks County 11-2.

Series history: Mitchell County leads 24-22.

Last meeting: Brooks County won 50-6 in 2013.

Notes: One of southwest Georgia’s top Week 1 games, a strong Class 1A-Public Mitchell County squad takes on a Brooks County team that went to the GHSA Class 2A semifinals last year … Brooks County is ranked fourth in the GSWA Class 2A preseason poll.

Chattahoochee County

at Terrell County

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Chattahoochee County 7-4, Terrell County 3-7.

Series history: Chattahoochee County leads 3-1.

Last meeting: Chattahoochee County won 19-6 in 2017.

Notes: Chattahoochee County enjoyed its strongest season in eight years last year, going 7-4 and finishing third in GHSA Region 1-1A … The game is the lone true region game on the Week 1 schedule in the Albany area, with Terrell County playing its only non-region game next week at Monroe.

Heritage

at Terrell Academy

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Heritage 7-4, Terrell Academy 6-6.

Series history: Terrell Academy leads 2-1.

Last meeting: Terrell Academy won 27-20 in 2017.

Notes: Terrell Academy opens its season by hosting a GISA Class 3A program.

Brookwood

at Westwood

Game time: 7:30 p.m.

Records (2017): Brookwood 4-5, Westwood 2-9.

Series history: Westwood leads 25-19-2.

Last meeting: Brookwood won 24-7 in 2017.

Notes: Jimbo Hale coaches his first game as Westwood’s head coach, with a GISA Class 3A program paying a visit to Camilla.

Aucilla Christian

at Sherwood Christian

Game time: 7 p.m.

Records (2017): Aucilla Christian 4-5, Sherwood Christian 0-9.

Notes: Sherwood’s home game against the program from Monticello, Florida, is believed to be the first between the programs in football.

OFF THIS WEEK: Calhoun County, Deerfield-Windsor, Southland. (Deerfield-Windsor scrimmages Miller County tonight; Southland was to scrimmage Trinity Christian-Dublin on Thursday).

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

Southwest Georgia Schedule

GHSA Region 1-7A

Friday

West Forsyth at Camden County

Drew at Lowndes

Tift County at Warner Robins

Saturday

Colquitt County at McEachern (Corky Kell Classic at Mercedes-Benz Stadium)

GHSA Region 1-6A

Friday

Brunswick at Coffee

Perry at Houston County

Northside-Warner Robins at Centennial

Maynard Jackson at Valdosta

GHSA Region 1-5A

Friday

Seminole County at Bainbridge

Harris County at Carver-Columbus (Memorial Stadium)

Early County at Thomas County Central

Veterans at Upson-Lee

GHSA Region 1-4A

Thursday

Shaw at Kendrick

Friday

Thomasville at Cairo

Spencer at Columbus (Kinnett Stadium)

GHSA Region 1-2A

Friday

Berrien at Irwin County

Early County at Thomas County Central

Fitzgerald at Bacon County

GISA Region 3-3A

Friday

Creekside at Tiftarea

Bowdon at Valwood

GISA Region 3-2A

Friday

Crisp Academy at Monsignor Donovan

Abbeville (Ala.) at Southwest Georgia