Football Fridays in Georgia | GHSA 4A Final: Cartersville vs. Thomson | Season 2016 | Episode 17

[Music] that's a championship team right there welcome inside the georgia dome here in downtown atlanta for game three of our four championship games tonight and oh my goodness this may be the best of all the class 4a championship between the teams that have been one and two the entire season the defending champion carter's the purple hurricanes the champions out of region five and the thompson bulldogs coming in at 14-0 number two in the state as well and they come out of region three both these teams 14-0 and oh my goodness we are so glad you're with us larry smith john nelson here along and you know we've been telling this uh they've been number one for four months now one and two marry each other both high-powered offenses both stingy defenses and at the same time when the brackets came out i'm sure that everyone looked at where they were upper left lower right and this was the matchup that everyone was going to be expecting when you had mcduffie county and thompson with the great running game and cartersville obviously as one of our great orators rick flair used to say to be the man you've got to beat the man and that's what thompson is out to do today that's right in fact really cartersville coach joey kingston thompson a lot like they were last year trying to here trying to get their first championship in quite a while let's talk first about uh the thompson bulldogs right now and what they've done i mentioned 14-0 uh but and 46 points for gamers so they're averaging and they run the ball and they run the ball and guess what run the ball they run the ball and here's your 2 000 yard rusher who really is you want to say that he's the bell cow but when you've got bubba murray behind him at over a thousand yards 2239 yards from michael thomas and he is one of the keys today offensively he gets away he gets to the edge he gets gone for speaking english very goodly thompson is going to have their way offensively against cartersville but can they get to the edge that's the big question that's the big question against the defense that again is underrated on the other side cartersville let's face it there is one name on top of this offense it is well and first off we talk about the uh again on the defensive side christian tut christian tut this will be an interesting match up the four star recruit has i think officially 110 billion offers from all of division one when it comes to ncaa left came back now he's back home in thompson and they will probably match up tut against the number one receiver that is perceived in that cartersville offense right in fact i think he's got even australia obviously so i think if he really checks international offers for christians that's male exactly he's good what we're trying to say now to the other side at cartersville there is one name we talked about in the in the pre-game in the uh the extra point show uh early action show it is that of trevor lawrence and jackie britton has been following the arms race this year and trevor lawrence the number one recruit in the country as a junior you look at the numbers 49 and 9. so it's about five and a half tds to interception ratio even gets on his wheels a little bit when he has to duck his head but you look at the completion ratio 23 out of 37 on average so about 60 percent of his passes trevor lawrence a tremendous junior year to try to follow up the sophomore season where they got the title absolutely and then we go to another player to watch it tonight they hear these for these purple hurricanes it is that young man right there the guy behind him the other big guy in the office i guess we could say he's the cream in the cartersville coffee trey creamer he'll be on both sides of the ball he'll be getting a lot of action you see right there 250 total yards of offense for this cartersville output so number one target you like to think would be number one but trevor lawrence likes to spread it around so we'll see that's right thompson going for their first state championship since 2002 cartersville going for the rare back-to-back 15-0 records 15-0 seasons and state championships as well now the third member of our team is sam crenshaw down to the sidelines sam what do you have for us harry this has been a very emotional year for the thompson football team and the entire thompson community in june of this year christopher tut the outstanding player who played in the past and thompson passed away in a single car crash there have been three generations of the tech family to play football with thompson high school his younger brother christian is ranked number one player on this team a five star was going to play his high school football this season for img decided to come back home and play for the thompson bulldogs look on the back of their helmets as they play today the ct logo is a tribute to christopher tut the young man this community misses they'll be thinking of him and no doubt dedicated this entire season to his memory what a treaty would be for them to win a win a state championship here tonight sam no question about that look at the thompsonville bulldogs thompson high school uh bulldogs head coach of rob ridings you see there his third season as well and uh what a run it's been four wins in 2014 11-2 last year and 14-0 coming into the georgia dome today leading the bulldogs rob ridings the offensive coordinator for luther welch in 2002 when thompson won oh there we go and joey king we talked about him 41 by the way he and lawrence both 41 and 2 as a duo uh they're not belichick brady just yet but hang on they've got it this game and one more season together uh with these two trevor has better hair he does have better hair than tom movie star looks here's a series history only meaning previously was four years ago cartersville at home beating the bulldogs 21-13 we'll see if thompson can get some revenge tonight so we get started right now thompson in the home black with gold trim it is cartersville and they're road white with the purple trim they'll receive first thompson won the toss and they elected to defend first dakota gurgaon with the kitchen with the reception to the 30 already and oh my goodness to the 40. to midfield candy stand bouncing off again they better start here for the purple hurricanes out of cartersville we saw it yesterday with a big kickoff return for buford to get points on the board on a plunge tres fize picking him up right here and he's going to come right at you in the living room as he peels off to the right hand side of the screen great blocking for cartersville out of the blocks big gain gets him to midfield in this offense another job by fiji on that uh 52-yard return right there to get to cartersville in grapes and uh situation to start and there's a good look at trevor lawrence right there 49 touchdowns only nine interceptions on the season he starts in the gun handoff very quickly to creamer short gain against this tight defense [Music] for thompson our test banks there on the stop here's the look at the cartersville offense corrigan winters curtis wilkins and roots along the front line for them juniors as you can see and the uh other uh players at creamer jefferson horton turner and showwell both he plays both ways for the purple hurricane so one yard gain there for creamer second and nine lawrence all kinds of time now he's under pressure trying to get away he overthrows trying to get it to antoine jefferson i can't get it there how about the thompson defense 3-4 set here there's will roberts aj larkins and devin randall zach johnson 111 tackles to lead the way for this bulldogs defense banks louis and rivers they're number 42 and then in the backfield defensively hunt crawford we talk about christian tut and tyrese jones uh maybe the most underrated performer on this bulldogs defense third and long now for the defending champions from the 46th lawrence fires he's got his man caught at a first down that's ej turner his 37th catch on the season at a first down for carter simple run to the marker turn outside and here it is look at the cushion that you'll see that was given lawrence winds up and throws he knew where he was going the entire time big cushion at the line of scrimmage easy pitch and catch for ej turner 12-yard catch on that one in fact that's a play we saw them just part of their warm-ups was that exact same route so first down for cartersville lawrence quick toss and a big stick number 24. quattro hunt wow good afternoon hello ej turner goes through and then underneath antoine jefferson gets met by hunt the senior jefferson 61 catches now on the season that leads the team three-yard gain second down cartersville trying to take the opening drive down for a score changing the play now nine seconds on the play clock for lawrence under pressure gets it away creamer can't hold on to it well defense there that's hunt once again the senior defensive back help break that play up late developing screen zach johnson into defend you'll see lawrence look and look thought the screen was there in and out of the hands incomplete good defense there good push by that front three for thompson third and seven now for cartersville [Applause] class 4a championship game carterzo trying to make it back to back lawrence on a rollout sees his man caught in complete and a first down to jacoby orr inside the 20. once again just settle down into the zone you see the gap lawrence looking looking finds the outlet right there once again right in front of this receiver receiver brings it in tyrese jones with the tackle but it's simple box out right now get to the marker get the first down box out in front of the defender easy pitches and catches right now on the first drive for cartersville to creamer in the first time play short game for him cartersville as a team has only rushed for slightly over a thousand yards with trevor having thrown for 3 700 you see where the offense goes but creamer the leading rusher averages about six yards a carry when they do use that run as a changeup when he's a good enough back that he does keep you honest on that in three yard game florence again a little high this time and there's a flag it'll get them they're gonna get hunt for past interference in the play intended for ej turner early bump by hunt that time andy smith our referee makes the call you see there the rest of this outstanding officiating crew [Music] passing affairs on the defense half the distance to the goal you saw a member of the crew derek willis here's your play real quick let's watch the early climbing of the ladder by hunt 24 dark right there as ej turner was trying to make the catch you saw on the crew derrick willis 20th year as an official it's his last game he's crewed with his dad bobby and his brother scott they've all worked multiple championships so the willis family getting a championship game and one for their last game wow first and goal now from the game hand off to kramer he's got a hole oh and it closes quickly what a job there by number six xavius lewis the junior just when you think that it's going to get to the second level watch the tackling right at the belt line and then making your way all the way down to the ankles making sure it's all secure short game for creamer down to the five big challenge here for this bulldogs defense they've allowed 10 points or less nine games this season so again the big offensive numbers both of these teams that they pride themselves on defense as well cream on the handoff he's inside the five second push gets down to the three will be third and goal from there artest banks in the tackle 21 for thompson all 230 pounds of him right there you see the eyes of banks keeping an eye on the ball the entire time short game of the ball almost came out kramer had to grab it to make sure he maintained possession third and goal from the three effective drive so far for carter's though but can they cap it off with a touchdown [Applause] florence handoff to creamer goes up high and second effort he gets a name for the touchdown pottersville goes on top first tcsg touchdown replay once again see the gap center right guard spin off the initial contact by jakori crawford number two for thompson creamer gets the touchdown his 19th rushing touchdown of the season jonathan cruz on for the extra point and it's true and just like that carterville taking the opening kickoff and driving it down the field trey creamer the senior going up high the spin move on athletic ability 19th rushing touchdown on the season for creamer and just like that the defending champs draw first blood remember last year 10 nothing shut out of beaufort let's take a look at the scoring drive once again brought to us by our friends at the technical college system of georgia tcsg learn more earn more 47 and 9 just took a little under four minutes off the clock and let's see how thompson responds here with that running game that has done serious damage to a lot of opponents this year oh it has been unbelievable what they've done they average 313 yards rushing per game that's what they bring to the georgia dome tonight [Music] christian deep to receive for the bulldogs [Music] you're going to see that a lot punts kicks defense christian tut that's why a lot of schools are keeping an eye on it cruz with the kick into the end zone and so the thompson bulldogs 14-0 going on offense for the first time here in the georgia dome class 4a championship game and there's mills writings right there the 6-1 junior you see his numbers completes uh 67 of his passes doesn't throw very much what he does though he's pretty accurate doesn't need to throw and when you're a coach's son you grow up as a ball boy so mills has been around his dad long time coach so ball boy he grew up through the system knows the system and knows what it's like out of the pistol and off quickly and he's got some room that's michael thomas the star first time but he's off to the races oh a great champion that maybe thrown a touchdown by trey creamer what a way to say hello to this georgia dome crowd michael thomas let's take a look at the holes created gonna be the left-hand side of the screen and the cut back right there found the hole center right guard dodges two tackles in three and he's off and running big gain for the bulldogs out of the blocks for the 45. well could be right back at it again this time it's uh thomas again on your cat all kinds of pressure and it's creamer again oh look at that when you look at the thompson offense here's a look at the thompson offense first those guys up front creating those big holes williams and jones uh walker cheatham and gates over on the right side cheatham we'll talk about him in a moment some of your skill players now we talked about thomas will roberts 91 he's a blocker back there trey parker cade and davon crockett are your receivers second down and long now thomas again spin move and leans forward tackle there by sean holton senior linebacker that brings up third downs cartersville defense now holmen's scrutins and wade your linebackers trevor lowe sean holton niven nelson 92 tackles on the year and avery show well 16 and a half tackles for loss for number 28 the senior in the backfield creamer williams copeson and bradley kirk veteran lineup you see a lot of srs and jrs so these guys were in game 15 last year at the dump third and 10 now [Applause] he goes nowhere smothered by white shirts led by trevor lowe the senior and that brings up fourth down [Music] thompson offense you mentioned before boy they are quick and that's one thing that coach king talked about is that hey they have a lot of team speed they play with a chip on their shoulder cartersville wins this round but thompson long way to go and you'll notice these days that that utah pass that kind of trendy thing when you're way back in the pistol or the shotgun as long as it's pitched forward it's considered a forward pass so if the situation like that occurs later on and people are diving after the football it's a forward pass attempt but that seems to be the trendy way to deliver a pass these days officials timeout joey king needs to talk with the officials on his side about some things and as we saw in the pregame show i think pretty much everybody in cartersville and mcduffie county are here tonight this might be our best crowd of the weekend so far well another good one tonight roswell and grayson all that purple and the black and gold of thompson and yeah a lot of that thompson's team made the trip this morning pep rally at the school and they left on the buses come down here to the dome they want to change the routine at all fourth and eleven marcus cade is the punter [Music] fair catch called for and taken by antoine jefferson for cartersville 31-yard punch and so it's cartersville and trevor lawrence gonna try it again seven nothing lead in the first the ghsa football championship is made possible in part by regions it's time to expect more georgia's electrical membership cooperative the official energy provider of the ghsa the technical college system of georgia learn more earn more cigna go you heads up georgia and the governor's office of highway safety dot com and viewers like you thank you back here to the georgia dome almost halfway through the first quarter of this class for a championship game cartersville the early 7-0 lead as they took the opening kickoff down the purple hurricane their resume three times the state champion including last year's undefeated run for the title five straight legion championships you see what they did under coach garden and coach earwood six nfl players ronnie brown keith henderson and robert lavette the former yellowjacket later on in his career among those guys who got onto the pros what a job joey king has done here 41-2 in just his third season in cartersville tremendous build that he's had and he had two years ago it was the young guy it was younger guys so you're looking at freshmen and sophomores getting work and now they're juniors and seniors and you're seeing what they've been able to do going 29 in a row playing in their second game 15. it's pretty impressive that by that young man trevor lawrence as you mentioned the number one pocket passing prospect in the junior class 10 times that's right knows i said it very slowly nice touch there's a creamer and he's got it for a large gain not quite a first down not past the 30-yard line sending everybody the low part of the screen way out into the pattern simple flip out a lot of space there for kramer to run into when all the receivers run fly patterns all the way down the field so big pick up there they call it eight good look at creamer well he's not at all hasn't he scored a touchdown made two big tackles there including a touchdown saving tackle on the first player of scrimmage for thompson and already his first reception of this game as well handoff here for the first down and more creamer out about to the 38-yard line and they'll move the chains leading rusher has the most catches coming into the game with 37. averages about 14 and a half yards a catch he and ej turner one and two on the receiving core but when you look at the targets trevor lawrence has hit nine different receivers on that cartersville roster this year [Music] so first down this time of fake to creamer lawrence gets it away quickly to show up he's out on the edge gets through one tackle now close to a first down maybe just short at the 47 yard line like a nine yard pick up there for avery showwell the senior tight end 43rd catch of the year for show averages about 18 to catch once again drag route going from the bottom to the top stiff arm to work the corner gets it close to the marker give him nine second and short back to line quickly right now they waste no time neither one of these teams change of play play clock at 10. lawrence again pumps and looking he's got his man out in the open and oh he almost got it tj what a great job on defense by tyrese jones to break it up these one-on-one matchups jones a little shaken up here after the play [Music] working backward and then just the boy the collision there trying to reach over the top of tyrese jones for the catch can't come down with it jones up on his feet and back into it pretty impressive effort there so third and one now 502 to go lawrence empty backfield quick to jefferson he's got the first down pass midfield still on his feet out of bounds then at the 46 and cartersville continues to move the chains against this defense t.j williams on the stop six receptions so far by the cartersville offense five different receivers and once again it's you're sending guys deep and then you have a bit of a drag by jefferson just someone underneath is a bit of an outlet that can has speed and can get to the corner or get to the edge and work once they've got the football nice job there by jefferson first time again he'll get the lion's share of carries as we mentioned before they don't run much when they do he gets the ball short gain brings up second down zach johnson the five 880 pound senior with the tackle look at the cut back by kramer but then look how many dark shirts meet him right after the cutback you're going to see a lot of gang tackling by thompson defensively a lot of guys want to get their helmet toward the football when it comes to the defense of the bulldogs one thing cartersville does very well they pick at you pick out you pick action all of a sudden they feel deep for a touchdown um it's a big play offense right now and they're just going along and just take what the defense is giving them coach coaching says that they want to do week in week out and here we go it's going up top and long it's still just a bit out of bounds incomplete and kenneth number three ej turner but it's that kind of play again the short stuff short stuff shortstop and trying to see him getting beat you deep but what you're looking at as a corner as they both kind of drift you see tyrese jones use the boundary as an extra defender kind of closing the amount of space that ej turner had to catch the ball and turner drifted out of bounds if that ball had been thrown maybe five yards inside as opposed to a back shoulder throw it would have been a long completion yeah so third and eight now for cartersville for the thompson 44. takes the handoff instead of anton jefferson it was tipped jefferson reaching back still almost pulled it in and brings up fourth down and the punt team will come on for cartersville big mitz devin randle is a part of that now watch the three down hands in the pattern and right in there is the deflection by nicholson the junior once again hands in the passing lane do anything you can to disrupt an offense like this big stop here for the bulldogs defense and so it's jonathan cruz on the punts and christian tut is back to receive inside his own tent side of his foot and way way off the side let's see what i'm going to mark this [Music] let's take a look at what the thompson bulldogs have done in their time as a program out in mcduffie county luther welsh two stints 84 to 90 99 to 2010. all those wins one of the hall of famers in georgia high school history 183 wins playoffs 16 of the last 18 years the five state titles you see they've won groups of two 67 68 84 85 and then the one on gpb in 2002 live action with the ground yeah bubba murray they're saying he's down though bubba murray the other thousand yard rusher uh he's a backup all he does is average seven point six yards for kerry yeah when you've got mikey when you got michael thomas over 2200 yards at a little over eight bubba murray at seven and a half you can see as a team almost 4 400 yards rushing eight yards of carry as a team this season thompson out of that adjusted pistol moving on the front line it looks like carterville jumped number [Applause] [Music] results in a first down there's joey king looking at 21st century technology trying to figure things out for the next go around [Music] a split back pistol that's not really a set that you see a whole lot and when you have a formation like that that you may see once a year it's almost like going after the veer or something like that that it's a difficult adjustment for you you see split backs in a pistol set or a shotgun set so it's almost like a shotgun veer look and you have a week maybe to prepare for it so your coaches are working overtime looking at all of those formations to figure stuff out and you had both thousands of russians back there thomas and murray thomas on the carry here but slipped his knee was down even before the defenders got to him so i'm gonna mark him back to the line of scrimmage it'll be second down and make that third down and 10. darien pullman's in on the tackle and the reassurance that michael thomas was in fact down so you see right there there's an up back and split backs for a shotgun riding's looking deep down the middle he's got a bit of a whole bunch of coverage whole bunch of shirts right there incomplete williams and coax him on the defense on a ball intended for trey parker but it'll be a fourth down and a punt team comes out again for the bulldog two by two back in the back and you see it's almost a post up move with parker and you see all the hands in there defensively for cartersville evan williams and xavier coax coxson in there as the two defenders back at center field yeah that ball floating at quite a bit on that as we see now evan williams uh back uh deep right now as uh back on the motion through this is a and what a play here for cartersville they can bring them down so they haven't but here's what happened on that they were trying to decoy the defense uh marcus cade he's your punter he lined up actually in a receiver situation on the slot there was nobody uh behind snap casually walked back some confusion along the line saying we'll look at it here and as you can see as you mentioned yeah it was it they're trying to fool somebody and as a result what a major error in special teams for thompson they not only don't get the punt away but they lose 15 yards and give cartersville the ball on their own 32. ron ridings is called a timeout he wants to calm folks down thompson for the first time out yeah they were trying to be slick if you noticed the usual punt returner for cartersville is antoine jefferson well because they never really got back into pun formation instead it was cade uh i'm sorry number five evan williams who is back for cartersville all right so let's take a look at the formation again all of that stuff going on christian tut in motion and it hit tut going by and then it's you know fire fire fire we've got to figure out what to do here and get rid of it as quickly as possible and it ends up winning at big lost on special teams for thompson so either christian tut's motion was too slow and snapping it back to whatever the thought was on special teams or tuttle's supposed to get it on something akin to a jet and work his way up to the top of the screen as folks are trying to get it in their mind's eye yeah there's obviously some miscommunication there and the whole setup and i think that's what coach riding's trying to figure out now is where it broke down but now you put your defense on the spot ball at the thompson 32 first and ten for cartersville florence going deep got it got a man oh he can't bring it in almost had the catch [Music] wind up and throw lawrence locked in from the beginning he knew what he wanted to do and fiji couldn't bring it down with his left hand he had the distance and what you're seeing in the thompson defensive backs they're giving the ultimate respect to trevor lawrence at the line of scrimmage you're seeing seven yard cushions for the most part you see down at the bottom of the screen seven yard cushions and then close up top lawrence under pressure throws it away incomplete good pressure there by number six xavius lewis the linebacking core for thompson 180 230 185 175 but if you can get to the point of attack first that's what happens sending a lot of guys on blitz up through garden tackle gaps forcing trevor lawrence into a decision and that decision was just to throw it away oh yeah they've got some quick linebackers there lewis has seven sacks on the year rivers has seven johnson has six third and ten now lauren's under pressure again gets away this time he's a i tell you what's always a sign when the uh no one's celebrating along that cartersville offensive line they're all staying right there about the yard line it's a bunch formation send them all and then you have the one receiver tail off and be the outlet on a drag route and that's what you hit there with jefferson but let's see what the call is i think the body language gives it away yeah back ten to see where it happens here along the front line right in the middle of the screen looks like right there maybe when you're trying to handle aj larkins at 5 10 300 pounds was both hands full in the center of the screen that time yeah bryce wilkins there are two fouls on the play blocking the back on the offense that penalty's declined holding on the offense 10 yard penalty replay third down makes it out third down and 20 for the purple hurricanes high-powered offense scored a season-low 26 points in the quarter-finals when they beat woodward academy 26-15 up 7-0 here on a trey creamer three yard run on the opening drive [Music] back to the bulldog 47 need to get down to the actual third and 25 now excuse me spot foul move it back ten they gotta get to the 22. lawrence throwing out trying to avoid pressure all kinds of black shirts gets free of that nothing downfield great job by the thompson defense to lock down his receivers dontavious rivers 42 in on that pressure and once again pressure coming from multiple angles giving trevor lawrence a lot to think about you see the inside stunt there challenge force him to run and he's throwing with his body there and he had the opportunity to get rid of the ball but he's forced out of bounds all the way back to the 43 of cartersville great defensive stand by the bulldogs to create a 35-yard fourth down situation yeah how about that so crews on the punt for the second time tuts is back to the sea they kick away from him he needs to let that roll no he's not he'll take it fumbles it right into the hands of the cardboard defender number 77 and the purple hurricanes take advantage another turnover on special teams for thompson heads up play by shelton on the coverage [Applause] christian tutton knew it let's take a look tut looking for the bounce picks it up and just lost the handle on it but a lot of white jerseys down there tut knows the turf picked it up and it just went right through his hands five cartersville players there shelton the lineman credited with the recovery and another short field for cartersville yeah christian tut averaging 32 yards per return on a punch but the fumble there and now it's back to carversville under 15 of thompson quick toss here inside that's to antoine jefferson the leading receiver his helmet comes off there's a flag on the play and maybe a face mask against thompson so jefferson coming in 60 catches on the season to lead this cartersville team gets another catch here down close to a first down and the penalty on top of it cartersville getting close another score and because the helmet came off he's got to go off for a play there's your face mask call so half the distance you got to put it down to about the two and a half and that's a little scrum once again you've got man coverage here but you see jefferson just kind of trot out knowing it's going to be a screen tut grabbing the shoulder pads personal foul face mask on the defense half the distance to the goal first down a little frustration there by the thompson defense so tut was involved quattro hot number 24. so cartersville now first and goal down on the two yard line trying to make it a 13-nothing game here before the end of the first quarter you see 41 darian poland's in as a full back brandon wade a defensive lineman 51 in as a fullback creamer does he get in no they're going to another helmet coming off so power football by cartersville yeah with the two defensive linemen pulling to the right creamer cuts it back to the left just shy of the goal line there once again remember just as long as the ball breaks the plane that's your touchdown second down and goal power set again through 93 trade with jose on that stop it's a creamer again he stops once again great job there by zach johnson great penetration by johnson that time watch 17 on defense come through on the right hand side of your screen goes under the lineman he goes under brandon wade 51 grabs the ankles and gets the tackle so they lose a yard third and goal yeah he's five eight 180 as coaches he plays like he's six two two thirty says he's one of the best i've ever closed third and going down to the public hurricanes and this time creamer goes in for a second touchdown of the game cartersville on the board again before the end of the first quarter [Music] cartersville close range they're going to bring in the biggens there's your lead blockers and this time it was everybody power right situation and creamer takes it into the end zone with 10 seconds to go here in the first quarter [Music] jonathan cruz on for the extra point it's up and good and 14-nothing cartersville and johnny you think about it if you take a look at the tcsg touchdown replay you can't give this cartersville offense that many chances on a short field and it finally uh pays off for the hurricanes power power power right and once again kramer just follows the blocks that were created big holes this time watch the right hand side of the screen you've got wade you've got pullman's goes in right off the left hip of brandon wade for the six points they're gonna hit that same spot every time they tried it before it didn't work go at it again go at it again until you get it and for creamer the senior his 20th rushing touchdown of the season second one tonight already and so this cartersville offense already doing what only five teams did all season long that has scored more than 10 points against this thompson bulldogs defense tcsg scoring drive they went 15 took him five took him 75 seconds to do it off of the muppet punt by christian tut and you saw on this on the thompson sideline after the score a lot of folks were going over to christian including rob ridings just patting him on the head it's like okay shake it off we got to go forward now and that's what you're looking at here as thompson will start with the touch back by jonathan cruz he had a 47-yard field goal in last year's championship win over buford and so back at it again right now this uh thompson offense and a bit of success moving the ball but did both drives stalling out near midfield we look there at mills ridings the quarterback 6-1 junior coach's son 15 touchdown passes eight interceptions on the season he's got thomas behind him he's got the ball working his way inside past the 20 about a three yard gain and that'll be the final play of this first quarter brandon brandon wade on the stop for cartersville so 12 minutes in in the class 4a championship game and the defending champion cartersville purple hurricanes send out the warning two rushing touchdowns to start this game 14-0 they're in control after one more important than doing business is being in the business of doing georgia's electric membership cooperatives care about more than providing a utility by partnering with local organizations we allocate tools that improve the quality of life in our communities so that every bright idea is displayed every heart kept ticking and every young mind educated meeting needs 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harmon mark harmon got a football what year did he wait a minute hey wait a minute here how does mark hart no no no the harm what is it the harmonsmen i guess i think so marksman that's the marksman award what they're doing right now is honoring each individual school that has won a championship in the history of the georgia dome since if everything ends up the way that gary phillips said in his interview earlier today that uh everything will be over mercedes-benz stadium next year for the ghsa championship so that'll be a treat that's assuming it's done by next december yes at this rate right now we're looking at august he said that his out loud voice by the way there you go i did and you're seeing you know this is you have sponsors coming through you have teams coming through just everyone who's been a part of it with the ghsa and i've still got to figure out how mark harmon ended up getting a football so it's been one big celebration there's dr ralph swearingen the former executive director of the ghsa mark harmon from gbb rich novak with our friends from cigna there's your team photo but once again this is our 20th year of calling games here for the ghsa championships here on georgia public broadcasting and it takes what about 120 people from in front and behind the scenes to make sure that we get you all the pictures and all the stories and all the preparation because this is eight games in about 38 hours we did the math and that is if we get off the air at uh if we say midnight so it's 38 hours yeah yeah 10 am to 10 p.m is 36. so 37 games or 37 hours eight games and there used to be the semi-finals here before it was the finals so we would start at nine o'clock in the morning on friday do five games then come back around saturday morning at 9 00 a.m and do five more games and that was when they had the finals at the home sites okay so we used to do ten games then we would do two and now we're doing football fridays and taya ryan the president and ceo georgia public broadcasting everyone at gpb knowing the value of what football means to not just athletics departments but to communities on the whole and you're seeing that here at the georgia dome one last time absolutely it's been a great gesture we've actually we've had those going on throughout the weekend uh some between corners some after games as well mark hartman by the way getting that football on behalf of the gpb coverage and all that we've done so we thank all of you for being with us for these 20 years uh penalty flag just making sure that we know where mark puts that foot yes that's right i guess as it ends up in his office on the offense five-yard penalty so thompson trying to get to a bit of a hurry to get this off and started here in the second quarter mark will put you on that or john i'll put you on that to follow up with mark yes check on that money catching up what you have monday morning i will make sure where that football is that's right excuse me sir the the football you received on saturday evening where is this location didn't see the trophy case up front all right second and twelve now and thomas quickly with the uh handoff and he's tripped up great defensive play there by paul nitz number 41 for cartersville and it's power set to penetration penetration wins from cartersville this time you see darion pulnets getting all the way through trevor lowe also in on it bit of a frustrating night so far for michael thomas first quarter six carries net 28 yards and 25 of that came on one carry right loss of two there third and fourteen now ridings looking deep trying to get low back in a hurry great job there by number 18 trey parker but it's broken up fiji again and so another pun situation now for thompson there you see looked like fiji wanted to box out and he had the interception so it ended up being a great defensive play really by trey parker to keep fiji from getting the interception and giving another short field to that cartersville offense so forth and long now out to punt for thompson that's antoine jefferson back to receive the pun how about the bulldog 45 fair catch now at midfield and that's where he'll take him that's where carter's little offense will come back again 34-yard punts for marcus cade this is game three in our fourth uh and final game of the night and final game of the weekend coming up next class 7a championship and this one should be another great one roswell versus grayson you know john we talked earlier in the year we said we got to see these two meetings uh in september and december and sure enough here they are the class 7a championship matchup should be a good one battle of depending on which pole you pay attention to number five versus number 10 nationally with grayson and all the expectations that they've had they've made it to game 15. roswell was in game 15 last year and they're making a return visit cody's one offense now lawrence up top trying to go deep to creamer oh he dropped it he can't believe it creamer already two rushing touchdowns i think uh johnny already had dreams of scoring his first receiving touchdown of the night that's when when you're looking at the finish line before you've got the baton there it is creamer oh my goodness in and out of the hands pressure up the middle trevor lawrence saw it coming got rid of the football hit creamer in stride but it was incomplete trevor lawrence now 7-15 passing in the game for 61 yards closer coverage now by the secondary of thompson looks like man they might drift off here a little bit up top there's your seven yard cushions watch for slants not too hard trying to get it to jefferson but to your point that's you know a lot of the stuff they they've been trying is underneath because they do have that cushion and the guys are backing off right you'll see trevor lock in and throw and then what they do is they just settle right into a little pocket fastball in and out of the catcher's glove incomplete so that brings up third down and 10 now changing the play five of seven on third downs carter's though laura's gonna roll out under a bit of pressure 25 tyrese jones on the coverage once again pressure pressure you see tyrese jones go up and it was just trying to wrench it out as everybody's coming down on it you see jones you see the hand in there and he rakes the right arm to separate the ball from tj horton so great defensive awareness by tyrese jones there nice job by the defense thompson's defense coming through on this one so fourth and ten jonathan cruz out to punt again it's his third part of the game and tut who fumbled the last punch that led to the second carter's little touchdown back to receive inside his own 20. just over a minute gone it's a fake thrown up top and he's got his man completes and stood on his feet evan williams [Applause] 45 yard completion how do you like me now jonathan cruz on the pass that fake punts and cartersville going to their bag of tricks to keep this drive alive and get it inside the 10 and going for another score first pass of the year for jonathan cruz the formation was spread out a little more than you might be used to seeing when it comes to the pundits just wind up and throw let's go look at throw wide open at the 30. that was a good looking throw all the way down to the five cartersville's in business looked like rugby right just wound up and threw it and evan williams surrounded by three thompson shirts but it was right there for him this will start over five yards back prior to the snap false start on the offense five yard penalty replay first down [Music] little has gone wrong for cartersville what a great call right there by joey king trying to go 42 and two and back-to-back state championships in his three years at the helm of the purple hurricanes what a job they've done how about jonathan cruz still getting accolades for that throw oh yeah when the special teams guy winds up and throws and they do something that's it's tricky on special teams you know the punter he's going to milk it for all his worth place kickers milk that stuff for all their workers yeah i did something other than kick the ball man i can throw two see in there i'm good that's right so good see first and goal now lawrence looking left quick pass incomplete yeah you get a flag from it to ej turner they're gonna looks like trying to get the 24 quattro hunt on the penalty [Music] once again just go down a couple of yards turn it in defensive holding yep and that ball comes out of this so fast when we look at it right here lawrence with a quick throw slant that's what they're looking at right there then they called it punt was climbing the ladder a little bit but rob rottings disagrees you saw him right there bad call yep so not only does it get those five yards back but it's again restarts uh the down sequence it's back to first and goal at the five yard line for cartersville already up 14 nothing power set again untouched third rushing touchdown of the game for trey creamer and the defending champs are rolling right now but a flag on the play yeah and then they come back holding on the offense 10-yard penalty replay first down one more look at it kind of a strange player john that that toss almost didn't make it to creamer yeah i think that trevor thought creamer might be a little closer than he was and so trevor got kind of caught between motions and speed and trying to figure it out there's the point of attack so somewhere in all that white and purple and black and gold they call tents and they move back to them first and goal now from the 20 lawrence going to be trying to get turner again he's incomplete i don't know if that slipped out of his hand or not it looked like the trajectory went a little north [Music] again that's a play that said in it's part of their warm-ups [Music] that quick one two and throw they do quite a bit there he and the backup quarterback t webb who hasn't had a pass yet for the varsity this year but already as we know offered by louisville as a seventh grader yes seventh grader by the way state of georgia when you get lawrence out of the way after next year that's what you got waiting for you this cartersville office yeah tea is gonna be an under an understudy for another 27 minutes or so yeah and then and then next year creamer stays on his feet for the touchdown they don't see any flags the broken tackle at the beginning of the play almost seemed to slow the whole play down and then creamer worked his way down the far sideline into the end zone touchdown for the canes one thing we don't talk about is creamer's receiving ability 37 receptions coming into this game and already that's his sixth receiving touchdown on the season already 20 rushing touchdowns 26 total three of them here tonight the extra point is good by jonathan cruz and uh cruising is what cartersville is doing right now as we think of the tcsg touchdown replay john here's your wind-up there's the little screen again you see four offensive linemen the blocking and then just creamer with a high step making his way in but when you've got all of those guys and trevor lawrence is now t3 kahari lane you saw earlier in the day when it comes to passes or to touchdown pass a single season kohari lane past hudson mason and now has the standard so trevor lawrence is now tied with uh some guy who's up for a trophy in the college ranks he's okay yeah he's he's a fair player fair player out of gainesville there's your tcsg scoring drive brought to us by our friends of the technical college system of georgia tcsg learn more earn more 50 and 7 and 89 seconds so when you look at time of possession when that graphic is going to come up at half time larry there won't be a whole lot of numbers on the cartersville column but there will be a whole lot of points yeah yeah they just find ways to get it done and uh this cartersville purple hurricanes and again this against a defense that's uh thompson one of the best in the state what they've done and they just have so many weapons here tut receives uh in his own end zones it comes down on mapping to the 20 and so thompson now uh john what do you do i mean it's do what brought you here you still have plenty of time and and seriously i mean you're looking at it you've got 9 45 to go second quarter just taking a possession of time and i think that that's probably a lot of the conversation on the thompson sideline everything's cool we just have to fix the mistakes focus on the little things and do what got us here because if you get out of your game then you open the door for cartersville that much more nice pass right there passing catch nice job for a first down as thompson gets things going it's writings uh to number 12 on the catch jamaicas taylor quick step quick throw right there settle in get you past the 30 and you'll start it over 11-yard pickup first down [Music] riding's on the keeper now around end nice job i like to try some different things they're keying inside on the run game breaking up the little pass quarterback kiefer five yard gain a couple of back-to-back positive plays for the bulldogs pedro morales in the stop avery show on the top excuse me thompson kind of doing things on the hop here a little bit second and five now riding from the pass again gets out of the pressure and he's finally brought down number 41 darian polnitz also avery show well there as well number 28. so here's your look watch the pressure coming from screen left and screen right darion pulling it's right up the middle as a part of it nice ankle tackle there by scrutins to make it third and five no gain on that play and that's a first down show jumps again and that can be given a first down that's uh twice that's happened that they've writings maybe uh changing his cadence a bit prior to the snap encroachment on the defense results in a first down that's twice that's happened in this game already for the cartersville defense jumped offsides on third down and gave them a first down so thompson two first downs the entire first quarter they've got two right here on this drive trick little separation play here he's a quarterback by the way dominguez taylor catch parker and thompson gets on the board for the first time 59-yard play what a job damicus taylor the sophomore caught a pass earlier to begin this drive john and they're a nice job they can hand out the ball to their big back mike thomas the flip to taylor who's a quarterback and what a throw he made downfield to parker for the touchdown four completions on the year for taylor two of them for touchdowns [Applause] so of the four passes coming in they averaged 30 yards of play 32 yards of play so you get 59 there simple end around option pass there you go toss wind up throw it as far as you can great gun there 45 yards in the air and then just beating the defense past the plane great job and trey parker number 18 the 6-3 senior he's your big play guy that's his 11th touchdown catch of the season he averages 22 yards per catch 59 on that one as we take a look at the tcsg touchdown scoring drive 80 in four minute 19 11th touchdown in the year for parker by the way that was dakota gergen on the extra point he's now 81 of 86 on the year and so just like that thompson doing some different things not trying to run in between the tackles but going back to their own bag of tricks to kind of change things up and they get on the board you saw thompson's offense kind of do things on the hop in that last drive and then they pull that one they pull the the half back option play out of the back of the playbook and carter's will start at their own 20. and sometimes a spark like that you sit there and you go okay we've given you a haymaker all right you got 21 nothing on us so then we're going to wind up and throw we're going to hit you with something and it proves that you can move on the defending champ yes it is a battle of one versus two but now you've proven to yourselves that you can do stuff you can move the ball on this defense well you get the monkey off your back you know 21 nothing like you said you get get some positive things going your offense scores you're on the board back down to only two touchdowns behind first down here for lawrence and you saw a moment ago eight of 19 for 81 yards he'll keep it this time great spin move ball on the ground here down they're calling down so it'll be second down retains possession right in front of joey king gain of seven second down [Music] once again trevor not necessarily known to tuck and run 187 yards rushing on the season coming in knees were down mentioned again 8 of 19 passing so far for trevor lawrence he said already tonight throwing his 50th touchdown pass of the season second down and three now carter's will left by two touchdowns beside him quick slant left incomplete intended for antoine jefferson they're right there as jacory crawford to break it up one's a third down and three you're seeing what thompson is now doing defensively they're bunching man coverage very very tight man coverage on the receivers off to trevor's left but giving seven yard cushion down below so they think that the first instinct for a right-handed quarterback is to look to your right and throw thus the man coverage real tied up high he has to turn and look and that's going to take some time down low big completion touchdown for cartersville i'll spot you one and i'll raise you one there 73 yards on the score but we have a flag on the play holding and it's coming back it's going to come back the body language of the cartersville offense that's now the second touchdown they've had pullback in this quarter because of a penalty when you saw the question trevor lawrence in his body language you knew something was wrong all right so when you knew going in that the defensive front seven for thompson it was going to be a tough task for the offensive line for cartersville so spot foul from about the 16. holding on the offense half the distance to the goal replay third down so yeah john to your point it's it's not from not from the line of the uh a lot of scrimmages from where it happened watching 152 right here in the middle of the pile and you've got as they're chasing after trevor lawrence too right at the point of release yeah dalen curtis right there jj larkins in pursuit gonna shut down larkins by the way lawrence one of six for uh just 20 yards here in this quarter and he's got his work out from here third and 22. they got to get out to the 30-yard line to keep this drive going five defensive backs in for thompson quick screen you've got blockers a lot of calvary out there he stole his feet he's still jorgen almost gets it oh my goodness 20 yard reception great effort there by transfizze and it brings up fourth in short [Music] five defensive backs you see the stun on the inside trying to bring pressure against lawrence but they do the outlet to fiji great second effort there but just short of the 30 so it's a punting situation for cartersville so jonathan cruz comes back on christian tut back to return for thompson what a job by this bulldogs defense good punt by cruz back to the 35 takes it from there sheds one tackle gets it up over the 40 to the 44.

37 yards punch by jonathan cruz and as a result thompson good field position from their own 44. they're on the board can they do it again we'll find out that's this hi folks butch miller from milton martin honda and gainesville we want to wish all the teams in the state playoffs the very best of luck and if you think milton martin honda is a proud sponsor of georgia high school athletics you got that right whether you plan to attend a two-year college four-year university or go straight into the world of work the georgia career technical and agricultural education programs teach students essential career skills through real-world experiences and on-the-job training every year across the united states teen drivers get into car accidents because they are texting and driving by taking their eyes off of the road they are putting everyone in danger life is a precious thing that could change in a matter of seconds safe driving saves lives right back here to the georgia dome in atlanta 21-7 the defending champion cartersville purple hurricanes trying to make it back-to-back class for a champs you want to go into the wayback machine let's do that yeah let's go into the wayback machine the last time thompson won a state title 2002 at the brickyard antoine johnson with the big plunge there made it 35-14 big fourth quarter for thompson but there was no quit in thomas county central they would score here to make it 35-21 but then it would be dionne palmer and this was uh you remember larry last week when uh there were helicopters drawing off the field of grayson dion palmer gets the score thompson gets the win the last game for cecil poss as public address after 21 years there at the brickyard in 2002 so thompson that was their fifth state title they would get the win there the brickyard mcduffie county sheriff's department brought their helicopter to dry off the field so it could be playable as well because of all the weather that had happened that week in 2002 so it was drying off the field most of the afternoon and there was your offensive coordinator in 2002 rob writings who's also won a state championship as the defensive coordinator when he was at lagrange back in the 90s he's got skills he do 6 28 to go until halftime 21-7 thompson back on offense they hand up the middle to thomas he's past midfield and then somehow close to a first down through about a nine yard pickup it'll be second and short now for the bulldogs and this is it just getting in getting into the rhythm right there just do it find your holes behind that offensive line 280 295 275 285 320 tackle the tackle and when you've got that you get a lot of yards this season as michael thomas has cleared 2 000 ball on the floor there's a flag cartersville saying that they have it so let's sort this all out [Music] [Applause] well the crowd tells you right here let's see what the call is referee eddie hunt it's going to be carter ball holding on the offense that penalties declined first down that fumble recovery so thomas on the fumble we take a look at the replay here watch him here number 22 thomas going for the extra yards and pulling the strip as just before he hit the turf hands in there by darion poulnets watch right there jars the ball loose and cartersville comes up with it niven nelson with the fumble recovery so cartersville gets it from midfield at 5 51 for the first half yeah from their own 49 boy i think what the mistakes killing thompson tonight lawrence with a quick toss receiver somebody lost the helmet was that tut yeah he's down it's the impact of the hit the helmet came off jacoby orr on the catch one more look at it we'll see a replay watch him lower his head hit by his own right there in the pile so it looked like hit by his own player xavius lewis he's trying to secure the tackle you see right there christian tut espn 4 star 34 offers on the table here's patel from our friends right there at sports medicine south on the pile taking a look i'm gonna roll him over and take a look at what happened the after effect of that hit and the helmet coming off so let's it's in the pile we're gonna look at it one more time in the pile you see everybody coming in and right there it looked like it was will roberts 91 with all of those bodies and all those helmets going in and it was the impact there's christian tut one there's your first impact 91 coming in there yeah i think that first it actually knocked his helmet sideways it looked like and then as you said robert's coming in and kind of finishing it off and so obviously they're keeping an eye on christian tut here tut does a lot of things for this team we mentioned 75 tackles coming in four interceptions as john mentioned 60 plus offers espn four star thinking about their teammate right now yeah six one junior on this team and everybody taking a knee that's great respect there by cartersville absolutely that's great to see yeah it's the best of all right there [Applause] good to see him jog off the field artist banks dropping by to say hi and aj larkins and when you get your bell rung by more than one guy and your helmet comes off and goes a direction it's not supposed to we're going to look at christian tut for a little while yeah so second and six now after the four yard completion from lawrence to orr clock running again under 5 40. trey creamer number one next to lawrence lawrence quick drop to jefferson slips and tackles he's going to feed to the 30. he's still going 25 to the 20. down to the 18-yard line first down tackled there by t.j williams a 29-yard pickup for jefferson another escape coming out of a tackle thompson had it figured out right there just in and out of the hands of quattrell hunt slips out jefferson does gets it all the way down inside the 20 to the 18. you know john he keeps trying that if he he's been off the mark lawrence has several times if you can figure that out uh it'll be a very long night here for thompson once again you see those big seven to ten yard cushions down low now he's going to look for it comes back to the other side lawrence touchdown to avery second touchdown of the night for trevor lawrence 18 yards to show well 17th touchdown of the year for show who averages 18 yards a catch so he's right on his season average for yards per catch there and you see trevor and joey lawrence as we look at our tcsg touchdown replay go over what just happened trevor lawrence looking saw what he wanted down the same showwell right there no problems beats jacory crawford to the football and cartersville gets the opportunity to go back up 21. cruz on for the extra kick and he gets that 28-7 in this carterville cartersville offense that scored 40 points seven times or more appears to be on the way to do it again nice touch there by the way look at that right over the top he knew what he wanted to do from the absolute snap of the ball saw the match up and there's your look at your scoring drive once again brought to us by our friends at tcsg technical college system of georgia learn more earn more 51 and three took only 42 seconds and you see joelle who will be heading to wake forest along with jake simpson from buford both heading to wake next season yeah so much talent here in the state of georgia top five in this in the united states when it comes to talent and that's the fun part about doing all these games from the dome is that you get to see all of this talent on display well you know what coming up and down to the elevator here to the press you're you're seeing all kinds of different guys bunch of pullovers that have different logos on them every college something you haven't even heard of there's a lot of coaches that you see on a yearly basis a lot of big name coaches are here from conferences located in the southeastern part of the united states that's a touch back so they'll start at the 20. and with cut out that was devon crockett back to receive that but again indian zones automatically goes out to the 20-yard line first and ten from there so when we've seen from thompson you take the the scoring drive if you take that when thompson played on the hop just played in rhythm played on the hop and they were getting big chunks of yards you saw michael thomas following that big offensive line that he has getting the yardage that he's accustomed to seeing on a per handoff basis averaging coming into tonight eight yards at carry so let's see what thompson does here good call gets you five second down and five and you know we've talked about this thompson defense and what they've done but the cartersville defense and joey king talking about that saying you know our offense gets all the attention obviously with all the gaudy numbers and all that but their defense uh nine times this year they've allowed less than ten points including three shutouts so this is a team that again doesn't give up many points and doesn't get credit for their defense second on five now writings could snap out to parker he caught the touchdown pass a moment ago 10-yard gain on the first down for the bulldogs just lower your head and get it moving forward move the sticks riding's locked in he's going to look to his left as you're looking at it once again simple pitch and catch fiji in there for the tackle as well as xavier coxon yeah john i think they got to do more of that again just to get a free things up as you mentioned playing rhythm and that's the third time in the game already that the cartersville defense has jumped off side looks like trevor lowe's trying to anticipate the snap on the defense five yard penalty replay first down and come in from the bottom of your screen as you would look at it so move them forward five [Applause] writings under pressure throws it away it is in the grass back there and it's incomplete looks like mill's ridings got kind of caught between ideas it looked like he wanted to tuck it and run and then he saw pressure coming so let's take another look pressure's going to come right up the middle of your screen you see he wanted to tuck and run now he's getting pressure and then he just gets rid of it to live another day gretchen's not giving up easily brings up second and five plays over i will release you now that's right 4 16 to go until halftime third game of the day one more to go the class 7a matchup thomas with the short game there sean holden nice ankle tackle [Music] so we get to pick up of one you know this thompson rushing offense coming in averaging 313 yards per game so far here in just under two quarters only 51 yards on the ground what a job of the cartersville defense third and four now coach writings see what he draws up handoff there didn't get to the corner to bubba murray the other thousand yard rusher and couldn't get there good team speed on the hurricanes defense coaxum coming in there's your split back set handoff watch 11 come through the hole right there nice shot off the left edge nice tackle to create a fourth down nice job by the safety coaxim brings up fourth down now cade onto punt and that's jefferson back deep and his own 32 for cartersville shift for the rugby looks like they're thinking of faking it again oh no they'll call that an incomplete pass but still it's a turnover on downs cartersville gets it at the 37.

[Music] well thompson's special teams and turnovers is the second uh pun if you will i'm not sure what you're trying to do with that carrying your left hand you can't throw it uh you're not running quickly so another short field for a cartersville offense i think it was an option for kate to do something with it because you saw the shift you saw the shift in the formation before it was snapped to a more of a right-sided strength in that formation so it might have been one thing or the other and i think caden might have been caught between ideas again whether or not he could do a rugby right or try to do some kind of a thing with the handoff to creamer yeah one thing it wasn't uh was a success so first and uh first down run here creamer with the short game brings up second down right now second down at seven look at trevor lawrence what he's done now slow start he's picked things up 12 of 24 152 and now two touchdown passes both coming here in the second quarter one to creamer and one to show up and what you're seeing from thompson's defense when they're sending a lot of pressure it's forcing trevor to think a little more than he's used to probably second out of seven going up top for more he's got a receiver there incomplete intended for ej turner tyrese jones again on the defense the defense there he's a third down at seven once again locked into an idea there's some good jostling going on there between turner and tyrese jones good competition turns into a wash and an incompletion for third and seven from the 34 now third and seven trevor lawrence puts creamer on his left blitz picked up runs out of it big hit balls on the ground and that's loose looks like carterville recovered [Music] our test banks and zach johnson met at trevor lawrence stays with cartersville and cartersville coach joey king holding his breath for a moment he says you know this one he wants to try to protect him to stay in the pot a little bit more under pressure as you mentioned the big blitz big hit by nicholson as part of that 510-175 junior for a fourth down there so jonathan cruz comes out around right now to try a 50-yard just inside the 40. so a 50-yard attempt timeout thompson and he's got leg out to this he kicked a 53-yarder last year 51-yarder earlier this year against woodward in that 26-15 win in the quarterfinals and in this situation it's just about getting adjusted to the turf and how you can do things so how did we get to this moment in time with 102 seconds to go power set trey kramer second effort great spin move there off of the initial contact and then christian tut with the muff on the punt great presence of mind by garrett shelton creates another short field running power creamer off the left hip of brandon wade for the score and then the screen and the second effort by creamer gets out of the first tackle down the sidelines and he's in and then wind up and throw how was this throw by damicus taylor that was strong touchdown there by thompson to trey parker than anything you can do i can do down the scene trevor lawrence to avery show l for the score and that's how we ended up at 28-7 at 142 for the first half it has just been an impressive showing here by cartersville on both sides of the ball it looked like trevor lawrence was still discussing the hit that he took a second and a half ago he had a smile on his face but it is a reminder to trevor about the defense that he's facing today in thompson but they will come after you from a lot of different angles and they will hit you pretty hard yeah so duncan cruz now on for the 50-yard attempt he's got the leg from here he's done it before this is look at the english on that good look at that why not he hit it and then you see it kind of slice a little bit out to the right watch it again he hits it slides to the right then works its way back yeah how is he off the tee i'd love to know how he is off the 10th t on a par five with a shot like that there you go and the distance might have been good joey yep got it nailed it that ball went in that was more than halfway up that might have been good bye from 60. absolutely drilled it and you gotta you know for a high school athlete to come in here and absolutely drill a 50-yarder where he's used to watching some football played on sundays how cool is that to your to your point matt bryant kicked a 59-yarder here last week and that might have been good for 59. but matt okay so yes to your point but matt bryant has also been kicking professionally longer probably than jonathan cruz has been alive well he has these in his 40s [Laughter] so jonathan cruz absolutely nailed that that's a great moment to take with you from playing at the big top the end result 31-7 and cruz again puts it into the end zone and really might as well not even put anybody back there because every kickoff so far has been a touchback 31 7 cartersville again state best 29-game win streak for the purple hurricanes [Music] trying here for back-to-back state titles and here's the man of the hour 30-game win streak trying to become the 11th team to produce back-to-back 15-00 seasons the 19th team in the state of georgia put together a 30-game win streak those things right now well unreached a lot of football to go riding's first down gets it to parker good game out of bounds about an eight yard pick up thompson trying to get something going here before halftime it's all about once again staying in what you do you've proved to yourself that you can move on cartersville so you have 90 seconds to get some more points on the board before you go in to talk about things and adjust and you're seeing what cartersville is doing defensively they are playing deep safety seven yard cushion and the corners are laying off at least 10. so it looks like a 12 yard cushion from the corner they're gonna let everything happen in front of him right there gets it out towards receiving another crockett first down more and gets out of bounds they move the chains keep this moving trying to get something on the board again just before halftime i think cartersville will receive to start the second half 11 yard pickup there by crockett cartersville took the opening kickoff in for a touchdown he played ever since [Applause] correction thompson will receive in the second half trying to get some points here just went out to marcus [Applause] did he get it in bounds yes he did another turnover by the thompson bulldogs shawn holton been on the action let's take a look at how it ended up kramer goes for the dodge and then it ends up on the floor after the hit from evan williams a lot of bodies there and just before he goes out of bounds sean holt nice heads-up play there presence of mind and so this cartersville dathan showing it as every bit is equal to that high powered offense 15-yard gain by the way before the fumble keeping track at home and so now it's cartersville instead with 72 seconds trying to add on to this 24 point lead lawrence quick toss out to jefferson he's got it nice move here to midfield he's still on his feet he's got a blocker from the 40. he's out to the third if you stay on his feet to the 25 and out of bounds at the 24 yard line antoine jefferson for cartersville making things happen antoine jefferson i should say 35-yard 36-yard pickup actually for jefferson locked in knew what he wanted to do with all the defensive backs laying back for thompson it looks like he blew a tire right there stayed on his feet and got it inside the 25 once again there's your big cushions right there yeah just a little drag route underneath a little out spin on the turf gets it inside thompson territory they're going to wind up again yeah joey we'll take what they give us and right now they're taking a lot lawrence again to pass under pressure and he goes down well that's big aj larkins and that's cartersville calling their first time out here with 54 seconds left pressure up the middle 94 for thompson gets way past bryce wilkins there just a straight power move past wilkins to get to trevor lawrence for the sack so they'll call the timeout loss of eight back to the 32. it's larkin that's his third sack of the season so if nothing else happens this would be well within jonathan cruz's range 40 49 yard field goal from the 32. so there's joey and trevor discussing what's going on this is coming in three yeah we got one more roswell versus grayson should be a good one a half hour after the completion of the game that you're watching right now two top 15 ranked teams nationally going at it roswell and grayson we've seen both of these teams a number of times this year this should be a good one pull some popcorn in the microwave and kick back and enjoy so after the sack an eight-yard loss second and 18 from the 32 for cartersville trying to add to this 31-7 lead defending 4a champions in command here trevor lawrence top-rated pocket passer in the class of 2018 everyone wants him 41 wins already in his high school career try making 42. he sends ore in motion across the middle completes that's ej turner on the catch once again all this is about slight of hand you had four in the pattern up high you had ej turner down low everyone's focused on the the big batch of folks so what does trevor lawrence do turn lock in and throw eight yard pickup that's creamer next to him looking inside the end zone up and oh show all had it but what a play by jakorie crawford to knock it away showel had it going up didn't have it coming down once again great defense by thompson that time trevor lawrence sees it knows what he wants to do moves the pocket a little bit just winds up puts it right down there shell had it didn't come down with it great job by crawford six foot junior he'll play uh in the all-star game coming up coach was telling us so uh jonathan cruz comes on already 50-yarder this one's from 41. chip shot is what you're saying easy for us to say puts it up and yeah no worries kid's got a leg cartersville adding three more the purple hurricanes trying to go 42-2 in these last three seasons since joey king came to town an impressive run they have had one thing i like that he talked about he said not being complacent each week they try to go just 1-0 don't worry about the target on their back as the defense defending champion nothing like that and one thing he said john lofty said if you're not growing then you're decaying laws of science yeah each week trying to get better forget the past wins doesn't matter each week each game has got to be something special he also said that half of it it's about adjustment yeah everybody's got a plan until they get hit in the mouth yeah and you've seen what thompson's defense has been able to do against trevor lawrence and then the adjustments that joey king trevor lawrence and the coaching staff have been able to make to put 34 points on the board here in the first half against a stout defense cruz on the kickoff guess what this is going shortcake for the one once nice english there yeah and that's crockett on the return gets it out past the 20-yard line by the way that scoring drive six plays 56 yards in 52 seconds brought to you by tcsg and there it is there it is right on right on cue technical college system of georgia tcst learn more earn more there it is 56 and 6 and 52 off the clock and mills ridings let's see if they just they're going to work something here put four in the pattern and pick it fence just hand it off to thomas nice game and that will be the final play of the first half it has been all cartersville send out the hurricane warning because it is upon us here inside the georgia dome the defending 4a champions 24 minutes away from repeating the state champs if they can hold on to this 27 point lead they'll do the adjustments they have to do at halftime and try to make that hold up what a job by cartersville trevor lawrence this defense forcing the turnovers and you're seeing it in all phases of the game jonathan cruz with the two long field goals trevor lawrence with the with the work with his arm downstairs to sam crenshaw with joey king 34-7 half-time score coach joey king thoughts about your first half scoring on your first possession and not letting these guys back in yeah i thought our guys are responding well to the challenge we gave up big trick play for a touchdown but then we hit them with a trick play too we just got to keep playing consistent football but i'm proud of our guy's effort the first half talk about the compass to make a trick play like that in a game like this on this stage that's what it takes you know you got to be willing to make those calls in this thing i know coach riding sure is you know and we're confident in our guys as well confident in your kicker what about man you know you saw it from last year you know he's a tremendous player uh and stepping in punting one one good time throwing the ball hitting two big field goals you know he's a heck of a player for us good luck to you second half so much thank you that is coach joey king now let's go to mark and jackie thank you sam so far pretty much all cartersville yeah and you know joey king i don't think i've ever seen him not excited or not in a good mood but yeah thompson's got to get back to playing their game and make those adjustments here at the half and come out and fight hard but hey you know what a whole other half to play it ain't over until it's over i'd be in a good mood too if i was 41-2 over the last three years coming up we'll hear from both marching bands plus both principals to see what's going on at both high schools we'll check in with some proud parents find out what's going on social media it's all coming up in just a few [Music] [Applause] this program on gpb is made possible in part by supporters of the georgia high school association including the following support for gpb comes from georgia farm bureau mutual insurance from front porches to back roads down 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cute little baby is we'll have the answer coming up in just a little bit that will do it for now and hey it's like the gift that keeps on giving holiday edition style of are you smarter and right now mark harmon is joined by some very cute little guests well thank you not you mark fearback the principal of cartersville high school and his son and daughter here and mark things are pretty heady up there at cartersville a 29-game winning streak maybe back-to-back state championships what's the vibe at school you know it's a great vibe it's been a great first semester it's hard to believe that it's almost over you know one week to go midterms coming up and just between you know keeping a focus on the instruction but you know enjoying this you know we had a great fall sports winter sports are underway and it's exciting to be here you know band in the background football here community support has been amazing just seeing the all the purple behind us so it's been a great first semester all 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on gpb we are midway through the 4a game and right now cartersville leads it 34-7 over the thompson bulldog it is almost time for the second half but first we're going to play the game that's sweeping the nation it's time for another round of are you smarter holiday edition i'm joined by carla shelton of thompson high school how you doing today feel good being here awesome great experience well what's going on at thompson a lot of amazing things you know we're ending up a semester we just finished the cross line nine day ultimate challenge uh getting kids to step it up getting going into the final exams oh wow um so yesterday we did a giveaway of all the people that qualified that means no tardies no discipline no days absent over 580 students were there we gave her away over 2 000 uh dollars worth of prizes awesome all right well i know you're probably not looking forward to it but we got to get to the question here here we go all right every year there are a few classics that set the tone for the season which one of these has been around the longest is it a the grinch who stole christmas b charlie brown christmas or c a muppet christmas carol i'll say b charlie brown ding ding ding she's good charlie brown is 51 this year edging out the grinch who's 50. the muppets although they've been around the longest didn't get around to making a christmas carol until 1992. you nailed it there you go good work now we're going to listen to the thompson high school band brought to you by regions bank [Music] so [Music] great job by the thompson high school marching band brought to you by regions bank and a time now to check out some scores on the georgia's emc scoreboard we've had two finals today in single a public it was macon county winning its second state championship over mcintosh county academy 35 to zip in the 2a game fitzgerald wins its second in three years beating her benedictine wins its second in three years beating fitzgerald 49-26 and right now we're in for reaction between cartersville and thompson court cartersville has the lead 40 34-7 then at 8 p.m the 7-day showdown between the undefeated roswell hornets and then the 13-1 grayson rams a lot of great football on tap and now we are going to go to a man who needs no introduction so i won't even bother with that but our own john nelson give me the introduction anyway i might as well five books two on high school football in the great state of georgia so it's time now for john's georgia brought to you by georgia tmc there we go so georgia gpb sports finds inspiring stories all over the state all season long and john you have a great one tonight we have a great one tonight i was going to say actually jackie has a great one tonight we're going to spend some time in greystone power for this one and jackie lets us in on a story of a very courageous family and a very cool young man who is on the sidelines for cartersville on june 2nd 2016 everything changed for garrett garris a football player at cartersville high school i pulled onto the mission road and then i don't remember anything i blacked out then there's a man yelling like are you okay are you okay and i was like am i dreaming and am i gonna die and i remember just waking up my looking at my legs my legs crushed my dad just saying oh my gosh son oh my gosh just to get a phone call that one of your players has been in an accident is you kind of lose your stomach you feel feel terrible no one knows what caused the accident but his father knows one thing it was the scariest moment of his life and i touched him in the hospital bed before he took him to surgery he was ice cold like a dead person and it just at that point right there he just shot me i was like oh my god garrett has always been an athlete and his parents worried more about his mental state after suffering the trauma of losing a leg at 17. but garrett defied all their expectations and has remained positive even after the doctors told him the news he came and he had to explain my leg was amputated and then i had like 15 seconds literally crying 15 seconds then the first thing i asked after that i was like i might even play football again am i going to be able to walk again play sports am i paralyzed and i was like no you're going to be able to do everything you want to do if there's a kid that could go through that and come back from it it's him you know just the attitude that he has and his approach to life in general it doesn't surprise me to see him as energetic and excited to be back as he is the people of cartersville have set up a gofundme account that will go towards his future medical expenses the prosthetic alone costs anywhere from 25 to 35 thousand dollars and has to be replaced every few years but the community has his back the outpour of people who we don't even know who have donated money to us has just been phenomenal this has in no way hindered garrett's goals for the future he's already defying all the doctors expectations walking sooner than they thought finding a new normal and a return to sports he's gonna be on that football field next year i guarantee you and he's gonna wrestle again next year he hasn't looked back since the accident but rather tries to live every day to the fullest don't give up just keep on going and god has a plan for everyone such an inspiring story and a great young man there and garrett jairus john and he's also had the opportunity to come out of the smoke at wineman stadium this year dressing out with the team so once again a tremendous family and i mean that not just for the garris family but for the cartersville family as well that is johns georgia brought to you by georgia's emc back downstairs tomorrow thank you john terrific story time now to head back up to the booth for the second half to john and larry but first it's time for our tcsg career play of the game we'll see you for the trophy presentation [Music] i've always seen myself behind the wheel of a big rig and 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over thompson 34-7 larry smith and john nelson back here with you the question leading in which is better offense or defense your answer both yes d all of the above carter's been outstanding on both sides of the ball and at the same time the turnovers for thompson created short fields for cartersville and with the offense that is as electric as it is with trevor lawrence at the bark you've seen a lot of situations where trevor has been in complete control yeah he has let's take a look here at some of the halftime stats here as we take a look and uh you can see here number five right there on the right hand side yeah the three turnovers on this and by the way one thing you don't see cartersville four for four and reds and opportunities thompson has yet to get there the one touchdown and that was on the uh the little trick play there on the touchdown pass in cartersville trevor lawrence 7-14 in the first quarter 7-14 in the second quarter so you've seen a lot of stuff down the seams you've seen a lot of the the in routes and they've taken advantage of the big cushions that you've seen from the thompson secondary to create situations where trevor can throw that fastball and they get second and short yardage situations to move the ball down the field yeah coach king said we want to take what they give us and they're taking a lot right now thirty four to seven down this field now to sam crenshaw what do you have for us in the sidelines oh yeah spent some time with coach rob ridings the head coach from thompson high school he says boy in the locker we just had to get our heads back on straight regain our composure it was a big thing he stressed with his team let's get our feet back on the ground and play thompson football he said the team made mistakes in that first half he hadn't seen to make all season long what a time to happen in the state championship game once his defense go out better coverage go out and tackle better and take care of the football on offense [Music] thank you so much we'll see what happens yeah 34-7 thompson will get the ball first we mentioned both of these teams coming in 14-0 both of these teams with outstanding uh gaudy numbers on offense both also very stingy numbers on defense but we have yet to see the offensive thompson uh show up averaging 46 points per game with just the lone touchdown here uh in the first 20. michael thomas 2 000 yard rusher coming in 46 net yards and 11 carries in the first half bubba murray who cleared a thousand yards in the last playoff game against jefferson to get them here has only three net yards on two carries just the second meeting between these two cartersville as we get ready to start play here in the second half [Music] cartersville beating thompson up at their place back in the quarterfinals in 2012 21-13 this one not nearly as close so far could look there at trevor lawrence and john mentioned his numbers in the first half 14 of 28 196 yards and a couple of touchdowns he was sacked twice those two things didn't go well cold start as well really over misfired a lot of those quick slam passes that didn't quite uh work for him but he got things going when the fastball started going yeah it was it was definitely everything was a red route one for cartersville in the first half just straight up and straight down the field and uh not to mention as well uh the kicker jonathan the jonathan cruz show in the first half 50-yarder and a 41-yarder and a 45-yard pass off a fake punch that's right he did it all he might run the ball before it's all over with and i'm sure that he has been giving every teammate an earful hey did you see what i did that's right did you see what i did especially after the pass good look at cruz right there the junior and this is uh number eight uh devon crockett back to uh receive again we did uh didn't talk about a moment ago uh christian tut leaving the game with an injury there late in the second quarter uh he usually is the returner and so we don't expect him to see him back just yet we'll keep an eye on that for you as well kickoff down to the two yard line crockett across the 25 to the 30 in there he's finally down at the 31 yard line that's where thompson's offense will start and trying to get something going here in the second half xavier coax him on the tackle for cartersville so once you know you're just looking at right now with thompson coming back out there's miller mills ridings the junior and it's okay 34-7 great let's just do our offense we know we have some catching up to do and it seemed like when they started to play in rhythm and in a bit of a hurry up they were getting a big chunk yeah exactly hand off right here question to thomas him finally it's around the right side gets some good yardage almost out to the 40 and uh the thompson sideline wanting a flag for a little extra curricular activities there in the center with a bit of the the grab of the upper part of the jersey running to the left-hand part of your screen they get to the corner which is big for thompson and then you see fizzy right there with a little bit of a swoop to emphasize that yes the play is over and you sir are out of bounds nine yard pickup now second down changing the play plenty of time on the play clock opening minute here of the second half thompson trying to get something going get back in this class for a title game a little trick there writings back but great bounce coming out of it from michael thomas the 5 10 185 pound senior play fake one play fake two play fake there play fake their watch ridings sees thomas and bounce right off of fije spins it back up field for another couple of yards seven yard pickup on that play first down for the thompson bulldogs out to the 47. thomas then on the handoff met early bounces off that he's got some blocks he's around the edge and he slips and falls and look at trevor lowe right there in front of him number four you saw mills writings knowing when the play was coming back mill's riding's lower to shoulder there thomas takes a breather tough night for him busy for four plays in a row having to run the offense on the hurry up there's rob ridings the head coach for thompson thomas goes right back in coaches what do you do on the sideline come back in there big season for him 2239 yards but it has been tough going against this cartersville defense here tonight second down and ten writings this time they hand off to murray murray gets it across midfield that'll bring up third down sean holton lowers the shoulder uproots bubba murray murray only a sophomore so he's building into this offense there's your split backs out of the shotgun or it might be even more of a pistol set really big chunk of yardage there for the thousand-yard rusher yard pickup for him and that brings up third and four thomas trying to get the first down stays on his feet and the ball comes out another fumble dj he's going to take it to the house the cartersville defense does it again touchdown for hurricanes fourth lost fumble of this game for thompson [Music] the running game and the rhythm game working for thompson but once again as fiji gets the big hug from joey king as he gets to the sidelines tremendous effort by the cartersville defense to create another turnover and give joey king a bit of a laugh with trace fiji cruz in for the p.a.t trying to make it 41-7 here cruz as we said has been busy a couple of field goals he threw a pass he's the punter through a pass on a fourth down fake punt and he puts that one through from 41-7 good look there at transfigure in your tcsg touchdown replay 60-yard fumble return right here after thomas coughed it up thomas gets stripped on the way down and fizzy just picks it up and he gets to the corner and he's gone after about the first 15 yards fiji had clear sailing to get into the end zone 41 points on the board now for cartersville and we're just uh over a minute and two minutes into uh the second half here and their offenses still hasn't even taken the field here in the second half by the way give it a nice credit to xavier cox him on the strip that created that fumble and pj took the rest of the way 41 to 7. you're supposed to look into the camera look at yourself in the big board because you're being yeah there you go look forward yeah how big is this for thompson they this is the season high they had not allowed more than 23 points this entire season that was in that 57-23 victory over america sumpter last month so their offense writing's offense rob riding's offense will try it again carter hill coming in 14-0 it has not been their night cruise on the kick into the end zone and they'll go out to the 20 once again try again johnny your point one thing we you know that we talked about when they did get some success in that that one scoring drive they went outside the tackles trying to create some things um trying to shake things up try anything well yeah i mean you're trying to see what you can do to get points back on the board quickly and now you're having to do that all over again down 41-7 so once again it's getting into rhythm getting comfortable with being in rhythm usually thompson will run the ball run the ball and run the ball but they've had to use the pass more just because they've been trailing so it's a bit of unfamiliar territory right now offensively when what they're used to doing routine oh my goodness and now the wheels are starting to come carson murray with the pickup five lost fumbles in this football game one more look at it here bubba murray murray has never had it don't know if it went if it hadn't gone all the way in in the handoff from writings or it seemed like it was almost in between possessions with writings trying to hand it didn't like it was looked like it was all the way into the pocket as murray was trying to grab onto it and just fell out of the pocket and there you see a lot of the senior leaders and the offensive leaders for thompson trying to rally around their young player there meanwhile the cartersville offense up 41-7 and creamer now a rare carry didn't see much of him late in the second half as it was the lawrence show but he gets a pick up there of about five make about four second and six and there was a good sign in the quarter of this in the corner of the screen involved in that tackle christian tut back in the ball game for thompson great to have him back in there no question right there uh tj horton going to throw up and instead runs it instead and goes in for a first down i think that was headed back to trevor lawrence because you can see lawrence go back into the pattern and work his way down the post motion end around you can see trevor work the seam tried to work his way down the middle of the field and horton was looking to throw it there but he had to tuck and run and go out of bounds and trevor almost looked like he was going to throw a block there had he made the corner yeah eight-yard pickup there uh by t.j horton so now first and goal we talked about again this powerful offense you give the ball on a short field again uh inside the 20 of thompson they're now inside the 10. creamer 13th carry on the night trying to dive in and he can't get it slipped through two tackles to get to the two yard line almost got the lunge into the end zone times down to one it's a six yard gain for him so now 33 yards in the night on 13 carries for the senior creamer there's the one tackle he goes through there's the other just didn't quite have his footing underneath him to get it down for a second goal situation from the one it looks like what's carter's we're gonna do here cartersville's not gonna put power formation and it'll be three wide yeah second down maybe try a pass play maybe or he'll keep it himself no to creamer he just waltzes in for his third rushing touchdown fourth touchdown total of the game and cartersville just pouring it on second touchdown here in the first three and a half minutes of the third quarter tcsg touchdown replay once again big hole center and right guard creamer just went right through it that time in cartersville you know when you're looking at a power set that they had previously with defensive linemen in the backfield it was run right behind those guys and then you come out wide and trust your offensive lineman to make the big holes they did just that creamer walked right in and it's 40 8-7 cruz with the extra point makes it good four plays 19 yards and a hund in a minute 18 in the tcs3 scoring drive recap trey kramer kramer freeman the bulldogs cartersville in control introducing the 2017 mercedes-benz stadium now with retractable hardtop 58-foot halo video board and 16-story window to the city [Music] this tremendous stadium opportunity is now available to everyone book your mercedes-benz preview center appointment now at mercedesbenzstadium.com our third game tonight here from the georgia dome cartersville in control of the class 4a championship until 48 to 7. john good piece at halftime yeah jackie britton had a fantastic piece about garrett garris you see him right there 82 dressed out for the championship game the junior defensive back lost the lower part of his left leg in an automobile accident but he has remained a part of the program and the program has remained a big part of the garris family's life and you see him dressing out for a championship game that is so cool i mean that that is a that is an unbelievable amount of cool to see garrett garris dressing outside really is and what a great story uh the way they've really rallied around him and this cartersville team on their way and appears right now to a 30-game win streak in back to back 15 of those seasons as they're in control here 48-7 thompson their only score of the game coming back at the 8-26 mark the back-up quarterback is taylor hitting trey parker that's good to see christian tut number one he is in there to receive so that was the one play at the 826 mark in the second quarter uh the only touchdown for a team that has averaged 46 points per game this season we've got a lot of work cut out for him here tonight in this 4a championship game the class 7a game coming up next roswell versus grayson on the way here and a little over an hour here after 8 o'clock and joey king has said you know he's excited where the program is right now and you know joey being the the kind of the self-deprecating sort that he is every once while he says i just try not to mess it up every day right he's doing a good job of messing it up right now at 41-2 in his first 43 games as head coach we were talking about really you look at his percentage as a lot like jeff simpson right at buffer this is one you know a whole uh trophy case full of defense has done to clamp down on that big rushing attack for thompson tonight 70 yards total on the ground that's it first and ten here little flip that's uh i think it's a little pass right there from uh get it to trey parker the big play receiver there you go first down shake it up like we talked about nothing to lose coax among the stops for cartersville good look there at trey parker came in 29 catches 22 yards per catch and earlier scored his 11th touchdown of the season 13 yards on that play as we take down to the eight minute mark bulldogs trying to get something going here in the third quarter already two fumbles leading to two touchdowns already in the opening minutes here in the second half thomas inside once again sean holton ducking his helmet getting in there and that was key for cartersville defensively getting hats to the ball knowing that coming into this game there's carson murray right there he's getting some action as well you see guys like brandon wade [Music] nick torre and scratchings getting involved as well getting hats to the ball knowing that the running game was very special that the two wide receivers the main wide receivers that mills writings is thrown to second down now there's a good defense and it balls down flag is down see what happens catches it catches the fumble recovers it and we'll see if he pulled it now was down number 41 he's down injured they've got the ball marked at the 22 as if that was a live football but as john mentioned there are two flags at the 26 yard line let's see what comes of that could it be the sixth lost fumble of the game for thompson well they're going to sort it out now eddie hunt there's your referee in the white cap that's darian paulnet sees the junior defensive end active on so many plays tonight they just wanted to make sure face mask against cartersville let's see when it happened [Music] all right writings drops back rolls out right here yeah yep avery show well anyone full of face mask on that one yeah meanwhile poland's number 41 is up and being helped off not putting any pressure on that right leg no trying to a little bit to help walking off the field so it looks like the ball is going to stay with thompson on the defense 15-yard penalty still second down so a 15-yard penalty it took place behind the line of scrimmage so it'll still be second down and two out of the thompson 41 yard line i'm sure he's the one to grab the face mask of writings almost you see the penalty count there cartersville 8 whistles 84 yards against them thompson 4 and 22. uh almost a sixth lost fumble already three lost fumbles in the first half for thompson two in the first few minutes here in the second half both into touchdowns in a 48-7 cartersville league a lot of cartersville helmets getting to the football which is what joey king wanted from the beginning thomas now tripped up in a nice job right there number 14 sean houlton the linebacker to corral michael thomas senior just can't get going john the pistol offset formation got rid of one tackler but once again great ankle tackling you're seeing by the cartersville defense like you said good fundamentals you know we talked about we see guys try to tackle high i've not seen that at all from the cartersville defense you're seeing a lot more role tackling these days in high school that's a good sign too pass there by writings and gets it out to devon crockett he's out first down to the 45 and they'll move the chains and keep this drive alive and that's what you're looking for right now just to reestablish a rhythm get things squared away get your yards carter's well i'm fairly certain is going to just make sure that everything is in front of them and nothing gets behind him let's see what mills ridings can do here with another fresh set of downs yeah nothing to lose first down and 10 for writings 6-1 junior that's thomas behind him he takes the ball and met immediately the wave of tacklers it's number 77 garrett shelton the first one there brandon wade involved as well as well watch the penetration again carson murray part of it there's big penetration right there one two three cartersville players getting right after the football yeah cartersville defense playing with a lot of confidence right now five yard loss and here they come again writings with the empty backfield wade was there forces writings to get rid of it in a hurry and he does i think the clock was going in writing's head and as you could probably hear brandon wade coming here's your pressure watch from the right hand side of your screen riding's looking looking looking and he feels the pressure just gets rid of it good look at brandon wade the senior 60 tackles coming into the season third and 15 now exactly halfway through the third quarter ridings under throws his intended target ball intended for devon crockett comes up instead it will be another fourth down and a punch situation again actually trying to get that ball to jt thomas number nine not number eight thomas haven't called his name tonight 24 catches on the season and so this thompson offense bogs down yet again fourth and 15 and here comes marcus cade to punts antoine jefferson at his own 30 to receive end over in kick and goes out of bounds it hit out of bounds at the 33 without marking much further upfield than that still going at the 36 yard line that's where they will take over 24 yard punts for marcus kate [Music] and trevor lawrence we talked about how he started he's been on a roll ever since then uh ending the first half six of nine passes for 115 yards and a [Music] touchdown 48 to 7 and so cartersville thanks in part to the five fumbles lost by the thompson offense eighth time this year they've scored 40 points they've gone over 50 five times this year can they do it first and ten oh dizzy wanted to run with it before he got it yeah you saw those hips turn to the left-hand side of the screen before he had the ball even trevor had he had to laugh at that little has gone wrong for this purple hurricane's off and second down at 10 coming up and trevor lawrence is coming back next year for a senior season tj horton coming back next year ej turner coming back next year four of his five offensive linemen coming back next year yeah so get ready finish the sentence coming back next year that's right lawrence on the roll he's got a man deep jump ball off he said he's got it he's just toasted josh fizzy touchdown cartersville 64 yards lawrence to fizzy with the touchdown do we say anything's going right for them tonight and everybody's coming back next year oh yes and they're all coming back next year you'll see fiji as we look at our tcsg touchdown replay he posts up he just posts up goes and grabs it gets out of the grasp of quattrell hunt and he's done well we have one problem though there is a flag on the play and so it's all gonna come back [Music] good let's see what happens here flag at the 39-yard line of cartersville and here's the call from eddie hunt and ellen will downfield on the offense five yard penalty replay second down it's all coming back well and that happens when you've got kind of a busted play uh lawrence scrambling back there trying to make something happen your lineman they don't know what's going on they start running down field the key in that is the umpire if your linemen have gone downfield past the umpire the empire is about five yards down field then if alignment is passed then it's illegal downfield and that's when they'll throw the flag yeah so second and 15 after that here's trevor lawrence once again three-man rush for thompson downfield why not he's got two men there threw it in between them neither one was close creamer and turner that brings up third down for the purple hurricanes and at times as you'll see in the game after this in the 7a final with chase bryce from grayson you see with trevor lawrence how effortless running this offense has become and how running this offense how effortless it is now so think what a another year in this offense will be for him as he heads into that senior season yeah third and 15 now that's jefferson in motion bottom of your screen four-man rush for the bulldogs he's gonna go up top again looking for aj turner and he overthrows him playing well covered by corey crawford but uh boy that was one that turner had to step on him another junior he's coming back next year yes fourth and 15 now it'll be cruz out to pun another junior who's coming back next year he's got the thing cartersville trying to go into next year on a 30-game win streak again with uh so much of the key core of this team coming back next year 40 and two 42 and two is what they're trying to be here at the end of their third year into that man joey king so jonathan cruz is on the kick kicking it away from christian tut and that will bounce out of bounds near midfield 19 yards for cruz but he says that's better than getting it into the hands of christian top they've kicked it away from him the entire night 506 to go in the third quarter as you can see by the score it's been all cartersville they took the opening kickoff right down trey creamer scoring the first of his four touchdowns on the night on a three-yard dive he scored again later made it 14-0 at the end of one and again it's been all cartersville 48-7 out thompson offense setting up righties trying to throw deep into double coverage trey parker is there but it's broken up great play there by xavier coax him to knock the ball away and you're seeing that a lot with the cartersville secondary mill's riding's throwing down the center of the field but you see two white jerseys there and we've seen that a lot tonight fije was there coaxium was there yeah riding's when he goes deep it he puts a lot of air into it and allows those defensive backs to kind of come in and make a play on the ball second and ten now that's michael thomas behind him writings to parker but right there is fiji well he's been busy tonight he's called him 30 times already on both sides of the ball and special teams short gain third and four clock running under five minutes now [Music] good look at mills writings garrett shelton this time cartersville defense jumps off sides five yard penalty replay third down and he goes right to the sideline talk to the coaches reminder if this margin between cartersville and thompson stays the way that it is by the end of the third quarter we will have a running clock in the fourth quarter keeper here by writings he's got a first down and more out to the 30 angling toward the sideline he's out of bounds finally they'll mark them out at the 26 yard line so great call there as it was creamer and williams on the stop 15 yard pickup by the quarterback mills writings once again we've seen this tuck and run work a couple of times for mill's ridings tonight reads the option very well gets in between the white jerseys and gets pushed out of bounds after a gain of 15. solid work well i think again they're going for the running backs why not give that a shot a little more often like i said when they do it it's worked first and 10 now from the 26 of cartersville writings under some pressure gets out of it going into the end zone a little bit high and it is picked off xavier coax them again getting a little bit of air underneath that trying to get it to trey parker colson coming in making the grab in the interception right there at the one yard line the pressure all right here's riding's watch as he's releasing he gets drilled right after the ball was released great pressure by avery showell clock and mills riding's head went off is too much air underneath it and xavier coax him with the pick deep in cartersville territory but denies thompson again a scoring opportunity sixth turnover in this game by the thompson bulldogs i don't care how good you are it is tough to beat anybody uh when you give them the ball that many times especially a team like cartersville handoff here to creamer spin move and he's still clear to the 20. creamer's got some speed of the 30. he's to the 40. they're hot and pursued to midfield he's to the 40. dreamers are on his feet he's inside the 30-yard line trey creamer from cartersville you'll see all the bodies for thompson going up against all the folks in the offensive line for cartersville and if you can get a hole as everyone's going to try to defend off of guard and tackle you get to the second level [Applause] and you are out the door and into the backyard 72 yards on that particular run for trey creamer so creamer now he deserves to catch his breath after that one yeah 106 yards now for him on 15 carries three touchdowns on the ground and a fourth through the air and cartersville once again is in thompson territory just like that one play after the interception first and ten handoff this time too the backup running back guy you never see very often dominique williams the junior he gets a few who will be back next year i'll be back next year [Music] dominique williams averages about a carry a game but after a 72-yard run he'll stay in there for a little while 64 yards on the season for 22. how about that a seven yard pickup for a guy who doesn't see much action not bad second and three now from the 20 hand off again to williams he's corralled early on before he gets a too much of a head of steam by our test banks the linebacker two rushes seven yards and i'm gonna head back out [Music] under three minutes to go now cartersville villain control a guy like williams can get lost behind that large offensive line that cartersville has and he can find a hole and you saw what he was able to do on those two carries third and three now no gain on that plate for williams kramer back in the game as john mentioned he's on the right side of lawrence he'll throw again oh he's under pressure had to get away in a hurry nobody put a body on dontavious rivers bug [Music] so to go fourth down and three and jonathan cruz cruz comes out for his third attempt at a field goal two for two tonight you can see there on your screen if you had jonathan cruz in your fantasy team that was seven points because it's four for the 50 and then three for the 41. that's right the sunny lineup at the 27th i think it's extra points uh also since he threw the pass yeah 37-yard fuel field goal attempt here good job with the hold and it's good great job right there by number 15 carson murray to corral that ball it's a bad snap cruz puts it through and there it is for the sixth time this season cartersville puts 50 on the board 51-7 cruz with the uh a little bit of a hook on it since he lined up the way that he did had to swing a little faster than normal bring it in with a little bit of a hook and it's all good 51 points on the board for cartersville dominating performance all three phases and there's a lot of purple here a lot of purple here to see the second consecutive game 15 that the hurricanes are in and they will leave today having won 30 in a row and then people will start looking at that 2017 schedule trying to figure out where that first game is going to be and how trevor lawrence will be in his senior season we're going to look at christian tut will be back for his senior season a lot of colleges keeping an eye on him as a lockdown corner scoring drive there for cartersville five plays 79 yards in only a minute 38 helped again by that 72 yard run by creamer from the one yard line to get that going cruz with the kick taken inside the endzone but i guess not and let him play and get down to the 15-yard line ball hadn't crossed the plane so technically he picked it up with the one takes it out to the 15. so as long as the ball doesn't cross correct feet can be in the ball still have failed to play very good so first and ten now for thompson they will take over at their own 16 16-yard line this was a 34-7 score at halftime thompson with back-to-back fumbles one returned for a touchdown by transfize and the other led to a touchdown by the offense and we just saw the field goal a moment ago big stiff arm there lowers the shoulder gets a couple yards there out of bounds at the 20s we'll pick up a four for michael thomas coach is saying he's fun to coach he can really make the cut plays tough but boy it's been tough tonight for everyone wearing black and you've seen just what carter's cartersville has been able to do defensively getting hats to the football creating turnovers thomas again here on second down and what a great play by showwell avery show was right there for the stop to drop thomas for a loss all the way back to the 15 one more look at him watch toward the turf you'll see a dive by shoel watch the grab right there going right after the ankles forces thomas to make a decision gets caught up in showel ends up falling down at the end of the play so he gained four then he loses five third at 11 now taking down the 90 seconds left in this third quarter mill's writings playing clock down to three handoff to thomas and the defense again not much doing holton on the stop and fourth down again for the bulldogs you know holton coming into this game the leading tackler with 94 also had eight tackles for loss this season so when you hear us call names like holton like nivan nelson like xavier coxson like darion pulnetz polnett's one of the team leaders in three categories tackles tackles for loss and sacks [Music] it's a lot of variety and a very very pursuing cartersville defense k to kick and very quickly at jefferson with a fair catch call at the 46-yard line 36-yard punt for marcus cade of thompson jefferson for those that know your cartersville history lee miles nephew part of that early 2000s teams and uh it looks like if you know what lee miles looked like as a player you look at what antoine jefferson looks like as a player number seven right there identical the five eight 165 pound running back so if this was a mathematical equation antoine jefferson equals lee miles version 2016. there you go 48 seconds left here it's been all cartersville back on offense again trevor lawrence the junior what a season he's had 51 touchdown passes trying to add to that screen pass out of the hands of creamer a little bit ahead of him you can see that develop that's what they wanted to do you'll see running backs just take a little bit of a circle route to get ready to have that momentum to go forward kramer took a little bit of a circle but it was through his hand second down 51 points highest point total for cartersville in these playoffs highs of the season 77 scored against chesterton last month 77-14 the final amount second and ten here lawrence going to keep it himself gonna get down and he does not tackle there made by our test banks the linebacker no gain of the play sold third and ten as we took down to the end of the third quarter one more snap should do it for the third and reminder once again running clock here in the fourth quarter and they don't have to snap it if they don't feel like it the 25 second clock has not started so really this will be the end of the third quarter running clock in the fourth quarter since that one has not moved and the clock at the bottom of the screen he's still moving he's under one hand's worth and that heads to zero yeah so we've come to the end of three quarters here the class 4a game it's our third of four championship games here from the georgia dome and what a night has been for the purple hurricanes on defense on offense they've scored touchdowns they've scored field goals they've intercepted and fumbled and they're rumbling their way in the class 4a game one more quarter still coming [Music] every tv doctor knows when preparing for surgery use an over pronounced washing technique for dramatic effect [Music] they also know you need to get your annual checkup now prepare for your checkup with one touch using the my cigna app where you can find a doctor in your plan's network to save money manage your health and more need to be thorough cigna together all the way river street suites serving georgia since 1973 river street 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play volleyball or choir because you get to experience new things and do stuff that you've never done before my reason why is passion my reason why is pride [Music] right back here to start the fourth quarter of this class 4a championship game the defending champions cruising in this one behind trevor lawrence he came into the night with 49 touchdown passes on the season you can see here he has climbed past one heisman trophy finalist from one gainesville high school 51 now that's still a few off the records that earlier today here's lawrence now first play of the fourth quarter rolling out and looking deep he's got a man open deep and there will be a nice defensive play no flag on that nice defensive play that time by jacory crawford antoine jefferson was the intended receiver watch the angle box out right hand up ball goes away great job trevor lawrence did not uh and that and that is that is a you know with trevor throwing that incompletion there should and once again remember this is running clock fourth quarter yeah should cartersville get another possession here in the fourth i guess the question is does trevor come out for coronation or does t webb take over yeah to get some stuff in a championship game and get some of the other players in the game some reps for the championship exposure and experience just gotta say they scored 17 points there in the third quarter without lawrence getting a single passing yard in that third quarter that's how dominant the defense was in that one 44-yard punt by jonathan cruz and gets it out to the 11-yard line is where it rolled out of bounds and that's where thompson will take over and the point that we made about the vaunted rushing attack of thompson 30 carry 68 net yards today 2 000 yard rusher mike thomas 58 net yards bubba murray the thousand yard rush of the sophomore eight yards net on four carries wow first and ten for thompson offense got a stat on them in a minute here we'll see the first the handoff that's to thomas he gets through the wave still on his feet down at the 18-yard line just about seven yards uh in that third quarter here's what's amazing cartersville ran 14 offensive plays thompson ran 22 and yet the score no points for thompson 17 for cartersville thanks again to that defense the two fumbles and those turnovers six fumbles on the day for thompson five of them lost to cartersville an interception as well right six turnovers total second and three thomas another fumble picks it up recovers finds his way out of bounds show well leads mike thomas out of bounds [Music] ball hits the turf tom thomas has presence of mine to pick it up and showel just ushers him out of bounds so third down and four now from the 17. rob ridings what a job he's done four wins in 2014 11 last year 14-0 this year third down play they give to thomas he'll be a yard short that'll bring up fourth down and another punting situation now for thompson this weekend to mention the clock continues to run marcus k to be out to punt antoine jefferson back to receive for cartersville and once again let's talk pedigree for thompson five-time state champ 67-68 84 85-02 rob ridings the offensive coordinator for lucha welsh in that game in 2002 at the brickyard where they beat thomas county central and you talk about guys like ray guy and eddie lee ivory eddie lee ivory thompson high grad who's a running backs coach false start on the offense five-yard penalty for the bulldogs these days jerry mays who had a career at georgia tech and in the nfl darius eubanks jasper brinkley who a lot of folks remember here in high school went to south carolina played with the giants and there's and jasper's son is now on the roster so you see how once again it's towns and families and how they're part of that framework and thompson is an example of that fair catch of the 47.

32 yard kick right there by marcus cade trevor lawrence about to go 42 and two in his high school career back with more into this when you're in control of your finances i just feel like you're in control of your future when we were getting ready to open the business we shopped around a couple different banks but when we went to regions they treated us the best the customer service is i mean amazing our region's banker stacy has great advice for the business and our personal finances they walk in they treat you right it makes you just want to keep going back we're ready to take our next step [Music] [Music] so eight minutes to go here the running clock about to begin again it has been all cartersville 51-7 we talked about earlier they are on the verge of becoming just the 11th team to put together back-to-back 15-00 seasons here in the state of georgia and they will enter next year as the 19th team to have a 30-game win streak as we talked about so many of these players on offense for the five starting offensive lineman the star quarterback except for receivers all juniors and coming back next year for their senior season what a run it's been for cartersville kramer here he's a senior one of the guys not coming back not much doing there on the uh first down play second out of nine now coming up next we've got the class 7a game and this one should be a thriller roswell versus grayson can't wait to sit back and uh watch this one anticipating this one all year long there's your mass substitution you get the one hand off and everybody who's getting the start gets to get off the field t webb now in at quarterback and so now joey king there's your there's t webb class of 2020 who already has an offer on the table from louisville sure does and here's a freshman running back i'm sorry the junior dominique williams then back up so this is an opportunity for joey king to get some of the other guys in that can now say that they played the georgia dome and played in the championship game yeah final year of the dome we moved next door in 2017 third and 12 we talked about team webb the number nine he's the freshman quarterback you see him there coming in and replace of trevor lawrence he was offered by louisville as a seventh grader so just if you think that hey good we get trevor lawrence out of the way guess what t webb is waiting uh and he'll get to two years at the helm of this purple hurricane's offense it seems at some point there's williams here on the run he gets an inside to 40 and he's got a first down so let's think about that for a second t webb who is a freshman was offered as when a seventh grader two years ago t webb was offered maybe before lawrence was getting off looking thinking it that way so two years ago as a seventh grader so how old are you when you're in seventh grade what is that uh 12 12 13. yeah does the 12 or a 13 year old that gentleman right there nine white got an offer from louisville and off again to williams on the first down he's got some room nifty moves there for the junior gets it out to the 31. and john i was watching uh you know during warm-ups he yeah i know he's got these well he's got the same motion the same skills as what lawrence does for those who saw football fridays when we had cartersville and central carroll earlier this year yeah you got to see t webb play in the fourth quarter then as well so it looks like joey king in cartersville the the cupboard is quite stocked for the next couple seasons this kid might start for a lot of times look at that nifty here to the 20 and more he's still on his feet inside the 10-yard line hurricanes first and goal again so we've seen the passing game get going 23 yard pickup here for williams now watch all the zigging and the zagging watch your first cut back here goes right tackle all the way across the grain cuts it back again cuts it back again i think that's about four separate cutbacks for the gain of 23 to get you inside the ten first and goal at the eight running clock going inside five cartersville holding out a banner year once again in 2016. williams going left side he's in touchdown purple hurricanes eight-yard run it was all dominique williams wilkins williams for cartersville on that drive well tcsg touchdown replay it is a bit of a highlight reel this drive for dominique williams hand off i like it i got it lead left tackle touchdown [Music] 24 feet for number 22 57 points on the board and it'll be jonathan cruz out to kick another extra point gunned it through looks like cruz puts it through so the 58 points is now the fourth highest total cartersville has put on the board this season there's a tcsg touchdown scoring drive six plays 47 yards did it in three minutes 25 seconds brought to us by our friends of the technical college system of georgia tcsg learn more earn more we are learning just how dominant this cartersville team can be [Music] joey king looks like the headset is now off at 4 35. i think you can afford to smile now at least he's affording himself the opportunity to smile now well what makes this team so tough jobs we've talked about not just the powerful offense but here's a defense that going through uh allowed more than two touchdowns uh only twice all season 21 points to sandy creek was their high in that win and the in the semifinals gave up 17 to marry persons and merry persons actually had the lead in that yeah before cartersville came back and put the pedal down third and fourth quarter for the duke trevor lawrence here it is we mentioned again he had the 196 yards was 14 of 28 at halftime so all for six in the third quarter but still 196 two touchdowns more important fractions how many quarterbacks can say they get to play their senior year they have back-to-back state championships back state championships and 42 wins in his three seasons as quarterback and in the three seasons a semi-final appearance and two state championships and remember just what we've seen with trevor lawrence as he has evolved from his sophomore to his junior year other than the fact that we said go with the flow they went with the flow today and i know that the hair the hair twitter feed or the twitter feed for trevor's hair will be in full full spray or full force that's right full wave gonna be a lot of flow going on yeah the hair may be tweeting right now in fact i bet i wonder if the hair can live tweet it's possible facebook live periscope that's right snapchat those locks second and six after the run there my jt thomas back into the hands now of michael thomas for the gain and that'll move to chains hawk running hey but that's what it's about these days man social media that's right raise that profile i don't i don't know hair yeah they they are they are probably after tonight there should be a lot of tweeting going on at t-law here oh yeah the hair twitter account first down play here it's thomas again that's nothing doing there for him [Music] dylan henderson the linebacker with 38 on the action you know john you're a historian georgia high school sports i don't know what is the record number of wins for a high school quarterback wow that's a good one i mean 42 and it would have you know it's obviously someone would have to be a four-year starter sure i mean david green comes to mind as a possibility yeah he he may he's going to wind up with 50-plus wins it may be 55 or more he's got 42. sean watson comes to mind exactly stanford comes to mind completion here writings to marcus cade the difference is those guys didn't win 30 games at a two-year span yeah you had one less game that yeah there were times where championships were 14 weeks instead of 15. modern era 15. i defer to tommy palmer at palmer tom on twitter please reach out to us there you go please reach out to us on social media tommy sports medium yes we're gonna have to check out uh all right maybe somebody wants to tell you what i'm gonna put that out as a trivia question for anybody watching right now most wins by a starting quarterback in a tenure in georgia high school go ahead and tweet us at gpb sports let us know on the facebook page please source your answer so we can double check it there you go but i think that's um that's what's looking at trevor lawrence next year he'll be right up there by the time it's over yeah a third title and maybe if they can run the table 57 wins it's pretty impressive second and three now approaching 90 seconds left in the game you know but let's talk about thompson here great season for that great season for them tremendous effort a great football town in thompson mcduffie county about a half hour west of augusta rob ridings has done a tremendous job in a short period of time in his second tour back there at thompson a lot to look forward to christian tutt and a lot of folks coming back for senior seasons as well murray the sophomore running back will be back for his junior year although you lose number 22 michael thomas who finishes his year north of 2000 yards a lot to look forward to mill's writings comes back for his senior year quarterback marcus cade jt thomas there he's a senior 20 yard gain there you bring back two you're starting three on your defensive line your two inside linebackers come back three of your four starting in the secondary comeback so there's a lot to look forward to in mcduffie county at the brickyard in 2017. final 30 seconds now mike thomas trying to close it out for the score comes up short and will that be the final play of this class 4a championship game the cartersville purple hurricanes dominant oh my goodness question are they the best team in the state regardless of class they could certainly make that claim there's another question to the floor sure final play of the game thomas trying to put it in he's sacked or he's brought down i should say by jarvis harris make that dylan henderson and that's the way it ends cartersville is your 4a champions once again [Music] a lot to celebrate 30 wins in a row now for cartersville back-to-back quad a state champs and they're the two coaches joey king and rob ridings and here's a question for cartersville going into 2017 which of these numbers is most impressive the 58 points they scored fifth game this season that they scored 50 or the seven points they gave up the tenth time this season they gave up 10 points or less i'll give you another number two back-to-back state championships yeah too sometimes the number doesn't have to be the biggest number on the board to have the most meaning that's why i like the defense to me the offense is what it is but the defense wins championships be careful because this team just knocked off a team that had 46 points per game is what they were averaging in this 58-7 is the final score here at your class 4a state championship game is going down sam crenshaw 58-7 final score back-to-back state championships coach joey king congratulations thank you so much first off all credit goes to guide and then these guys busted their tails all year we had a target on our back from the beginning of the season and they came to work every day not worrying about going 15-0 but going 1-0 each week and that's the mindset that got us to this point tell us about when you left this building last year obviously the goal is to repeat it's easier said than done though it is it's a tough road it's definitely harder to defend one than it is to win that initial one but like i said our guys came to work in january and this was on the forefront front of their minds so i'm proud of them going to ask you a loaded question i'm going to ask you a loaded question all season long the folks in that stands over there they felt like pound per pound cartersville hurricanes are the best football team in the state the folks for the 7a game are in this building what do you say i don't know about all that but i know we're the best in foray i appreciate it thanks so much congratulations again that is coach joey king back upstairs all right sam thanks so much yeah 58-7 uh you know what i like joey's answer by the way yeah yeah how many superlatives can you come up with knowing that 30 minutes from now or 30 minutes after the trophy presentation the 278 teams both ranked top 15 nationally are going to come out here think of the dominant performances we've seen think of the champs that we've seen so far eagles landing christian survives in double overtime they're one of the top teams in single a macon county and kahari lane great effort there as well double a benedictine with the numbers that they've been putting up all season long then you have the number here that cartersville has put up 6a valdosta tommy palmer said that they were probably the best team he thought regardless of classification and 3a yesterday with that match up as well okay so the questions to the floor who is best regardless of classification i take cartersville i'm sorry and i go back to i go back to the defense when you talk about your 15 and all you didn't go up more than three touchdowns the entire season 10 times again 10 points or less and an offense that no one managed to stop all season long uh with the defense that you've got a team that just scored 46 points per game you gave up only seven you forced six turnovers five fumbles you did it you dominated this team in every way you could i'm sorry i think roswell's a great team i think grayson's a great team this next game may be the best of the weekend this team have been impressed with the entire uh season and they haven't they haven't uh stopped and they're not going to stop in 2017. well and then the talent that's been on display especially at quarterback kahari lane with the numbers he put up this year setting a new record for touchdowns in a season trevor lawrence who you just saw chase bryce coming up in the game that you're going to see in just a little bit you know when we started our coverage this year on gpb sports for football fridays in georgia we titled it the year the quarterback we have chronicled one of the deepest quarterback classes that i can remember in the state of georgia stetson bennett you have uh kailyn newton tylan morton all of that stuff going on let's send it downstairs to mark harmon for a very special trophy presentation mark it's all yours thank you john nelson it's time now to present the class 4a state championship trophy to the cartersville purple hurricanes and for that i turn the microphone over to gary phillips the executive director of the ghsa coach congratulations 30 in the rows nothing to sneeze at great job great season here's our friends from georgia farm bureau on behalf of georgia farm bureau i'd like to present to you the state championship trophy congratulations coach joey king a hurricane has hit the georgia dome tonight talk about this victory it was a dominant performance it was again all glory and honor goes to my lord and savior jesus christ and then here's what it comes down to guys look right here i missed out on this opportunity last year hey i love you guys i'm proud of you it's your blood your sweat your tears that got us to this point i'm very proud of you but they fought hard all night again another another great showing bar home crowd trey cramer you're one of the seniors on this ball club talk about what it means to you to go 30-0 your last 30 games and win back-to-back titles oh it's a blessing just to be out here with all my brothers and just day in and day out we always working just to get better and i'm grateful to be here and go canes antoine jefferson look up there at all that purple what do you say to those fans from cartersville i love y'all y'all great man we couldn't do it without y'all at all how fired up for you to get in this way with the perfect game it was a perfect opportunity to come out here and play a football game in the georgia dome i appreciate all the fans coming out here and all my brothers playing with me all right joey king you've got the trophy you've won the table two years in a row 30 wins in a row back-to-back state championships it makes four 1991 1999 2015 2016 next year it's the one for the thumb we're going we're going to work toward that that's our goal every year but these kids did a good job of focusing on going 1-0 every week you know each game was the most important and that's what it's all about that's how you come to work day in and day out congratulations to the purple hurricane of cartersville the purple rain of the purple hurricanes congratulations the 4a champs in 2016.

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