Week 10: Top Games & Schedule

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WEEK 10 TOP GAMES

Today, we preview the top matchups on the Week 10 slate and list the schedule in the lefthand column.

Also, player invites and considerations for the 2018

Georgia Elite Classic are revving up. Below in the newsletter is information regarding the event and its selection process. For general event information visit HERE , and for player registration and consideration forms CLICK HERE .

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Friday, October 19, 2018

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WEEK 10 TOP GAMES

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WEEK 10 SCHEDULE

Allatoona at Osborne

Alpharetta at Northview

Americus-Sumter at Cairo

Apalachee at Lanier

Appling Christian at Brantley County

Arabia Mountain at Chamblee

Archer at Rockdale County

Armuchee at Chattooga

Athens Academy at Providence Christian

Athens Christian at George Walton Academy

Bainbridge at Warner Robins

Banks County at Putnam County

Blessed Trinity at Chestatee

Bradwell Institute at Richmond Hill

Bremen at Lamar County

Brookstone at Central-Talbotton

Bryan County at Metter

Burke County at Baldwin

Butler at Screven County

Calhoun at Coahulla Creek

Calhoun County at Pelham

Callaway at Heard County

Calvary Day at Portal

Camden County at Colquitt County

Campbell at Wheeler

Cartersville at Chapel Hill

Carver-Atlanta at Banneker

Cass at Kell

Cedar Grove at Pace Academy

Cedartown at Troup

Centennial at Johns Creek

Central Gwinnett at Meadowcreek

Central-Macon at Peach County

Charlton County at Telfair County

Claxton at McIntosh County Academy

Collins Hill at Discovery

Commerce at Towns County

Crawford County at Schley County

Creekside at Alexander

Creekview at South Cobb

Crisp County at Worth County

Dacula at Habersham Central

Dade County at Pepperell

Darlington at Bowdon

Dawson County at Fannin County

Decatur at Lithia Springs

Dodge County at East Laurens

Dooly County at Taylor County

Douglass at South Atlanta

Duluth at North Gwinnett

Dutchtown at Stockbridge

Eagles Landing at Jones County

Eagles Landing Christian at Strong Rock Christian

Early County at Fitzgerald

East Coweta at Pebblebrook

Fayette County at Jonesboro

First Presbyterian at Mt. de Sales

Flowery Branch at Marist

Forsyth Central at Milton

Glascock County at Cross Keys

Glenn Hills at Westside-Augusta

Glynn Academy at Brunswick

Gordon Lee at Mt. Zion, Carroll

Greater Atlanta Christian at Cherokee Bluff

Griffin at McIntosh

Hampton at Henry County

Hardaway at Columbus

Hart County at East Jackson

Hawkinsville at Macon County

Hebron Christian at Riverside Military

Heritage-Catoosa at Southeast Whitfield

Hillgrove at North Paulding

Holy Innocents' at Trinity Christian

Houston County at Coffee

Irwin County at Wilcox County

Jackson County at Franklin County

Jackson-Atlanta at Grady

Jenkins at Groves

Johnson County at Montgomery County

Josey at Harlem

Kennesaw Mountain at McEachern

Lakeside-Evans at Grovetown

Lakeview Academy at Prince Avenue

Lambert at West Forsyth

Landmark Christian at Wesleyan

Langston Hughes at New Manchester

Lanier County at Clinch County

Lincoln County at Georgia Military

Lithonia at Southwest DeKalb

Locust Grove at Woodland-Stockbridge

Lumpkin County at North Hall

M. L. King at Tucker

Manchester at Greenville

Mary Persons at West Laurens

Mays at South Paulding

Mill Creek at Mountain View

Miller County at Sneads High School, FL

Miller Grove at Columbia

Mitchell County at Terrell County

Model at Gordon Central

Monroe Area at Jefferson

Monticello at Elbert County

Mt. Pisgah Christian at Fellowship Christian

Mt. Zion-Jonesboro at Morrow

Murray County at Adairsville

Newnan at Westlake

Newton at Grayson

Norcross at Berkmar

North Cobb at Marietta

North Cobb Christian at Christian Heritage

North Forsyth at South Forsyth

North Springs at Riverwood

Northeast-Macon at Dublin

Northwest Whitfield at Gilmer

Ola at Union Grove

Our Lady of Mercy at Mt. Vernon Presbyterian

Parkview at Brookwood

Paulding County at East Paulding

Perry at Spalding

Pike County at Jackson

Pinecrest Academy at King's Ridge

Pope at Cambridge

Rabun County at Social Circle

Ridgeland at Pickens

Ringgold at Haralson County

Rockmart at Coosa

Rome at Hiram

Roswell at Walton

Salem at Woodward Academy

Savannah Country Day at Savannah Christian

Seminole County at Randolph-Clay

Sequoyah at Sprayberry

Sonoraville at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

South Gwinnett at Shiloh

Southeast Bulloch at Benedictine

Southwest at Washington County

St. Francis at Mt. Paran Christian

St. Pius X at Madison County

Stephens County at North Oconee

Stephenson at Drew

Stewart County at Baconton Charter

Swainsboro at Vidalia

Tattnall County at Pierce County

Temple at Spencer

Thomas County Central at Harris County

Thomasville at Berrien

Thomson at Cross Creek

Tift County at Lowndes

Toombs County at Jeff Davis

Towers at Stone Mountain

Tri-Cities at Northgate

Turner County at Atkinson County

Union County at Oglethorpe County

Upson-Lee at Howard

Valdosta at Lee County

Ware County at South Effingham

Warren County at Hancock Central

Washington at Therrell

Westminster at Redan

Westover at Dougherty

Wheeler County at Treutlen

White County at Denmark

Whitefield Academy at Walker

Wilkinson County at Stratford Academy

Winder-Barrow at Gainesville

Windsor Forest at Savannah

Woodland-Cartersville at Villa Rica

Woodstock at Lassiter

TOP GAMES: WEEK 10

This week, a long-overdue rematch highlights the one of the final weekends of the regular season as Class AAA No. 3 Monroe Area travels to No. 8 Jefferson for a Region 8 title matchup.

The last time No. 3 Monroe Area and No. 9 Jefferson played, it was roughly three years after the end of the Second World War. The date was Sept. 17, 1948, and at the time the country was collectively spending most of its time buying cars and building houses and families. That night, as Monroe Area built its lead on Jefferson, the NFL penalty flag was introduced in a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Boston Yanks.

Monroe Area won the inaugural game in blowout fashion, 26-0, in coach Bill Davies' first season. Frank Snyder, in his second season, was at the helm of the Jefferson program. After that blowout victory, the teams took a break in the series that has lasted all the way to Friday, when Monroe Area will travel to Jefferson for the first meeting in 70 years.

Now, Kevin Reach is leading the third-ranked Monroe Area program against Gene Cathcart’s Jefferson team. With both teams 4-0 in Region 8 and the nearest competition too deep in the loss column, this is the region title game.

On paper, Monroe Area is the favorite. Quarterback Chandler Byron, a 6-foot, 160-pound senior is 39-of-66 passing for 898 yards and 12 touchdowns. Byron leads Monroe Area in rushing yards with 1,632 yards on 150 carries with 23 touchdowns. Byron’s favorite receiver is 6-3, 170-pound senior Emmanuel Okwudili, who has seven touchdowns and 385 yards on 13 catches. Isaiah Glasper has three touchdown receptions and 221 yards on seven catches.

Utilizing this potent combination, the Purple Hurricanes have shut out every opponent since entering region play – Morgan County (39-0), East Jackson (62-0), Jackson County (63-0) and Hart County (38-0). Against East Jackson, Jefferson managed a 70-0 shutout, besting Monroe Area’s 62-0 effort.

Jefferson is facing an injury to its quarterback, junior Colby Clark, and will need every bit of offensive production to hang with high-scoring Monroe Area. But the Dragons are capable. Against Morgan County, Jefferson scored 35 points, but its defense allowed Morgan County 14 points; Monroe Area shut out Morgan.

Jefferson, which features a run-heavy offense anyway, only has relied on seven touchdown passes this season, three from backup quarterback Carter Stephenson. It has rushed for 31 touchdowns with the injured Clark leading with nine. Donsha Gaither, a 6-2 junior, adds six rushing touchdowns and 387 yards on 41 carries. Kade McNally has four touchdowns with 216 yards on 24 carries.

Roswell (6-1, 2-0) at Walton (7-0, 2-0)

The GPB game of the week pits the two region-leaders against each other for the 31st time in a series that is nearly dead-even. Walton has won 16 games in the series; Roswell has 14 victories against the Raiders.

Senior receiver, and Georgia commit, Dominick Blaylock and quarterback Austin Kirksey help lead a potent Walton team that’s only lost one game in since the beginning of the 2017 season – to Colquitt County in the second-round of the GHSA playoffs last year.

Roswell, an unranked team at 6-1 overall, is coming off victories over Cherokee (48-21) and Lassiter (56-13). Its only loss is a 37-36 defeat at the hands of Milton. When focusing on schedule comparison, the Lassiter game sticks out. No. 2 Walton only managed a 38-24 victory whereas Roswell handed the Trojans a 56-13 beatdown. If there was ever a chance at a statement-making game for Roswell, this is it.

Southeast Bulloch (7-0, 5-0) at Benedictine (6-1, 5-0)

Two of the top-teams from Region 3 will battle for supremacy as the two remaining unbeaten (5-0) teams in the region. Jenkins, at 5-1, is still a challenger in that race.

Benedictine holds the margin 2-0 in the series. In 2016, Benedictine won 33-6. Last year, the Cadets won 48-7. Since joining AAA, Benedictine has dropped just one game to Class AAAA Blessed Trinity (38-7 on Sept. 7). The Cadets have two shutouts – Groves and Savannah in back-to-back weeks – and are coming off a 45-7 victory against Islands.

Southeast Bulloch is coming off a stretch of three games in eight days following weather interruptions from Hurricane Florence. The Yellow Jackets moved past Windsor Forest (16-9) on Oct. 1, Jenkins (9-8) on Oct. 6 and Savannah (40-0) on Oct. 9.

Flowery Branch (6-1, 2-1) at Marist (7-1, 4-0)

This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs following Flower Branch’s descent from Class AAAAA following the GHSA’s set reclassification cycle. Marist leads Region 7 (4-0) and Flowery Branch is currently third (2-1) behind Blessed Trinity (3-0).

Since losing 17-0 to St. Pius X in the final game before entering region-play, Marist has won four-consecutive games in convincing fashion including a 57-7 beatdown of Denmark last week. Flowery Branch lost a heartbreaker to top-ranked Blessed Trinity last week (22-21) in overtime.

Parkview (7-0, 3-0) at Brookwood (6-1, 3-0)

The teams have met 36 times, nearly every season, in the series which dates to 1982. Brookwood has won 22 times to Parkview’s 14. Last year, the Broncos too a 30-27 victory on a 29-yard field goal from Jonah Randle.

Brookwood lost its season opener in the MetroPCS Corky Kell Classic at Mercedes-Benz Stadium against defending-champion North Gwinnett 37-2. Since the loss, the Broncos have been flawless including victories over Berkmar, Meadowcreek and Central Gwinnett since entering region play.

Parkview shutout its first two region opponents – Norcross (28-0) and Lakeside-DeKalb (59-0) before allowing a touchdown against Berkmar in a 56-7 victory last week.

2018 GEORGIA ELITE CLASSIC

Invites and considerations rev up for Georgia Elite Classic

Rusty Mansell of 247Sports, who chairs the selection committee on the Georgia Elite Classic, is continuing to extend invites to play in this year's seven-game lineup. It is still not too late to get into one of the games. The package includes a two-day stay at the Marriott Galleria, a player pack of goodies, all meals, players party and working under some of the best high school coaching in the state. Also, the first-annual Brain Bowl is going to be looked at closely by programs in the top academic conferences such as the Patriot (FCS), Ivy (FCS), NESCAC (D-III), Midwest (D-III), Centennial (D-III) and Southern Athletic Association.

The Georgia Elite Classic has been in touch with schools such as Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Georgetown, Williams, Amherst, University of Chicago, Centre, Rhodes and Johns Hopkins, and coaches from the Division III conferences are expected to come to the game while those from FCS schools are expected to watch the Webcast.

For more information on the seven All-Star Games, go to GeorgiaEliteClassic.com

Registration for those that have already received an invite, and forms to be considered for one are located HERE.

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