6-Game Schedule Set for Freedom Bowl; Week 9 Baseball Rankings

6-GAME SCHEDULE SET FOR INAUGURAL FREEDOM BOWL; WEEK 8 BASEBALL RANKINGS

The schedule for all six games of the inaugural Freedom Bowl, which will bring top talent from all over the Southeast (and New Jersey and Canada) to Milton High School on Labor Day Weekend, is set. Milton and North Gwinnett, Georgia's two participants, drew Florida squads as opponents. Scroll down for the full Friday and Saturday slate. Also, we roll out the Week 9 baseball rankings for all eight classifications.

Follow along each night this week as Score Atlanta tracks spring sports scores across the state on ScoreAtl.com and AJC.com. Visit Scoreatl.com and the AJC's High School page for additional sports coverage.

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FREEDOM BOWL SCHEDULE; WEEK 8 BASEBALL RANKINGS

Monday, April 16, 2018

FREEDOM BOWL

By Craig Sager

Milton, No. Gwinnett to meet top FL teams

Officials from Airo Nation and Spire Sports + Entertainment announced the launch of the Inaugural Freedom Bowl, a two-day, six-game lineup hosted by Metro Atlanta's Milton High School and slated for this upcoming Labor Day Weekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 1).

"The Freedom Bowl brings top level high school football to one location and provides much more than just football competition," said David Menard, Founder and President of Airo Nation. "Utilizing this amazing platform will also inspire and educate our youth about what the men and women of our armed forces sacrifice to protect our freedom."

The Freedom Bowl aims to raise awareness of and raise proceeds for wounded servicemen and servicewomen.

Spire Sports + Entertainment (based out of North Carolina) and Airo Nation (a Florida-based company that specializes in regional and national 7-on-7 tournaments) have teamed together to form the event and sought out Milton to be this inaugural year's exclusive host.

The six games will be divided into a Friday night doubleheader and a four-game Saturday lineup. Georgia will be represented on both days, with Milton playing on Friday and North Gwinnett playing on Saturday.

2018 Freedom Bowl Schedule

At Milton High School

Friday, Aug. 31

GAME 1: 4:30 PM | Mainland (FL) vs. Bob Jones (AL)

GAME 2: 8:30 PM | Cardinal Gibbons (FL) vs. Milton (GA)

Saturday, Sept. 1

GAME 3: 10:00 AM | Chaminade-Madonna (FL) vs. Muscle Shoals (AL)

GAME 4: 1:30 PM | American-Heritage-Plantation (FL) vs. St. Josephs (NJ)

GAME 5: 5:00 PM | Stoneman Douglas (FL) vs. St. Matthews (Ontario, Canada)

GAME 6: 8:30 PM | North Gwinnett (GA) vs. Wekiva (FL)

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BASEBALL RANKINGS

By Alex Ewalt

Mill Creek reasserts itself as Class 7A No. 1

Mill Creek solidified its place back atop Class AAAAAAA, sweeping previous No. 1 North Gwinnett (now No. 8) in three games and moving from third to first. There wasn't much movement in Class AAAAAA, but Brunswick falls from No. 10 after losing a series to South Effingham and Alexander checks in at No. 10; Pope remains No. 1. Carrollton falls from No. 3 to No. 9 in Class AAAAA after losing both of its games to unranked Villa Rica last week, and Wayne County is still on top. West Laurens and Stephens County fall out of the Class AAAA rankings after losing series, and Eastside returns at No. 9 with Burke County debuting at No. 10.

North Hall falls from No. 2 to out of the rankings after losing two of three to Greater Atlanta Christian, which comes in at No. 10, and Ringgold stays No. 1. Thomasville is again No. 1 in Class AA, and Rockmart tumbles from No. 3 to No. 6; Dade County (No. 8) and Berrien (No. 10) enter the Top 10. Gordon Lee is still the team to beat in Class A-Public, and Charlton County jumps Irwin to No. 3 from No. 4 after another head-to-head win. In Class A-Private, Tattnall County holds onto No. 1 despite splitting a two-game series with Strong Rock Christian, which comes in at No. 10 this week; Wesleyan moves up from No. 7 to No. 4.

Class AAAAAAA

1. Mill Creek

2. Parkview

3. Woodstock

4. Hillgrove

5. South Forsyth

6. Walton

7. Brookwood

8. North Gwinnett

9. Mountain View

10. Peachtree Ridge

Class AAAAAA

1. Pope

2. River Ridge

3. Allatoona

4. Lee County

5. Winder-Barrow

6. Effingham County

7. Houston County

8. Glynn Academy

9. Heritage-Conyers

10. Alexander

Class AAAAA

1. Wayne County

2. Loganville

3. Ola

4. Veterans

5. Buford

6. Decatur

7. Jones County

8. Starr's Mill

9. Carrollton

10. Harris County

Class AAAA

1. Blessed Trinity

2. Cartersville

3. Heritage-Ringgold

4. Woodward Academy

5. Troup County

6. Jefferson

7. North Oconee

8. Columbus

9. Eastside

10. Burke County

Class AAA

1. Ringgold

2. Pike County

3. Cook

4. Appling County

5. Morgan County

6. Lovett

7. Jackson

8. Pace Academy

9. Redan

10. Greater Atlanta Christian

Class AA

1. Thomasville

2. Callaway

3. Westside-Augusta

4. Dodge County

5. Benedictine

6. Rockmart

7. Elbert County

8. Dade County

9. Social Circle

10. Berrien

Class A-Public

1. Gordon Lee

2. Schley County

3. Charlton County

4. Irwin County

5. Telfair County

6. Bowdon

7. Johnson County

8. Trion

9. Taylor County

10. Emanuel County Institute

Class A-Private

1. Tattnall Square

2. Savannah Christian

3. Aquinas

4. Wesleyan

5. First Presbyterian

6. Stratford Academy

7. Holy Innocents'

8. Brookstone

9. Mount Paran

10. Strong Rock Christian

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