IT'S GAME DAY IN ROME!
Today, the 2018 GHSA High School Football Season kicks off at Rome's Historic Barron Stadium with Day 1 of the MetroPCS Corky Kell Classic. Ridgeland and Calhoun square off in Game 1 at 5:30 p.m. and Rome will host Marietta at 8:30 p.m. for Game 2. See below for information on how to watch, listen and follow all the action. Also, Gordo's Dips is giving fans a chance to win $50,000 this Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. See below for more information and
CLICK HERE to enter the Gordo's Dips Corky Kell Classic Kick For Cash contest and read the official rules.
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
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HOW TO WATCH, LISTEN & FOLLOW
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Media bonanza planned for Corky Kell
The television, radio and digital broadcasting lineups for the 2018 MetroPCS Corky Kell Classic are set, and the countdown to kick off on Aug. 16-18 is only hours away.
There will be numerous ways to catch all the action. Entering its second year as the Corky Kell's television and digital partner, WXIA Channel 11 is televising all nine games on WATL Channel 36 (MYATL) and using the 11Alive App and WXIA Channel 11 Facebook page to stream the games digitally, as is
ScoreATL.com
,
CorkyKell.com
and the
NFHSNetwork.com
.
The radio broadcasts this year will differ by location and day. On Thursday, Aug. 16 at Historic Barron Stadium in Rome, the opening matchups between Ridgeland and Calhoun and Marietta and Rome will be covered by a Rome station, two from Chattanooga and a Calhoun's station.
Friday night's doubleheader at Georgia State Stadium featuring Buford vs. Tucker and Archer vs. Milton will be called on WAOK AM, an affiliate of the Corky Kell's radio partner 92.9 The Game, which is tied up calling the Falcons preseason game that same night; 92.9 The Game will call five of the games scheduled for Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday.  Mike Conti, Harper LeBel and Sam Crenshaw will call Games 1-2 on Saturday. Crenshaw will stay on the sidelines for Game 3 as Chris Goforth and Randy McMichael step in for Conti and LeBel to carry out the final three games. Tenitra Batiste is taking over for Crenshaw after the third game to join Goforth and McMichael for the final two.
All three days of the television broadcast include the MetroPCS Tailgate Show between games and a halftime show, all of which will be co-hosted by Atlanta United's Game Reporter and Mercedes-Benz Stadium Host Ashley Rose and former Atlanta Falcons defensive end Chuck Smith.
Play-by-play veteran Matt Stewart and color commentator Craig Sager II from Score Atlanta will be on the television broadcast for Thursday's doubleheader in Rome with 11Alive's Wes Blankenship on the sidelines. Stewart and Sager will be joined by 11Alive's Alex Blaze for Friday's doubleheader at Georgia State. Glaze will return to the sidelines for Saturday's first two games and Blankenship will sideline the final three games.
Longtime booth partners Fletcher Proctor and Bob Houghton lead off Saturday's telecast with the call of Kell and East Coweta at 9 a.m. Former UGA quarterback and Lassiter High School standout Hutson Mason joins Stewart for Walton vs. Mill Creek at 11:45 p.m. Stewart and Sager team back up for the middle game between McEachern vs. Colquitt County game at 2:45 p.m. and Hutson returns with Stewart for North Gwinnett vs. Brookwood at 5:45 p.m. The final game between Norcross and Mays at 8:45 p.m. will be called by Sager and 11Alive's award winning sport anchor, Jeff Hullinger.
OTHER FEATURES
In addition to the broadcast, there will be live scoring of all the games updated on
ScoreATL.com
, the Georgia HS Sport Scoring App, the Score Atlanta Facebook page and the
@scoreatlanta
Twitter account. West Georgia Technical College is also providing live stats and game tracking that will be available at
ScoreATL.com
and
CorkyKell.com
. A 24-page official 2018 MetroPCS Corky Kell Classic program with previews and rosters will be available at all the games and a digital edition of the program will be free to download at ScoreATL.com and CorkyKell.com the week of the games.
The spotlight surrounding the Corky Kell Classic has never been bigger, nor has the cutting edge technology that this year's atmosphere is set to experience. Historic Barron Stadium is christening a brand new 36'x 21' Daktronic Video Board to kick things off and all of Georgia State Stadium's digital assets will be in use for Friday's games. The patrons heading to Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Saturday's lineup will get to experience the 2 million square foot venue's gamut of revolutionary technology, including the 58-foot-tall and 1,100-feet in linear diameter Halo Board circling over the field, the ribbon board wrapping around the concourse and the massive 100-foot-tall Mega-Column that's backdropped by the Atlanta skyline and Mercedes-Benz Stadium's awe-inspiring Window to the City.
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CORKY KELL LUNCHEON
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Corky luncheon celebrates season's start
More than 300 guests joined at the Galleria Marriott on Wednesday, Aug. 15 for the 2018 MetroPCS Corky Kell Luncheon presented by Gordo's Dips.  Those in attendance included the head coaches participating in this year's classic. The coaches were accompanied by the player of their choice and the venue was packed with surrounding staff members, family, friends and all of the sponsors and people that make the Corky Kell Classic possible.
The pride of Georgia High School football was on full display. Former coaches were awarded for their decades of influence on the game, while county leaders, athletic directors and superintendents were on site to celebrate the start of the new season, and the Corky Kell Classic, which has grown into the biggest high school football event in the country. To close the lunch, each of the opposing head coaches took the podium and talked about the what it means to play in this event and their upcoming matchups.
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CORKY KELL CLASSIC
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Thursday, Aug. 16 at ROME's BARRON STADIUM
5:30 p.m. Ridgeland vs. Calhoun
8:30 p.m. Rome vs. Marietta
Friday, Aug. 17, at GEORGIA STATE STADIUM
5:30 p.m. Buford vs. Tucker
8:30 p.m. Archer vs. Milton
Saturday, Aug. 18, at MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM
9 a.m. Kell vs. East Coweta
11:45 a.m. Mill Creek vs. Walton
2:45 p.m. McEachern vs. Colquitt County
5:45 p.m. Brookwood vs. North Gwinnett
8:45 p.m. Norcross vs. Mays
*Tickets for Aug. 16th at Rome can be purchased
HERE
*Tickets for Aug. 17th at Georgia State can be purchased
HERE
*Tickets for Aug. 18 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium can be purchased
HERE
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