Atlanta Falcons HS Coach of the Week: Buford's Bryant Appling

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FALCONS HS COACH OF THE WEEK

Today, we announce the latest winner of Atlanta Falcons HS Coach of the Week: Buford's Bryant Appling. Also, we list the Week 7 Football Schedule in the lefthand column. Please visit ScoreATL.com for more coverage and contact us at info@scoreatl.com for story ideas and information to help us make this year's newsletter great.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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FALCONS HS COACH OF THE WEEK

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WEEK 7 SCHEDULE

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TODAY'S QUESTION

How many all-time football state championships has Buford won?

MONDAY'S QUESTION

What Class AAAAAAA school is off to a 5-0 start for the first time in its 35-year history this season?

MONDAY'S ANSWER

Shiloh

WEEK 7 SCHEDULE

Thursday, Oct. 3

Islands at Jenkins

Mt. Zion-Jonesboro at Mundy's Mill

Shaw at Hardaway

Friday, Oct. 4

Academy For Classical Education at Fellowship Christian

Alcovy at Colquitt County

Alpharetta at Centennial

Apalachee at Winder-Barrow

Aquinas at Georgia Military

Athens Academy at Prince Avenue

B.E.S.T. Academy at Brooks County

Bainbridge at Tift County

Banks County at Rabun County

Banneker at Lithia Springs

Bleckley County at Dublin

Bluffton, SC at Richmond Hill

Bradwell Institute at Wayne County

Brantley County at McIntosh County Academy

Brookstone at St. Anne Pacelli

Brunswick at Monroe

Buford at Johnson-Gainesville

Butler at Harlem

Cairo at Columbus

Callaway at Bremen

Cambridge at Chattahoochee

Camden County at Glynn Academy

Cartersville at Central-Carroll

Carver-Columbus at Northside-Columbus

Cass at Carrollton

Central Gwinnett at Lakeside-DeKalb

Chattahoochee County at Miller County

Chestatee at Marist

Christian Heritage at Darlington

Clarke Central at Cedar Shoals

Claxton at Savannah Country Day

Clinch County at Irwin County

Coahulla Creek at Haralson County

Collins Hill at Duluth

Cook at Berrien

Coosa at Armuchee

Crawford County at Taylor County

Creekview at Sequoyah

Crisp County at Thomasville

Cross Creek at Westside-Augusta

Cross Keys at Pataula Charter

Denmark at West Hall

Dodge County at Northeast

Dooly County at Macon County

Douglass at Hapeville Charter

Druid Hills at Woodward Academy

Dutchtown at Woodland-Stockbridge

East Coweta at McEachern

East Hall at Dawson County

East Jackson at Monroe Area

East Laurens at Washington County

East Paulding at Hiram

Eastside at Luella

Edgewater, FL at Marietta

Elbert County at Union County

Etowah at Cherokee

Fannin County at Cherokee Bluff

Fayette County at Riverdale

Fitzgerald at Worth County

Franklin County at Jefferson

Gainesville at Dacula

Glascock County at Thomas Jefferson

Gordon Central at Dade County

Gordon Lee at Bowdon

Grady at Carver-Atlanta

Greenbrier at Richmond Academy

Greenville at Marion County

Griffin at Starr's Mill

Hampton at North Clayton

Harris County at Beauregard, AL.

Hebron Christian at Lakeview Academy

Hephzibah at Jefferson County

Heritage-Catoosa at LaFayette

Howard at West Laurens

Hughes at Creekside

Jackson-Atlanta at North Springs

Jeff Davis at Bryan County

Jenkins County at Wheeler County

Johnson County at Emanuel County Institute

Johnson-Savannah at Benedictine

Jonesboro at Whitewater

Josey at Screven County

Kendrick at Rutland

Kennesaw Mountain at Lassiter

King's Ridge at Whitefield Academy

LaGrange at Cedartown

Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe at Adairsville

Laney at Glenn Hills

Lanier at Habersham Central

Lanier County at Turner County

Lincoln County at Washington-Wilkes

Locust Grove at Jones County

Loganville at Walnut Grove

Lovett at Towers

Lowndes at Ware County

Manchester at Central-Talbotton

Mary Persons at Spalding

Meadowcreek at Berkmar

Mill Creek at Peachtree Ridge

Model at Pepperell

Montgomery County at Treutlen

Monticello at Putnam County

Morgan County at Jackson County

Mountain View at North Gwinnett

Mt. Paran Christian at Mt. Pisgah Christian

Mt. Vernon Presbyterian at Holy Innocents'

Mt. Zion, Carroll at Trion

New Hampstead at Hilton Head, SC.

New Manchester at Douglas County

Newton at South Gwinnett

North Cobb at Pebblebrook

North Hall at Greater Atlanta Christian

North Murray at Murray County

North Paulding at Campbell

Northgate at Alexander

Northview at North Atlanta

Northwest Whitfield at Ridgeland

Oglethorpe County at Social Circle

Ola at Stockbridge

Osborne at South Cobb

Our Lady of Mercy at Landmark Christian

Parkview at Norcross

Paulding County at Kell

Perry at Upson-Lee

Pike County at Peach County

Pope at Dunwoody

Portal at Savannah Christian

Providence Christian at George Walton Academy

Randolph-Clay at Baconton Charter

Redan at Cedar Grove

River Ridge at Dalton

Riverside Military at Towns County

Riverwood at Decatur

Rockmart at Chattooga

Sandy Creek at Troup

Savannah at Groves

Seminole County at Terrell County

Shiloh at Rockdale County

Sonoraville at Ringgold

South Atlanta at Therrell

Southeast Whitfield at Pickens

Spencer at Lamar County

Sprayberry at Allatoona

St. Francis at Walker

St. Johns, SC at Calvary Day

Statesboro at Burke County

Stephenson at M. L. King

Stone Mountain at Pace Academy

Swainsboro at Metter

Tattnall County at South Effingham

Tattnall Square at Wilkinson County

Temple at Jordan

Thomson at Lee County

Toombs County at Bacon County

Tri-Cities at Mays

Trinity Christian at Strong Rock Christian

Tucker at Lovejoy

Twiggs County at First Presbyterian

Union Grove at Eagles Landing

Warner Robins at Houston County

Warren County at Greene County

Westside-Macon at Central-Macon

White County at Flowery Branch

Wilcox County at Telfair County

Windsor Forest at Southeast Bulloch

Woodland-Cartersville at Rome

Saturday, Oct. 5

Lithonia at Columbia

Miller Grove at Arabia Mountain

Southwest DeKalb at Chamblee

Washington at McNair

ATLANTA FALCONS HS COACH OF THE WEEK

The Atlanta Falcons Coach of the Week program recognizes high school football coaches across the state of Georgia for their hard work and dedication to making a difference in the lives of student-athletes both on and off the field. This season’s fifth winner is Buford High School head coach Bryant Appling, who has led the Wolves to a 5-0 start to their 2019 campaign. Appling had spent 15 years as an assistant coach at Buford prior to his promotion this season, and he has been able to keep up the programs’ strong winning tradition through the first half of the regular season.

Buford opened the year with a 41-0 victory over Jonesboro and then took down the defending Class AAAAAA state champion Milton Eagles in a 26-23 thriller. The team defeated Virginia’s Life Christian Academy 33-22 the following week and then improved to 4-0 with a strong 42-14 win over Newton. This past week’s victory, might be the most impressive yet, as Buford dialed up a game-winning 2-point conversion in overtime to take down Archer 29-28.

The outstanding football being played by Buford this season has re-energized the program heading into region play and the Wolves are ranked No. 1 in Class AAAAA heading into this week’s road trip to Johnson Gainesville. As for his team’s GPB-televised overtime thriller against Archer, the decision to be aggressive on the play call was clear to Appling.

“I’m thinking we were tired, we were gassed,” Appling told the AJC. “I didn’t want to play any longer. It was time to end it and be done for the night.”

“It’s been something we’ve been doing ever since January, since Coach App got here,” quarterback Jarvis Evans said of the play. “It was in the back of the playbook to use. You never know when that time is going to come. The time came and they weren’t expecting it.”

On the conversion, Evans found tight end Treyton Rank on a gorgeous lob pass near the back of the endzone.

“We’ve been working on that play and knew it would work,” said Rank “I just had to catch it. I was nervous until I got to the line and then I was ready to go.”

In addition to the excitement Buford’ 5-0 start has brought to the gridiron, Appling is committed to bringing that same pride and commitment to the surrounding community.

“We’re able to follow a great leader like coach App,” Evans told the AJC’s Stan Awtrey. “We call it the App [Appling] Era. I think that’s true. With him as our coach, anything is possible.”

If you know a varsity head football coach dedicated to making a different on and off the field, CLICK HERE to nominate them for the Atlanta Falcons Coach of the Week Award.

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