>> WELCOME TO DOWNTOWN ATLANTA, THE GHSA FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNORS OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY.

REMINDING YOU TO HEADS UP GEORGIA.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.

YOU SHOULD BE TOO.

THIS WILL BE A THRILLING MATCHUP.

IT IS THE PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN TAKING ON THE HEBRON CHRISTIAN LIONS VERSUS THE WOLVERINES.

BOTH REGION 8, A GAME WE SAW EARLIER THIS YEAR IN REGION 8.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING IT TO YOU HERE ON GPB.

GLAD YOU'RE WITH US AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

THESE TWO COACHES RIGHT NOW, FIRST OFF, THEY'RE CHAMPIONSHIP, THROUGH AND THROUGH.

THEY ARE A COUPLE OF CHARACTERS AS WELL.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

NINE STATE TITLES BETWEEN THESE TWO COACHES.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND GREAT BALL GAME, A REMATCH OF A GAME WE HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO, THESE COACHES ARE REMARKABLE.

ONE HAS BEEN HERE A NUMBER OF TIMES IN RECENT YEARS.

THE OTHER ONE HAS A TEAM HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> HE TOOK THIS JOB BECAUSE HE WANTED A NEW CHALLENGE AFTER LEAVING THE EAGLES.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE CONTINUE ON WITH THIS BROADCAST.

LET'S START WITH SOME PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR PRINCE AVENUE.

A COUPLE OF QUARTERBACKS TO WATCH.

>> NOT ONE, BUT TWO QUARTERBACKS AND ONE WITH A NAME YOU'LL RECOGNIZE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A FAN AND FOLLOW THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS, THAT'S BEN MUSSER ON THE LEFT AND WHAT HE'S DONE THIS SEASON, THAT'S JAKE BOBO, THE SON OF UGA FORMER QUARTERBACK AND NOW COORDINATOR.

THESE GUYS HAVE GOTTEN THIS TEAM TO THIS POINT, WATCH FOR THEM TODAY.

>> ON THE DEFENSE, WE'RE WATCHING NUMBER 55.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU GOT A BIG PLAYMAKER, NUMBER 55, GREAT THINGS DONE FOR YOU ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE ALONE, CHRISTIAN GARRETT.

HE IS SIGNED WITH GEORGIA TECH, FOUR-STAR.

LOOK AT WHAT HE LIKES TO DO, SIX SACKS.

WATCH FOR HIM TO GET TO THE BACKFIELD.

>> THAT'S PRINCE AVENUE.

FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THIRD YEAR FOR COACH GESS.

HIS QUARTERBACK THOMAS STALLWORTH IS SOMEBODY WE'RE WATCHING TODAY.

>> THIS GUY GETS IT DONE THROUGH THE AIR.

AND IF YOU TAKE YOUR EYE OFF OF HIM, HE'LL TAKE IT DOWN AND RUN IT AS WELL.

YOU SEE THE NUMBERS, WHAT HE'S DONE IN PASSING.

NINE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE GROUND.

WATCH FOR HIM, HE'S A DIFFERENCEMAKER FOR THIS OFFENSE.

>> DUAL THREAT.

HE STEPPED IN BIG IN THE RUNNING GAME LAST WEEK TO GET THEM THROUGH THE SEMIFINALS TO GET THEM HERE TO DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, JOHN AND HE'S A BIG BOY ON DEFENSE.

>> HE GETS THINGS DONE.

BIG GUY IN THE MIDDLE, WATCH FOR HIM, GETTING A LOT OF THINGS DONE FOR TODAY.

THREE-STAR, SIGNED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

LET'S SEE WHAT HE DOES TODAY.

>> FUTURE CAVALIER.

FOR TODAY, A LION FOR ONE MORE TIME.

THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR BROADCAST TEAM IS CODY CHAPINS.

>> IT IS A REMATCH OF REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON NOVEMBER 1st, A GAME THAT PRINCE AVENUE WON 34-31, PLAYED RIGHT DOWN TO THE END, INTERCEPTION AT THE END OF THE GAME DECIDED THAT.

IN THE GAME, BOTH FINISHED WITH 419 TOTAL YARDS.

PRINCE AVENUE HAD THE HUGE ADVANTAGE IN THE RUSHING ATTACK.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN HAD A LOPSIDED AMOUNT IN THE PASSING ATTACK.

SO WE'LL SEE BOTH COACHES SAID AFTER THAT GAME, THEY FIGURED THEY WOULD SEE ONE ANOTHER AGAIN.

I WONDER IF THEY KEPT ANYTHING TO THEMSELVES AND HAVE SOMETHING UP THEIR SLEEVES FOR THIS MATCHUP.

>> CODY, PROBABLY RIGHT.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT AS WE GET A LOOK AT BOTH TEAMS COMING OUT ON TO THE FIELD.

AND GETTING READY FOR COMING OUT, THEY JUST HAD THE COIN TOSS.

HEBRON WON THE TOSS, BUT DEFERRED TO THE SECOND HALF.

WE'LL SEE PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN ON OFFENSE FIRST.

HERE INSIDE, STILL WANT TO CALL IT THE GEORGIA DOME, THE MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

>> THE ROOF OPENS AND CLOSES, A BIG WINDOW OVER HERE.

>> A LITTLE UPGRADE HERE.

>> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE AND WHAT AN HONOR AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME AND PLAY IN THIS PLACE.

AND HERE COMES THE TEAMS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, WOLVERINES, COMING OUT.

WHAT A SEASON FOR PRINCE AVENUE, THE CHAMPS OF REGION 8.

THEY COME OUT IN THEIR VISITOR WHITE UNIFORMS TRIMMED IN BLUE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THE LIONS, COMING OUT, ALSO FROM REGION 8, THEY WERE THE 2 SEED.

IN THE PLAYOFFS.

AND THE REGULAR SEASON, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, AS CODY MENTIONED, GOT THE WIN IN THAT GAME, 34-31.

WEARING THEIR BLACK UNIFORMS WITH WHITE AND RED TRIM.

GOOD LOOK AT THE COACH, GREG VANDAGRIFF, FIFTH STRAIGHT TIME TO THE FINALS HE'S WON THREE OF THE LAST FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SIX REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE WAY.

LOOK AT THE RECORD, 107-15 IN HIS NINTH YEAR.

>> YOU LEARN A FEW THINGS WHEN YOU COME AS MANY TIMES AS HE'S BEEN.

YOU LEARN TO DELEGATE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES.

HE SAYS YOU COME OVER TO THE MEETING BEFORE, I BRING SEVERAL COACHES WITH ME.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH WHERE WE PARK THE BAND BUS, WHICH DOOR THE CHEERLEADERS ARE COMING THROUGH.

I WANT TO FOCUS ON GETTING THE TEAM HERE ON TIME.

>> HE'S A BIG GUY WITH THE COACH.

YOU SAW THE QUOTES ON HIS SHIRT.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, JONATHAN GESS, SIX TIME A CHAMPION.

IT IS HIS THIRD YEAR AT HEBRON CHRISTIAN NOW AND HE'S GOT THEM HERE IN THE TITLE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME, 26-10 IS WHAT HE'S DONE WITH THE LIONS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THESE ARE TWO COACHES WHO SAY THEY'RE REAL -- THEY'RE GOOD FRIENDS, BUT I'M SURE THEY PARKED IT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY COME IN READY TO PLAY THIS GAME.

THEY WANT TO WIN THIS ONE TODAY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

GETTING READY FOR THE OPENING KICKOFF BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEADS UP GEORGIA, PARKING YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING SAVES LIVES.

HEBRON ON OUR RIGHT, MOVING TO OUR LEFT.

OPPOSITE PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

GOOD CROWD ON HAND FOR BOTH TEAMS.

AND WE'RE OFF, KICK GOING INTO THE END ZONE.

HUDSON HILL LETS THAT GO BY AND THIS IS WHERE WE WILL START.

>> FIRST AND 10 ON THE 20.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

THEY WILL ACTUALLY WILL SEE TWO DIFFERENT QUARTERBACKS.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

TODAY'S IMPACT PLAYERS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BRIGHTER PEST MANAGEMENT.

>> ANDREW BEARD, ONE OF THE GREAT SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACKS, JUST A SOPHOMORE, FANTASTIC SEASON HE'S HAD, COMBS IS BIG ON DEFENSE, HE'S BOUND FOR GEORGIA TECH.

AND MAX STEVE.

>> COACH TALKED ABOUT HOW RELENTLESS HE IS ON DEFENSE.

MAN IN MOTION ON THE FIRST DOWN PLAY.

HANDOFF, AND CAUGHT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, FIRED UP DEFENSE THERE.

LET'S LOOK AT OUR STARTING LINEUPS.

BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

UP FRONT AT THE TOWNSEND, CHANDLER, MITCHELL AND PRINCE FOR THE WOLVERINES.

DOCKERY, HESTER, HILL, BEARD AND BRICE WILLIAMSON, A JUNIOR.

LOSS OF ONE ON THE PLAY.

SECOND DOWN.

AT THE PASS, AND INCOMPLETE OFF THE TARGET.

JAKE BOBO, INCOMPLETE ON HIS FIRST PASS AS WE TAKE A LOOK ONCE AGAIN AT THE STARTING LINEUPS PRESENTED BY REGIONS BANK.

GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN, TURK, JOHN AND MOSES, THE THREE UP FRONT, WADE, WILHAM, COOMS, MORRIS AND CRAIG.

AND BACKERS, THOMAS, STEVE AND JARED KEMP, HEADED TO NC STATE, SENIOR.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HIS JOURNEY AS A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER AS WE CONTINUE HERE TODAY.

THIRD AND 11, WOLVERINES GET IT AWAY.

STOP RIGHT AWAY, GOOD PICKUP BY THE DEFENSE.

BOBO WITH THE COMPLETION.

TO BRICE WILLIAMSON.

SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, NICK WADE.

HE DOES A LOT OF THAT.

HE'S RIGHT THERE, MADE THE BIG STOP.

>> AND, YES, IT IS FOURTH DOWN.

BY THE WAY, COACH VANDAGRIFF DOES NOT LIKE TO PUNT.

THEY LINED UP, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO PUNT, FLAG IS CALLED.

>> OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY, PREVIOUS SPOT, STILL FOURTH DOWN.

>> THANKS TO OUR REFEREE, RUSS NELSON.

TODAY'S GAME OFFICIALS, WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK ALL DURING THE SEASON.

AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BETTER REFS IN THE STATE TO GET A CHANCE TO GET THIS ASSIGNMENT.

>> BEST TEAMS, BEST PLAYERS, BEST COACHES, BEST OFFICIALS GET A CHANCE TO WORK AT THIS GAME.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A PRINCE AVENUE PUNT.

>> WOW.

WRITE THIS DOWN.

WE DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.

>> KODAK MOMENT.

>> TAKEN ON THE BOUNCE.

NICE JOB BY THE SPECIAL TEAMS DEFENSE TO BRING HIM DOWN.

JARVIS WITH THE RECEPTION ON THAT.

43 YARDS IN THE PUNT, LOST 12 TRYING TO ADVANCE THE BALL.

IMPACT PLAYERS TODAY, TODAY'S IMPACT PLAYERS BROUGHT TO YOU BY BRAIDER PEST MANAGEMENT.

>> CALDWELL, 19 TOUCHDOWNS HE SCORED THIS SEASON.

WE SAW THE KICK RETURN, WATCH FOR HIM TO GET HIS HANDS ON THE BALL AS WELL.

KYLER GIDDENS FOR PRINCE AVENUE, AND MADD BRADLEY A HARD HITTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSE.

>> SO THE FIRST POSSESSION FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN, FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 43.

AND THEIR QUARTERBACK THOMAS STALLWORTH, HANDOFF TO ADRIAN HOLLINGSHED.

LET'S LOOK AT THEIR STARTERS.

CANNON, JORDAN, TIMBERLAKE, MORISON AND TURK.

CALDWELL, KEMP, MATTHEWS, JOHN AND WE TALKED ABOUT JARVIS, THE JUNIOR.

EXPLOSIVE IS HOW COACH DESCRIBED HIM.

KEEPER, GOOD PICKUP THERE, NICE JOB DEFENSIVELY.

BY PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

BRINGS THIRD AND LONG FOR THE LIONS.

AND ONE MORE LOOK AT THE STARTERS PRESENTED BY REGIONS BANK.

GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

GARRETT, CHRISTIAN, WILLIAMSON FOR THE WOLVERINES, DURNING, BRADLEY AND GIDDENS YOUR BACKERS.

SECONDARY TOLBERT, SHOEMAKER, SCOGGINS AND DARLING.

SO THIRD AND EIGHT.

UP HIGH, CATCH, WELL DONE.

STALLWORTH, TO JOHN FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

>> SICHAN JOHN MAKES THAT CATCH.

OUT OF BOUNDS.

GREAT CATCH THERE.

>> 11 YARDS ON THE PICKUP.

ENOUGH TO MOVE THE CHAINS.

STOPPAGE IN PLAY.

>> GOT A VIDEO REVIEW COMING UP HERE.

>> PREVIOUS PLAY IS UNDER FURTHER REVIEW.

>> AS WE CAN DO IN THIS BUILDING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE CAN.

>> SOMETHING THE COACHES HAVE TO GET USED TO.

UNLESS THEY PLAY HERE TO KICK OFF THE SEASON THEY DENT ON'T GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THIS THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE REGULAR SEASON.

LOOKS LIKE THE FOOT IS DOWN.

>> DID HE HAVE CONTROL MAYBE IS THE A LOOK AT IT HERE, BETTER ANGLE.

AND IT APPEARS HE HAD IT.

BY THE WAY, WE DO SHOW YOU THE REPLAYS ON GPB, THEY'RE BEING SHOWN ON THE GIANT VIDEO SCREENS, THE BIG SCREENS AT THE TOP OF THE ARENA.

SO, YOU'LL HEAR SOME REACTION.

YOU MAY HAVE THE SAME AT HOME.

WELL, COLLECTIVELY THEY HAVE THE SAME HERE.

SO THE QUESTION IS, HIS FOOT WAS DOWN, DID HE HAVE POSSESSION OF THE BALL BEFORE HE WENT OUT OF BOUNDS?

>> I SAW IT GO TO ONE HAND.

THE QUESTION IS BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND, DID IT COME OUT?

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> WE HAVE DAVE REYNOLDS HERE.

DAVE WHAT DO YOU SEE?

>> HE HAS TO SURVIVE THE GROUND, GOING TO THE GROUND.

YOU CAN SEE AS HE GOES TO THE GROUND, HE HAS A FOOT DOWN INBOUNDS, HE'S NOT SURVIVED THE GROUND.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TO SEE IF HE MAINTAINS CONTROL AND HE'S GOING TO THE GROUND.

>> OKAY, OKAY.

YOU SEE THE REPLAY.

CAN I ASK YOUR OPINION OF WHAT YOU THINK?

>> I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANGLES THAT THE VIDEO REVIEW PROCESS HAS.

>> FROM WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

>> WE MIGHT GO INCOMPLETE RIGHT HERE.

>> WE'LL SEE.

IT'S CLOSE.

>> OKAY.

OKAY.

WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE.

ABSOLUTELY.

BEING IN THIS BUILDING, HAVING THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE.

DECISIONS MADE TO USE THAT.

AND ALSO --GO AHEAD, DAVE.

>> DAVE, GO AHEAD.

OPEN HIS MYKE.

>> YEAH, SORRY, THE LONGER THE REDOES TAKE, TYPICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE PREVIOUS SPOT AND GO BACK AND PUT THE CHAINS BACK WHERE THEY WERE.

THEY ALREADY MOVED THE CHAINS.

TYPICALLY THE LONGER THE REVIEW TAKES, LOOKING FOR THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

>> DAVE EARNING HIS KEEP TODAY.

>> SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR.

LITTLE SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR HERE.

>> I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

WE WANT THE REVIEWS TO BE QUICK, SO IDEALLY WE'RE UNDER TWO MINUTES FOR A STOPPAGE HERE.

SO, MIGHT BE WHY WE'RE SPENDING A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THIS STOPPAGE.

>> THIS IS A CONGRESS CONVERSATION.

NOT THE LONGEST WE HAVE SEEN THIS WEEK.

IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, WE'RE JUST GETTING UNDER WAY HERE, THE 1:00 GAME HERE, TWO MORE GAMES TO COME LATER TODAY.

THIRD AND FINAL DAY OF ACTION HERE ON GPB.

GLAD YOU'RE WITH US WHEREVER YOU'RE JOINING US, HERE IN GEORGIA OR ANYPLACE ELSE AROUND THE WORLD.

>> LOOKING ACROSS THE FIELD, COACH GESS IS UNDER THE TENT AND DOING HIS OWN -- HIS OWN VIDEO REVIEWING.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THIS PLAY OR WHAT HE'S LOOKING AT.

WHICH HE CAN DO.

THIS IS A PROLONGED STOPPAGE IN PLAY.

>> ONE OF THE LONGER ONES WE HAD THIS WEEK.

>> IT IS.

GETTING TO THAT POINT.

>> ONCE AGAIN, BOTH SCHOOLS FROM REGION 8, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN BEAT HEBRON CHRISTIAN BY A FIELD GOAL IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

>> AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, THE PLAYER DID NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL TO THE GROUND.

FOURTH DOWN AT THE 35.

THE CLOCK WILL START WITH A SNAP.

>> GOLD STAR FOR DAVE, WHO CALLED IT.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK NOW.

INCOMPLETE PASS THERE.

STALLWORTH TO JOHN.

AND IT WILL BRING UP AS YOU SAID, FOURTH DOWN AND EIGHT.

WE'LL SEE THE PUNT TEAM COME OUT FOR THE LIONS.

>> COACHES ARE STILL SEEKING SOME EXPLANATION HERE.

COACH GESS HAS AN AUDIENCE WITH THE REFEREE.

GOT TWO COACHES THAT ARE WORKING NOW.

>> THE GAMESMANSHIP OF COACHES WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE BEFORE.

SO THE PUNT TEAM COMING OUT NOW.

C. J. DOCKERY IS BACK AT HIS OWN 27 TO RECEIVE.

GOOD KICK.

HE TAKES IT FROM THERE.

BREAKS A TACKLE, SEAM RIGHT SIDE.

GREAT RETURN THERE BY C. J. DOCKERY.

44 YARDS ON THE KICK, 28 YARDS ON THE RETURN.

AND THE WOLVERINES SECOND OFFENSIVE SERIES WILL BEGIN NEAR MIDFIELD.

>> GOOD LOOK AT RETURN BY DOCKERY.

GOOD BLOCK AND A COUPLE OF TACKLERS THERE.

MAKES A NICE RETURN TO GET THEM IN GOOD FIELD POSITION TO START THIS SECOND POSSESSION.

>> HE STAYS IN THE GAME.

NICE JOB BY DOCKERY.

SO MANY TALENTED PLAYERS ON BOTH SIDES.

A CHANCE TO WATCH TODAY.

FIRST DOWN FROM THEIR OWN 49.

BOBO STILL IN AT QUARTERBACK.

THEY SWITCH OFF DURING THE GAME.

COUPLE OF SERIES EACH WAY.

HANDOFF ON FIRST DOWN.

GETS ACROSS MIDFIELD FOR A COUPLE.

NICE SECOND EFFORT BY ANDREW BEARD.

>> FRED MOSES IN ON THE STOP.

HE'S A BIG PLAY ON THEIR DEFENSIVE SIDE.

>> NO HUDDLE OFFENSE, SECOND DOWN QUICKLY.

HE GETS THROUGH THE LINE.

GOOD GAME FOR BEARD ONCE AGAIN, THE SOPHOMORE, BRINGS UP THIRD AND FOUR.

THREE ACTUALLY.

TO THE 44.

AND, AGAIN, NO HUDDLE, QUICK PACE FOR PRINCE AVENUE.

>> YOU SEE WHAT BEARD'S RECOGNITION, JUST A SOPHOMORE, A LOT OF INTEREST.

THIS GUY YOU CAN USE HIM, RUN HIM, BREAK HIM OUT AND GET HIM INTO SPACE AND THROW THE BALL TO HIM.

A LOT OF RECEPTIONS AS WELL.

SO, IF YOU'RE A FAN OF KAMARA, ROBINSON, MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WITH HIM.

>> GOOD COMPARISONS.

TALENTED GUYS.

CODY HAS MORE ON BEARD HE'LL SHARE WITH US LATER.

THIRD AND THREE.

FLAG DOWN.

TIME-OUT, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

>> TIME-OUT, PRINCE AVENUE.

THAT'S THE FIRST FOR THE HALF.

>> WE'LL PAUSE AS WELL.

8:15 TO GO IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED AND IT IS ALREADY A CHESS MATCH BETWEEN THE TWO OUTSTANDING CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES.

NO SCORE HERE AT DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

>> NUMBER 5 FOR GEORGIA BULLDOG FANS, THE NEPHEW OF FORMER UGA AND NFL RUNNING BACK GARRISON HURST WHO ALSO WORE NUMBER 5 FOR GEORGIA.

GREAT SEASON FOR BEARD.

21 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS THIS SEASON.

STARTING TO THINK ABOUT IT, HOW MANY WOULD HE HAVE TO GO TO MATCH HIS UNCLE?

36 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN 1989 FOR LINCOLN COUNTY.

>> MY GOODNESS.

BOBO KEEPER ON THIRD DOWN.

AND HE DIDN'T GET THERE.

>> NICK WADE ON THE STOP.

I WAS WORKING IF THE AUGUSTA AREA, A LOT OF TRIPS TO LINCOLN.

I SAW A LOT OF THAT GUY.

>> HE WAS OUTSTANDING.

>> SPECIAL.

>> YEAH.

AGAIN, COACH VANDAGRIFF DOES NOT LIKE TO PUNT.

BUT HE WILL DO SO HERE.

>> TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HEBRON CHRISTIAN IS DOING AT DEFENSE.

FORCING HIM TO DO SOMETHING HE DOESN'T LIKE TO DO.

NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

ALREADY.

FIRST TWO POSSESSIONS.

BOBO STAYS IN THE GAME AS A PUNTER.

BAD SNAP.

AND IN THE FAVOR OF HEBRON CHRISTIAN, FIRST MISCUE OF THE DAY.

HIGH SNAP, GREAT JOB TO CORRAL, KEEP IT FROM GOING BEHIND HIM.

16-YARD LOSS AND ON THE CHANGE OF POSSESSION, THE LIONS BREAK FIELD POSITION.

>> NUMBER THREE COOMBS IN THERE MAKING THE STOP WITH OTHER GUARD JERSEYS TO MAKE THAT PLAY.

WE SAW A BAD SNAP HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE GAME ON MONDAY.

>> WE DID.

CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE GAME.

>> IT REALLY DID.

>> YEAH.

SO BACK TO THE 40 OF PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, THAT'S WHERE HEBRON CHRISTIAN WILL START.

THOMAS STALLWORTH AT QUARTERBACK.

DUAL THREAT.

WE HAVE SEEN HIM CALL HIS OWN NUMBER A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE IN THE FIRST DRIVE.

TRYING TO GET THEIR FIRST FIRST DOWN OF THE GAME.

HANDOFF, HAS MORE, STILL ON HIS FEET, STILL GOING, ALL THE WAY IN, TOUCHDOWN, DEVON CALDWELL, 40 YARDS AND THE SCORE WHY THE STORY ON CALDWELL, INJURED LAST WEEK.

I THINK HE LOOKS READY.

>> HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY FOR THIS GAME.

WATCH HIM GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE, RIGHT BEHIND 72, THAT'S ADAM CANNON, WHO IS GOING TO VMI, BIG BLOCKING.

HE'S ON HIS WAY.

>> HEBRON CHRISTIAN STRIKES FIRST.

CAM EVELYN FOR THE EXTRA POINT.

UP AND GOOD.

DEVON CALDWELL INJURED HIS ANKLE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE SEMIFINAL GAME.

CAME OUT AND WAS QUESTIONABLE ALL WEEK LONG.

HE PUTS THEM ON THE BOARD FIRST AS WE CHECK THE SCORINGSCORING PRESENTED BY THE RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN, ONE YARD, 40 YARDS, TEN SECONDS.

EASY ENOUGH.

>> SAW THE MOMENTUM SWING AFTER THE MISCUE.

>> NICE BLOCKING HERE UP FRONT.

GOOD VISION AS WELL BY CALDWELL.

SHAKES THE ONE TACKLE AND THEN JUST PURE SPEED.

>> LIONS OFF TO A GOOD START IN THE GAME.

>> 22 TOUCHDOWNS.

AND, AGAIN, ALL THIS SET UP BY THE BAD SNAP ON THE PUNT ATTEMPT.

WE'LL WATCH TO SEE WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS ON THIS GAME AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THE KICK SAILS INTO THE END ZONE.

HUDSON HILL JUST LETS IT FLY ON BY AND FIRST AND TEN ON THE 20.

>> THE WOLVERINES COME OUT WITH THEIR OFFENSE WITH ONE GOAL, FIRST OF ALL.

TO ACHIEVE A FIRST DOWN.

>> RIGHT.

THIRD OFFENSIVE SERIES FOR A TEAM THAT, AGAIN, A PROGRAM, WINNERS OF THREE OF THE LAST FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

GREG VANDAGRIFF BUILT A POWER OVER THERE IN CLARK COUNTY.

WE SEE BEN MUSSER FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE OTHER QUARTERBACK, WE SEE WHAT HE HAS DONE.

1300 YARDS THROUGH THE AIR.

FIVE MORE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE GROUND.

HE GETS HIS FIRST TASTE ON FIRST DOWN.

THE KEEPER, YOU SEE WHAT HE CAN DO.

FIRST DOWN AND MORE.

BEN MUSSER!

80 YARDS!

THERE'S YOUR ANSWER.

HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?

>> YOU KNOW, LARRY, ONE PLAY DRIVES, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE UP TIME, FOR ALL THE TIME SPENT ON THE VIDEO REVIEW, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

>> JUST PICKED UP THE PROCESS IN A BIG WAY.

WATCH THE MAN IN MOTION, AND HE JUST FINES THE HOLE THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

JUST RIGHT THERE BEHIND PRINCE.

TAKES IT THE REST OF THE WAY.

>> HE KNOWS HOW TO FINISH.

>> YEAH.

>> KICK IS UP AND GOOD.

JUST LIKE THAT, WE'RE TIED.

SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

EASY ENOUGH.

ONE PLAY, 80 YARDS, 14 SECONDS.

>> ONE MORE LOOK AT IT.

BEN MUSSER.

WE TALKED WITH COACH ABOUT WHY TWO QUARTERBACKS, HE SAID, MUSSER CAME IN, REALLY KIND OF --THE JITTERS TO START.

SO THEY BRING IN BOB E YES O TO CALM THINGS DOWN.

HE'S ONLY A SOPHOMORE.

>> LOOK AT HIM.

OFFERED BY MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

FOLKS UP IN MURFREESBORO LIKE WHAT HE'S DOING.

>> BOTH TEAMS TAKE AWAY THE TWO TOUCHDOWN RUNS, BOTH TEAMS COMBINED 32 YARDS.

OUR STAT MAN TELLS US.

80 YARDS THERE.

CALL CALDWELL THE OTHER SIDE.

WE SAID IT WOULD BE INTERESTING.

>> IT IS.

IT IS.

WE EXPECTED A FANTASTIC SHOW WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS GOT TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING HERE TODAY.

>> A LOOK AT THE TWO QUARTERBACKS THERE.

MUSSER AND BOBO.

CHIP DICKENS, SOPHOMORE KICKER.

AND HEBRON CHRISTIAN WAITING TO GET IT BACK.

SHORT KICK.

26 YARD LINE.

HE'S GOT SOME SPEED.

UP CLOSE TO MIDFIELD.

K. J. THOMAS.

>> K. J. THOMAS.

>> THAT KICK WAS DONE BY 33 MATT BRADLEY.

>> ANOTHER LITTLE TRICK PLAY, RIGHT?

COACH SAYS WE'RE GOING TO TRY ANYTHING AT ALL TO GIVE US AN ADVANTAGE.

>> MIDDLE LINEBACKER.

>> SO FIRST AND TEN FROM THE 47 YARD LINE.

STALLWORTH TALKING TO HIS RECEIVER, GETTING HIM IN PLACE.

EMPTY BACKFIELD FROM STALLWORTH.

>> TAKES IT HIMSELF.

GETS BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, JUST PAST THAT.

FOR SECOND DOWN.

>> YOU GET TO LOOK AT MATT BRADLEY, 33.

18, JACK LANIER IS THERE.

AS WELL AS 17, BRICE WILLIAMSON, THE TIGHT END IN ON OFFENSE.

>> ONE YARD IN THE GAME THERE.

HEBRON, NINTH STRAIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCE.

BEGAN PLAYING FOOTBALL IN 2007.

CURRENTLY NEW AT THIS.

HERE THEY ARE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME.

STALLWORTH KEEPS IT HIMSELF.

DROPS IN THE BACKFIELD.

>> BRICE WILLIAMSON GOING TO WORK AGAIN.

>> CALLED HIS NUMBER SEVERAL TIMES HERE TODAY.

HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> THERE HE IS.

>> LOSS OF ONE.

THIRD AND TEN NOW, CLOCK RUNS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

STALLWORTH GETS IT TO HIS MAN OUT ON THE FLANK.

THAT'S MATHURIN, CUTS DOWN SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKER.

BRINGS UP FOURTH AND ONE.

LET'S SEE WHAT THE SUPERSTITION DECISION IS BY COACH GESS.

>> SEE WHAT KIND OF PERSONNEL HE HAS COMING IN.

LOOKS LIKE GIVING A GO FOR THIS ONE.

>> FROM THE 44, GOOD LOOK AT JONATHAN GESS.

WILDCAT FORMATION.

IT IS THE QUARTERBACK, STALLWORTH.

>> HOW DOES HE COME OUT OF THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I THOUGHT HE WAS DOWN.

KEEP THE FEET MOVING, THAT'S WHY.

>> HE KEEPS THE FEET MOVING, COMES OUT THE OTHER SIDE AND THE CHAINS MOVE.

EIGHT-YARD PICKUP.

SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

>> GOES IN, COMES OUT OF IT.

>> FIRST DOWN.

NOT THIS TIME.

>> INTO THE IN TIME.

DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK THOMAS STALLWORTH.

COACH WAS TELLING US LAST WEEK WITH CALDWELL GOING OUT, HE TOOK OVER, 21 CARRIES, 125 YARDS.

AND YOU SEE JAKE ATHEN, HOW HIS INTEREST IN RECRUITING, HE HAS SOME COLLEGES LOOKING AT HIM.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> GOOD TEAM RIGHT BACK HERE.

ONE- YARD PICKUP FOR STALLWORTH.

FIVE WIDE RECEIVERS, STALLWORTH TAKES IT HIMSELF.

READ BEAUTIFULLY BY THE INTERIOR DEFENSIVE LINE FOR THE WOLVERINES.

LUKE GOWDER, NUMBER 57, ONE OF THEM THERE.

LOOK AT THIS.

NOBODY AROUND HIM.

HE FIGHTS THROUGH THE DOUBLE-TEAM.

>> THIS GUY IS A SOPHOMORE, HE KNOWS HOW TO GET TO THE BACKFIELD.

NO GAIN.

THIRD AND LONG AGAIN FOR THE LIONS.

NEED TO GET TO THE 26.

>> DOWN TO 2.

COMPLETED.

HE IS STOPPED SHORT.

DEVON CALDWELL, THE RUNNING BACK, SPLIT OUT TO THE RIGHT.

BUT PICKUP OF ONLY ABOUT EIGHT.

SEE WHERE THEY MARK IT.

THIRD AND -- FOURTH AND ONE.

>> BRODY TOLBERT OVER THERE MAKING THE STOP.

>> GOOD LOOK AT CALDWELL.

BIG SEASON FOR HIM.

SECOND TIME GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH AND ONE.

CALDWELL GETS THE FIRST DOWN.

TWO-YARD GAIN TO THE 25.

THEY NEEDED ONE AND THEY'LL MOVE THE CHAINS.

LIONS KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.

YOU'RE IN THE GAME, AND YOU KEEP THE OTHER TEAM'S OFFENSE ON THE SIDELINE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE ONE PLAY DRIVES.

THIS IS MORE METHODICAL AND KEEPING THE CLOCK MOVING.

>> WORKING IT DOWN, NINTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE COMING HERE.

STALLWORTH LOOKING TO THROW.

GREAT JOB THERE.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

HOW ABOUT THOSE HANDS.

>> LUKE DARLING JUST WOULD NOT BE DENIED.

I GOT YOU!

WE HAVE A BLOCKER, I'M HOLDING ON TO YOU.

MAKES THAT STOP.

VERY DETERMINED.

BLOWS UP THE SCREEN.

>> YEAH.

>> HOLD ON TO THE JERSEY.

WINDS UP WITH A LOSS OF ONE.

STALLWORTH TO HIS RIGHT.

GOT HIS MAN.

THAT'S MATHURIN, TRYING TO GET TO THE END ZONE BUT BROUGHT DOWN AT THE 2.

FIRST AND GOAL FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN TRYING TO GEE BACK ON TOP HERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

LOOK AT THE CAMERA WORK HERE BY OUR GPB CREW.

>> STALLWORTH THROWING IT TO YOU.

TRIES TO GET IT TO THE END ZONE.

STOP HIM JUST SHORT.

WELL EXECUTED.

>> 24-YARD PICKUP, NOW IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE RED ZONE.

AND FLAG ON THE PLAY.

AND THE HEBRON CHRISTIAN BACKFIELD.

>> FALSE START, OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

FIRST DOWN.

>> REFEREE RUSS NELSON WITH THE CALL.

PUTTING IT BACK FIVE YARDS.

REPLAY, FIRST DOWN.

TALKED TO COACH GESS, PLAYED AT THE CITADEL, DOWN AT THE AIR FORCE WHEN HE DECIDED THAT TAKE UP COACHING FULL TIME AND FOOTBALL IS BETTER FOR IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

HE'S BEEN SIMPLY REMARKABLE.

>> YES.

AMAZING WHAT HE HAS DONE AND NOW HERE AT HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

FIRST DOWN PLAY, STALLWORTH, TRYING TO BUST THAT UP, GETS BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND ALSO GETS INTO THE END ZONE AND HE DOES!

TOUCHDOWN!

WHAT AN EFFORT BY THOMAS STALLWORTH, THE QUARTERBACK, TO DIVE IN AT THE GOAL LINE AND GETS IN FOR THE 6.

>> A TREMENDOUS EFFORT AND GREAT DEAL OF PURSUIT HE HAD TO OUTRUN.

WATCH THE WHITE JERSEYS COME THROUGH.

LEANING IN.

LOOKS LIKE HE GOT IT ACROSS THE LINE.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT HERE.

VIDEO REVIEW.

DID THAT BALL HIT THE TURF BEFORE IT HIT THE END ZONE?

BUSTED PLAY.

CALDWELL, NOWHERE TO GO.

LOOKS LIKE HE GOT IN FROM THAT ANGLE.

THE ELBOW IS DOWN THERE.

HAS HE CROSSED THE PLAIN YET WITH THE BALL.

>> THE OFFICIAL HAD A GOOD VANTAGE POINT.

HE GIVES A SIGNAL.

WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

>> THOMAS STALLWORTH SEES HIMSELF ON THE BIG SCREEN.

>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> HE'S DONE THAT BEFORE.

>> ALL THE KIDS COMING IN, HOW THEY REACT TO BEING IN THE HOME OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND COACHES HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DEALING WITH THEM.

WE HEARD COACHES BRINGING THE TEAMS IN A DAY EARLY TO WALK AROUND AND SEE THE PLACE, SOME COACHES BRING THE TEAM IN THE DAY OF THE GAME AND COME RIGHT IN AND PLAY.

>> AFTER VIDEO REVIEW, THE PLAY ON THE FIELD STANDS.

TOUCHDOWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THOMAS STALLWORTH, THAT WORKS.

>> KNEW EVERYONE CAN TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

LOOK AT THAT DRIVE.

>> SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

THEY JUST WERE METHODICAL, TAKING IT RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD.

LOOKING NOW FOR THE EXTRA POINT.

CAM EVELYN WITH THE EXTRA POINT.

14-7.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH CODY.

>> TALKING ABOUT THOMAS STALLWORTH, STARTED HIS CAREER AT BUFORD, CAME TO HEBRON CHRISTIAN AND GOT TO PLAY AA LESS.

YOUR SPLIT SNAPS AS THE STARTER, BUT YOU ADMITTED AFTER THE SEASON HE WASN'T REASON.

HE'S LEADING THIS TEAM.

HE'S DOUBLED HIS PASSING YARDS AND TOUCHDOWNS FROM A SEASON AGO.

>> GREAT NOTES.

AS WE TALKED WITH HIM LAST WEEK, AS WE WERE GETTING PREPARED FOR THIS IMGA, GAME, HE SAID HE'S BECOME A GREAT LEADER FOR US THIS YEAR.

AND DUAL THREAT, WE TALKED ABOUT MORE THAN 2,000 YARDS PASSING, 547 YARDS RUSHING.

THAT IS HIS NINTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.

HE'S GOT HIS LIONS BACK ON TOP, 14-7.

>> LOOK AT THAT SMILE ON HIS FACE.

GREAT DRIVE, THOUGH.

VERY CLOSE GAME WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS MET.

THE DIFFERENCE WAS SOME TURNOVERS.

HAVE TO AVOID THAT TODAY.

>> WOLVERINES GOT THE WIN ON THAT ONE.

FOR THE THIRD KICKOFF OF THIS QUARTER, HALE LETS IT SAIL OFF TO THE END ZONE AGAIN.

THE LAST TIME HEBRON CHRISTIAN SCORED, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN SCORED THE EQUALIZER ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY, THE 80- YARD RUN BY BEN MUSSER.

HE'S BACK OUT AGAIN.

JAKE BOBO, THEY DO SPLIT TIME.

BOTH PLAYERS VERY HAPPY WITH THAT ARRANGEMENT.

THEY WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL, ACORDING TO COACH VANDAGRIFF.

IN MOTION, MUSSER, INCOMPLETE, TRYING TO GET TO DO HIS RECEIVER.

>> CARRINGTON COOMBS GETTING A HAIR IN THERE.

KNOCK IT DOWN.

THREE AR PLAYER.

WATCH FOR THREE.

REACH IN THERE, THE RIGHT MOMENT, KNOCK IT AWAY.

>> NICE JOB.

COOMBS ONE OF THE STALWARTS IN THIS DEFENSE THAT COACH TALKS ABOUT.

HEADING TO GEORGIA TECH.

6'3", 220, GOOD SIZE.

HE'S GOT SOME SPACE.

CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN.

GREAT JOB BY THE DEFENSE.

THAT WAS OUTSTANDING BY MAX STEVE TO TRIP HIM UP.

>> TALK ABOUT RACING, RIGHT BACK UP ON THE BALL.

LOOK AT THIS.

>> QUICK PACE, NO HUDDLE.

THIRD AND TWO.

HANDOFF.

AND THAT GOES NOWHERE.

WHAT A TACKLE BY NICK WADE.

>> YOU CALLED HIS NAME A FEW TIMES ALREADY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

WATCH FOR NUMBER ONE.

WON'T BE FOOLED.

STAYS HOME.

EYE DISCIPLINE WE LIKE TO CALL THAT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> LUKE DARLING ON THE CARRY.

WRAPPED UP FOR A LOSS, FOURTH AND FIRE.

THE WOLVERINES HAVE TO PUNT.

>> AGAIN?

I THOUGHT THESE GUYS DON'T DO THIS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

BOBO WITH THE KICK.

A GOOD ONE.

NOW AT HIS OWN 35.

MATHURIN, DANCING TO THE 47.

40 YARDS ON THE KICK, 12 YARDS ON THE RETURN.

YOU SEE MATHURIN, HE SAID HE'S AN EXPLOSIVE PLAYMAKER DYNAMIC, BIG PLAY WAITING TO HAPPEN.

>> REALLY IS.

HE'S MOVING A DIFFERENT DRIKS.

DIRECTION.

THEY'RE ABLE TO CORRAL HIM AND BRING HIM DOWN.

>> HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THE DEFENSE, WITH THE BIG STOP.

FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE THE BALL AND THE LEAD.

14 TICKS UNTIL THE END OF THE QUARTER.

STALLWORTH TRYING TO GET IT TOTO DEEP.

SINGLE COVERAGE.

MATHURIN WITH THE CATCH!

WHAT A GRAB!

JARVIS MATHURIN!

>> WHAT A CATCH.

>> WOW!

42 YARDS.

>> STALLWORTH, PUMP FAKE THERE.

AND THROWS IT OUT THERE.

LETS HIS MAN GO AND GET IT.

HE HAD A DEFENDER ALL OVER HIM RIGHT THERE.

SHOEMAKER, BIG TIME PLAYER.

NOT THAT TIME.

>> HE DIDN'T BITE ON THE FAKE.

HE STAYED WITH HIM.

MADE A GREAT PLAY ON THE BALL.

TRAVIS MATHURIN MADE A BETTER PLAY.

AND THAT WE BRIL ILL BRING US TO THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

WE HAD FIREWORKS HERE INSIDE MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

A TASTE OF WHAT'S STILL TO COME FOR THE REST OF THIS GAME AND TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES TO FOLLOW.

THE WOLVERINES AND THE LIONS, OH, MY GOODNESS, 14-7.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN ON TOP.

SECOND QUARTER UP NEXT HERE ON GPB.

>> GLAD YOU'RE WITH US HERE.

YOU GOT A STORY FOR US.

>> JONATHAN GESS, WE TALKED ABOUT HIS SUCCESS AS THE HEBRON COACH, BUT HE SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH GREAT COACHES.

BRUCE MILLER IS ON HIS STAFF HERE AT HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

MILLER WON THE 2012 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TOOK THEM TO THE TITLE IN '09.

ANOTHER ASSISTANT, DAVID GREENE IS AN ASSISTANT.

GREENE WENT INTO THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME THIS YEAR.

>> THE SOUTHPAW.

LOVE TO SEE HIM PLAY.

>> PLAY ACTION FAKE.

ONE OF THE BEST PLAY ACTION QUARTERBACKS.

>> I AGREE.

START OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

TRYING TO GET MORE OF THE BIG PLAY.

SNAP TO CALDWELL, INSIDE THE 10.

TAKING PLAYERS WITH HIM, ALL THE WAY IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!

ON THE POWER OF DEVON CALDWELL ON THIS RUN.

>> JUST GET IT TO ME, I'LL FINISH THE JOB.

PATIENCE.

FOUND THE SPOT.

>> COUNT THE WHITE SHIRTS HE CARRIED WITH HIM FROM THE 5.

I MEAN, AT LEAST THREE.

BY THE END, FIVE GUYS TRYING TO BRING HIM DOWN.

THAT'S POWER IN YOUR LOWER HALF.

>> POWER AND DETERMINATION.

WOULD NOT BE DENIED THE END ZONE.

>> VIDEO REVIEW HERE.

>> THE PREVIOUS PLAY OF THE TOUCHDOWN IS UNDER FURTHER VIDEO REVIEW.

>> THEY WANT AN OFFICIAL COUNT OF HOW MANY DEFENDERS HE CARRIED WITH HIM.

>> OR IF HE MADE IT ACROSS THE LINE.

IF THE KNEE COMES DOWN.

A LOT OF JERSEYS AROUND, COULDN'T TELL.

>> A LOT OF BODIES.

>> JUST KNOW THE BALL MADE IT OVER.

LOOKING TO SEE IF HIS KNEE HIT BEFORE THE BALL CROSSED THE PLANE.

YOU CAN SEE IT HERE.

SHEDDS ONE THERE.

THAT ONE HANGING ON.

TWO, THREE, FOUR.

>> HIS KNEE IS DOWN THERE.

THE QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE BALL?

HERE IS THE BETTER ANGLE.

>> IF IT IS RIGHT THERE, HE MAY BE A HALF A YARD SHORT.

>> THAT'S THE WAY IT'S LOOKING.

THAT MAY BE THE CALL WE GET HERE.

>> YES.

EITHER WAY, WHAT AN EFFORT.

>> TREMENDOUS EFFORT.

YOU WANT TO GRAB ON?

HOLD ON.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> HERE'S OUR CALL.

>> AFTER VIDEO REVIEW, THE RUNNER'S KNEE WAS DOWN SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE.

IT WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL, JUST INSIDE THE 1.

>> OKAY.

THERE WE GO.

SO TAKE SIX POINTS OFF THE BOARD, BACK TO A 14-7 SCORER.

11-YARD PICKUP FOR CALDWELL.

AND JUST HEARD FROM OUR REFEREE, RUSS NELSON, FIRST AND GOAL INSIDE THE 1.

ANOTHER YEAR OF CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL ON GPB.

GLAD YOU'RE WITH US WHEREVER YOU'RE TUNING IN FROM.

SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED PEOPLE YOU WILL WORK WITH IN TELEVISION RIGHT HERE IN THIS BUILDING AND THE TRUCK RIGHT NEXT DOOR, SUCH A THRILL FOR US TO BE PART OF -- >> ALL-STAR TEAM.

>> EVERY YEAR.

ALL-STAR, THEY'RE OUTSTANDING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THEY MAKE IT EASY ON US.

>> CALDWELL AGAIN, THE DIRECT SNAP ON FIRST DOWN.

UP AND OVER AND THIS TIME THEY SAY, YES, HIS KNEE DID NOT HIT BEFORE IT WENT INTO THE END ZONE.

MADE SURE OF IT THIS TIME.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S MAKE SURE THIS TIME WE GOT A PLAYER THAT IS STILL DOWN HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> TIME-OUT FOR INJURY.

>> THAT'S MATT BRADLEY NUMBER 33 THE LINEBACKER.

STILL DOWN ON THE FIELD FOR PRINCE AVENUE.

TRAINING STAFF ATTENDING TO HIM.

TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT IT.

>> HE GETS A NICE RUNNING JUMP AND GOES OVER THE TOP.

>> SEE 33 THERE.

YEAH.

>> GRIMACING.

I DON'T KNOW IF A KNEE OR SOMETHING GOT BENT BACK THERE.

>> STILL DOWN ON THE FIELD.

>> COACH VANDAGRIFF IS OUT THERE TO SEE ABOUT HIM.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET HIM UP HERE.

>> THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

>> THAT IS A GOOD SIGN.

>> TALKED ABOUT COACH VANDAGRIFF AND ALL THE QUOTES ON HIS SHIRT.

EMAILS, HE SENDS THOSE OUT.

REMIND YOU THAT AMATEURS BUILT THE ARK.

>> ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR WEEK, THE TEAM HERE, BRINGING YOU THIS EACH YEAR IS TALKING TO THE COACHES, AND ANYONE MORE ENTERTAINING THAN GREG VANDAGRIFF AND COACH GESS AS WELL.

>> EXTRA KICK.

AND IT'S GOOD.

SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

THE BIG PLAY, OF COURSE, WAS STALLWORTH TO MATHURIN, JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

LOOK WHAT CALDWELL HAS DONE ALREADY.

>> GREAT START IN THIS GAME.

TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE BY DEVIN CALDWELL.

WE WATCH NOW TO SEE PRINCE AVENUE AND HOW THEY RESPOND.

THIS IS NOT A POSITION THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO BEING IN.

>> NOT AT ALL.

>> WE SAW THEIR RECORD COMING INTO THIS GAME, AND HAD SOME DIFFICULT HALLENGES ON THEIR SCHEDULE.

OUT OF STATE OPPONENTS.

YOU HAVE A HARD TIME SCHEDULING GAMES AND YOU HAVE TO PLAY A TEAM FROM OUT OF STATE OR HIGH ER CLASSIFICATION, JUST TO CHALLENGE THEIR TEAM.

>> TALKED ABOUT PLAYING SCHOOLS WITH A LOT MORE KIDS.

WE PLAYED SCHOOLS WITH 2,0003,000 KID, 3,000 KIDS.

FAMILIAR OPPONENT, THEY BEAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND NOW HERE THEY ARE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

HILL TRYING TO RETURN ONE AND HE'S NOT.

EVERY KICK INTO THE END ZONE.

FIRST DOWN AND TEN AT THE 20 IS WHERE THEY START.

TO YOUR POINT, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, 10-3 ON THE SEASON.

DOWN TWO SCORES HERE.

>> THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR THEM.

YOU WANT TO SEE, OBVIOUSLY, THE TEAM THAT PLAYED FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS YEAR OFF YEAR.

TEAM THAT CHALLENGED THEMSELVES, COUPLE OF OUT OF STATE OPPONENTS, WEST SIDE, TEAMS THEY PLAY FROM OUT OF STATE AND THOSE WILL ALSO -- BLESSED TRINITY.

>> SEE HOW THEY RESPOND.

MUSSER IN AT QUARTERBACK FOR HIS THIRD SERIES.

ONLY TOUCHDOWN, 80-YARD RUN IN HIS FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE IN THIS GAME.

LITTLE MISDIRECTION HERE, WINDS UP IN THE HANDS OF HILL.

HE PICKED UP FIVE.

ONE MORE LOOK AT IT.

>> WATCH THE MISDIRECTION.

ENDS UP IN THE HANDS OF NUMBER TWO, HUDSON HILL.

>> BACK TO SECOND DOWN.

PASS AND COMPLETION THERE.

SLIDING CATCH BY THE BIG TIGHT END WILLIAMSON.

FIRST DOWN FOR THE WOLVERINES.

>> NICE THROW BY MUSSER.

TO A SLIDING WILLIAMSON.

>> 16 YARDS AND THE PICKUP.

HURRY UP OFFENSE, EMPTY BACKFIELD, FIRST DOWN FOR MUSSER.

NICE PITCH AND THROW TO BAXTER CARBINE.

THE SOPHOMORE.

CLASSMATE.

>> NOTICE MUSSER HAD SOME PRESSURE, DIDN'T PANIC.

JUST KEPT HIS HEAD UP, WATCHING DOWNFIELD AND FOUND A RECEIVER TO PICK UP SOME YARDS.

SMART PLAY.

>> SHOWING GOOD POISE HERE.

LONG GAME.

NO REASON TO PANIC.

HILL IN MOTION.

THE FLIP TO HIM.

TRYING TO FIND THE SAME.

NICE JOB PICKING UP THE BALL AND BRINGING HIM DOWN.

>> MIGHT TURN THAT AROUND.

SAW NICK WADE AND WENT BACK INSIDE, TURNED IT BACK IN.

AND THE PURSUIT WAS THERE WAITING ON HIM.

>> THIRD AND SIX.

ONE-YARD LOSS ON THAT.

TO HILL AGAIN.

HE'S TAKEN DOWN.

GREAT TACKLE BY MAX STEVE.

>> GREAT CATCH BY HUDSON HILL.

REPLAY OF THIS.

MY GOODNESS, ROLLING OUT THERE.

PUT OUT WIDE.

AND LOOK, MA, ONE HAND.

SOMETIME ALL S ALL YOU NEED IS ONE.

>> THEY'RE GOING FOR IT, FOURTH AND THREE.

HANDOFF IN THE HANDS OF DARLING.

AND AT THAT SPOT, LOOKS LIKE HE DID NOT GET WHAT HE NEEDED.

AND HE DID NOT.

TWO-YARD GAIN.

NEEDED THREE.

AND THE DEFENSE HOLDS AGAIN.

WHAT A JOB BY THIS DEFENSIVE UNIT FOR THE LIONS.

>> HEBRON CHRISTIAN DEFENSE HAS BEEN SO IMPRESSIVE.

HERE THEY ARE, STANDING UP AGAIN.

>> TRIPPED UP --TRIPPED OVER HIS OWN LINEMAN'S FOOT.

>> GIVES THE BALL TO THE LIONS NOW IN GOOD FIELD POSITION.

>> ANDREW BEARD, NUMBER 5 ON THAT, GREAT FIELD POSITION, RIGHT AT MIDFIELD AGAIN.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN HAD EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION.

TRYING TO ADD TO THAT.

HANDOFF, HE'S OFF TO THE RACES.

THE SPEED, TOUCHDOWN, 50 YARDS!

FOR JARVIS MATHURIN.

>> LIKE HE'S SHOT OUT OF A CANNON.

>> WOW!

>> ANYBODY THAT CAME TO THE GAME TODAY, THEY'RE EXPECTING TO SEE THIS KIND OF START FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

>> NO.

>> GREAT EXECUTION.

AND GREAT BLOCKING RIGHT HERE, GREAT BLOCKING, 76, FLETCHER TURK.

GREAT BLOCK, GREAT JOB THERE.

>> EBLEN WITH THE POINT AFTER.

AND THE EASY SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN, ONE PLAY, 50 YARDS, NINE SECONDS AND JARVIS MATHURIN PUTTING ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN ON THE FIELD FOR THE LIONS.

WE'LL STEP ASIDE FOR A MOMENT.

HE'S GOING TO CATCH HIS BREATH' WE WILL TOO.

WHAT A SHOW EARLY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.

UP BIG ON THE WOLVERINES.

> >> GOOD LOOK AT JARVIS MATHURIN AFTER HE WAS JUST A BURST OF SPEED.

50 YARDS ON THAT ONE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, A 28-7 LEAD HERE.

THESE TWO TEAMS, VERY WELL MATCHED.

>> WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY MET EARLY DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

TIGHT CLOSE GAME.

MAN, RIGHT NOW, HEBRON CHRISTIAN HAS COME OUT AND TAKEN CHARGE OF THIS AND WANT TO SEE HOW PRINCE AVENUE RESPONDS.

>> YEAH.

>> AND EBLEN, THE KICKOFF, HE'S GOT A STRONG LEG.

YET TO HAVE A KICK RETURN TODAY.

AND HE STILL WON'T.

ANOTHER TOUCHBACK, FIRST DOWN AND TEN FROM THE 20 AND NOW WE TALKED ABOUT AGAIN, EARLY ON, WE JUST MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, LOTS OF TIME.

NOW YOU FIND YOURSELF DOWN THREE TOUCHDOWNS.

AND BY THE WAY, HEBRON CHRISTIAN GETS THE BALL FIRST TO START THE SECOND HALF.

THEY WON THE TOSS AND DEFERRED.

SO, A LOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SEE WHAT COACH VANDAGRIFF COMES UP WITH.

THIS OFFENSE.

>> MUSSER STAYS IN AT QUARTERBACK.

HE SPLITS TIME.

>> GETS A THROW OUT, COMPLETE.

NICE SCREEN CALL.

OUT TO HESTER.

WATCH THE PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN OFFENSE.

THEY DON'T HUDDLE UP.

>> FOUR YARD GAIN BY HESTER.

NICE PITCH AND THROW THERE.

EXCELLENT JOB.

C. J. DOCKERY WITH THE CATCH.

BRINGS UP FIRST DOWN.

>> NICE PLAY BY MUSSER, THE PUMP FAKE, TO FREE UP DOCKERY FOR THAT CATCH.

>> HANDOFF TO BEARD.

THAT DOESN'T GO TOO FAR FOR THE SOPHOMORE.

SECOND AND --ACTUALLY THEY LOST A YARD.

THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF CONTROLLING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE EARLY IN THIS GAME.

>> THEY REALLY HAVE.

WORKING HARD UP THERE, TURK, JOHN, MOSES.

>> SECOND AND 11.

IN MOTION.

MUSSER, KEEPS IT TO HIMSELF.

NICE SPIN MOVE TO GET OUT OF THE TACKLE AND GET SOME POSITIVE YARDS OUT OF THIS.

HE'LL GAIN THREE.

THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

>> NUMBER TWO, RIGHT THERE, K. J. THOMAS IN ON THE STOP.

THIS TIME WITH MERCER.

MERCER, NICE JOB.

WE SAW THE YOUNG MAN YESTERDAY FROM TOMBS COUNTY, MIKE POKE, PLAYER OF THE GAME IN THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP WIN, CLASS A D-1 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

COOMBS BROUGHT DOWN, THE FUTURE YELLOW JACKET WITH THE BIG TIME SACK ON THIRD DOWN.

>> I KNOW THE FOLKS A FEW BLOCKS AWAY SEE THAT AND SAY CAN'T WAITWAIT SEE THIS GUY COME OUT.

WATCH NUMBER 3.

NOBODY TOUCHED HIM.

FREE SHOT, YOU GO IN AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

>> AND HE'S GOT SOME SPEED TOO.

6'3", 230.

NICE WHEELS THERE.

WAITED A BEAT.

WENT IN AND MADE HIS MOVE.

ANOTHER PUNT FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

BOBO BACK IN.

WOLVERINES OFFENSE STRUGGLING TRYING TO GET THINGS GOING HERE.

LOW PUNT.

STILL ON HIS FEET.

STILL GOING.

TRYING TO GET TO THE FIELD.

BALL COMES OUT.

OUT OF BOUNDS.

REMAIN LIONS BALL.

MATHURIN, HE'S SLIPPERY.

>> HE'S SOMETHING TO WATCH, ISN'T HE?

>> HE IS.

38 YARDS AND THE KICK, 24 ON THE RETURN.

WATCH THIS.

>> NOT A BEAUTIFUL PUNT.

AND HE HAS TROUBLE HANDLING IT TO START WITH.

>> SKIPS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

AND FINALLY, NICE JOB THERE.

BY CHRISTIAN GARRETT TO HAVE THAT KNOCKED AWAY.

IT WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.

SO, AGAIN, GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR THE LIONS.

STALLWORTH GOING FOR IT ALL.

UP TOP, INCOMPLETE.

SIAN JOHN THE INTENDED TARGET.

>> SECOND AND TEN.

STALLWORTH GIVING IT ANOTHER SHOT, THROWING IT OUT, HE WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A HIT TOO.

>> MIGHT BE HIS FIRST INCOMPLETE PASS OF THE DAY.

HE WAS PERFECT IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

FIVE OF SIX FOR 75 YARDS.

EMPTY BACKFIELD, GOING FOR MORE.

AND A TIME-OUT, COACH GESS.

AND HEBRON CHRISTIAN, 7:01 MARK HERE.

>> TIME-OUT, HEBRON CHRISTIAN, FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.

>> THAT'S THEIR FIRST.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO GET HERE.

WE MENTIONED IT AGAIN, THREE TITLES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

FIRST 2020 WHEN COACH'S SON BROCK VANDAGRIFF LED THEM TO THE TITLE.

THAT BEING PLAYED OVER IN THE GEORGIA STATE CAMPUS.

FIFTH STRAIGHT APPEARANCE IN THE FINALS.

TEN REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WE TALKED ABOUT ED ED ABOUT HEBRON CHRISTIAN IN 2007.

NOT MUCH LONGER THAN THEY HAVE.

THEY STARTED BACK IN 2005, ALMOST 20 YEARS IN.

>> BOTH PROGRAMS HAVE COME A LONG WAY TO ESTABLISH A WINNING CULTURE.

EXPECTATION IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

SO, IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE EXPECTING A TIGHTLY CONTESTED GAME.

AND SO FAR IT HAS BEEN DIFFERENT WITH HEBRON CHRISTIAN WITH THE LEAD HERE.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO TEAMS, POWERFUL OFFENSES, THE CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE, THREE TITLES FOR COACH VANDAGRIFF, SIX TITLES FOR COACH GESS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> COACH GESS, SEE IF HE FIX WHAT HE WANTED TO FIX IN THAT TIME-OUT.

STALLWORTH TAKING IT HIMSELF RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE ON SECOND DOWN.

HE'S CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM.

LET'S SEE WHERE THEY MARKED IT, VERY CLOSE.

>> MOVING THE CHAINS.

>> CHAINS ARE MOVING.

>> TEN YARDS.

>> FIRST DOWN FOR STALLWORTH.

KEEPING CHRISTIAN ON THE MOVE AGAIN, VERY LITTLE HAS GONE WRONG FOR THEM ON OFFENSE TODAY.

>> NOTHING FANCY ON THAT PLAY AT ALL.

STALLWORTH PICKED THE SPOT THERE AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE LINE.

>> WHAT A YEAR HE HAD.

CALDWELL ON FIRST DOWN.

HE'S GOT TWO TOUCHDOWNS ALREADY.

HE WAS CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN.

STOPPED JUST SHORT.

SECOND AND TWO AFTER THE EIGHT- YARD GAIN.

BY CALDWELL.

GOOD LOOK AT HIM.

LOOK AT THE YARDS HERE SO FAR.

MORE THAN 100 YARDS MORE FOR THE LIONS THAN PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

>> YOU WOULD IMAGINE THOSE YARDS ARE STACKING UP FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN IN THE GAME.

>> TIME OF POSSESSION TOO.

YOU HAD THIS DEFENSE ON THE FIELD A LOT HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.

CALDWELL AGAIN ON SECOND DOWN.

LEFT SIDE.

HE BREAKS FREE.

THERE YOU HAVE IT.

THE TRIFECTA IN THE FIRST HALF FOR DEVON CALDWELL.

30 YARDS ON THAT ONE.

AND WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THIS HEBRON CHRISTIAN OFFENSE.

>> CALDWELL TAKES THE HANDOFF THIS TIME.

GOES LEFT SIDE.

NICE BLOCK.

SAME SPOT HE RAN THROUGH BEFORE.

>> YEAH.

>> THIS GUY IS MAKING HOLES OVER THERE.

44, 72, ADAM CANNON.

>> VMI COMMIT ON THE NEXT LEVEL.

EBLEN'S EXTRA POINT IS GOOD.

JONATHAN GESS, HIS GUYS ARE IN CONTROL.

ONE MORE LOOK AT IT COMING AT YOU.

>> 44 AND 72.

SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

FOUR PLAYS, 48 YARDS, 1:29 TIME OF POSSESSION.

TO CODY.

>> TALK ABOUT THE FIRST MATCHUP BETWEEN PRINCE AVENUE AND HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN HAD 99 YARDS OF RUSHING IN THE WHOLE GAME.

DEVIN CALDWELL, ALREADY MORE THAN NOW, 92.

>> MY GOODNESS.

AND WE'RE JUST BARELY HALFWAY INTO THE SECOND QUARTER.

LOOK AT CALDWELL'S NUMBERS.

THREE SCORES ALREADY.

THEY SEE THEMSELVES ON THE BIG BOARD.

THE KICK FOR THE LIONS.

HE'S SO ACCURATE.

HE ALMOST HITS THE SAME SPOT AT THE L, ATL, THE FALCONS LOGO ON THE END ZONE.

THAT BALL HITS ABOUT THE SAME SPOT IN THE L EVERY SINGLE TIME.

>> VERY CONSISTENT.

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING GOING YOUR WAY, EVERYTHING GOING YOUR WAY.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING SO FAR IN THIS GAME.

>> 35-7 NOW.

AND THE WOLVERINES TRYING TO STOP THE BLEEDING HERE.

>> YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING GOOD.

5:39 UNTIL HALFTIME.

GET A SCORE HERE.

HILL IN MOTION.

GOES THE OTHER WAY.

ALSO HAD HIM OPEN.

KEEPS IT HIMSELF INSTEAD.

HE'S GOT SOME ROOM, HE CAN BREAK A TACKLE HERE, GETS DOWN TO THE 39.

BIG PLAY BY THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK BEN MUSSER.

18-YARD GAIN FOR HIM.

>> THAT'S A BIG TIME PLAY.

>> THAT IS.

HE HAD SOME PRESSURE COMING IN AND REALLY JUST CALM.

PRESSURE COMES IN, SIDESTEPS ONE DEFENDER, ANOTHER ONE, PICKS UP THE BIG YARDS.

>> NICE JOB HERE GETTING THE BALL OUT TO THE HANDS OF HILL.

AND HILL, OH, ALMOST THERE.

52 YARDS ON THE PICKUP.

>> BIG PLAY AND WATCH A GAMBLE HERE.

NUMBER TWO K. J. THOMAS TRIES TO MAKE A GAMBLE.

OFF TO THE RACES.

DOWN THE SIDELINE.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT NICE BLOCK THERE AS WELL.

BY WILLIAMSON, BIG TIGHT END NUMBER 17, DOWN TO THE 8 TO THE RED ZONE.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALPHA INSURANCE.

FIRST DOWN, MUSSER INTO THE END ZONE.

TOUCHDOWN.

MUSSER TO C. J. DOCKERY.

THAT'S HOW YOU ANSWER.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

>> REALLY NEEDED THIS ONE.

REALLY NEEDED IT.

EIGHT YARDS ON THE SCORE.

GOOD LOOK AT DOCKERY.

HERE IS A REPLAY.

>> SEE IT, MUSSER.

WATCHING THEM ALL THE WAY.

JUST WANT TO GET A STEP, BACK OF THE END ZONE.

>> THAT'S A NICE THROW.

DIFFICULT THROW TO THROW BACK ACROSS YOUR BODY LIKE THAT.

NICE JOB BY THE YOUNG MAN BEN MUSSER.

PUT THAT RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

EXTRA POINT IS UP AND GOOD.

>> ANOTHER LOOK AT MUSSER.

LIKE YOU SAID, THROW IT ACROSS THE BODY, FINDING HIS MAN IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.

BIG FOR PRINCE AVENUE.

>> SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

THREE PLAYS, 80 YARDS, TOOK ONLY 50 SECONDS.

AND, AGAIN, IF YOU COULD DIAL UP ANYTHING OF WHAT THE WOLVERINES NEEDED, THAT'S WHAT THEY NEEDED.

A TOUCHDOWN AND THEY DID IT QUICKLY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

GOT DOWN, STILL GOT 4:59 TO GO UNTIL HALFTIME.

DOWN THE FIELD AND THE DEFENSE CAN COME UP WITH A BIG STOP, GIVE THEM A CHANCE MAYBE PUT SOME MORE POINTS ON THE BOARD HERE BEFORE THEY GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM FOR HALFTIME.

>> THE KEY HERE FOR COACH VANDAGRIFF'S DEFENSE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE A STOP HERE.

FIRST OFF, PUT THEM DEEP, MAKE THEM ACTUALLY DRIVE THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN ROLLED UP 35 POINTS BECAUSE THEY HAD THE BALL NEAR MIDFIELD OR BETTER ALMOST EVERY TIME THEY GET THE BALL.

>> I THINK THE KICKER IS GOING TO KICK THE BALL THIS TIME.

>> KEPT IT PRETTY SHORT.

>> HE DID KICK IT SHORT.

HE'S GOT A FLAG ON THE PLAY.

>> NUMBER EIGHT, DUSTIN MATTHEWS PICKED IT UP.

>> PERSONAL FOUL, BLINDSIDE BLOCK ON THE RETURN TEAM.

15 YARDS THE END OF THE RUN, FIRST DOWN.

>> THERE IT IS.

>> HALF THE DISTANCE.

HALF THE DISTANCE.

>> MAX STEED, NUMBER 6, CALLED FOR THAT.

>> HALF THE DISTANCE.

>> HEBRON CHRISTIAN BACK FOR THEIR WORST STARTING POSITION YET THEY HAD IN THIS GAME.

DEVIN CALDWELL, NO QUESTION THE START OF THE FIRST HALF WITH 92 YARDS RUSHING AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS.

>> HE HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE.

>> HE HAS.

LET'S SEE WHAT THE WOLVERINES DEFENSE CAN DO TO TRY TO CONTAIN THEM AND GET THE BALL BACK HERE, ONE MORE SHOT BEFORE HALFTIME.

>> FIRST AND TEN TO THE 15, THE PENALTY ON THE KICK.

HANDOFF TO CALDWELL.

AND THE DEFENSE SWARMING.

THAT'S THE WAY YOU ANSWER.

NICE JOB THERE LED BY BIG NUMBER 55, CHRISTIAN GARRETT.

>> GIDDENS MAKING THE STOP.

HE'S BEEN OFFERED BY ANDERSON UNIVERSITY, A BRAND-NEW COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

BOBBY LAMB, FORMER COACH AT MERCER, IS THE COACH THERE.

>> REALLY?

OKAY.

OKAY.

>> WE MENTIONED THE LAMB FAMILY AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, MY GOODNESS.

CALHOUN, VERY MUCH FAMILIAR NAME IN FOOTBALL IN THE STATE.

>> WHAT A JOB HE DID, COMING FROM FUHRMAN TO RELAUNCH THAT MERCER PROGRAM, DORMANT SINCE WORLD WAR II.

>> RIGHT.

>> LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IN MACON.

TIME- OUT CALLED BY COACH GESS.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND HOW THEY HAVE GOTTEN HERE.

WE TALKED AGAIN, THIS IS A BREAKTHROUGH SEASON FOR THIS PROGRAM.

FIRST TIME EVER THEY HAD TEN WINS.

11-2 RECORD BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

NINTH STRAIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCE.

FIRST TIME IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> FIRST TIME THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, BUT NOT THE FIRST TIME FOR THE COACH.

>> NO.

NO.

NOT AT ALL.

RIGHT.

SIX TITLES IN HIS RESUME.

YOU SEE THE QUARTERFINAL TRIP THERE IN 2019, THEIR HEAD COACH AT THAT TIME WAS FORMER NFL CENTER JEFF SATURDAY WAS THE COACH OF THAT TEAM.

>> WHO IS, TODAY, I THINK HE'S WORKING WITH ESPN.

OR HE PROBABLY WOULD BE HERE.

HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

EXCITED TO BE --A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN GEORGIA.

THAT'S THE COOL THING ABOUT THAT EVENT.

THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP, THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, WENT TO GOOD OLD SHAMROCK HIGH SCHOOL, NO LONGER THERE IN DeKALB COUNTY.

ONE OF THE GREAT PRODUCTS.

GOT A YELLOW JACKET COMING UP, COMING UP IN HIS FUTURE.

>> PITCH AND THROW THERE, NICE CONCENTRATION BY SIAN JOHN TO MAKE THAT CATCH.

ONE MORE LOOK AT IT.

JOHN ON THE SEASON, 13 CATCHES, 207 YARDS.

AVERAGES ABOUT 16 YARDS PER CATCH.

GOT FIVE ON THAT ONE.

THIRD AND NINE NOW.

BIG PLAY HERE FOR THE WOLVERINES.

NEED TO MAKE A STOP.

STALLWORTH, HAS HIS MAN.

MATHURIN.

AND IT IS COMPLETE.

JARVIS MATHURIN, GETTING IT UP FOR A FIRST DOWN, 11 YARDS.

>> HAD A TREMENDOUS FIRST HALF AS WELL.

RUNNING A GREAT ROUTE.

MAKING THAT CATCH.

>> HE'S IMPRESSIVE.

>> CLOCK ROLLING, 3:30 UNTIL HALFTIME.

JOHN AND HANNAH, SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS AND MORE IN THE HALFTIME SHOW COMING UP AS THEY'RE GETTING READY.

CALDWELL STOPPED FOR A SHORT GAIN ON FIRST DOWN.

>> BIG STOP BY THE FUTURE YELLOW JACKET.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> CHRISTIAN GARRETT MAKING THE STOP.

>> HE'S IMPRESSIVE AS WELL.

>> HEBRON CHRISTIAN WILLING TO RUN A LITTLE CLOCK HERE.

NO HURRY.

THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD.

STALLWORTH LOOKING DEEP.

DECIDES TO RUN IT.

FIRST DOWN.

OUT PAST THE 40 YARD LINE.

>> HOW DOES HE DO IT?

JUST WEAVING HIS WAY THROUGH THE WHITE JERSEYS.

>> 14-YARD PICKUP FOR STALLWORTH.

ONE MORE LOOK AT IT.

>> THEY HOPE TO HAVE SOME CONTAIN ON THIS GUY AND SLOW IT DOWN, TRYING TO GET THE BALL BACK BEFORE HALFTIME.

HE HAPPENS TO ELUDE THOSE DEFENDERS AND KEEP THE CHAINS MOVING.

>> HE'S GOT A GOOD FEEL IN THE POCKET BREAKS DOWN, GETTING OUT OF TROUBLE.

USING HIS FEET INSTEAD.

WE MENTIONED 125 YARDS RUSHING LAST WEEK.

RUNNING BACK CALDWELL OUT WITH AN ANGEL ANKLE INJURY.

HE STEPPED IN.

SAYS SO MUCH FOR THE LIONS OFFENSE.

FRESH SET OF DOWNS.

CLOCK ROLLING DOWN.

CLOSE TO THE TWO-MINUTE MARK.

MISFIRED ON THAT ONE.

ALMOST PICKED OFF BY LUKE DARLING.

THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A SHOT AT IT.

>> MISCOMMUNICATIONS THERE.

TRYING TO GO TO K. J. THOMAS AND -- >> CLOCK STOPS AT 2:10.

MAYBE AS IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING IF YOU'RE PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

>> WANT TO SLOW DOWN AND DO SOME GOOD THINGS HERE BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT IF YOU'RE PRINCE AVENUE IS TO HAVE HEBRON PUT MORE POINTS ON BEFORE THEY GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM, WATCHING THIS PLAY CLOCK START TO RUN DOWN HERE.

>> PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO TWO.

CALDWELL, NOTHING GOING THIS TIME.

CHANGE THE DEFENSIVE SCHEME, SPY ON HIM WHEREVER HE GOES.

HE HAD TROUBLE GETTING LOOSE ON THIS ONE.

ON THIS DRIVE.

SHORT GAIN OF ONLY TWO.

>> MATT BRADLEY ON THAT STOP, AND HE HIS GUARDIAN CAP.

>> BIG HIT ON STALLWORTH AS HE RELEASED THE BALL AND WHO ELSE, GARRETT.

HUGE PLAY.

FOURTH DOWN AND RARE PUNT IN THIS FIRST HALF FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

>> GARRETT THERE WITH 57, BOOM!

RIGHT THERE.

LUKE GOWDER, SOPHOMORE.

>> NICE JOB.

>> IS THAT A MOUTHPIECE WE SAW ON THE FIELD?

THAT WAS A SHOT, MAN.

>> IT WAS.

>> WOLVERINES WILL GET THE BALL BACK.

EIGHT PLAYS, 30-YARD DRIVE, STALLED AFTER THAT INCOMPLETE PASS AND THE BIG HIT BY GOWDER.

>> FLAG ON THE PLAY.

>> FLAG ON THE PLAY.

>> TAKING IT AT THE 16 YARD LINE.

DOCKERY.

STILL GOING.

INSIDE, THE 40, DOWN TO THE 35 OF THE LIONS.

57 YARDS ON THE RETURN.

FLAG DOWN, BACK ABOUT THE 41 YARD LINE.

>> GOT A PRINCE AVENUE PLAYER DOWN IN FRONT OF THE --NOBODY GOT A HEBRON PLAYER IN FRONT OF THE PRINCE AVENUE BENCH.

>> SORT THIS OUT.

IDENTIFY THE PLAYER.

WHO IS DOWN.

>> TWO FOULS ON THE PLAY.

ILLEGAL FORMATION, BLOCK IN THE BACK, ON THE RETURN TEAM, THOSE PENALTIES WILL OFFSET, REPLAY FOURTH DOWN.

>> THAT HURTS IF YOU'RE PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

>> TIME-OUT FOR INJURY.

>> FANTASTIC RETURN, WIPED OFF THE BOARD.

SEE WHO OUR PLAYER IS HERE, 76.

YEAH, THAT'S FLETCHER TURK.

>> AND HE'S UP.

>> JUNIOR LINEMAN, DOES A LOT FOR THIS TEAM.

OFFSETTING PENALTIES, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 41-YARD PUNT AND 57-YARD RETURN AND WOLVERINE BALL DOWN ABOUT THE 35 YARD LINE OF HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

WITH 1:21 TO GO.

INSTEAD, OFFSETTING PENALTIES, ALL THAT GOES FOR NOT.

AND, BOY, IF YOU'RE THE WOLVERINES, YOU'RE THAT CLOSE TO HAVING A GREAT FIELD POSITION, TRYING TO GET ONE MORE TOUCHDOWN HERE RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME.

AND WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN.

>> LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DOCKERY GETS HIS HAND ON THE BALL.

>> JUST JOINING US, C. J. DOCKERY ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE PUNT AGAIN, HAS A TOUCHDOWN CATCH.

JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO FOR THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

TALENTED PLAYER FOR THE WOLVERINES.

>> PRIVATE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN GEORGIA, ON THE LINE, TWO TEAMS FROM REGION EIGHT.

PUNT IS AWAY.

SHORTER THAN LAST TIME AND THEY'LL DOWN IT RIGHT THERE AT ABOUT THE 20.

35 YARDS ON THE PUNT, BUT THE WAY THIS PLAYS OUT, ADVANTAGE HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP THAT PUNT RETURN, THEY WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE, ALREADY GOING TO BE IN HEBRON TERRITORY.

>> 1:13 ON THE CLOCK.

WE HAVE SEEN BOTH QUARTERBACKS IN THIS GAME FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, THEY HAVE STUCK WITH MUSSER AFTER JAKE BOBO, QUARTERBACKED THE FIRST TWO SERIES, ALL MUSSER EVER SINCE THEN.

THE BALL INTO THEIR -- THE HANDS OF THE PLAYMAKER HILL.

WHISTLED DEAD BEFORE.

LET'S SEE WHAT THE CALL IS.

>> TIME-OUT, PRINCE AVENUE, SECOND OF THE HALF.

>> COACH VANDAGRIFF DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE SAW THERE.

>> TRYING TO GET THE TIME-OUT BEFORE THE BALL GOT SNAPPED.

>> THE CLOCK WAS AT AT 1:13.

PUT THAT TIME BACK ON THE CLOCK PERHAPS PERHAPS.

>> LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH CODY.

>> PRINCE AVENUE OFFENSE IS COORDINATED BY ANOTHER FAMILIAR NAME YOU MIGHT KNOW, JOHN RICHT, WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL QUARTERBACK FOR THE PRINCE AVENUE WOLVERINES WHEN THEY JUST STARTED THEIR FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

WENT ON TO PLAY AT MORRIS HILL, COACHED UNDER HIS DAD MARK RICHT AT MIAMI, NOW BACK HOME, AND HE'S COACHING HIS ALMA MATER HERE AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> VERY NICE.

>> THAT IS.

>> YEAH.

A LOT OF GEORGIA CONNECTIONS.

THE BOBO NAME, WE KNOW MIKE BOBO, AND VANDAGRIFF SAYS, YEAH, I THINK HE HAS BIGGER FISH TO WORRY ABOUT RIGHT NOW THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR PLAYS.

>> TIME BACK ON THE CLOCK, BY THE WAY, 1:13.

THROW OUT BY MUSSER, OUT TO HIS TIGHT END.

WILLIAMSON.

AND ONE MINUTE MARK.

HURRY-UP OFFENSE AS THEY ALWAYS DO.

SEVEN-YARD PICKUP.

2R50IING TRYING TO ET GOT THE BALL INTO THE HANDS OF HILL.

>> TYSON CRAIG WAS THERE, DEFENDING FOR HEBRON.

HE'S A BALL HAWK.

THREE INTERCEPTIONS THIS SEASON.

HE'S ON HIS WAY TO BARRY.

DIVISION THREE PROGRAM.

EXCELLENT JOB UP IN ROME.

>> THEY HAVE.

>> STILL FAIRLY NEW AT FOOTBALL.

2015 I BELIEVE IS WHEN THEY STARTED THAT PROGRAM.

>> STADIUM CALLED VALHALLA.

>> YEAH, LOVE IT.

MUSSER UNDER PRESSURE.

DOCKERY BY HIMSELF.

WHAT A JOB FOR THE INTERCEPTION!

GERRITT KEMP WITH THE PICK.

DOCKERY WAS ALL BY HIMSELF WITH THE SPEED, BUT KEMP, TO CLOSE THE GAP, MAKE THE PICK, AND WHAT A JOB BY THIS DEFENSE FOR THE LIONS.

>> A DIFFICULT THROW.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE MOMENTUM OF YOUR BODY.

YOU GET IT OUT THERE ANYWAY.

THERE IS KEMP COMING OVER, CLOSES THE GAP, MAKES THE PLAY.

SENSATIONAL.

THREE INTERCEPTIONS DURING THE SEASON.

ON HIS WAY TO THE WOLFPACK.

>> FIRST TURNOVER FOR EITHER TEAM IN THIS GAME AND IT COMES AT A CRUCIAL MOMENT AS PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN REALLY TRYING TO GET ONE MORE SCORE ON THE BOARD.

AND NOW HEBRON CHRISTIAN HAS THE BALL.

AND, AGAIN, THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF.

EMPTY BACKFIELD FOR STALLWORTH UNDER PRESSURE.

SOMEHOW ESCAPES.

GOT A MAN OPEN.

IT IS CALDWELL, HE CAN'T QUITE GET IT.

CALDWELL TRYING TO RIGHT HIMSELF AND TURN HIS FEET AROUND.

AND HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION.

THAT WAS SO CLOSE.

TO BEING A CATCH.

>> ON THE FACE, HEY, WE WANTED THAT ONE.

THAT WAS SO BAD.

>> YET JOB BY STALLWORTH.

>> YEAH.

MOVING A LITTLE GINGERLY RIGHT NOW.

>> PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO 12.

TIME-OUT.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND THE TIME-OUT CALLED.

FINAL ONE OF THE HALF.

>> TIME-OUT, THIRD AND FINAL TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.

>> SO, YEAH, WATCHING STALLWORTH, NUMBER 16, HE WENT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FIELD, LAID DOWN.

NOT SURE IF IT IS A CRAMP.

MAYBE POSSIBLE.

THEY GAVE HIM SOME FLUIDS, LAYING THERE ON THE GROUND.

THAT'S STALLWORTH IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT.

>> TALKED WITH SOME COACHES WHO MAYBE THIS IS A BIT OF CONCERN COMING INSIDE, CLIMATE CONTROL, THE CERTAIN TEMPERATURE, MAYBE HAVE SOME OF THAT TYPE THING TAKE PLACE, SOME GRABS.

YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING YOUR LAST FEW GAMES OUTSIDE AND COLDER TEMPERATURES, PRACTICING OUTSIDE IN COLDER TEMPERATURES.

MAYBE THIS WILL BE A PROBLEM AT SOME POINT.

SO WE'RE SEEING THAT HERE.

>> NO QUESTION.

LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH CODY.

>> KEMP GOT THE INTERCEPTION TO SET UP THIS DRIVE FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

KEMP, TRANSFERRED INTO THE HEBRON CHRISTIAN PROGRAM.

GESS SAID HE WASN'T REAL GOOD WHEN HE GOT HERE.

BUT I TOLD HIM IF YOU DO EVERYTHING WE COACH YOU TO DO, YOU'LL BECOME MUCH, MUCH BETTER AND HE HAS.

HE WASN'T ON ANYBODY'S RECRUITING RADAR.

NOW HEADED TO NC STATE.

COACH LOVES WHAT HE DOES FROM A LEADERSHIP STANDPOINT AND IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.

>> SAW THIS RAW TALENT, 6'2", 160 AND SAID IF YOU BUY IN, LIKE YOU SAID, AND HE HAS, WHAT A GREAT STORY.

JUST HARD WORK.

HE SAID, LISTEN, IF YOU DO WHAT WE SAY, WE'LL WORK AND WORK AND WORK.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE SUCCESS IN FOOTBALL, BUT YOU'LL HAVE SUCCESS IN LIFE.

DIRECT SNAP TO CALDWELL ON SECOND DOWN.

ALL KINDS OF FLAGS COMING IN IN FROM EVERYWHERE.

A LOT OF LAUNDRY.

SORT THAT ONE OUT.

>> CLOCK STOPS AT 25 SECONDS.

>> PERSONAL FOUL, FACE MASK, ON THE DEFENSE.

15 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUN, FIRST DOWN.

>> THEY'LL TACK 15 MORE YARDS AND DEEPER IN PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN TERRITORY.

NO TIME-OUTS, 25 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.

AND DOWN TO THE 38 YARD LINE OF THE WOLVERINES.

>> LONG TIME FOR THAT.

PRINCE AVENUE.

MATT BRADLEY, THE GUILTY PARTY.

>> CALDWELL FOR THE WILDCATS.

DIRECT SNAP.

CALDWELL, STILL GOING.

REALIZED THAT TIMING SITUATION, AND TIME-OUTS, STAYED INBOUNDS.

NINE YARDS ON THE PICKUP, BUT THE CLOCK WINDING DOWN.

CAN THEY GET ANOTHER PLAY OFF?

THREE, TWO --AND THEY CANNOT.

>> GOT A FLAG HERE.

>> STALLWORTH HAS NOT COME BACK INTO THE GAME.

HE'S GOING TO GET TO THE LOCKER ROOM AND SEE IF THEY CAN REMEDY THE CRAMPS.

>> FALSE START, OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

SECOND DOWN.

>> HE IS BACK ON THE FIELD NOW, STALLWORTH, FOR THE LAST PLAY.

HE'S HOBBLE ING.

CLEARLY NOT 100%.

>> NO.

NOT AT ALL.

>> ONE THING YOU CAN BE SURE, HE WILL NOT BE RUNNING THE BALL ON THIS PLAY.

>> NO.

>> FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

SECOND AND SIX ON THE 34.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THE LIONS, TRYING TO GET ONE MORE SCORE BEFORE THE HALF.

THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF.

>> RIGHT.

>> ALL LIONS.

>> WATCHING THE PLAY CLOCK RUN DOWN.

>> THE PLAY CLOCK RUNS DOWN TO ZERO.

HERE'S THE CALL.

>> THE CLOCK EXPIRED BEFORE THE PENALTY.

HALFTIME.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

>> AND THERE YOU GO.

WE HAVE OUR ANSWER.

>> SO MY GOODNESS, WHAT A FIRST HALF HERE AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

THE LION S, 35-14 AT HALFTIME.

DEVON CALDWELL WITH THREE TOUCHDOWN RUNS, JARVIS MATHURIN HAD A 50-YARD RUN AS WELL.

OUR COACHES INTERVIEWS DELIVERED BY JOHNNY'S PIZZA, YOUR ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA.

DOWN TO CODY.

>> I WOULD HAVE DESCRIBED THE FIRST HALF AS EXPLOSIVE.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT?

>> EXPLOSIVE.

WE MISSED A TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

HE MADE A PLAY.

WE PLAYED EXPLOSIVELY.

THEY'RE AN EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE.

WE HAVE TO COME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF AND FINISH.

>> THIS SCHOOL HAS NEVER BEEN HERE, WITH THE THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD TO THE SECOND HALF WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE TEAM?

>> AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE'RE LODZING, WE GOT TO COME BACK AND FIGHT AND GET AFTER IT.

IF THEY WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY HAVE TO FIGHT LIKE THEY HAVE NEVER FOUGHT BEFORE.

>> GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> CODY, THANKS SO MUCH.

>> WHAT A GREAT STORY FOR THE HEBRON CHRISTIAN TEAM.

JONATHAN GESS AND HIS THIRD YEAR WITH THE PROGRAM TRYING TO BRING IT HOME.

STILL 24 MINUTES LEFT.

35-14, HALFTIME IS UP NEXT.

> >> ALL WINNERS OF THE GHSA COOPERATIVE SPIRIT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR THE PAST CYCLE.

THIS AWARD HONORS SCHOOLS THAT EXHIBIT EXEMPLARY SPORTSMANSHIP DURING COMPETITIVE EVENTS.

ONLY ONE SCHOOL IN EACH REGION, EACH CLASSIFICATION, IS CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THIS ANNUAL AWARD.

THE GHSA TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL ASPECTS OF SPORTSMANSHIP, MAKING THE AWARD A TRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

INTRODUCED IN 2006, THIS AWARD REINFORCES THE GHSA PHILOSOPHY THAT EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FROM ATHLETES TO SPECTATORS SHOULD ADHERE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES THAT IT REPRESENTS.

GEORGIA EMC AND 35 PARTICIPATING COOPERATIVES ARE PROUD TO SPONSOR THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS THIS YEAR.

>> WELCOME IN TO THE FOOTBALL FRIDAYS IN GEORGIA HALFTIME SHOW.

GET BACK IN THE GAME WITH REGIONS BANK.

WE'RE LIVE AT MERCEDES- BENZ STADIUM FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WE'RE AT THE HALF OF THE FIRST BOYS GAME OF DAY NUMBER THREE.

IT IS PAC AND HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

LET'S LOOK AT THE HALFTIME >> A LOT OF LONG DISTANCE SCORES IN THIS ONE.

49 POINTS ON THE BOARD.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN SURPRISING A LOT OF FOLKS GETTING OUT TO THE BIG LEAD, PRINCE AVENUE, GOT THE MARGIN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN RESPONDED A LITTLE BIT.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT COACH VANDAGRIFF WAS GOING TO TELL CODY COMING OUT AS WE GET READY FOR THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> A HALFTIME SPEECH FROM COACH VANDAGRIFF.

I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, THAT SCORE IS SURPRISING RIGHT THERE.

WHAT YOU MISSED AND WHAT IS TO COME.

>> M cEACHERN, NATIONALLY RANKED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, FLAG CHAMPIONSHIP IN DIVISION 4.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PRIVATE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM CLASS A TO AAA.

GAME NUMBER THREE ON THE BOARD, JEFFERSON AND CALHOUN.

THE NIGHT CAP, AROUND 7:00, GRAYSON AND CARROLLTON.

WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS FOR THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP 12-12.

THE 6A TITLE GAME.

>> AND WE HAVE THE COACHES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

COACH NOLAN, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

YOU'VE BEEN TO THE FINAL GAME OF THE YEAR THREE OUT OF THE PAST SIX SEASONS, WITH TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER TEAMS.

>> A LOT.

IT IS HARD TO DO IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

ANY CLASSIFICATION.

AND WE FEEL GOOD THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS TO GET US HERE.

AND OUR YOUNG MEN AT JEFFERSON BOUGHT INTO IT.

YEAR THREE, HERE WE ARE.

HOPEFULLY WON'T BE THE LAST TIME WE'RE HERE.

>> DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR.

WHAT HAS YOUR DAY BEEN LIKE?

>> BUSY MORNING.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SCHOOL ADJUSTED THE SCHEDULE.

SO THE GUYS HAVE TO GO TO THREE CLASSES BEFORE WE GOT OUT.

AND ATE LUNCH AND JUMPED ON THE BUS AND HEADED DOWN.

A BUSY DAY FOR THEM.

>> MORE QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

>> DID YOU GET OUT EARLY?

>> WE STUDIED ON THE WAY.

>> I'M SURPRISED BY THAT.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

WHAT IS THE VIBE LIKE THERE THIS WEEK BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT IS PART OF CALHOUN'S ANTICIPATION AND PART OF THE PEDIGREE TO BE PLAYING IN THE LAST GAME.

>> EVERY TEAM IS DIFFERENT.

SUPER PROUD OF THIS TEAM AND THESE COACHES AND THAT'S --TAKES A LOT TO GET HERE.

A LOT OF EBBS AND FLOWS AND PEAKS AND VALLEY.

AND THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION YOU HAVE FROM YOUR PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATION.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAD TO DO IT ON THE ROAD.

SOME OF THE GAMES HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD.

WHAT IS IT LIKE WHERE YOU HAD TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF ON THE ROAD AND TO GET HERE.

>> GOING ON THE ROAD, IT IS A DIFFERENT MENTALITY TOO AND KIND OF YOU AND YOUR PLAYERS AND FANS AGAINST THE OTHER TEAM AND THEIR CROWD AND THEIR HOME FIELD.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GOT A PICK AND BLOCK AND TACKLE.

THAT WIN FOOTBALL GAMES.

>> FIVE REGION TITLES IN A ROW FOR JEFFERSON.

YOU'VE BEEN THERE THREE YEARS, GOT ALL THREE OF THOSE.

BRAG ON YOUR PLAYERS.

>> GAVIN MARKEY IS OUR LEADER.

HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF OUR OFFENSE.

HE'S A REALLY TOUGH, VERY PHYSICAL PLAYER TO PLAY THE POSITION OF QUARTERBACK.

BUT WE JUST GOT A BUNCH OF AVERAGE GUYS THAT PLAY REALLY WELL TOGETHER.

WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY THAT ARE ON ANY RECRUITING BOARDS OR WE DON'T HAVE A FIVE STAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON OUR TEAM.

WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS THAT ENJOY EACH OVER.

THEY EMBRACE HARD WORK.

AND WE'RE NOT --WE DON'T HAVE MANY SUPERSTARS, WE JUST GOT SOME GUYS THAT LIKE TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> REALLY GOOD COACHES.

LET'S TALK ABOUT Xs AND Os.

WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO THE GAME?

>> HE SAID MOST OF THEM.

WE'RE WINNING FOOTBALL THE SAME.

GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE BALL.

AND THEY GOT A GREAT TEAM, THEY GOT, WE GOT SOME MATCHUP NIGHTMARE S FOR US WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN HANG IN THERE AND KEEP IT CLOSE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> COACHES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

DO NOT FORGET THIS GAME IS COMING UP AT 4:00.

>> THEY GET TO GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM.

>> DON'T FORGET.

4:00, AAA TITLE BETWEEN CALHOUN AND JEFFERSON.

IT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME.

A QUICK BREAK.

COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO RECAP WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR GAME NOW, THE PRIVATE BOYS DIVISION.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

>> BACK.

IT IS TIME FOR THE GEORGIA PLAYER SPOTLIGHT.

WE'RE FEATURING PEACH COUNTY FOOTBALL STANDOUT DJ HUDSON.

HE THRIVES UNDER PRESSURE, OVERCOMES EVERY OBSTACLE AND HAS IVY LEAGUE SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS IN FOOTBALL AND PLAYS BASEBALL.

HERE'S HIS STORY.

>> AT 4 YEARS OLD, ASKED HIM WHAT HE WANTS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY, CONES, A WHITE MARKER BOARD SO HE CAN DRAW PLAYS.

>> HE'S A CEREBRAL QUARTERBACK.

HE'S ATHLETIC.

HE CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL AND THROW THE FOOTBALL.

>> OF COURSE, SOMETIMES YOU FEEL PRESSURE.

BUT MOST OF THE TIME YOU GOT TO OVERCOME THAT AND BE ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH THAT AND KEEP PLAYING.

>> ALL OF THE TURMOIL AND ALL THE HEARTACHE HE'S GONE THROUGH, THOUGH, IT HAS BUILT HIS CHARACTER WHERE HE CAN BE STRONG AND WHY HE'S ABLE TO BE AS GOOD AS HE IS RIGHT NOW.

>> DJ IS OING TO HAVE A BIG DECISION TO MAKE SOON.

THANK YOU, CONGRATS, DJ AND ALL THE SUCCESS.

WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE QUICK BREAK.

COMING UP NEXT, WE WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FIRST HALF.

SEE YOU IN A MINUTE.

> >> WELCOME BACK.

IF YOU'RE JUST NOW JOINING US, WE'RE AT THE HALF OF THE PRIVATE DIVISION BOYS GAME PAC VERSUS HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

LOOK AT THE SCORE ON OUR SCOREBOARD, PRETTY SURROUND PRISING.

>> YOU GO OUT INTO THE CONCOURSE, THEY WANDER IN AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE SCORE AND THEN THEY SEE THAT AT ONE POINT IT WAS 28- 7, 35-7, THEY GO, WOW, OKAY.

BUT HEBRON CHRISTIAN WITH THE LEAD.

THEY GOT THE BIG CHUNK PLAYS, A LOT OF YARDAGE UNDER THEIR BELT.

IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR FROM GREG VANDAGRIFF DOWN ON THE FIELD WITH CODY IN A A BIT WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS ALL ABOUT DOWN 21.

YOU DID SEE AFTER THEY WERE DOWN, YOU SAW THEM COME BACK WITH ANOTHER CHUNK PLAY SCORE TO GO DOWN BY 21.

INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT COACH FRAND VANDAGRIFF IS GOING TO SAY.

>> CHRISTIAN GARRETT SIGNED WITH GEORGIA TECH OVER 21 OTHER OFFERS.

PRETTY EXCITING STUFF.

WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS OVERLOOKED -- >> WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS THAT ARE OVERLOOKED.

>> THEY PLAYED SO WELL, THEY MADE IT THIS WEEK TO THE BENZ.

HERE IS OUR CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION OF MAKE THAT KID AN OFFER!

WE START WITH KADEN TIMINA, HE HAD BACK-TO- BACK 100 TACKLE PLUS SEASONS.

HE HAS WHEELS, AND RUNS A 4.

78 40- YARD DASH.

HE QUALIFIED AS A STATE PLACER AND HOLDS A 3.

9 GPA.

NEXT UP, ELIJAH MILLER, HE HAS OVER 1300 YARDS ON THE GROUND, AVERAGING 5 1/2 YARDS PER CARRY AND $20 CAREER TOUCHDOWN FOR THE RAMS.

HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BASEBALL TEAM.

THEN SANTANA BALLKER, ONE OF THE TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE SEASONS.

HE LED THE TEAM IN TACKLES, AND HE HAS A CAREER 267 TACKLES, 161 OF THOSE SOLO.

HE ALSO PLAYS BASEBALL FOR THE RAIDERS.

NEXT UP, GAVIN FLETCHER, DURING HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON, HE WAS AWARDED FIRST TEAM WIDE RECEIVER IN REGION 3 AA.

HE AVERAGES 17 YARDS A CATCH AND SCORED 15 YEAR TOUCHDOWNS.

A MULTITALENTED ATHLETE PLAYING SECOND IN STATE HIGH JUMP AND MENTION IN BASKETBALL.

AND FINALLY, CARROLLTON JR. LINEBACKER SPRATLY NEEDS MORE OFFERS.

HE PLAYS THREE SPORTS, WINNING THE 2023 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN DISCUS AND ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM.

A COUPLE OF PLAYERS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> YEAH.

YOU HAVE TAMINA, MORE TAPE TO LOOK AT ON HIM.

THEN FLETCHER, STATE CHAMP.

WIDE SIDE OF THE FIELD, AND SANTANA, A FORCE FOR NORTHEAST IN THEIR GAME AGAINST TOMBS.

INTERESTING TO SEE FLETCHER AND BALKAN.

A LOT OF GREAT ATHLETES.

A LOT OF GREAT ATHLETES ON DISPLAY.

>> AND A LOT MORE.

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH -- WE'RE HERE, WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THREE DAYS.

WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT'S TO COME HERE ON GPB.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS REGIONS HALFTIME JOHN NELSON, I'M HANNAH GOODEN.

WILL WE'LL GET YOU BACK TO THE SECOND HALF OF HEBRON AND PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

WE'LL SEE WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE.

> >> WELCOME BACK INSIDE THE MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA.

GORGEOUS DAY OUTSIDE, INSIDE AS WELL.

IF YOU ARE A LIEN FROM HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THE FIRST 24 MINUTES WERE ALL HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

LARRY SMITH AND SAM CRENSHAW BACK RIGHT NOW.

WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A MUCH CLOSER GAME.

THE LIONS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF GREAT FIELD POSITION, GREAT PLAY CALLING AND JUST SOME GREAT ATHLETIC PLAYS TO BUILD THIS LEAD HERE AT HALFTIME.

>> UNCHARACTERISTIC MISCUES BY PRINCE AVENUE.

THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ELIMINATE ANY TYPE OF TURNOVERS WHEN THEY PLAY IN THE REGULAR SEASON, THERE WERE THREE TURNOVERS BY THE LIONS.

NONE THIS TIME.

THEY PLAYED A CLEAN FOOTBALL GAME.

>> 21 POINTS.

AND THE INTERCEPTION, THEY'RE LATE TO HOLD OFF THAT WOLVERINE DRIVE AND KEEP THIS THREE TOUCHDOWN GAME.

OUR COACHES INTERVIEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY JOHNNY'S PIZZA.

LET'S GO TO CODY WITH THE COACH.

>> UNFAMILIAR SITUATION FOR YOUR GUYS.

WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM AT HALFTIME?

>> LITTLE BIT UNCHARTERED TERRITORY.

JUST ONE DRIVE AT A TIME, ONE DOWN AT A TIME.

WE TURN THE GAME AROUND, JUST WE SAID MAYBE THIS IS A GREAT CHAPTER TO THE NEXT PART OF THE BOOK.

>> WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET THE OFFENSE GOING?

>> GOOD QUESTION.

BEST PLAYER IS NOT PLAYING, WE HANDED THE BALL OFF A LOT TO ANDREW BEARD IN FOURTH AND TWO SITUATION.

AND THE KID IS SO TALENTED HE CAN HELP US GET THAT AND KEEP THAT DRIVE GOING.

A LOT OF FOURTH AND TWOS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE STEP UP.

GAME 15.

OUR O-LINE AND QUARTERBACKS AND RECEIVERS HAVE TO STEP UP.

>> ANKLE INJURY FOR HIM?

>> HE GOT HURT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE LAST GAME AND CAN'T COME OUT DEFENSIVELY, WHAT DO YOU DO TO SLOW IT DOWN.

>> GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> THEY'LL GET THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF.

>> YEAH.

SWEET.

OUR INTERVIEWS PRESENTED BY JOHNNY'S PIESIA.

SO, 35-14, FIRST HALF HALFTIMES.

WE SAW SOME CRAMPING BY THOMAS STALLWORTH.

WE'LL SEE HOW HE COMES OUT HERE AT HALFTIME.

FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS, THE EAGLES GOT THE SCORING GOING EARLY ON WITH THEIR STAR RUNNING BACK, CALDWELL.

>> SHOWS YOU WHY THEY HAD A GREAT SEASON.

DEFENDERS THERE.

FINDS HIS WAY TO THE END ZONE.

GOOD BLOCKING TOO.

>> OUTSTANDING.

THEN ONE PLAY LATER, BEN MUSSER COMES IN, DIDN'T START.

JAKE BOBO STARTED THE FIRST TWO SERIES.

MUSSER COMES IN.

NOT A BIG DEAL FOR PRINCE AVENUE.

THIS WAS.

80 YARDS HE RUNS FROM SCRIMMAGE TO BREAK OPEN THE SCORING FOR THE WOLVERINES AND TIEING THE GAME AT 7.

THAT TIE WAS SHORT LIVED.

THE QUARTERBACK STALLWORTH COMES BACK.

KEEPS IT HIMSELF.

DIVES IN.

THEY SAID, YES.

HE WAS IN.

14-7 GAME INTO THE FIRST QUARTER.

CALDWELL THEN, DIRECT SNAP, UP AND OVER LIKE HE'S SUPERMAN.

21-7.

AND THEN JARVIS MATHURIN, CALDWELL AGAIN.

THAT WAS AFTER A MATHURIN TOUCHDOWN THAT MADE IT 28.

HERE'S MATHURIN, APOLOGIZE.

WITH THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> AFTER BURNERS, DOESN'T HE?

>> 50 YARDS FOR MATHURIN.

PRINCE AVENUE CAME BACK TO SCORE.

MUSSER TO DOCKERY.

35- 14 AND THAT'S WHERE WE STAND HERE AS WE START THE SECOND HALF.

WE CHECK OUT THE STATS.

IT IS REALLY -- YOU SAW PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN ON THAT FINAL SERIES THAT THEY HAD.

200 YARD MARK.

IT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A HEBRON CHRISTIAN HALF ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

>> AND LOOK AT THE BOTTOM STAT ONCE AGAIN, 30 PLUS YARD PLAYS, ADVANTAGE TO HEBRON CHRISTIAN THERE AS WELL.

YOU SEE THE RUNNING GAME, PASSING GAME BY PRINCE AVENUE.

DOCKERY, TOUCHDOWN CATCH, ONE OF THE GUYS I'M SURE COACH WANTS TO SEE STEP UP IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> BEARD WITH THE INJURY AS WELL.

NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS HE WOULD LIKE TO BE.

IT HAS BEEN REALLY TOUGH FOR THESE WOLVERINES THAT TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING CONSISTENTLY.

HAD THAT DRIVE, THE TOUCHDOWN DRIVE, BUT THE INTERCEPTION, THE GREAT PLAY BY GERRITT KEMP, OUTSTANDING PLAY TO STEAL THAT BALL AWAY.

THE INTERCEPTION, FIRST TURNOVER OF THE GAME BEFORE HALFTIME.

AND THEN HERE WE GO STARTING THE SECOND HALF.

WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR THE QUARTERBACK NUMBER 16 FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

THOMAS STALLWORTH, SAW HIM GO DOWN LATE IN THE HALF WITH CRAMPING.

WE TALKED TO THE COACH AND HE CONFESSED IT IS CRAMPING, IT IS HOT IN HERE.

>> A NUMBER OF COACHES TALK ABOUT THAT BEING A CONCERN COMING INTO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.

THEY LOVE TO COME IN HERE, THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND THE AMBIENCE AND ATMOSPHERE AND PLAYING WHERE YOU CROWN A NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPION HERE.

YOU HAD SUPER BOWLS PLAYED HERE.

BUT THIS IS HOT.

THIS IS HOT COMPARED TO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

NICE TO SEE THEM RUNNING LIKE HE'S DOING THERE.

LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO GO.

>> HE'S OUT ON THE KICK TEAM, SO, YOU KNOW, LOOSEN THE LEG BEFORE HE TAKES UNDER CENTER IF YOU WILL OF THE QUARTERBACK OF THE LIONS TEAM.

24 MINUTES DOWN, 24 MINUTES TO GO.

COACH VANDAGRIFF TRYING TO DRAW SOMETHING UP.

DON'T BE SURPRISED.

HE SAID I'M NOT THE KIND OF COACH THAT WON'T PLAY RUN OF PLAY IF WE HAVEN'T PRACTICED IT.

HE SAID HE'S BEEN ON THE SIDELINE.

JUST LIKE IN THE SAND LOT, HE'LL DRAW A PLAY UP IN THE DIRT.

>> TIME NOW FOR OUR KICKOFF, KICKOFF WHEN WE KICKOFF IN THE SECOND HALF BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEORGIA.

>> K. J. THOMAS, THEY KICKED IT SHORT AND RETURNS.

>> ONCE AGAIN, REALLY TO ME THE BIG THEME OF THIS GAME SO FAR IS THE GREAT FIELD POSITION THEY HAD EVERY SINGLE TIME.

START THE BALL, START THE DRIVE AT MIDFIELD.

>> THERE YOU GET A LOOK AT STALLWORTH, READY TO GET THINGS STARTED HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK.

WHAT A HALF HE HAD.

HE'S OKAY.

SO IS THIS MAN.

CALDWELL ON FIRST DOWN.

CALDWELL, HIS FOURTH, SCORE OF THE GAME, HE'S BROUGHT DOWN SHORT.

WHAT A RUN FOR CALDWELL GOING OVER THE 100 YARD MARK FOR THE GAME.

47 YARDS THERE.

FIRST AND GOAL ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE SECOND HALF FOR THE LIONS.

>> LUKE DARLING MAKING A TOUCHDOWN SAVING PLAY.

HE POPS UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND RUNS AWAY FROM EVERYBODY AND DARLING IS GOING TO COME UP THERE AND MAKE THE STOP.

SAVE THE SCORE.

>> OUTSTANDING JOB.

CALDWELL'S NUMBERS, 12 CARRIES, 150 YARDS.

THE RED ZONE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALFA INSURANCE.

>> STALLWORTH, HIS OWN NUMBER FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

HIS SECOND SCORE OF THE GAME.

35 SECONDS IN.

THE LION S S. >> TOUCHDOWN.

>> GOT A WHISTLE HERE.

>> FLAG ON THE PLAY, HOWEVER.

>> FLAG IN THE END ZONE.

>> REFEREE RUSS NELSON, WEARING THE WHITE HAT.

HE'LL TELL US WHAT'S UP?

>> TOUCHDOWN.

AFTER THE PLAY, ON THE OFFENSE, 15-YARD PENALTY ASSESSED ON THE KICKOFF.

>> SO THE TOUCHDOWN WILL STAND.

>> THAT WAS ON THE QUARTERBACK.

SOMETHING THAT HE MUST HAVE DONE WITH THE BALL, SOMETHING IN THE END ZONE AFTERWARDS.

>> EBLEN FOR THE EXTRA POINT.

HE'S BEEN BUSY TODAY.

>> KICK IS UP AND GOOD AFTER THE THREE- YARD RUN BY THOMAS STALLWORTH THE SENIOR.

A LOOK AT IT HERE.

>> RIGHT OFF ADAM CANNON, NUMBER 72.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT HEADING TO THE NEXT LEVEL, PLAYING FOR VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE IN COLLEGE.

LOOK AT DEVIN CALDWELL, HE HAD THE BIG 47-YARD RUN TO SET THE PLAY UP.

TWO PLAYS FOR THE SCORING DRIVE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN FOR 50 YARDS, 35 SECONDS.

>> IT ALL STARTS WITH THE KICKOFF RETURN.

REALLY, YOU TALK ABOUT IT.

BACK TO K. J. THOMAS, THE SHORT KICK, GREAT FIELD POSITION.

YOU GET THAT KIND OF FIELD POSITION TO START THE SECOND HALF, IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF OPTIONS, THINGS YOU CAN DO AND YOU CAN START BACK ON YOUR 20 OR DEEPER, CLOSER TO YOUR OWN END ZONE.

>> AND THE HEBRON DEFENSE, HEBRON CHRISTIAN DEFENSE HAS DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB FORCING --WE TALKED AGAIN, COACH VANDAGRIFF HATES TO PUNT.

TOLD US I THINK THAT'S KIND OF CONCEDING DEFEAT.

BUT THEY HAD TO PUNT SEVERAL TIMES.

AND THE ONE TURNOVER, THE INTERCEPTION BY KEMP LATE IN THE HALF TO START ANOTHER PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN DRIVE AS THEY WERE TRYING TO GET PAST MIDFIELD.

THE PENALTIES AS WELL, THEY HAD OFFSETTING PENALTIES ON HEBRON CHRISTIAN PUNT, A LONG DRIVE.

THE FIRST KICK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RETURNED BY THE WOLVERINES, A FAIR CATCH, SO SHORT.

IN THE HANDS OF SHOEMAKER.

>> FAIR CATCH.

THAT'S GOING TO GET PRINCE AVENUE SOME GOOD WORKING ROOM, GOOD AREA TO WORK.

YOU TALK ABOUT BEING HANDICAPPED NOW, AND REALLY BEING HELD BACK HIM, NOT HAVING BEARD AVAILABLE TO REALLY PLAY.

YOU WOULD NEED HIM RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO GET THIS TEAM TO HAVE A SUSTAINED DRIVE AND CHANCE TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE BALL GAME.

>> CHANGES THINGS, MUSSER, 80-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN, HIS FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE EARLIER IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

98 YARDS.

NINE OF 12 PASSING, MEANWHILE.

KEEPS IT HIMSELF HERE.

>> MUSSER GOING FOR IT.

SEEING A HELMET COME OFF THERE.

LOST A HAT.

42, FRED MOSES.

>> TWO-YARD PICKUP BY MUSSER.

HURRY UP OFFENSE.

THEY NEED TO HURRY UP.

DOWN FOUR TOUCHDOWNS EARLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER ON GPB.

GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.

PITCH AND CATCH COMPLETE.

FIRST DOWN.

MUSSER FINDING HIS MAN.

JORDAN HESTER.

>> HESTER PRODUCTIVE RECEIVER THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS SEASON.

32 CATCHES AND 414 YARDS, SIX TOUCHDOWNS COMING INTO THE GAME.

A COMPLETION, HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO TO PICK UP THE YARDS AND MOVE THE STICKS.

THAT'S GOOD IT GET THE FIRST DOWN.

>> PICK UP NINE THERE.

CROSSING MIDFIELD TO THE 49 OF THE LIONS.

MUSSER, A BLOCKER.

GOOD PICKUP ON FIRST DOWN.

MARK THAT AT THE 43 YARD LINE.

>> MUSSER TOOK THAT ONE, RIGHT BESIDE BIG NUMBER 65, CODY MITCHELL.

HE SAID, LET'S GO.

>> HE'S FOLLOWING YOU.

>> NICE PICKUP.

>> SECOND AND FOUR AND A FLAG ON THE PLAY.

>> ON THE DEFENSE, FIVE- YARD PENALTY, RESULTS IN A FIRST DOWN.

>> MOVES THE STICKS.

>> LIONS, RARE MISTAKE, COSTING THE FIRST DOWN HERE.

NOW DOWN TO THE 38.

FIRST AND 10 FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, THEY HAVE WON THREE OF THE LAST FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, TRYING TO GO FOUR FOR FIVE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, HEBRON CHRISTIAN, TRYING TO WIN THE FIRST BUT FOR JONATHAN GESS, HIS SEVENTH AFTER WINNING SIX BEFORE CHANGING SCHOOLS.

GOOD PROTECTION FROM MUSSER.

TRYING TO GO DEEP TO THE END ZONE.

TIGHT END THERE.

KNOCKED AWAY.

GREAT DEFENSE.

GREAT RECOVERY RIGHT THERE BY GERRITT KEMP.

THE BALL DID HANG UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE AIR, ALLOWING THEM TO COME IN AND MAKE THE PLAY.

>> THE LINE GAVE THEM GREAT TIME TO PICK OUT A TARGET.

DECIDES TO GO FOR THE END ZONE.

TWO DEFENDERS THERE.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THE TIME.

>> YEAH.

>> FANTASTIC WORK BY THAT LINE.

>> EVEN BETTER WORK BY THE TWO DEFENDERS.

>> MUSSER, 225 TOTAL YARDS IN THIS GAME.

106 ON THE GROUND.

119 THROUGH THE AIR.

FIFTH PLAY OF THE DRIVE.

MUSSER KEEPS IT, ON THE GROUND, FIRST DOWN, SPINS OUT OF THAT.

STILL ON HIS FEET.

MUSSER, HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY.

38 YARDS.

AND THE WOLVERINES ANSWER WITH A SCORE.

>> HE SAID, COACH, I CAN DO IT.

ALL I NEED IS A GOOD SNAP AND THE CREASE ON THE RUN.

I CAN MAKE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MISS.

AND TAKE IT THE REST OF THE WAY.

LOOK AT THIS PLAY.

FINDS THAT, ONE DEFENDER, TWO MORE DEFENDERS.

KEEPS HIS FEET AND OUTRUNS EVERYBODY.

SOPHOMORE, BEN MUSSER, 144 YARDS RUSHING.

EXTRA POINT, UP AND GOOD.

CHIP DICKENS.

THE FIREWORKS CONTINUE.

>> TWO TOUCHDOWNS HERE, FIRST TWO AND A HALF MINUTES OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

MUSSER ON THE BOARD FOR THE SECOND TIME AS THE WOLVERINES TRY TO FIGHT BACK.

>> PLENTY OF ACTION HERE.

GOOD LOOK AT THE QUARTERBACK, BEN MUSSER, THE SOPHOMORE FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

LET'S GO DOWN TO CODY.

>> STANDING AT THE GOAL LINE, WHERE MUSSER SCORED, WAS THERE A FORMER QUARTERBACK AARON FILO, OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN YEAR, PLAYED A LOT THIS YEAR, BAILEY STOCKTON, WHO PLAYED AT PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN NOW, A RECEIVER AT GEORGIA TECH, BOTH DIES ON THE SIDELINE AND DON'T FORGET FIVE-STAR BROCK VANDAGRIFF OUT OF PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, THE QUARTERBACK AT KENTUCKY NOW.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THREE YEARS AT GEORGIA, SHORT KICK.

>> 28 YARD LINE.

THAT'S MATHURIN, THAT'S THE GUY YOU DON'T WANT TO KICK IT TO.

ABLE TO FIND HIS WAY FREE FOR A FEW YARDS AFTER THAT.

ONCE AGAIN, GREAT FIELD POSITION FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

SO, GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT HERE.

SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN, FIVE PLAYS, 60 YARDS, 139 IS ALL IT TOOK.

FOR THE WOLVERINES.

THE 32-YARD LINE IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO START.

THEY HAVE ONLY STARTED INSIDE THEIR OWN 30, ONLY ONCE TODAY.

>> WHAT AN ADVANTAGE.

>> SHORT FIELD EVERY SINGLE TIME.

IN THE HANDS OF MATHURIN, GREAT PURSUIT, MAKING THE STOP FOR THE WOLVERINES.

WE WERE SAYING BEFORE THE BREAK, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, IT IS IMPERATIVE.

THEY HAVE TO MAKE A STOP ON THIS DRIVE.

>> CHRISTIAN GARRETT COMING UP WITH THAT ONE.

TFL, BIG TIME STUFF.

>> LOSS OF THREE THERE.

CALDWELL THIS TIME.

HE'S HAD A BIG DAY ALREADY.

BUT STOP THERE FOR MINIMAL GAIN.

BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

THAT BRING UP A THIRD AND 13 AND, AGAIN, ANOTHER BIG PLAY HERE FOR THE DEFENSE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN DEFENSE SEEMED TO REALLY KIND OF TIGHTEN THE SCREWS HERE.

THEY'RE IN THE SECOND HALF.

THEY GOT A LOT OF --THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS COMEBACK.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THEY GET A STOP HERE.

THIRD AND LONG.

>> CALDWELL'S NUMBERS 13 CARRIES, 155 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF.

ALMOST HAD A FOURTH ONE HERE TO START THE SECOND HALF.

STALLWORTH LETS IT FLY.

HE'S GOT A MAN.

MATHURIN, BEHIND THE DEFENSE, ONE MAN TO BEAT AND HE BRINGS HIM DOWN.

WHAT A GREAT JOB TO TACKLE HIM AND BRING HIM DOWN BY LUKE DARLING.

THAT'S THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN SAVING TACKLE HE'S MADE IN THIS QUARTER.

>> BOTH DEFENDERS STOOD AND GOT A PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDERS.

WHEN THEY DID, THERE IS THE DEFENDER, JUST RAN RIGHT PAST EVERYBODY.

>> 61 YARDS ON THE PASS PLAY THERE FROM STALLWORTH TO MATHURIN.

ONCE AGAIN, HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THE LIONS, KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AGAIN.

>> FRUSTRATING FOR THE PRINCE AVENUE DEFENSE TO HAVE A THIRD AND LONG NOW, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET THE BALL BACK AND THEN THIS PLAY HAPPENS.

>> WE SAW BEFORE ON THIRD DOWN, THIRD AND NINE, AND THEY GOT 11-YARD COMPLETION TO MATHURIN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

WE'RE NOW IN THE RED ZONE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALFA INSURANCE.

>> FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.

>> AND WE GOT A TIME-OUT BY HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

JONATHAN GESS, HEAD COACH, IN HIS THIRD YEAR AT THE HELM.

TALK ABOUT GOING UP THERE IN GWINNETT COUNTY AND ALL THE POWER PROGRAMS AROUND HIM THERE, AND HE SAID WE GOT GUYS COMING IN.

WE GOT THE SECOND THING, THIRD STRING GUYS COMING INTO OUR PROGRAM AND WE BUILD THEM UP AT THAT POINT.

THE LAST FIVE APPEARANCES, THEY MADE NINE STRAIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCES, BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET OVER THE HUMP.

WE MENTIONED THE QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCE IN 2019 WAS THE DEEPEST THEY GOT INTO THE PLAYOFFS BEFORE THIS YEAR.

AND EVEN LAST YEAR, TALKED ABOUT, HEY, LOOK, WE LOST LAST YEAR BY A FIELD GOAL TO CEDAR GROVE, WHICH WENT ON TO WIN THE STATE TITLE.

WE KNEW AT THAT POINT, WE MAY NOT BE THAT FAR AWAY.

IT IS NOT A BAD LOSS AT ALL.

>> COACH HAS THEM GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

HE SAW IT AS A CHALLENGE.

LIKE YOU SAID, TO COME INTO THAT COUNTY, PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM, GET SOME PLAYERS TO COME IN AND REALLY BELIEVE AND GROW AND HERE THEY ARE.

>> FIRST DOWN, CALDWELL.

AND MISSES A FIRST --OR GOAL TO GO SITUATION FROM THE 10 YARD LINE.

>> JUDGE SHOEMAKER, HE HAD A BUSY AFTERNOON.

>> YES, HE HAS.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN HERE TAKING THE TIME ON EVERY PLAY AND NO HURRY.

LETTING THE CLOCK RUN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

>> SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE FIVE.

PLAY CLOCK AT FIVE.

CALDWELL, NO SIGNAL YET.

AND THE OFFICIAL IS SAYING HE'S STOPPED INCHES SHY OF THE GOAL LINE.

AS CLOSE AS IT GETS.

>> SAW SOME OF HIS TEEP AMMATES PUTTING BOTH HANDS UP.

>> YEAH.

>> THIRD AND GOAL FROM THE SIX INCH LINE.

STALLWORTH GOES UP TOP.

TOUCHDOWN.

QUARTERBACK THOMAS STALLWORTH, SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE QUARTER, THIRD OF THE GAME AND THE LIONS TACK ON SIX MORE.

>> YOU SAW CALDWELL DO IT.

LET ME TRY THIS.

I WAS CRAMPING UP BEFORE HALFTIME.

GOT THE LEGS TREATED AT HALFTIME.

AND HE TRIED THEM OUT.

GOES OVER THE TOP.

>> EXTRA POINT, UP AND GOOD.

STALLWORTH THE SENIOR GETTING IT DONE FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN AS WE BRING YOU THE SCORING DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

SIX PLAYS, 68 RDS.

2:05 TO GET TO THE END ZONE.

THE LIONS BUMP THE ADVANTAGE BACK UP TO THE FOUR TOUCHDOWN S. >> THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING, THOUGH, LARRY, DURING THAT POSSESSION, WAS HAVING HEBRON AT THIRD AND 13.

AND ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS GET THAT PLAY IN, DO SOMETHING TO STOP THEM AND GET A CHANCE TO GET THE BALL BACK, POSSIBLY PUT MORE POINTS ON THE BOARD AND TIGHTEN UP THE SCORE INSTEAD.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN GETS A CHANCE TO EXTEND THE LEAD.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS -- THAT'S THE TOUGHEST THING ABOUT IT.

RIGHT THERE, MAKE TWO GREAT PLAYS.

YOU'RE IN THE BACKFIELD, YOU GOT THEM BEHIND THE CHAINS.

AND THEN THEY TAKE THE TOP OFF.

61 YARDS TO JARVIS MATHURIN.

>> AND DOING IT ON THE GROUND.

BOTH TEAMS ONLY ONE TOUCHDOWN IN THE AIR.

THAT WAS A MUSSER TOUCHDOWN PASS TO DOCKERY LATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

EVERY OTHER TOUCHDOWN HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND.

AND EBLEN WITH THE KICK, TAKES IT DEEP.

AND THE END ZONE, HE MISSED THE L THIS TIME.

SO, HE'S OFF.

>> JUST A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S HAD A GREAT DAY TOO.

>> HE HAS.

HE HAS.

>> 6:33 TO GO IN THE QUARTER.

YOU STILL GOT SOME TIME AND PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, GOT TO MAKE SOME THINGS HAPPEN AND GOT TO DO IT FAIRLY QUICKLY.

>> YEAH.

>> AND, AGAIN, WITHOUT YOUR STAR RUNNING BACK, BEARD, THE SOPHOMORE HAVING SOME INJURY ISSUES.

TRYING TO MAKE IT A GO.

BUT HAS NOT.

EMPTY BACKFIELD NOW FOR BEN MUSS ERIK THE SOPHOMORE.

HE'S GOT TWO RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS ON THE DAY.

PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN NEEDS A LOT OF POINTS.

AND IN A HURRY.

>> MUSSER.

SHORT GAIN, BRINGS UP SECOND DOWN.

>> BIG STICK BY STROUD MORRIS.

>> RIGHT BACK UP ON THE LINE.

>> HURRY UP OFFENSE.

>> WHAT A TACKLE IN THE BACKFIELD.

WHAT A JOB, AGAIN.

MORRIS.

>> STROUD MORRIS, BIG STOP IN THE BACKFIELD.

BIG LOSS.

>> LOOK AT IT HERE.

THIRD AND 17 NOW, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 13 YARD LINE.

HILL IN MOTION.

MUSSER, GETS IT OUT TO HESTER.

GOOD PICKUP, BUT SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.

STILL BRINGS UP FOURTH AND SEVEN ON THE TEN-YARD PICKUP ON THE PASS PLAY.

AND THE PUNT TEAM COMES OUT FOR THE WOLVERINES.

>> CAN'T GET THAT DRIVE GOING AND CAN'T GET THIRD DOWN, CONVERSIONS.

AND CAN'T EVEN FLIP THE FIELD.

CAN'T GET ENOUGH YARDS TO GET IT TO -- YOU'RE TRYING TO PEN THE LIONS BACK.

RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TWO RECEIVERS TO TAKE THIS.

THE 37, 39 YARD LINE.

JAKE BOBO WITH THE PUNT.

HE'LL LET IT GO.

ROLL INSIDE.

DOWN TO THE 27 YARD LINE.

50-YARD PICKUP AND, OF COURSE, NO RETURN THERE.

WE WATCH THE LIONS TAKE FIRST DOWN FROM THERE.

PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, LAST FIVE APPEARANCES, THREE OF THE LAST FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS, LAST TWO YEARS OVER SWAINSBOROUGH.

SPLIT WITH TRINITY CHRISTIAN BEFORE THAT.

WHAT A GREAT JOB DOWN THERE.

THE SCHOOL IN SHARPSBURG, COMING IN BIG, WINNING -- WOLVERINES WON 41-21 BACK IN 2020 WITH THE COACH'S SON BROCK VANDAGRIFF AT THE HELM LOSING THE NEXT YEAR 55- 28 TO TRINITY CHRISTIAN.

TRYING TO MAKE IT FOUR TITLES IN FIVE YEARS.

THEY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

TWO MORE GAMES AFTER THIS ONE.

LIONS ON THE GROUND IN FIRST DOWN.

STARTING AT THE 27, MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO.

THAT'S THE SECOND WORST FIELD POSITION THEY HAD THIS ENTIRE GAME.

THEY WERE PINNED BACK AFTER A PENALTY ON THE 15 YARD LINE ONCE.

OTHERWISE, STARTING ON THE 33, 40, 47, 47, 50, 48, 45, 50, IT HAS BEEN A SHORT FIELD, AND THAT'S HELPED THEM BUILD FOUR TOUCHDOWN LEAD HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> BIG KEY FOR THEM.

DOWN ON THE GROUND.

NOT ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN THAT TIME.

>> WE HAVEN'T CALLED ADRIAN'S NUMBER MUCH.

THE SENIOR WITH THE GOOD PUSH THERE.

HAD A CARRY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

TO THE 25.

THE CLOCK THE ENEMY OF THE WOLVERINES.

STALLWORTH TAKES IT HIMSELF AND GETS A FIRST DOWN.

ONCE AGAIN, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN UNABLE TO MAKE A STOP ON THIRD DOWN AND FORCES A PUNT, INSTEAD, HEBRON CHRISTIAN MOVING THE CHAINS.

>> HEBRON BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME CONVERSIONS.

MADE THREE OUT OF SEVEN THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS.

TWO FOR TWO ON FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS.

MEANWHILE, PRINCE AVENUE IS 0 FOR THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS, 0 FOR 7 ON THIRD, 0 FOR 2 ON FOURTH.

>> AND THERE IS THE GAME RIGHT THERE.

>> YEAH.

>> FIRST DOWN.

ABOUT A YARD.

SECOND AND NINE.

LOOK AT HIM.

TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY HAVE DONE ON THE GROUND.

COACH TOLD US, HE SAID, LOOK, WE DON'T GO TO THE GAME THINKING TO BE BALANCED, RUN PASS.

WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER YOU GIVE US.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE DONE THAT.

THEY HAVE SEEN LONG PASS PLAYS.

LONG RUN PLAYS.

>> YOU CREDIT THE BIG GUYS UP FRONT NOW.

THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING IT DONE.

THERE IS YOUR LINE.

>> SECOND AND NINE.

CALDWELL BACK IN AFTER A COUPLE OF RUNS BY HOLLINGSHED.

A SHORT GAME, JUST ABOUT ONE.

BRINGS UP THIRD AND EIGHT.

CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN.

GETTING CLOSE TO THE TWO- MINUTE MARK IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

CALM CROWD TODAY, UNLIKE WE HAVE SEEN OTHER GAMES.

>> THEY HAVE GOTTEN THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING.

IT WASN'T THAT WAY IN THE FIRST HALF.

THE CROWDS HAVE SHOWED THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR TEAM IN THIS SITUATION BEFORE.

>> THEY HAVE TRAVELED VERY WELL.

A LOT OF PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN FANS RIGHT HERE BELOW US.

WE'RE ON THE SIDELINE HERE BEHIND THE PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN BENCH.

THAT WAS STALLWORTH ON THE KEEPER THERE.

THE HIT AND THE STOP.

>> COACH VANDAGRIFF SAID IT IS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY.

NOT THE USUAL PLACE THEY FIND THEMSELVES ANYTIME DURING THE COURSE OF THE SEASON.

GOT TO STOP HERE AND FORCE A PUNT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> FOURTH DOWN PLAY.

WOLVERINES MAKE A STOP.

THAT'S BIG.

CAM EBLEN IS ON TO KICK.

DOCKERY BACK, A LOT OF STEAM, A LOT OF GREEN AHEAD OF HIM.

TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY.

DOCKERY TRYING TO GET AWAY.

WHAT A RETURN BY DOCKERY.

45 YARDS ON THE KICK, 55 YARDS ON THE RETURN.

WE HEAR THE FAITHFUL AND THE WOLVERINES REACT.

>> THE BIG FELLOW WOULDN'T LET GO.

SIAN JOHN, GRABS HIM, SAYS NO, NO, NO.

>> HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH ABOUT SIAN JOHN AND WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE DEFENSE.

HE'S A VIRGINIA COMMIT.

VIRGINIA WAS THE FIRST SCHOOL TO OFFER HIM.

THAT'S WHERE HE'S GROWING.

CAVALIER.

GEORGIA OFFERED AUBURN, LSU, SEVERAL OTHERS.

>> HOW ARE YOU DOING, MAN?

YOU DIDN'T GIVE UP ON THAT ONE.

>> HE SEES HIMSELF ON THE SCREEN.

FIRST DOWN FOR THE WOLVERINES.

THAT'S DARLING.

SENIOR RUNNING BACK.

IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, ANDREW BEARD WITH SOME ANKLE INJURIES, LEG INJURIES.

HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE TODAY.

THAT'S WHAT COACH VANDAGRIFF AND THE WOLVERINES OFFENSE WOULD LIKE TO DO.

THEY GET IT TO IMHAD.

GREAT JOB THERE.

WHO CALLED HIS NAME, MORRIS AGAIN, A BEAST IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> HE HAS.

>> STROUD MORRIS, THE JUNIOR, HE'S BEEN EVERYWHERE.

>> HE'S COME UP WITH BIG SOLO STOPS HERE THE SECOND HALF OF THIS GAME FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

>> THAT BRINGS IT TO THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

WHAT A PERFORMANCE, 36 MINUTES IN BY THE LIONS FROM HEBRON CHRISTIAN OUT OF GWINNETT COUNTY.

COACH JONATHAN GESS, SIX TITLES, 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM A SEVENTH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CAN THE LIONS BRING IT HOME?

FOURTH QUARTER IS ON THE WAY.

CHAMPIONSHIP TILTS.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, 49, PRINCE AVENUE, 21.

WHAT A GAME.

HOW WILL IT WRAP UP?

CAN THE WOLVERINES ANSWER?

COMING UP NEXT.

> >> FOURTH QUARTER ABOUT TO BEGIN INSIDE MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

TO CODY.

>> SIX STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HE SAID THE THRILL WAS KIND OF GONE FOR HIM.

AND HE KIND OF WAS SEARCHING OUT FOR A NEW HOME.

HE WANTED TO FIND A PLACE, TOLD US THAT HADN'T REALLY WON IT ALL.

SO HE FOUND HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN ENTERING THE SEASON, WON FOUR PLAYOFF GAMES IN THEIR 17-YEAR HISTORY.

HAD NEVER MADE IT PAST THE QUARTERFINALS.

JONATHAN GESS HAS HIM ON THE DOORSTEP.

>> IT IS WHAT HE DOES.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> NEW FOR THE PROGRAM, NOT FOR HIM.

>> RIGHT.

>> MUSSER KEEPING HIMSELF WITH THE WOLVERINES FIRST DOWN AND THEN SOME.

DOWN INSIDE THE 20.

NICE MOVE BY THE SOPHOMORE.

LOVED THE MOXIE ON THAT.

17-YARD PICKUP.

WHAT A DAY HE'S HAD.

>> HE'S STILL FIGHTING.

>> YEAH.

>> TRYING TO GET HIS TEAM INTO THE END ZONE AGAIN.

>> LOOKING END ZONE HERE.

OVERTHROWN, HIS ENDED TARGET, CARBINE.

AND SECOND DOWN UPCOMING.

>> HOPING THEY CAN GET A SCORE HERE AND QUICK STOP.

YOU CAN SEE THE YARDAGE RIGHT NOW, CHRISTIAN WITH A BIG THIRD QUARTER, OVER 400 YARDS NOW FOR THE GAME.

PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, THEY CAN'T STOP THE OTHER GUYS.

MUSSER NOW 2 94 TOTAL YARDS ON THE DAY.

>> COACHES CHALLENGE.

>> PREVIOUS PLAY AS TO WHETHER THE DEFENSE HAD 12 ON THE FIELD OR NOT IS UNDER FURTHER VIDEO REVIEW.

>> COACH VANDAGRIFF, LOOKING FOR SOME HELP.

>> WE'LL SEE IF THE OFFICIALS TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

>> YEAH.

>> AGAIN, THAT WAS AN INCOMPLETE PASS INTO THE END ZONE.

AND SEE IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY PLAYERS ON THE FIELD.

>> THIS WILL BE HIS SECOND, HE GOT ONE LAST YEAR, THE COACHES GET THEM AND GET TO KEEP THEM.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, YEAH.

>> THAT ONE HE'S GOT IN HIS BACK POCKET AS HIS SECOND.

HE WAS HERE LAST YEAR.

>> HE HASN'T LOST HIS SENSE OF HUMOR.

>> NO, NO.

>> IN A POSITION THAT HE'S NOT ACCUSTOMED TO OBVIOUSLY WITH HIS TEAM.

>> OH.

GREG VANDAGRIFF, WHAT A JOB HE'S DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM.

WE MENTIONED AGAIN THE THREE STATE TITLES, FIFTH STRAIGHT TIME HERE, THE FINALS, MENTIONED THAT.

SEMIFINALS, EIGHT OF NINE YEARS AND REGION CHAMPION SIX YEARS AS WELL.

WHAT HE'S DONE IS JUST --JUST SPECTACULAR WHAT HE'S DONE WITH THIS PROGRAM AND ONE OF THE GREAT PERSONALITIES AS WELL.

>> VERY MUCH.

VERY MUCH.

>> WE TALKED TO HIM.

PLAYED FOOTBALL AND GOLF AT TENNESSEE WESLEYAN.

AND THIS WINTER, HE'LL GO INTO THEIR HALL OF FAME IN ATHENS, TENNESSEE.

SO CONGRATS TO HIM.

>> PRODUCT OF KNOXVILLE, HALLS HIGH SCHOOL.

>> LOTS OF GREAT QUOTES.

>> LOTS OF GREAT QUOTES.

>> GREAT QUOTES.

>> HE IS A CHARACTER.

>> HE IS.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, PRINCE AVENUE, HOW THEY GOT HERE.

THEIR LAST LOSS WAS TO THIS PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN TEAM BY A FIELD GOAL BACK IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

34-31, AND THEN WENT ON, GOT A BYE IN THE FIRST ROUND AND JUST DESTROYED THE THREE OPPONENTS IN THE PLAYOFFS.

JUST A DOMINATION.

>> YEAH.

>> SEMIFINAL AT THE END, GOING TO SAVANNAH AND UPSETTING SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN THE WEEK BEFORE.

PRINCE AVENUE HANDLED THEM EASILY TO MAKE IT TO THIS GAME.

>> THE ONLY OTHER LOSS THIS SEASON WAS MIDSEASON.

THEY FELL TO BLESSED TRINITY 24-10 AFTER A 4- 0 START, WON THE FOUR GAMES AND THE LOSS TO PRINCE AVENUE AND THREE WINS AND THE PLAYOFFS.

>> HE TALKED ABOUT THEIR TEAM LAST YEAR LOSING IN THE FIRST ROUND TO EVENTUAL STATE CHAMPION CEDAR GROVE AND SAID THE TEAM WAS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM THE VERY NEXT DAY.

HE HAS A PICTURE ON HIS PHONE FROM DECEMBER 6th, 2023, NEXT DAY, HIS TEAM BACK IN THE WEIGHT ROOM, READY TO GET BACK TO THIS DAY.

>> MAN.

PUTTING IN THE WORK.

YOU HEAR THAT FROM THE TEAMS THAT GET HERE, YOU TALK ABOUT WHO GET HERE.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT GOES IN, HOW SOON IT BEGINS.

AND THE DEDICATION, THE DEDICATION FROM EVERYBODY.

THE PLAYERS, THE COACHING STAFF, AND REALLY THE ADMINISTRATION, EVERYBODY FROM THE SCHOOLS.

AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO.

THEY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

>> AFTER FURTHER VIDEO REVIEW, THE 12th MAN ON THE DEFENSE DID NOT MAKE IT OFF THE FIELD PRIOR TO THE SNAP.

IT WILL BE ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION, FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

FIRST DOWN AND FIVE.

>> IT WORKED.

>> YEAH.

>> IF YOU COULDN'T READ LIPS, HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL.

>> A MAN OF MANY QUOTES AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

>> GOT THE RED FLAG IN MY CARPET FOR SOME REASON.

LET ME THROW THIS THING OUT HERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

ONE OF HIS MANY QUOTES HE GAVE US, DON'T BE AFRAID TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> AND THAT MEANS THROWING A RED FLAG, EVEN WHEN SOME MAY SAY WE'LL LET THAT BY, NO, NO.

>> TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT MEAN TO BE IN THIS SITUATION.

ANYTIME YOU GO INTO COACHING, YOU WANT TO WIN GAME ONE, RIGHT?

NINE YEARS LATER -- >> CLOCK RESET TO 11:45.

>> PUTTING THE TIME BACK ON.

>> HE SAID NOW YOU'VE WON 100 SOMETHING GAMES.

YOU TRY TO WIN ONE MORE GAME.

AND WHEN YOU GOT THE THREE RINGS ON YOUR FINGER, ON YOUR HAND, ON YOUR FINGER, YOU KNOW, SO -- >> LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY FOR HIM AND FOR HIS TEAM TODAY.

NOT PLAYING IN THIS GAME, BUT BEING LIMITED TO WHAT YOU CAN DO BECAUSE YOUR PLAYER DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CONTRIBUTE.

>> SO FIRST AND FIVE, WOLVERINES TRYING TO GET ON THE BOARD.

LOOKING FOR HIS MAN, DOCKERY'S DOUBLE-TEAMED.

NICE DEFENSE THERE, THE QUARTER OF THE END ZONE.

GERRITT KEMP.

K. J. THOMAS, BOTH ON THE DEFENSE.

>> MUSSER ONCE AGAIN WITH TIME.

>> YEAH.

>> TIME TO WAIT FOR THE RECEIVER TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO FIND AN OPENING.

>> CLOCK STOPS A FEW SECONDS INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER RIGHT HERE.

PRINCE AVENUE, IN THE RED ZONE.

LOOKING FOR HIS TIGHT END.

CAN'T QUITE GET TO HIM.

TRYING TO FIND HIM.

>> BRICE WILLIAMSON.

>> DEFENDERS THERE ALL AROUND.

GERRITT KEMP AROUND THERE.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

>> KEMP'S THERE, MAX STEVE IS THERE.

>> THIRD DOWN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

IT IS A SORE SPOT HERE FOR THE WOLVERINES.

ONE OF EIGHT ON THIRD DOWN.

MUSSER MAKES THAT TWO OF NINE AND THEN SOME.

>> THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> 14 YARDS AND WHAT A GAIN FOR BEN MUSSER, HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN ON THE GROUND.

FOUR TOTAL IN THIS GAME.

>> WHAT A GAME THIS YOUNG MAN HAS HAD, RIGHT?

KNOWS THAT HIS RUNNING BACK CAN'T DO IT.

HE'LL COME IN TO DO WHAT HE CAN.

FINDS THE END ZONE AGAIN.

WOULDN'T BE DENIED THAT TIME.

>> THAT'S WHAT THE WOLVERINES NEEDED, GETTING A SCORE QUICKLY.

INSIDE THE FIRST OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.

EXTRA POINT TO MAKE IT A THREE TOUCHDOWN GAME AND IT'S DONE.

WE'LL TAKE A TIME-OUT AS WELL.

11:24 LEFT IN THE GAME.

PRINCE AVENUE SAYING WE HAVE SOME FIGHT LEFT.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

> >> LARRY SMITH HERE WITH SAM CRENSHAW IN THE BOOTH.

MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

WE ARE WATCHING PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN FIGHT, KEEP FIGHTING FOR THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY GET THE TOUCHDOWN AND CLOSE THIS GAP ONCE AGAIN DOWN TO 21 POINTS.

THE KICKOFF, AND UP AND OVER.

AND INTO THE END ZONE AS WE LOOK AT THE SCORING DRIVE.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNOR'S RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

SIX PLAYS, 75 YARDS AND 1:29 IS ALL IT TOOK.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

RIGHT NOW, CLOCK IS A BIG ENEMY FOR THE WOLVERINES AS THE LIONS ARE.

>> YEAH.

A LITTLE TREATMENT THERE ON HIS ELBOW.

A LITTLE WRAP PUT ON THAT, GOING TO BE FINE, STAY IN THE GAME.

A LOOK AT THE SIDELINE.

PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

>> STILL COACHING, STILL FIGHTING.

TALKED AGAIN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET A START.

THAT'S ONE THING THAT PRINCE AVENUE THE DEFENSE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THIS GAME TOO MANY TIMES.

FIRST DOWN AND THERE IS A GOOD START.

CALDWELL HAD A MONSTER GAME, 16th CARRY IN THE GAME.

164 YARDS.

THREE TOUCHDOWNS.

NO YARDS THERE.

SECOND DOWN COMING UP.

>> NICE PLAY BY LUKE GOWDER.

GOOD SECOND HALF, ESPECIALLY IN THIS GAME.

RIGHT DOWN THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

MAKING A GOOD PLAY.

>> CLOCK IS A FACTOR.

>> LIONS TAKING A MUCH TIME AS THEY CAN BETWEEN PLAYS.

ON THE GROUND.

STALLWORTH, LOOKING THERE.

INCOMPLETE.

TRYING TO GET INTO THE HANDS OF NOAH HILL.

AND COMPLETE THIRD AND 11 COMING UP.

>> 18, BRINGING PRESSURE.

MAY HAVE GOT "HAND ON THAT.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING A STOP AND, AGAIN, HERE IS A CHANCE ON THIRD DOWN.

LAST TIME WE WERE IN THIS POSITION, THEY THREW IT UP TOP, 61 YARDS, THE COMPLETION TO JARVIS MATHURIN.

CLOCK STOPPED.

10:43 AS WELL.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

HUGE PLAY FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

THIS DEFENSE.

COMPLETE, COULDN'T MAKE THE TACKLE AND FIRST DOWN AND ONCE AGAIN, HEBRON CHRISTIAN FINDS A WAY.

MAX STEVE, THE STAR ON DEFENSE, GETTING IT DONE ON OFFENSE, AND MORE CLOCK TO BE RUN OFF BY HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

>> TALK ABOUT STALLWORTH BRINGING HEAT.

HE DROPS IT OFF.

STEVE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT.

>> TIME-OUT FOR INJURY.

>> GOT AN INJURY.

>> PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN PLAYER DOWN.

>> IT IS 10.

JUDD SHOEMAKER.

HE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE TODAY.

>> VERY BUSY.

>> 16 YARDS IN THE LAST PICKUP, BY THE WAY.

>> THEY GOT HIM BACK UP HERE.

>> GOOD TO SEE THAT.

>> BIG PART OF THIS WOLVERINES DEFENSE, HE'S BEEN ACTIVE TODAY.

>> ONE OF THE GUYS THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE ALL SEASON LONG.

BALL HAWK BACK THERE.

FOUR INTERCEPTIONS THIS SEASON.

>> JUST JOINING US, THIS WAS A 7-7 GAME EARLY ON WHEN HEBRON CHRISTIAN TURNED IT ON.

QUARTERBACK STALLWORTH, RUNNING BACK CALDWELL, AND THE RECEIVER MATHURIN ALL SCORING.

TOUCHDOWNS.

CALDWELL THREE TOUCHDOWNS.

RUSHING IN THE FIRST HALF.

35-14 IS THE SCORE AT THE HALF.

BOTH TEAMS ADDING TWO TOUCHDOWNS SINCE THEN.

AFTER THE TIME-OUT, THE CLOCK IS NOW ROLLING, PLAY CLOCK IS DOWN TO 15.

>> LIONS, TAKING THEIR TIME.

CALDWELL.

>> DIRECT SNAP TO CALDWELL.

STILL ON HIS FEET.

GETS OUT OF TWO TACKLES, ACROSS MIDFIELD.

ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE LIONS.

>> HOW DID HE DO IT?

>> 20 YARDS THERE, UP TO 184 YARDS IN THE GAME AND WE HAVE ANOTHER INJURY FOR THE WOLVERINES.

>> YOU THINK HE'S DOWN, SHAKES THE DEFENDER, SHAKES ANOTHER ONE, STILL GOING.

>> DOWN TO CODY.

THIS OFFENSIVE LINE JUST OUTSTANDING.

>> SIAN JOHN, WE TALKED ABOUT HIM ON DEFENSE.

YOU WANT TO GET BEHIND NUMBER 98.

YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER HOW THEY RAN INTO CEDAR GROVE LAST YEAR, RAN INTO CEDAR GROVE IN 2022 AS WELL.

THAT ENDED THEIR SEASON.

AFTER THAT GAME, SICHAN JOHN SAID, HEY, MAN, I GOT TO GET STRONGER.

HIS MAX BENCH PRESS WENT FROM 185, NOW BENCHES 330 AND SQUAT WENT FROM 365 TO 650.

SO, DEFINITELY GOT A LOT STRONGER AND YOU CAN ALMOST THANK THE CEDAR GROVE SAINTS FOR THAT.

AND INSPIRING THIS HEBRON CHRISTIAN TEAM.

>> LOOK AT IT, NUMBER 98 HERE.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

>> THEY TOOK OUT GARRETT.

THAT'S ACC VERSUS ACC NEXT YEAR.

>> THEY'LL BE SEEING EACH OTHER.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

GOOD LOOK AT SICHAN JOHN, 6'3", 305.

THREE STAR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN AND SEVERAL POWER CONFERENCE OFFERS.

CHOSE TO GO WITH VIRGINIA, THE CAVALIERS, FIRST TO OFFER HIM.

>> 19 COMING OFF THE FIELD, COLIN DURNING.

>> BEING HELPED OFF.

WE HOPE HE'S OKAY.

SO AFTER THE INJURY, THE CLOCK STOPS --STARTS AND THE PLAY CLOCK STARTS AT 40.

THEY CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, 36, 37 SECONDS OFF THE CLOCK HERE.

AND IT APPEARS THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

>> YEAH.

THAT THING WANTS TO GET AROUND 12 OR 11 AND THEN SEE THEM LINE UP.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS THE LAST PLAY.

>> HAVE THE LEAD, THE FOURTH QUARTER.

AND THERE WE GO.

>> THOMAS STALLWORTH THE QUARTERBACK IS BACK IN.

AND HANDOFF TO NUMBER 4, HOLLINGSHED.

ON TO THE 9- MINUTE MARK, HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THEIR DEEPEST TRIP INTO THE PLAYOFFS IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

TICKING AWAY TOWARD THEIR FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

TRYING TO DETHRONE THE WOLVERINES OF PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

AND A SEVENTH RING FOR THAT MAN, HEAD COACH JONATHAN GESS.

>> STALLWORTH HAS BEEN BUSY.

>> AND HANDOFF TO MATHURIN.

NOTHING GOING THERE.

HE'S GOT SOME SPEED.

LOOK OUT HERE, TRYING TO FIND A SEAM.

NICE JOB BY THE WOLVERINES TO KEEP HIM BOTTLED UP.

AND A BIG LOSS.

THAT IS A BIG PLAY.

BRINGS UP THIRD AND LONG.

>> ALSO THE IMPORTANT THING, THOUGH, IS YOU GET TACKLED INBOUNDS, AND THE CLOCK RUNS, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> HE'S BURNING CLOCK HERE.

>> COACH SAID HE'S JUST TOUGH TO BRING DOWN, HE'S EXPLOSIVE.

GREAT JOB BY PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN TO FINALLY CORRAL HIM.

FIVE-YARD LOSS ON THAT PLAY.

THIRD AND 15 NOW, BACK THEIR OWN 48 YARD LINE.

GOT TO GET DOWN TO THE 37 OF PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

SOLID UNDER PRESSURE, FLAG ON THE PLAY.

KEEPS IT HIMSELF.

STAYS INBOUNDS.

GETS A FIRST DOWN AND MORE.

INSIDE THE 35.

AND THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY AND THEY'RE AROUND THE LINE.

AND THIS MAY BE COMING BACK.

>> THIS IS IN THE VICINITY WHERE WE NORMALLY SEE HOLDING.

>> 21-YARD PICKUP.

BUT -- >> HOLDING, ON THE OFFENSE.

TEN-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

THIRD DOWN.

>> YOU CAN SEE BIG NUMBER 72, ADAM CANNON, COMPLAINING.

EVERYONE ELSE HAD GONE DOWNFIELD FOLLOWING THE PLAY AND CANNON BACK THERE TALKING TO THE REFEREE.

>> PLEADING HIS CASE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> HE'S HAD A GREAT AFTERNOON.

>> HE HAS.

HE HAS.

>> SO A 21-YARD PICKUP IS NEGATED.

THEY INSTEAD TAKE IT BACK TEN YARDS.

THAT BRINGS UP A THIRD AND 25.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, OUT OF GWINNETT COUNTY, SO MANY GREAT PROGRAMS IN THAT PART OF THE STATE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THE LIST.

STALLWORTH.

SHORT GAME ACROSS THE 40.

>> TYLER GIDDENS IN ON THE STOP THERE.

GOT A WHISTLE AND TIME- OUT CALLED.

>> PRINCE AVENUE CALLING THEIR TIME-OUT.

THAT'S THEIR FIRST OF THIS HALF.

STOPS THE CLOCK AT 6:48.

>> TIME-OUT, PRINCE AVENUE.

>> WE'LL TAKE A TIME-OUT AS WELL ON GPB.

FOURTH QUARTER ACTION RIGHT NOW, PRINCE AVENUE DEFENSE FINALLY GETTING A STOP.

CAN THEY TURN IT INTO POINTS?

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, MARCHING THEIR WAY TOWARD A TITLE.

WE'LL CONTINUE, SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

> >> ANOTHER PRIVATE CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN GHSA FOOTBALL ON THE LINE.

6:48 TO GO.

WE RETURN TO ACTION AFTER THE TIME-OUT BY PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

FOURTH DOWN PLAY.

AND A RARE PUNT RIGHT NOW FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

FLAG IS DOWN.

THAT BALL GOING OUT OF BOUNDS.

AND LET'S CHECK THE FLAG.

TWO FLAGS ON BOTH ENDS OF THE FIELD.

BOTH SIDES OF THE FIELD.

>> ILLEGAL FORMATION.

ON THE KICKING TEAM.

THAT FIVE-YARD PENALTY WILL BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE KICK.

FIRST DOWN.

>> OKAY.

>> SO PRINCE AVENUE, A CHANCE TO PULL WITHIN TWO SCORES.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN THERE SINCE EARLY THE SECOND QUARTER.

16 YARDS ON THE KICK, BY THE WAY.

COUPLE OF PENALTIES.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, THEY GOT SOME TIME.

BEFORE THEY GOT TO MOVE FAST.

>> YES.

>> ONE THING THAT PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN DOES DO IS THEY DO OPERATE QUICKLY.

IT IS NORMAL FOR THEM NOT TO HUDDLE UP IN BETWEEN PLAYS.

>> YOU CAN SEE HERE, BEN MUSSER, THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK COMES OUT, RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUR TOUCHDOWNS TODAY FOR THE WOLVERINES.

HE NEEDS TO ADD TO THAT TOTAL.

FIRST DOWN PASS, LOW PASS TO HIS TIGHT END, AND THAT IS COMPLETE FOR A MINIMAL GAIN TO WILLIAMSON.

ACTUALLY A ONE-YARD LOSS.

CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN.

MUSSER ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

OVERTHROWS HIS MAN.

TRYING TO GET IT INTO THE HANDS OF BAXTER CARBINE.

LITTLE TOO HOT, LITTLE TOO HIGH.

AND IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN.

>> HAD HIS GUY THERE.

NEED COMPLETIONS RIGHT NOW.

THREW IT TOO HIGH FOR HIM.

>> STOPS THE CLOCK AT 6:10.

>> BUT IT IS THIRD DOWN NOW.

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS HAVE BEEN RARE FOR THIS TEAM TODAY.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN TOUGH TO COME BY.

>> FAKES THE HANDOFF TO HILL.

MUSSER KEEPS IT HIMSELF.

OH, UP ENDED!

MORRIS AGAIN.

>> THEY GET UP AND TAP EACH OTHER.

GOOD HIT.

GOOD HIT.

MAN!

STROUD MORRIS, HITTING WITH BAD INTENTIONS.

>> YES.

>> LOOK AT THIS.

>> NICE JOB TOO.

FIGHTING OFF THE BLOCK BY HESTER.

>> BANGED UP AFTER THAT PLAY, FOURTH DOWN NOW, MUSSER, BROUGHT DOWN.

WHAT AN EFFORT, J. J. HOLLINGSHED, HAVEN'T CALLED HIS NUMBER YET.

EVERYONE GETTING INVOLVED NOW FOR THE LIONS.

TEN-YARD LOSS AND IT WILL GO THE OTHER WAY.

IT IS HEBRON CHRISTIAN BALL.

WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE LIONS ON BOTH SIDES.

>> FANFANTASTIC.

FANTASTIC.

ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL TODAY.

STILL 5:30 TO PLAY IN THE GAME.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE REACTIONS DOWN THE SIDELINE, THEY CAN FEEL IT, THEY CAN FEEL IT.

THE COUNTDOWN TO HISTORY.

>> BEGAN TO SENSE ON THE SIDELINES AND IN THE STANDS, HISTORY ABOUT TO BE MADE.

5:30 AWAY, THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD.

STALLWORTH HANDS OFF TO ADRIAN HOLLINGSHED.

GAIN OF ONE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CLOCK RUNNING.

PRINCE AVENUE TWO TIME-OUTS ON THE CLOCK.

>> A LOOK AT CHRISTIAN GARRETT.

HE'S BEEN OUT THERE BATTLING ALL DAY.

CAN'T BLAME THE PLAYERS FOR LOOKING AT THEMSELVES ON THE SCREENS.

>> THE TIME OF THE GAME, THEY HAVE BEEN ALL FOCUSING AND INTO THE GAME AND YOU GOT YOUR LEAD HERE, YOU COUNT IT DOWN, YOU CAN LOOK UP AT THE HALO BOARD NOW.

>> HANDOFF TO HOLLINGSHED.

SEEING PLAYERS WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN THERE YET.

NUMBER 44, JACK MOSTILER IS IN.

NOAH HILL, WE HAVE CALLED HIS NUMBER.

CLOCK WINDING DOWN.

15 ON THE SHOT CLOCK --ON THE SHOT CLOCK --ON THE PLAY CLOCK.

>> THIRD AND SEVEN.

STALLWORTH.

CAN'T BREAKTHROUGH THIS TIME.

HE'S BROUGHT DOWN.

BRINGS UP A FOURTH DOWN.

BUT THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO RUN HERE UNDER FOUR MINUTES TO GO.

AND NOW WE GET A TIME-OUT FROM PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, THEIR SECOND OF THIS HALF.

>> TIME-OUT PRINCE AVENUE, THAT'S THE SECOND CHARGED TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.

>> COACH VANDAGRIFF GOING TO USE THAT TIME-OUT, BRING HIS TEAM OVER.

WANTS TO SEE HIM DO SOMETHING HERE ON FOURTH DOWN PLAY.

>> WHAT A JOB HE'S DONE.

AND BUILDING THIS PROGRAM INTO A POWERHOUSE THAT HE SAID, YOU KNOW, TEAMS DON'T WANT TO PLAY.

ONCE YOU BECOME SUCCESSFUL, NO ONE WILL PLAY YOU.

SAID THAT THEY TRY TO GO OUT OF STATE, TWO YEARS AGO, WENT SIX AND A HALF HOURS TO PLAY A GAME IN FLORIDA.

CAN'T FIND THE TEAMS IN STATE TO PLAY YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.

>> BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.

YOU KNOW, THE LARGER CLASSIFICATION TEAM WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOSE FOR, WE LOSE TO THESE GUYS, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW?

THAT'S THE THING.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND GET A GAME WITH A TEAM THAT ON YOUR SCHEDULE THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND REALLY RUN THEM OFF THE FIELD.

YOU WANT SOMETHING TO TEST YOU.

YOU DO WANT SOMETHING FROM A DIFFERENT TEAM, DIFFERENT TYPE SITUATION, LARGER ENROLLMENT.

JUST A TEST IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET YOU READY TO MAKE IT THE WAY THEY MADE IT TODAY.

>> YES.

YOU SAID THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND LEARN.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GROW, BY PLAYING THOSE TEAMS.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN CALLED A TIME-OUT.

NOT SURE THEY HAD THE PERSONNEL IN PLACE.

>> TIME-OUT, HEBRON CHRISTIAN, SECOND TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THE THIRD YEAR IN THE PROGRAM FOR THAT MAN, JONATHAN GESS.

CHAMPIONSHIPS AT EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN, TRYING TO WIN THE FIRST ONE HERE.

AND HERE'S HOW THEY GOT HERE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

THEY LOST TO PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN IN THEIR SEASON FINALE.

THE BYE WEEK AND THEN AQUINAS AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN AND THE SEMIFINAL, JUST FANTASTIC RUN HERE THAT THEY MADE.

A YEAR OF HARD WORK.

>> A REALLY TOO TEAM, FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN, GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM THEY BEAT THERE.

>> YES.

>> ONE OF THE STRONGER PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.

AND THEY KNOCKED THEM OUT TO GET HERE.

FIRST EVER TRIP IN PROGRAM HISTORY AND THEY BEGAN PLAYING FOOTBALL IN 2007.

17 YEARS LATER, 3:51 AWAY FROM TAKING HOME THE TROPHY.

>> FOURTH DOWN PLAY HERE.

THE QUARTERBACK THOMAS STALLWORTH, AND GETS IT UP FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

>> STICKS MOVING.

>> STICKS ARE MOVING.

SICHAN JOHN.

>> YEAH.

BIG FELLOW OUT THERE WORKING HARD TODAY.

>> WHAT A SEASON FOR THE HEBRON CHRISTIAN LIONS.

>> GOT A WHISTLE NOW.

>> PLAY CLOCK EXPIRED.

>> TIME- OUT, HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

>> OKAY.

>> FINAL TIME- OUT OF THE HALF.

>> TALKED TO JONATHAN GESS, WE TALKED ABOUT JUST HIS FAITH AND HIS LIFE AND JUST SOMEONE WHO IS DOWN IN COLUMBUS, SERVING OUR COUNTRY, AND COACHING AND VOLUNTARYING, COACHING SOME YOUTH FOOTBALL, IT WENT FROM THERE.

WHAT A CAREER HE'S BUILT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HE'S DONE, NUMBER OF PLAYERS HE'S SENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

>> YEAH.

>> AND WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

FLASHING A LITTLE SMILE THERE.

HE'S BEEN INTENSE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.

UH-OH.

UH-OH.

WATCH OUT.

>> NICE WHITE HOODIE, I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THAT.

>> WHAT FLAVOR WE GOT IN THAT THING?

>> FIRST DOWN PLAY FOR STALLWORTH.

HE'S STILL ON HIS FEET.

>> STALLWORTH MOVING WELL AFTER LEAVING THE GAME AND HAVING CRAMPS TO END THE FIRST HALF.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

HAD TO COME OUT FOR THE FINAL MINUTE.

>> FINAL MINUTE WAS DIRECT SNAPS TO CALDWELL.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

>> WHAT A JOB HE DID LAST WEEK FILLING IN FOR CALDWELL WHEN HE WENT DOWN WITH AN ANKLE INJURY, RUSHING FOR 125 YARDS IN THE SEMIFINALS TO HELP GET THAT WIN OVER FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN TO GET HERE TO THE DOME.

PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO ONE.

AND OUT OF TIME-OUTS, SO -- >> DELAY OF GAME.

ON THE OFFENSE.

FIVE-YARD PENALTY.

REPEAT SECOND DOWN.

>> TOOK TOO MUCH TIME OFF THE CLOCK THAT TIME.

STALLWORTH GOING OVER TO TALK TO HIS COACH.

COACH GESS TALKED ABOUT JUST WHAT HE'S MEANT, STARTED AS A JUNIOR, ROTATED IN AND BECAME THE GUY THIS YEAR, BECAME A GREAT LEADER FOR THEM.

SICHAN JOHN, STAR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

STALLWORTH HAS BEEN A WARRIOR.

HANDOFF, AND STILL ON HIS FEET.

OUT OF BOUNDS, PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO STAY INBOUNDS BUT WENT OUT OF BOUNDS INSTEAD.

MATTHEWS, SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER, GETTING THE CALL FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> ANOTHER LOOK AT HIM.

DOES EVERYTHING RIGHT, THE COACH WOULD LIKE, EXCEPT FOR STEPPING OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> HE'S COMING OUT OF THE GAME.

>> SENIORS GETTING HUGS ALL AROUND.

>> MM-HMM.

>> STALLWORTH UP THE MIDDLE.

INSIDE THE 10.

THEY'RE INSIDE THE RED ZONE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALFA INSURANCE.

>> CLOCK TICKING UNDER THE TWO-MINUTE MARK.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THIS CLOSE TO SCHOOL HISTORY.

A YEAR IN THE MAKING, COACH TALKED ABOUT LOSING LAST YEAR.

AND GETTING RIGHT BACK IN THE WEIGHT ROOM ON DECEMBER 6th.

HERE THEY ARE.

A YEAR AND CHANGE LATER, BACK WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE.

>> YES.

THE SCREEN, THE CROWD REACTING TO IT.

STALLWORTH AGAIN.

>> STALLWORTH AGAIN, INSIDE THE 5, STILL DRIVING.

GETS IT DOWN TO THE 2 YARD LINE.

AND APPEARS TO BE A FIRST DOWN.

IT IS.

FIRST AND GOAL.

>> CELEBRATION BEGINS ON THE FAR SIDELINE.

LIONS OF HEBRON CHRISTIAN BEATING NOT JUST ANYBODY, BUT BEATING PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, WHO BEAT THEM TO WIN THE REGION TITLE AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND EARLY NOVEMBER.

AND HAS COME HERE FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR, THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THAT TIME.

AND ABOUT TO GET THE BEST OF THE REGIONAL RIVALS.

AND A TOUCHDOWN, TO CLOSE THINGS OFF BY STALLWORTH.

>> ONE MORE.

>> TWO-YARD SCORE, STALLWORTH, AND THAT'S HIS FOURTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME.

THIRD OF THIS HALF.

>> ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

TAKES IT AND GOES TO THE LEFT SIDE, GETS AROUND AND ONE GUY OUT THERE, GETTING IT GOING, AND HE'S NOT GOING TO STOP HIM.

>> NO.

>> CAM EBLEN, MAY NEED TO ICE HIS KNEE AFTER THIS GAME.

>> HE'S GETTING A WORKOUT.

>> YES.

PERFECT EIGHT FOR EIGHT AND EXTRA POINTS.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, AN OUTSTANDING AFTERNOON FOR THE LIONS.

>> AND SOME OF THE CROWD HAS COME OVER TO SUPPORT THEM TODAY.

THEY HAVE ENJOYED WHAT THEY HAD A CHANCE TO SEE.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING.

>> SURE HAS.

>> SCORE, DRIVE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOVERNORS RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

NINE PLAYS, 63 YARDS, MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THEM, 4:42 TAKEN OFF THE CLOCK AND THOMAS STALLWORTH ENDING HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH A FOUR RUSHING TOUCHDOWN DAY.

TO HELP BRING SOME HARDWARE HOME.

A GAME THEY WILL NEVER FORGET IN THAT COMMUNITY.

>> NOW, THEY SET A NEW STANDARD FOR THE PROGRAM, NEW LEVEL OF EXPECTATION.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> 46 TICKS LEFT.

STAY WITH US.

TROPHY PRESENTATION ON THE WAY AND THEN THE TAILGATE SHOW AND TWO MORE GAMES AND TWO MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE DECIDED RIGHT HERE ON GPB.

VERY BUSY AFTERNOON, BUSY EVENING COMING UP, CLASS 3A TITLE GAME, JEFFERSON AND CALHOUN AND THEN 6A TITLE ON THE LINE, GRAYSON AND THE TROJANS FROM CARROLLTON HIGH SCHOOL, ALL RIGHT HERE ON THE GPB.

GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.

>> THE JEFFERSON CROWD FILLED IN.

A LOT OF BLUE IN THE SEATS.

THEY HAVE MADE THEIR WAY OVER.

YEAH, YEAH.

>> WHAT A RUN THIS HAS BEEN FOR THIS PROGRAM AND FOR THAT COACH AND THE STAFF, THIS COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A PLAN, WE JUST ASK KIDS DO BUY INTO IT, WORK HARD EVERY DAY, NO EXCUSES.

SEVENTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RING, MOMENTS AWAY FOR THAT MAN, JONATHAN GESS.

FIRST DOWN FOR THE WOLVERINES.

MUSSER, COMPLETED.

AND BIG HIT THERE.

CARBINE HELD ON.

AND NOW WE GOT SOME FLAGS.

>> PENALTY FLAGS.

>> YEAH.

>> SOME TERSE WORDS GOING OUT THERE.

THE GAME IS ALMOST OVER.

>> CARBINE IS STILL DOWN AFTER THAT HIT.

>> ALBERT WILHAM.

>> AND COACH GESS IS SAYING WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

>> ROUGH HIT.

>> YEAH, IT WAS.

>> AND WITH THE 37 SECONDS TO GO.

>> LET'S FINISH IT STRONG, FINISH IT CLEAN.

>> OUTCOME IS DECIDED.

>> YES.

IT HAS BEEN A HARD FOUGHT GAME BY BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS.

A LOT OF PRIDE.

CARBINE GETS UP.

>> HE'S UP.

HE'S GOING TO JOG IT UP.

>> GOOD TO SEE THAT.

>> FANTASTIC CATCH.

>> THAT WILL DO IT.

>> HE DID.

HE DID.

>> NOW ABOUT THE FLAG.

>> PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS ON THE DEFENSE.

AFTER THE PLAY, DEAD BALL, UNSPORTSMAN-LIKE ON THE DEFENSE.

15- YARD PENALTY, FOLLOWED BY A SECOND 15-YARD PENALTY.

FIRST DOWN.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

>> SO A BIG PICKUP ON THE PLAY ITSELF AND THEN 30 MORE YARDS IN PENALTIES.

>> STILL WALKING WITH THAT -- >> YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT HAS NOT GONE WELL FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN IS THE PENALTIES.

THEIR OFFENSE SO STRONG, THE DEFENSE GOOD ENOUGH, IT HASN'T AFFECTED THEM IN TERMS OF THE SCOREBOARD EN.

>> AND NO TURNOVERS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO AVOID.

THEY TURNED THE BALL OVER THREE TIMES IN THAT GAME, COACH GESS TOLD US ONE THING THAT WOULD HELP AND TO WIN THIS ONE WOULD BE TO PLAY A CLEAN GAME AND ELIMINATE TURNOVERS.

>> 11 PENALTIES NOW FOR 100 YARDS AGAINST HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

THE BALL MOVES UP NOW 30 YARDS, 44-YARD LINE OF THE LIONS.

HALE IN MOTION.

AND HAD A FLAG, IT IS GOING TO BE AGAINST PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN FIVE YARDS, FALSE START.

>> YES.

>> OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM PREVIOUS SPOT.

FIRST DOWN.

>> 29 CONDS TO GO.

CLOCK RUNNING AGAIN.

MUSSER TO HILL.

WHO DROPS IT.

AND INCOMPLETE.

BRINGS UP SECOND DOWN.

16 SECONDS TO GO.

SO PRINCE AVENUE WILL FINISH THE SEASON 0-4.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, 12-2, WINNINGEST SEASON EVER.

THEY ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

AND MAKE IT A LITTLE SWEETER WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE END.

MUSSER TRYING IT AGAIN.

PASS IS COMPLETE.

FIRST DOWN AND MORE.

STAYS INBOUNDS.

THORNTON HESTER ON THE CATCH.

SEVEN SECONDS TO GO.

>> LET THE CLOCK RUN OUT.

>> LET THE CLOCK RUN OUT.

THAT'S IT.

>> AND THERE IT IS.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, THE CHAMPIONS.

>> HARD NOT TO BEAT A TEAM, A GOOD TEAM ONCE IN A SEASON, TEAM HARD TO BEAT THEM A SECOND TIME IN A SEASON AND PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN GOT THE BETTER OF THE LIONS AND THEIR FIRST MEETING OF HEBRON CHRISTIAN COMING OUT ON TOP THE SECOND TIME.

>> OBVIOUSLY, YOU TALK ABOUT THE RUNNING BACK NOT BEING ABLE TO GO TODAY FOR PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, THAT HURT.

BUT THIS HEBRON CHRISTIAN TEAM CAME OUT ON A MISSION.

AND CAME BACK, GOOD THINGS TO GO FOR THEM EARLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BAD, THE SNAP ON THE PUNT.

JUST A GLITCH THERE THAT OPENED THE DOOR FOR HEBRON CHRISTIAN TO GET THINGS STARTED.

>> EARLY ON, FIRST TWO SERIES WERE THREE AND OUTS.

COULDN'T GET MUCH GOING, BUT THE SECOND TIME, THE PUNT, THE SNAP ON THE PUNT, WINDS UP WITH CALDWELL, THE FIRST OF HIS FIRST THREE TOUCHDOWN RUNS ON THE DAY AND THEN THOMAS STALLWORTH, THOSE TWO STAR BACKS RIGHT THERE, COMBINING FOR SEVEN OF THE EIGHT TOUCHDOWNS SCORED BY HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

AS WE TALKED YESTERDAY, THOSE --YOU CAN'T MAKE THOSE KINDS OF MISTAKES AGAINST TEAMS THAT ARE GOOD TEAMS LIKE WE SAW TODAY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

NOT AGAINST TEAMS LIKE THIS, NOT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT OF THE SEASON, YOU GOT TO DOT THE Is AND CROSS THE Ts.

LEAVE THINGS UNDONE, YOU LEAVE IT OPEN FOR A TEAM THAT IS VERY GOOD, WELL COACHED TEAM, WELL PREPPED TEAM, AND YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE.

>> SOME FANS OF GAMES COMING UP LATER ON.

WE HAVE TWO MORE GAMES ON THE WAY.

CELEBRATION CONTINUES HERE, THE HEBRON CHRISTIAN LIONS, ONCE AGAIN, BEGAN PLAYING IN 2007 AND NEVER ADVANCED PAST THE QUARTERFINALS.

ONCE IN 2019.

THAT WAS THE DEEPEST RUN THEN AND SIX TITLES.

THEY WANTED A NEW CHALLENGE.

SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS THERE.

COMES HERE, IN YEAR THREE, AND LEADS HEBRON TO THE PROMISED LAND.

HATS OFF TO PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN AS WELL.

THE RUNNER-UP FOR THE SECOND TIME IN FIVE YEARS, THE THREE YEARS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TO YOUR POINT, SOME INJURIES, COULD NEVER GET QUITE OVER THE HUMP, COULD NEVER MAKE THAT PLAY, ALWAYS ONE PLAY AWAY, SO MANY TIMES.

>> NEEDED THAT DEFENSIVE STOP.

NEEDED THE DEFENSIVE STOP AND CRUCIAL MOMENTS AND COULDN'T GET THEM IN THIS GAME TODAY.

AND THAT COULD HAVE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> YEAH.

>> JUST SOMETHING TO TURN THE MOMENTUM, SOMETHING TO SEE THE TIME OF THE GAME.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TOO GET THAT PLAY THAT REALLY TURNED THINGS GOING >> YES.

AND COULDN'T MAKE ENOUGH BIG PLAYS ON THE OTHER END, END OF THE FIRST HALF, SAW MUSSER, GREAT THROW TRYING TO GET IT TO DOCKERY AND HERE COMES GERRITT KEMP, TO SNAG THE BALL AND MAKE SURE THEY HELD ON TO THE LEAD INTO HALFTIME.

56-28 THE FINAL SCORE HERE.

THE LIONS FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AS THEY TAKE DOWN THEIR REGION RIVALS, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN.

>> RUNNER-UPS, UP THERE ON THE PODIUM NOW.

BUT NEXT UP WILL COME THE CHAMPIONS AND YOU'LL HEAR THE ROAR WHEN THEY GO UP AND ALSO FROM THEIR FANS WHO COME OVER TO SUPPORT THEM, MADE THE TRIP DOWN FROM GWINNETT COUNTY.

>> YEAH, WHAT A RUN.

>> HE'S DONE THIS BEFORE.

>> HE TALKED ABOUT IT, HE SAID GOING INTO THIS GAME, IT FELT LIKE 2012 WITH ALKA AND THE FIRST TIME THEY GOT TO THE LEVEL.

HE SAID THE FEELINGS WERE THE SAME, THE EUPHORIA, THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT FELT THE SAME THE FIRST TIME.

IT IS DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN, THE FIRST TIME, THIS TIME WITH A DIFFERENT PROGRAM.

>> A DIFFERENT PROGRAM, EXCITED, THRILLED TO BE IN THIS CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.

THRILLED TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

THERE THEY ARE.

EXCITED ABOUT THE WIN.

AND READY FOR CELEBRATION.

>> SPECIAL MOMENT.

SPECIAL MOMENT.

THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN GWINNETT COUNTY.

AND TO DO IT IN DOMINATING FASHION.

DOWN NOW TO JOHN NELSON FOR THE TROPHY PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LARRY SMITH.

IT IS TIME TO PRESENT YET ANOTHER TROPHY, THE FIRST EVER IN THIS PARTICULAR CLASSIFICATION AND BREAK DOWN HERE AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM.

TO DO IT, SOMEONE WHO GETS IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

>> THANK YOU.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO PRINCE AVENUE ON A GREAT SEASON.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEIR FANS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SUPPORTING THEM.

AND NOW, TO THE HEBRON COMMUNITY AND NATION ON BEHALF OF ALFA INSURANCE AND THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 2024 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

>> THEY WASTED NO TIME IN PASSING THAT ONE AROUND.

SO HOW WAS THAT SHOWER THAT YOU GOT LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER?

>> COLD.

REAL COLD.

BEFORE YOU ASK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, HEY, I JUST WANT TO ALWAYS GIVE JESUS CHRIST ALL THE HONOR AND THE GLORY.

HE'S WHY WE PLAY.

HE'S WHY OUR SCHOOL EXISTS.

GOD, ALL THE GLORY.

>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU WITH ALL OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAD PLAYING IN THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR, AND EAGLES LANDING CHRISTIAN, TO BRING THAT MENTALITY TO HEBRON CHRISTIAN.

WHAT WAS THAT TRANSITION LIKE AND WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION ON A DAY LIKE TODAY?

>> I JUST KIND OF BROUGHT IN A VISION OF WORK ETHIC, I HAD SOME AMAZING COACHES THAT CAME ALONGSIDE OF ME.

AND BUILT THIS PROGRAM WITH ME.

AND THEN I HAD THIS GROUP OF SENIORS RIGHT HERE WHO BOUGHT INTO THE PROCESS.

AND THIS IS A CULMINATION OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE ON YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, AND HERE WE ARE, STATE CHAMPIONS IN YEAR THREE.

>> I THINK IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO GET A TOWEL ANDAND OFF AND ENJOY THIS, YEAH?

>> I'LL TAKE A VACATION.

>> FOR HOW LONG?

>> COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEN WE'RE BACK AT IT.

>> WHAT HE SAID.

HEBRON CHRISTIAN, FIRST TIME EVER CHAMPS!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LIONS!

BACK UPSTAIRS TO LARRY SMITH.

>> OH, IT GETS NO BETTER THAN THAT.

JUST THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO WITNESS HERE EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

ONCE AGAIN, OUR FINAL DAY OF COMPETITION AND WHAT A STORY HERE.

WE ETCH IN THE RECORD BOOKS, HEBRON CHRISTIAN, CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN 2024, THE PRIVATE CLASSIFICATION HERE IN GHSA.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

NOW IS THE FIRST TIME.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT.

THE FIRST TIME YOU NEVER FORGET.

NOW YOU ESTABLISH YOURSELF.

YOU ESTABLISH THAT WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY, WITHIN YOUR PROGRAM.

AND WITHIN THE STATE.

IT IS AN EXPECTATION TO SEE HOW THEY FOLLOW IT UP.

>> WHAT A RIVALRY AND REGION EIGHT.

PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, A LOT OF PROUD PLAYERS AND PROUD COACHES ON THE SIDELINE.

THEY WON'T FORGET THIS.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHO IS ON THE SCHEDULE FOR 2025, BUT THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO FACE A DEFENDING CHAMPION HEBRON CHRISTIAN LIONS, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

56- 28 THE FINAL SCORE HERE AND WHAT A GAME IT WAS AS WE SAW JONATHAN GESS GET HIS SEVENTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN HIS --INCREDIBLE COACHING CAREER AND THE FIRST, AGAIN, WITH THE LIONS.

GWINNETT COUNTY, THERE ARE SO MANY FANTASTIC POWERFUL PROGRAMS AND FOOTBALL IN THAT COUNTY.

YOU CAN ADD ONE MORE TO IT.

THE LIONS ROARING TODAY AS CHAMPIONS OF THE PRIVATE CLASSIFICATION, WHAT A JOB BY PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN, BUT, AGAIN, THE LIONS, TOO GOOD, STALLWORTH WITH FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, CALDWELL WITH THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND THEY TAKE HOME THE GOLD.

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