Admittedly, the week had more of those interstate match-ups- and some that combined that notion with the idea of being broadcast nationally for the sake of showcasing highly-recruited student-athletes. So, here’s your mad dash through it all…

Let’s start with Trevor Lawrence, his flow, and a Cartersville match-up with Bartram Trail of Florida that went all night long- thanks to lightning…

Here’s a moment that stuck with a lot of people from that game where Trevor threw for 5 TD’s in a shootout…

The early part of that doubleheader had head coach Tim Barron, QB Emory Jones, and Heard County’s Braves taking on Saraland (AL). He did things like this and we know why Ohio State (and everyone else for that matter) wants him at the next level in a close loss…

Now, to the rest of it all…

Another team came to visit south Georgia- Vista Murrieta out of southern California and they ended up in Moultrie for the first part of their road trip. It was a long night for the visitors against the packers. Here’s Theo with the highlights…    

((HT: WALB-TV))

WALB.com, South Georgia News, Weather, Sports

Nothing like a rivalry game for the 700th win in school history… Thomasville, and a big leg at kicker, knocked off Thomas County Central in the “War of the Roses…”

WALB.com, South Georgia News, Weather, Sports

One rivalry in central Georgia is twenty miles apart and a county line that decides if Mary Persons or Jackson get to call the shots for a year…

So, as Big Marvin says: LEHGO!

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Over on the coast, a team that a lot of folks think will be playing Cartersville in the final is starting their non-region schedule with a long road trip. Thomson and Effingham went at it on the coast and our friends at WTOC-TV were there…

WTOC-TV: Savannah, Beaufort, SC, News, Weather & Sports

Over in the western frontier, Dave and Tall Paul spent some time with interstate matchups and teams that are only a week or so away from region play in the smaller classifications. Here’s Sports Overtime:

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WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather & Sports

In the north, Calhoun did something to Dalton that hadn’t been done in almost 80 games…

Dave Staley over at Newschannel 9 tells you what it was as a part of their Fox Football Friday…

And, lastly, over in the east here’s some more examples of big numbers put up in Week 2 (or Week 1 if you agree with me and not Tommy)…  Football Friday night has a peek at some shutouts and a celebration of history…

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So, Dear Reader, what was your biggest takeaway from this past week…???

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Play it safe, everyone… We’ll see you soon…