Thirty-eight region champs have been crowned with twenty-six still left to be decided; this is a very important week in Georgia high school football. On this episode, Jon and Hannah look at the matchups all over the state and talk with two former colleagues each facing big games: Colquitt County Head Coach Sean Calhoun and Milton Head Coach Ben Reaves.
GPB’s Hannah Goodin and Jon Nelson caught up with three head coaches from three different programs, coming off of three very different seasons, to see how each coach goes about laying the groundwork for a state title during the off-season. Preparations vary drastically from town to town, so let's find out how Langston Hughes head coach Boone Williams, Peach County new head coach Marquis Westbrook and Colquitt County head coach Sean Calhoun prepare for the fall.
On this week's edition of the Football Fridays in Georgia podcast, Jon and Hannah get you caught up on all the big news from the first week of the football season. They also sit down with new Colquitt County Head Coach Sean Calhoun to talk about his team's first win and the expectations and pressures that come with coaching a big-time South Georgia program.
Spring Football (capitalization intentional) is one of the four seasons here in the state- the second one that I use... Football, Spring Football, 'cruitin', and National Signing Day... And it can come at you in a couple of different ways... it can come in front of a big crowd, on an atypical day of the week, or in front of an audience of a few.
GPB's Sports' Jon Nelson and Hannah Goodin break down some of the week one surprises and talk with Colquitt Head Coach Justin Rogers about their big win at Marietta on this week's Football Fridays in Georgia podcast.
Spring Practice (capitalization intentional) starts in earnest later this week around the state, but there are still issues with who will be patrolling the sidelines this year as the Silly Season and Coaching Carousel are still a part of the high school football vocabulary.
There are only three games this week that feature two undefeated teams. We've got one of them on GPB's Football Fridays in Georgia -- No. 2 Colquitt County at No. 3 Norcross. Matt Stewart looks at some of the top players on each side.
In a recent conversation with Colquitt County Packer head football coach Rush Propst, I asked if he had gotten the painful 19-17, last play of the game loss to North Gwinnett, out of his mind heading into this the 2018 prep football season.
