The G.A.S. Pump (Dec. 11)
December 11th, 2007 Posted in Georgia, High School Football, High School BasketballTime to fill ‘er up at The Georgia Amateur Sports (G.A.S.) Pump, brought to you by LocalReplay.com. Enjoy our daily look at amateur sports headlines from around the State of Georgia. Click on the following links to find:
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High School Challenge | ajc.com
We’re halfway through the Class AAAAA playoffs, and you can check to see how you are faring against the other 2,200 entries in our High School Champions Challenge. Simply click on the “Check out the Leaderboard” link below, then find your screen name (the default is for high scores, but you can sort screen names alphabetically).
Defense, ha! Playoffs reward playmakers | ajc.com
Forget defense. In high school football, playmakers win championships. That’s what I carried away from the latest Georgia Dome semifinals. By Dec. 9, everybody that’s left plays good defense.
North proves itself more than worthy | gwinnettdailypost.com
North Gwinnett passed two important tests with its 31-7 win over Walton in Saturday’s Class AAAAA state high school football semifinal game at the Georgia Dome.
Region foes square off in AA finals | gwinnettdailypost.com
Some three hours after his Buford football team defeated Dublin in the Class AA semifinals last Saturday, head coach Jess Simpson lounged on a couch in a Georgia Dome meeting room.
Padgett resigns as Central football coach and athletic director | timesgeorgian.com
Randy Padgett has resigned as head football coach at Central High School after the Lions posted their first winless record in 43 years this past season and will step down as athletic director at the end of the school year. The Lions had lost 16 straight games under Padgett, but he said he submitted his resignation voluntarily.
High School Basketball
Atlanta Area
Groves starts fast, looks to stay perfect in hoops | savannahmorningnews.com
Signs hang on the doors of the Groves High School gym and inside the arena that read “Same Game, Different Speed.” The increase in tempo is thanks to the Rebels’ first-year boys basketball coach, Ty Randolph, whose squad has raced out to a 6-0 start to the season. Randolph wants his defense to hustle and pressure the opposition for 94 feet, and they’ve done just that.
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