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GardenStateBaller Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 Rome cancels opener vs. Creekside Rome’s football team pulled out of this week’s opening game with Creekside because of Thursday night’s bus crash that sent 15 players to the emergency room, Rome coach John Reid announced Monday morning. “We had a bus roll over four times with all our quarterbacks and the first- and second-team offense on it, and right now we’re still assessing the degree of injury and concussion protocols,” Reid said. “Many of these kids have suffered what you’d suffer when you think about rolling a bus three, four times going 60 mph. So with that said, it’s pretty much a no-brainer to cancel the game.” Rome, ranked No. 7 in Class 5A, was to play Creekside at home Friday night as part of the 11-game Corky Kell + Dave Hunter Classic that runs Wednesday through Sunday. The bus crash occurred late Thursday evening following a scrimmage game at Rockmart. The bus was traveling north in Polk County when it was struck by a car that crossed the yellow line. The driver, Jeyonna Jariah Underwood, 21, of Rome, was charged with DUI. “We want to go into the opener without any excuses,” Reid said. “If these injuries were due to a scrimmage, we would play. But we got hurt because a drunk driver hit our bus. Not many players have had to deal with that trauma or being in the emergency room until 6 in the morning.” Reid said he was riding in the third of Rome’s three buses that night, following the one that crashed. He didn’t see the accident occur but came up on it quickly. “We were probably 500 yards back,” Reid said. “As we were coming up on it, all of a sudden there’s a car spinning out of control, and off to the side, you could see the white top of our bus, which was pointed the wrong way on the opposite side of the road. It had cut into a pole. “My first reaction is that’s our kids,” he said. “My inside was feeling absolute fear that we might be coming up on a scene with casualties. Coaches got the driver out and we were picking up kids and seeing who was injured. We didn’t know if somebody was under the bus or had fallen into the ravine. It was a miracle [that injuries were not worse].” No one was seriously injured, but Reid guessed that 10 players got CT scans for possible head trauma. Rome’s next scheduled game is Aug. 30 against Carrollton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 Decade’s best In Georgia so far Thirty-nine GHSA and GIAA programs have won 40 games or more since 2020, putting them on pace for 100 this decade. 54 - Prince Avenue Christian 50 - Fitzgerald 49 - Buford 49 - John Milledge Academy 49 - Pierce County 48 - Benedictine 48 - Hughes 47 - Cartersville 47 - Milton 46 - Carrollton 46 - Warner Robins 45 - Calvary Day 45 - Grayson 45 - Marist 44 - Bowdon 44 - Rabun County 44 - Thomson 43 - Coffee 42 - Carver (Columbus) 42 - Colquitt County 42 - Fellowship Christian 42 - Irwin County 42 - Jefferson 42 - Mill Creek 42 - Perry 41 - Appling County 41 - Cedartown 41 - Creekside 41 - Lee County 41 - Roswell 41 - Ware County 41 - Woodward Academy 40 - Brooks County 40 - Callaway 40 - Central Fellowship Christian 40 - Metter 40 - North Oconee 40 - Rockmart 40 - Swainsboro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GardenStateBaller Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 One of the Georgia's better football players can’t suit up for his team’s opening game tonight because the GHSA has not approved his eligibility. He should've just transfered to Grayson, Milton or Buford!! Bo Walker, a running back committed to Georgia, transferred to Stockbridge from Cedar Grove in February. Stockbridge’s new coach, Kendrick Callier, was Cedar Grove’s offensive coordinator last season, when Walker rushed for 1,579 yards and 29 touchdowns on the Saints’ Class 3A championship team. GHSA rules don’t allow athletes who follow a coach to a new school to participate in athletics for one year, so Walker won’t play for Stockbridge, Class 4A’s No. 2 team, in tonight’s game at Dutchtown. His final appeal is next week. Walker enrolled at Stockbridge before the school announced Callier as its coach in late March, Callier said, but Walker failed to win an appeal. GHSA bylaw 1.72 reads in part: “A student athlete transferring ... shall be ruled ineligible for one year if ... the player who played for a coach at one school ... followed that coach when he/she moved to a GHSA school.” The GHSA considers following a coach evidence of undue influence to persuade an athlete to transfer. Stockbridge lost a hardship appeal for Walker on Aug. 8. Stockbridge can appeal again Tuesday. Callier said that will be Walker’s last chance to win his eligibility. Final appeals go before the GHSA’s board of trustees. “Everybody thinks he moved because of me, but that’s not the truth,” Callier said. “It’s a true family issue. He came to help out his great-granddad. His great-granddaddy is sick, and his great-grandmother is too old to help, and that’s the reason.” The GHSA does not comment on ongoing appeals cases. Walker is a senior. He practiced with the team during the summer but has not since padded practice began this month, Callier said. If Walker fails to become eligible, he would be the second Georgia-committed player in recent years that the GHSA has ruled ineligible for his senior season. In August 2021, Georgia sophomore linebacker Gabe Harris was not allowed to play for Valdosta after transferring from Thomas County Central, though his situation was different than Walker’s. The GHSA ruled that Harris did not move legally into the Valdosta school district, which is a requirement for immediate eligibility. Harris then played his senior season at IMG Academy in Florida. GHSA rules also don’t allow students ruled ineligible at one GHSA school to become eligible at another except through appeal. Callier said Walker had no immediate plans to transfer again. “He’s so positive that it’s like he doesn’t want to think about that stuff,” Callier said. “He doesn’t like when I bring up Plan B. He feels everything will go his way.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GardenStateBaller Posted August 17 Author Share Posted August 17 If this happens annually, it's a policing problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted August 17 Author Share Posted August 17 Grayson with all its xfers loses to Collins Hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted August 17 Author Share Posted August 17 Marist also won last night. #PowerPrivates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GardenStateBaller Posted August 17 Author Share Posted August 17 Remember that RG is a boarding school with some post-grads on their roster. #IMGofGA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 21 hours ago, GardenStateBaller said: Grayson with all its xfers loses to Collins Hill. And CHill lost a lot to transfer. The Grayson coach should be fired 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsnut Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 On 8/12/2024 at 8:51 AM, GardenStateBaller said: 5A is the deepest and most talented class in the state. There will be surprises. They will come from outside the top 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsnut Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 15 hours ago, Nolebull813 said: And CHill lost a lot to transfer. The Grayson coach should be fired This is Georgia. You can't count out anybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsnut Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 10 top 10 teams bite the dust in week 1. Expect more of the same in week 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsnut Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 The reclass is creating chaos. There was a wrench thrown into the playoff picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 BC shouldn't have dropped in 4A. They should not be penalized for playing a boarding school with 19 year old post grad ballers from all over USA. Even if they also lose to Buford this week those are two "good" losses, which will help them win 4A this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, GardenStateBaller said: BC shouldn't have dropped in 4A. They should not be penalized for playing a boarding school with 19 year old post grad ballers from all over USA. Even if they also lose to Buford this week those are two "good" losses, which will help them win 4A this season. Then they have to go to Moeller in Ohio after Buford. That is a crazy stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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