Cordele —
The region of which Crisp County is a member no longer has a representative in the Georgia High School Association’s Class AAAA state football playoffs.
Champion Cairo, runner-up Westover and third place finisher Monroe all lost out in Friday night’s second round. Fourth place Worth County had been eliminated the week before in the first round.
The Syrupmakers of Cairo dropped a 3-0 overtime decision to Mary Persons’ Bulldogs who are under the direction of former Crisp County assistant Brian Nelson whose father-in-law is Dooly head coach Jimmy Hughes.
In his first-year as the head mentor at the Forsyth school which lost 29 seniors off its 2011 squad that made it to the second round of state, the 37-year-old Nelson has led Mary Persons to a 10-2 record.
The Patriots of Westover came out on the short end of a high-scoring battle with South Effingham by a 41-28 score while the Tornadoes of Monroe fell victim 28-6 to the Burke County team that won the Class AAA title last year.
Dooly and Wilcox counties, meanwhile, are still alive at the Class A private school level where the former defeated Turner County 20-8 and the latter whipped Greenville 42-14.
Marion County, which
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will visit Wilcox County for this Friday’s Elite Eight, is the only other Region 4-A member besides the Bobcats still in the playoffs.
The Eagles earned their slot opposite the Patriots, who are now the sole Region 2-A representative, by thrashing Charlton County 31-12. Irwin County, another 2-A delegate, saw its season end in a 31-6 loss to Trion.
Second Round
Class AAAAAA
Camden County 34, East Coweta 14
Colquitt County 26, Newnan 23
Lovejoy 36, Marietta 15
Mill Creek 56, Brookwood 21
Norcross 27, South Gwinnett 7
North Cobb 42, Hughes 14
North Gwinnett 28, Grayson 10
Parkview 26, West Forsyth 23, OT
Class AAAAA
Allatoona 20, MLK Jr. 19
Gainesville 61, Kell 42
Harris County 31, Warner Robins 21
Northside-Warner Robins 45, Thomas County Central 17
Stephenson 35, East Paulding 6
Tucker 40, North Paulding 21
Ware County 20, Union Grove 13
Whitewater 34, Glynn Academy 27
Class AAAA
Burke County 28, Monroe 6
Marist 43, Carrollton 37, 5OT
Mary Persons 3, Cairo 0, OT
Monroe Area 21, Grady 20, OT
Ridgeland 41, LaGrange 34
Sandy Creek 35, Dalton 13
South Effingham 41, Westover 28
Class AAA
Buford 13, North Oconee 0
Cartersville 24, Blessed Trinity 23
Carver-Columbus 45, Rockmart 16
North Hall 13, Morgan County 9
Peach County 43, Pierce County 15
St. Pius X 31, Hart County 15
Thomson 35, Johnson-Savannah 19
Washington County 28, Callaway 0
Class AA
Brooks County 49, McIntosh County Academy 21
Calhoun 34, Washington-Wilkes 7
Early County 28, Screven County 7
Fitzgerald 52, Vidalia 20
Greater Atlanta Christian 52, Heard County 21
Jefferson 35, Westminster 7
Lamar County 24, Benedictine Military 21
Lovett 23, Manchester 0
Class A Public
First Round
Dooly County 19, Turner County 8
Gordon Lee 46, Emanuel County Institute 12
Lincoln County 21, Hancock Central 0
Marion County 31, Charlton County 12
Seminole County 36, Commerce 7
Trion 31, Irwin County 6
Wilcox County 42, Greenville 14
Wilkinson County 27, Miller County 26
Class A Private
First Round
Athens Academy 17, Mt. Pisgah Christian 13
Eagle’s Landing Christian 42, Our Lady of Mercy 14
First Presbyterian Day 49, Brookstone 33
George Walton 38, Aquinas 12
Landmark Christian 10, Calvary Day 7
Prince Avenue Christian 42, Darlington 21
Savannah Christian Prep 35, Holy Innocents’ 17
Walker 28, Athens Christian 7
GISA Semifinals
Class A
Robert Toombs 14, Thomas Jefferson 12
Class AA
Valwood 27, John Milledge 23
Westwood 40, Brentwood 28
GISA Class AAA
Deerfield-Windsor 24, Stratford 17
Heritage School (Newnan) 42, Westfield 10
Local Sports
Region 1-AAAA teams falter in second round of state play
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Wildcats weather playoff scares from Crusaders
Heeding the “where there’s a will, there’s a way” adage, Crisp Academy’ Wildcats struggled mightily Friday en route to a GISA Class A baseball quarterfinals sweep of Robert Toombs’ Crusaders.
With its hard-earned wins of 8-5 and 14-11, coach John Penney’s now 14-5 squad advances to the Final Four for a fourth straight year. Its foe in a best-of-three road series expected to start on Friday is Region 1-A champion Bethlehem Christian (13-5-2). - Crisp-Marist pairing represents a Final Four contrast
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Fullington learns its Final Four opponent
The recipient of an unusual bye for the Elite Eight round of the GISA Class A state baseball playoffs, Fullington Academy learned this weekend where it will travel and who it will face in the Final Four.
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Dooly County High pays tribute to its athletes at all-sports banquet
Winding up one of its most successful years overall athletically, Dooly County High honored participants in all of its sports program at a banquet held Tuesday in the school cafeteria.
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Crisp County net teams honored at recent fete
Crisp County High tennis boosters wasted no time in paying deserved tribute to the school’s netters, holding their annual banquet shortly after both had been eliminated from the state tournament field.
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CCHS cheerleader signs scholarship
Jasmine Cain (seated center) has signed a letter of Intent to attend Brewton Parker College in Mt. Vernon for competition cheerleading.
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Rec department tennis clinics set to begin this week
The first of several tennis clinics to be conducted by retired Crisp County High net coach Junior Peeples will be held this coming week.
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Trojans set to return to action after bye week, first-round win over Curtis Baptist
Prior to winning the rubber match of their three-game, first-round GISA Class A state playoff series vs. Curtis Baptist on May 11, Fullington Academy’s Trojans split Games 1 and 2 a day earlier.
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Crisp Academy sweeps Robert Toombs, earns trip to GISA Final Four
Crisp Academy's Wildcats have advanced to the GISA Class A Final Four for a fourth straight year and in doing so had to rally for a second-game win over Robert Toombs' Crusaders here Friday.
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Wildcats set to continue their quest for fourth straight state finals berth
Now just two wins away from making the GISA Class A state championship finals for a fourth straight year, Crisp Academy will be gunning this weekend for one of the victories needed to get there.
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