Well, the dust has finally cleared and seven state champions have been crowned at the Georgia Dome in this year’s GHSA Championships.  First off,  all the players, coaches, trainers, athletic directors, students, fans, parents, cheerleaders, and bands should  be recognized for their outstanding efforts all season long.  It was great to see all of you at the Dome playing, coaching, and rooting on your favorite teams.

In the first game on Friday, coach Jim Dickerson, a Clinch County alum, coached his squad to the school’s sixth state title. 

The 3A championship game had the wildest finish as the Westminster rallied for two touchdowns in the final four minutes and went on to defeat Blessed Trinity in overtime.

In the 5A championship game, the Allatoona Buccaneers became the first Cobb County community school to win a state championship edging Glynn Academy in as hard a hitting defensive dominated game as you will ever see.

On Saturday, The Eagles Landing Christian Academy Chargers got things rolling winning their second state title by beating the 2013 state champs, the Fightin’ Irish of Aquinas.

The 2A championship went to Pace Academy, a school that began their football program in 2008, and under the leadership of Chris Slade has the first championship football trophy.

The 4A game, again, was a great defensive struggle as Cartersville blanked Buford 10-0.  Coach Joey King in just his second year as coach of the Purple Hurricanes added a third state title to the Cartersville trophy case. 

The 6A game was an exciting back and forth game throughout the first half, and then the defending champion Colquitt County Packers found another gear to go on and beat Roswell 30-13.  The Packers are now on a 30 game winning streak and in the conversation for the mythical high school national championship.

All in all it was a great two days of GHSA championship football.  GPB Sports is proud to bring over 23 hours of this football fiesta of tackles, touchdowns, and trophy presentations to all the high school football fans around the great state of Georgia. 

The funny thing is, now that it is over, I can’t wait for it to fire back up again.