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.
The 2018 national rankings were verification that the State of Georgia is loaded with top-notch football teams, as nine of that HSFA Top 100 teams are from here in the state.
In looking at this year’s new schedules across the State, I noticed one glaring issue, some of the early season matchups will be key for many teams in this 2018 Prep Football season.
The calendar says that we are 2 months away from the start of the 2018 Georgia high school football season, but if you stopped by the Roswell Area park last week you might think the season openers were just days away.
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.
Be sure to join our GPB team for the second round of the GHSA 7A playoffs Friday night starting at 7:00 p.m. as the seventh-ranked Colquitt County Packers play at the third-ranked Walton Raiders.
The legendary Rush Propst will be going for his 100th win as the Head Coach at Colquitt County Saturday night when the Packers host the Bishop Sullivan Catholic Crusaders, the Max Preps’ #1 ranked team from Virginia.
During the offseason, the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) considered implementing new regulations aimed at discouraging student athletes from transferring to other schools – but that idea was tabled until next year.
