Football

The Our Lady of Mercy Bobcat Youth League is launching this year and there will be an informative meeting for parents and players in grades 4-8 Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mercy Auditorium. For questions, call Glen Ford at 678-598-6122 or the OLM athletic office at 770-461-2202 ext. 402.

Landmark Christian’s varsity football team had won five elimination games in a row, all on the road. Their four road playoff wins had only been done one other time in Georgia High School football history. Colquitt County did it in 1991 and lost to LaGrange in the state final.

Region 3-AAAA, Sub-Region B, which features Fayette County, McIntosh, Starr’s Mill and Whitewater named their all-region team recently and all four schools are well represented on the list.

In their last three seasons, the Landmark Christian War Eagles finished with six wins. Prior to those years, Landmark was a perennial region champion and contender in the state playoffs but they never got further than the quarterfinals. That changed when they beat Aquinas and advanced to last week’s Class A semifinals against Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy. Not only has the Landmark team doubled their win output from last year, but the War Eagles are now 48 minutes from the school’s first state title in football.

You can't win them all. 

Since 2009, Sandy Creek has tried to prove otherwise. They won two state titles and 41 straight games. Their amazing run came to an end tonight in Gainesville. The Patriots lost 35-21. 

Gainesville built a 14 point lead early into the second half, but the Patriots bounced back with a 15 yard touchdown run from CJ Washington and a 2 yard touchdown run from Mike Hilton.

The title of Lewis Colbert’s autobiography is “The Unlikeliest Auburn Tiger” and after hearing his story, it would be hard for anyone else to lay claim to that title.