Dalton
The latest Dalton coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
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Chattanooga area high school football playoff game capsules
The key: It's the second round of Georgia's Class AA playoffs and already a matchup between teams that rank first and second in victory margin in their classification. Calhoun has averaged winning 47.4-14.7. Washington-Wilkes has averaged outscoring its opponents 41.5-8.9. History is on the side of the host Yellow Jackets, who have won 15 consecutive home playoff games. The Tigers have lost 10 consecutive road playoff games. A more tangible gauge in determining the outcome could be how well Calhoun's offensive line protects quarterback Taylor Lamb. Lamb's uncle, head coach Hal Lamb, said the Tigers can be effective with their linemen stunts and blitz packages.
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Dalton Catamounts riding amazing ascent
DALTON, Ga. - How important can six weeks be for a high school football program?
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Gossett blog: Looking for TSSAA expense check?
Wanted: Proof that any team received an all expenses paid trip to a TSSAA high school championship game. This, of course, excludes, Sullivan South trips to Columbia.
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Chattanooga area Friday prep football playoff matchups
Friday, Nov. 23
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Chattanooga area high school game capsules for Nov. 16
The key: Grace Christian was kept out of the 2011 playoffs by TSSAA decree and enters tonight's game with a 20-1 record the past two seasons. Conversely, a narrow loss to Class 4A Maplewood likely cost the Buccaneers a top seed and actually relegated them to a No. 3 seed, thus their back-to-back road trips. While Boyd-Buchanan was beating Rockwood 27-19 in its first playoff game, the Rams were enjoying a bye as Quadrant 1's top-seeded team. In Week 2 when Boyd-Buchanan went on the road to knock off second-seeded Oneida 21-6, Grace was at home pulling out a 28-20 win over Silverdale Baptist. Bucs coach Grant Reynolds didn't want to compare scores -- his team beating Silverdale 32-7 early in the year and the Rams topping the Seahawks by eight. "Silverdale improved a whole lot from our game with them, which was pretty early in the season, and Grace was without one of their top players," he said. That top player was running back Will McKamey, a Naval Academy commitment and son of Rams coach Randy McKamey. He suffered a severe concussion against South Pittsburg in Week 10 and spent several days at Erlanger Hospital before being released. His parents have said he will not play anymore this year. Other common opponents are Rockwood, which Grace defeated 12-7, and South Pittsburg, which the Rams beat 47-27 and which Boyd-Buchanan downed 35-21. Boyd-Buchanan has three shutout wins but none since it beat Unaka 53-0 in Week 7, the same week Grace got its only shutout (35-0 over Tellico Plains). The teams are comparable in size, although the Bucs might have better overall team speed. Road games don't bother Reynolds, who likes getting his players for close to six hours before kickoff and getting them away from parents, girlfriends and other distractions so "they can hone in on what they have to do."
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Top prep football performance
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Player of the Week honor roll
(Coaches are invited to make nominations. Send an e-mail to Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com by 6 p.m. each Saturday.)
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District 5-AA down to four football teams
Concord Christian
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Catamounts romp past Pickens, 42-0
DALTON, Ga. - The Dalton Catamounts made sure there would be no late-game drama Friday night as they played for their playoff lives. They used a devastating ground game and took advantage of several Pickens County first-half miscues to win going away at Harmon Field, 42-0.
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Top Chattanooga area prep football performances
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