Class AAAAAA Allatoona vs. Harrison Friday, December 13 | 8:00 PM

By Craig Sager II Class AAAAAA Allatoona vs. Harrison Friday, December 13 | 8:00 PM

Allatoona is in the finals for the first time since the program captured its first-ever state crown in 2015. The Buccaneers have been in a couple of close in throughout their run to this year’s finals and are fresh off a 17-14 overtime victory against Richmond Hill in the semifinals. In the win, Bucs quarterback Danté Marshall found Asante Das for the 36-yard game-tying touchdown pass with just 1:37 left in regulation. After Richmond Hill missed a field goal in the first possession of overtime, Allatoona’s Jude Kelley made a 22-yard field goal on third down to give the Bucs the road win. Defensively, Allatoona has allowed just 8.5 ppg during the postseason and the Bucs also had success on that side of the ball in the 21-17 loss to Harrison during the regular season. Offensively, Das is a player to watch and the senior receiver enters the finals with a team-high 15 receiving touchdowns. ALLATOONA 11-2-1, REGION 6 NO. 2 SEED

CARTERSVILLE ...........................................14-13 L CREEKVIEW.................................................37-7 W RIVER RIDGE................................................38-0 W SOUTH COBB............................................. 41-20 W SPRAYBERRY.............................................38-21 W HARRISON...................................................21-17 L HAPEVILLE CHARTER..................................21-21 T OSBORNE.....................................................45-6 W DALTON......................................................17-14 W SEQUOYAH .................................................35-12 W GAINESVILLE...............................................49-7 W STEPHENSON.............................................23-13 W COFFEE........................................................24-0 W RICHMOND HILL........................................17-14 W 2019 RESULTS

The undefeated Hoyas have already produced a school-record 14 wins this season and are now sitting just one historic win away from clinching the program’s first-ever state title. Harrison’s 40.6 ppg scored this season are also an all-time best, as is the 29.9 average margin of victory seen this season so far. Last weekend in the semifinals, the Hoyas outmatched No. 1 ranked Dacula convincingly in a 38-7 blowout. Senior quarterback Gavin Hall and running back David Roberts each rushed in one touchdown before their senior teammate, running back Mason Babay, tacked on three second-half rushing scores. Harrison’s closest game this year was its narrow 21-17 win over Allatoona in Region 6 play back on Oct. 11. The Hoyas fell behind 17-7 at the half, but outscored the Bucs 14-0 in the final two quarters to escape from the defensive struggle victorious. HARRISON 14-0, REGION 6 NO. 1 SEED

LASSITER.....................................................47-3 W HIRAM..........................................................35-7 W RIVER RIDGE................................................49-0 W SOUTH COBB..............................................38-20 W SPRAYBERRY...............................................42-7 W DALTON......................................................42-21 W ALLATOONA................................................21-17 W OSBORNE.....................................................44-0 W SEQUOYAH ...................................................42-7 W CREEKVIEW...............................................47-10 W WINDER-BARROW.....................................42-25 W BRUNSWICK..............................................51-19 W HOUSTON COUNTY.......................................28-7 W DACULA .......................................................38-7 W 2019 RESULTS

A L L ATO O N A V S . H A R R I S O N CLASS AAAAAA SKINNY

Familiarity will play a big factor as the two Region 6-AAAAAA rivals face off for the second time this season. Both offenses struggled in the previous meeting: Harrison quarterback Gavin Hall finished 4-of-9 passing for 46 yards and one touchdown with one interception while the running game picked up 111 yards off its 34 combined carries. Allatoona quarterback Danté Marshall completed just five of 16 attempts for 118 yards and had two touchdowns to go with two interceptions. The Bucs’ running game picked up just 109 yards on 32 total carries. Expect both coaching staffs to be hard at work installing game plans that can open up opportunities that were hard to come by the last time around.

ALLATOONA BUCCANEERS (Acworth, GA) • Red, Black & Silver # Name Gr. Pos. 1 Asante Das 12 WR 2 Danté Marshall 12 QB 3 Angelo Govan 12 WR 4 Zach Jackson 11 WR 5 Shane Tesler 12 DB 6 Cameron Carty 12 LB, DL 7 Alex Wilson 12 RB 8 Logan Crossfield 11 DB 9 Brett Blomquist 11 DB 10 Elan Hall 11 QB 11 Will Mosely 10 DB 12 Owen Brody 10 QB 13 Fisher Paulsen 11 DB 14 Grayson Stille 12 WR 15 Bryson Arnold 10 DB 16 Jay Ellison 11 FB 17 Jylan Thomas 10 RB 18 Marcus Taylor 10 RB 19 Troy Glenn 11 RB 20 Tyler McGuire 9 QB 21 Kole Bratton 11 DB 22 Kevin Kesser 11 LB 23 Dequori Garrett 11 RB 24 Michael Austin 12 DB 25 Jamal Boyd 12 LB 26 Hunter Paulsen 11 LB 27 Sam Ellison 11 FB 28 Julian McCrae 10 DB 29 Steven Kesser 10 LB 30 Caleb Moore 10 DB 31 Calvin Rucker 12 LB 32 Carter Beck 11 LB 33 Kristian Graham 12 DB 34 Dean Maddox 11 RB 35 Justin Quince 11 FB 36 Stephon Anderson 11 FB 37 Michael Barron 10 QB 38 Ben Crawley 11 QB 39 Kelsey Graham 10 DB 40 Enoch Edusei 12 LB 41 Lamar Franklin 12 DB 42 Cody King 10 LB 43 Cole Obidowski 10 LB 44 DJ Richards 11 FB 45 Eli Nganga 10 LB 46 Mikah Hubbard 12 OL 47 Jordan Vance 11 WR 48 Ian Johnson 10 FB 49 Traven Eaddy 10 DB 50 Ryan Smith 11 LB 51 Vinnie Canosa 9 LB 52 Ty Thompson 10 LB 53 Havik Pettigrew 10 OL 54 Gavin Tatum 11 OL 55 Josiah Hood 11 DL, LB 56 Jack Zimmerman 11 DL 57 Drew Lawrence 12 OL 58 JD Rainwater 10 OL 59 Michael Bolen 10 OL 60 Jeremiah Hood 11 DL, LB 62 Donovan Curry 11 OL 63 Alexander Bull 10 TE 64 Ryan Blank 10 OL 66 Julian Barragan 11 OL 67 Anthony Godwin 11 OL 68 Aden Godwin 11 OL 69 Aaron Godwin 11 OL 70 Jackson Fountain 11 K, P 71 Harrison McFarlin 10 OL 72 Colin Westfelt 12 LS 73 Matthew Hess 11 OL 74 Nick Lundeberg 12 OL 75 Daniel Scotto 12 DL 76 Ryan Smith 10 OL 77 Jack Walper 12 OL 78 BJ Kemp 10 OL 79 Justin Gilbert 11 DL 80 Colin Albert 11 WR 81 Bryce Herring 1O WR 82 Joseph Brazier 11 WR 83 Jude Kelly 12 K, P 85 Collin Cassanelli 10 WR 86 Michael Davis 10 WR 87 Bennett Christian 10 TE 88 Chris Richards 11 WR 89 Ty Bouyer 12 WR 90 Jonathan West 12 DL 91 Eric Carty 12 DL, LB 92 Akeel Jones 10 LB 93 James Watts 11 DL 94 Maurice Patterson 11 DL 95 Shukrani Ooko 11 DL 96 Nasir Muhammed 11 TE 99 Alex Stanford 10 K Head Coach: Gary Varner Assistant Coaches: Brett Hubinger, Jeremy Anderson, Scott Lewis, David Clinton, Casey Linch, Barry Cox, Mike Linch, Troy Petersen, Seth Cross, Mike Dennison, Brad Dodd, Vince Rodgers, David Eeles, Xavier Smith, Johnny Tilton, Erik Fridborg, Emmett Hill, Jonathan Wishon

HARRISON HOYAS (Kennesaw, GA) • Navy, Kelly Green & White # Name Gr. Pos. 1 James Ziglor III 11 RB, DB 2 Nathan Vail 10 S, ATH 3 Mason Babay 12 RB, DB 4 Michael Kalafut 12 DB, RB 6 David Roberts 12 RB 7 Justin Lewis 12 QB 8 Tommy Pollack 10 DB, RB 9 Gavin Spratt 12 FS, DB 11 Dayln Rice 12 WR, P 12 Jake Walling 10 QB 13 DJ Panu 12 WR 16 Brennan Viera 12 WR, DB 17 George Kouvelas 12 LB 18 Gavin Hall 12 QB 19 Ryan Smith 12 MLB 20 Ak’bar Shabazz II 11 CB, WR 21 Victor Pless 12 CB, RB 22 Marques Owens 11 WR, DB 23 Brandon Carter 12 CB 24 Hampton Crook 12 CB, SB 25 Charles Remy 11 OLB, RB 26 Cameron Hunt 11 RB 27 Malakai Taft 12 DB, OLB, RB 28 Lawson Touchstone 12 DT, MLB 29 Jared Montour 10 RB, DB 30 Micah Lott 12 DB, RB 31 Trenton Hayberg 10 FB, S 32 Marcus Bleazard 11 OLB, MLB 33 Caleb Williamson 12 OLB, RB 34 Garrett Pate 10 WR, DB 35 Brandon Godfrey 10 RB, OLB 36 Ed Lynch 11 DB, RB 37 Lawson Willard 10 OLB, WR 39 Corey Fields 10 DB, WR 40 Ben Bergeron 10 LB, S 41 Nicholas Sutton 10 RB, DB 43 Blake Kerce 12 LB 44 Mason Bollin 12 TE, DE 45 Emmett Hill 10 RB, LB 46 Noah Anderson 10 WR, DB 47 Myles Hill 11 RB, OLB 48 Akhnation Shabazz 12 LB, RB 49 Ryan Sutton 10 DE, TE 50 Parker Lantz 10 LB, OL 51 Josh Davis 12 MLB, G 52 Garrett Clere 10 DL, OL 53 Cole Storey 12 C, LS 54 Austin Nobis 10 LB, OL 55 Cole Simmer 11 OL, DL 56 Davion Hood 11 DL 57 Sean Santos 12 OL, DL 58 Victor Garza-White 11 OL, DL 59 Reiton Allen 12 OL 60 Luke Praser 10 OL, LB 61 Blake Petty 10 OL, DL 62 Peyton Bumpers 11 OL, DL 63 Nicholas Springer 10 OL, DL 65 Aaron Crambert 11 OL, DL 66 Owen Mcguire 11 OL, LB 67 Gavin Gnagey 10 DE, OL 69 Tate Mowery 10 OL, DL 70 Tonny Garcia 12 OL, DL 71 Tate Harmon 11 OL, DL 72 Elijah Towne 11 DL, OL 73 Luke McCool 10 OL, DL 75 Bridger Tomberlin 11 C, LS 77 Pete Tatum 10 DL, OL 78 Mason Hall 10 DL, OL 79 Ethan Hellman 12 T, NG 80 Owen Lantz 10 DB, WR 81 Dylan Beazley 10 WR, DB 83 Justin Bowick 10 WR 84 Timothy Sturdivant 10 WR, DB 85 Bryce Stanfield 11 DE, TE 86 Kirby Sandefur 10 WR 89 Cody Gast 12 DE, MLB 90 Christian Lowery 11 K, P 91 Jayant Singh 11 DB 92 Niklas Franke 10 LB, TE 93 Austin Holmes 12 LB 96 Rowan Swingley 10 LB, TE 97 AJ Daniels 10 K, P 98 Nick Charles 10 DL, TE 99 Micaiah Bell 12 DE, OLB

Head Coach: Matt Dickmann Assistant Coaches: Josh Cassidy, Mitch Henghold, Bobby Thompson, Bobby Fisher, Thomas Hanson, BJ Lock, Jeff Meese, Craig Page, Josh Walker, Nick Williamson