Over halfway through the regular season, B.E.S.T. Academy is 5-2 and off to the best start in school history. A major reason? The play from standout senior Curtis Hurt, who has contributed on both sides of the football, grabbing 62 tackles, 4 interceptions (including a pick-six), and 4 forced fumbles on defense; plus offensively, Hurt
Centennial has a hard-nosed, two-way playmaker emerging in their backfield in sophomore Jacobi Scott. Built like a fire hydrant at 5’10” and 196 lbs., the stout athlete is starting to gain comfort and confidence in the backfield. Scott grabbed the spotlight during last week’s game against St. Pius. The dynamic sophomore took a handoff and
A tough blocker in the class of ’28 is Harrison Jones out of Chamblee. At 6’1″ and 265 lbs., Jones has been a hard-nosed ball player, using his powerful hands and good technique to deliver strong finishing blocks. Coming off a Week 7 performance that earned him a well-deserved spot on the Bully Squad and
Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy’s Cameron Matthews has been terrific this season, grabbing 29 receptions for 505 yards and four touchdowns, along with 163 rushing yards on the ground and 9 tackles on the defense. The 6’0″, 175-lb. receiver has been a consistent threat for ELCA past the midway point of the season, regularly making electric
Christian Heritage’s Cooper Middleton has become a regular on the website. Last season, the 2027 linebacker earned two top play awards, and last week, Middleton earned a top performer spotlight after nabbing 15 tackles in a big 35-31 win over Gordon Lee. The All-State senior’s big Week 7 earned him Player of the Week honors
Last week was loaded full of great plays throughout Georgia, but one standing above the rest was junior receiver Ryder O’Malley’s 68-yard score against Chattahoochee. The explosive 6’2″ receiver caught a deep ball 35 yards downfield, coming back to the football, which left the defensive back out of position. O’Malley turned upfield, sprinting towards
Freshman William Howard Jr. has started his high school career with a bang. The 5’11”, 164-pound defensive back’s early impact on the varsity has resulted in 32 tackles, 2 for a loss, and 3 interceptions. The exclamation point to those three interceptions happened last week, when the 2030 defensive back picked off a pass
The West Forsyth Wolverines have a true mauler anchoring their offensive line in junior Dylan Matrale. At 6’3″ and 295 lbs, the blocker boasts a wide frame and a punishing style of play. Matrale plays with such maturity and physical dominance that you would look for a seasoned varsity starter. With that experience and on-field
North Forsyth senior athlete Ethan Cahill is proving to be a rare weapon on special teams, making plays that we’ve never seen repeated by the same player in one season. Back in Week 2, the 6’0″, 165-lb. standout senior made the Top 10 Plays of the Week by blocking a field goal and returning
With a unanimous Preseason All-State nod, Marion County’s Deontae Hawkins headed into the 2026 season with lofty expectations. So far, the senior has met those expectations with 30 tackles, 2 interceptions, a pass breakup, and two fumbles forced while rushing for just under 200 yards on offense. In Week 6, Hawkins nabbed his 2nd interception
Peachtree Ridge’s Braxton Palmer has become a regular in the top 10 plays of the week. He is a big play waiting to happen, and that acrobatic creativity manifested again in Week 5. Palmer was flanked out to the left with Peachtree Ridge in the red zone. He ran a fade towards the endzone, using
Blessed Trinity’s Bishop Dameron has looked spectacular spearheading one of the GHSA’s best defenses this season. The senior has 58 total tackles this year, 2 sacks, 3 tackles for a loss, an interception, and a blocked punt. Dameron has been all over the place. For two games in September, Dameron had 15 tackles in a
Whitefield Academy’s Ian Kelly is off to an impressive start this season with 444 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns, plus a game at QB, giving the senior 646 all-purpose yards. Last week, the sure-handed two-sport star showed off his basketball dexterity in what will surely go down as one of the best plays of the
cover photo – Ka’Miyah Williams – @thekreatemedia The Screven County Gamecocks have a versatile anchor in the trenches in senior offensive lineman Ayden Allen. A three-year starter who can reliably play across the line of scrimmage, the 6’4″, 303-lb. prospect is playing his best football of his career right now. Allen’s physical dominance helped Screven
written by: Gabriel Stovall COVINGTON, Ga. — Newton football coach Josh Skelton gets a sly smile and a gleam in his eye when you ask him about Josiah Frazier. Then he gives the biggest compliment a coach can give a young signal caller. “With Josiah, the whole playbook is open,” Skelton said. “We don’t
Wesleyan SR WR Geno Houchins IV has been a varsity starter since his freshman year. The skilled receiver plays with zero fear, going up for passes and willing to put his body on the line to make the big play. That was never clearer than last Friday, in a Week 5 matchup where Houchins made
Adairsville’s Jay Carson has been an emerging star for the Tigers this season. The speedster has 452 rushing yards on 79 carries for 7 touchdowns, along with 4 receptions for 91 yards. In Week 5, the explosive back had a huge game, rushing for 230 yards and 4 touchdowns in a big 35-14 win
In Week 5, some of the best catches of the entire GHSA season happened. Marion County’s Camron Crawford joined the acrobatic party with his own special play, a one-handed touchdown catch where the 6’4″ athlete basically eclipsed a Manchester defensive back from having any real impact. The football was in the air, with only
The first time we saw Maxwell Tucker out of Chattahoochee was last May in a spring game against Pope. The Cougars were doing everything in their power to get the 6’3″ receiver involved, handing off jet sweeps, quick passes out to the sideline, and intermediate to deep balls down the middle of the field (that
During his four-year career, Stephenson’s Jayden Johnson has traveled some distance across the football field. To be precise, 4363 yards over the course of 37 games, averaging a staggering 8.5 yards per carry and 42 touchdowns. During his junior season alone, the All-State running back put up 2091 yards and 23 touchdowns, but that hasn’t
One of the best plays from Week 2 came from Harlem sophomore Tobias Wynn. The explosive young playmaker made a game-winning TD catch over a defender, toe-tapping down the right side of the endzone, helping his team to a 17-10 win over Grovetown. “It’s been a strong start. We have a great group at Harlem,
One of the most electric seniors catching our attention at the start of this season is Griffin’s Cordae Alexander. It was during Week 1 that he returned a punt 80 yards for a score, but during Week 3, the explosive senior earned a spot in the Recruit Georgia Top 10. Playing against Northgate, Alexander caught
Cartersville is the unquestioned #1 team in 5A this season, and senior lineman Carter Levstek has been controlling the line of scrimmage, helping his team post a dominant 50 points per game. Each week, the 2027 blocker has impressed, and during Week 3, he was named OL of the Week on the site, the 2nd
Norcross senior Esimi Okosun is our top offensive lineman for Week 4. The powerful 6’4″ right tackle had a great game against North Atlanta, where he made several nasty pancake blocks, including one where he drove a defender downfield for a 10-yard ride. No doubt about it, with games like the one against North Atlanta,
Strong Rock Christian is off to a fast 4-1 start this season, and a huge reason for their success has been the impressive senior running back Jake Johnson. Through the first five games, the 5’10”, 180-lb. back has been on an absolute tear, amassing a staggering 910 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns on the ground,
