Class 6A Blog: Long-awaited Region 1 openers headline Week 7 slate

Week 7 marks the long-awaited start of Region 1 play as Class 6A’s South Georgia powerhouses open up region play. Heading into Friday, the six-team region has accumulated a 26-4 overall record with Lowndes, Valdosta and Camden County all carrying 5-0 records. Colquitt County and Richmond Hill both sit at 4-1 and Tift County is 3-2—resulting in all six teams achieving winning records after non-region play despite a grueling overall slate of opponents. Valdosta will travel to Camden County for their region opener and this will be a rematch of last year’s 56-37 victory by Valdosta. Colquitt County defeated Lowndes 38-35 at home last year, but will now be travelling to Lowndes this year and the third matchup will be Richmond Hill at Tift County. Last year, Richmond Hill scored a 21-17 victory.

Region 2 has one more week before its region slate and there will be three games two watch this Friday night. No. 3 ranked Carrollton is off on a bye after improving to 6-0 last week with its 43-7 victory over Parker (AL) and Westlake will be off after defeating No. 10 ranked Class 2A Hapeville Charter 13-7. This Friday, Chapel Hill will travel to Centennial and East Coweta will head to Cambridge. No. 4 ranked Douglas County will host Columbia after observing a bye this past week.

It is fall break for Region 3 and all eight of its teams will be off this week. In Region 4, the top matchup will be No. 1 ranked Grayson and visiting Newton. Last week, Grayson opened up region play with a 51-0 win over Grovetown, while Newton outlasted Archer in a thrilling 42-35 victory. Last season, this game got pushed back to the final week of the regular season and Grayson scored a 43-13 victory—improving its all-time record to 8-1 against the rival Rams.

Five of the seven teams in Region 5 will be off this week and the lone matchup will be Cherokee County rivals Cherokee at Etowah in region play. Cherokee was off last week, while Etowah dropped a tough 43-9 game to Marietta. Similarly to Region 5, Region 6 has a light Week 7 slate with six of its eight teams off on byes. The lone matchup will be Alpharetta at North Atlanta and all six Forsyth County teams will return to action next week after their fall break.

Region 7 has all eight teams in action with a four-pack of region games—highlighted by Brookwood at Parkview—which are both 1-1 in region play thus far. In Region 8, No. 2 ranked Buford will be off this week and the other six teams will be in action with Mill Creek at Central Gwinnett, Dacula at Discovery and Collins Hill at Mountain View. Below is the latest region standings and the schedule for this week’s 18 games in Class 6A.

CLASS 6A WEEK 7 STANDINGS AND SCHEDULE

REGION 1

Lowndes 0-0, 5-0

Valdosta 0-0, 5-0

Camden County 0-0, 5-0

Colquitt County 0-0, 4-1

Richmond Hill 0-0, 4-1

Tift County 0-0, 3-2

Friday, Sept. 26 (REGION GAMES)

Valdosta at Camden County

Colquitt County at Lowndes

Richmond Hill at Tift County

Friday, Sept. 19

Camden County 37, Royal Palm Beach (FL) 20

Colquitt County 31, Rickards (FL) 19

Buchholtz (FL) 21, Richmond Hill 0

REGION 2

Carrollton 0-0, 6-0

Douglas County 0-0, 3-2

Westlake 0-0, 3-3

Chapel Hill 0-0, 1-4

East Coweta 0-0, 1-4

Friday, Sept. 19

Carrollton 43, Parker (AL) 7

Manchester 47, Chapel Hill 13

East Coweta 48, Perry 31

Westlake 13, Hapeville Charter 7

Friday, Sept. 26

Chapel Hill at Centennial

Douglas County vs. Columbia

East Coweta at Cambridge

REGION 3

Harrison 2-0, 5-0

Hillgrove 2-0, 5-0

McEachern 2-0, 5-0

Osborne 1-1, 1-4

Paulding County 1-1, 1-4

Campbell 0-2, 3-2

South Cobb 0-2, 2-3

Pebblebrook 0-2, 1-4

Friday, Sept. 19 (REGION GAMES)

Harrison 28, Campbell 7

Hillgrove 35, Pebblebrook 0

McEachern 60, Paulding County 0

Osborne 21, South Cobb 0

Friday, Sept. 26

Region BYE week

REGION 4

Grayson 1-0, 5-0

Newton 1-0, 3-2

South Gwinnett 1-0, 3-2

Heritage-Conyers 0-0, 0-3

Rockdale County 0-1, 3-1

Grovetown 0-1, 3-2

Archer 0-1, 2-3

Friday, Sept. 26 (REGION GAMES)

Grayson vs. Newton

Heritage-Conyers vs. Rockdale County

South Gwinnett vs. Grovetown

Friday, Sept. 19 (REGION GAMES)

Grayson 51, Grovetown 0

Newton 42, Archer 35

South Gwinnett 26, Rockdale County 0

REGION 5

North Cobb 2-0, 4-2

Marietta 2-0, 2-4

North Paulding 1-1, 4-2

Walton 1-1, 3-3

Etowah 0-1, 2-3

Cherokee 0-1, 1-4

Wheeler 0-1, 1-5

Friday, Sept. 19 (REGION GAMES

Marietta 43, Etowah 9

North Cobb 24, North Paulding 17

Walton 34, Wheeler 21

Friday, Sept. 26 (REGION GAME)

Etowah vs. Cherokee

REGION 6

West Forsyth 2-0, 4-1

North Atlanta 2-0, 3-2

North Forsyth 1-1, 3-2

Denmark 1-1, 2-3

Lambert 1-1, 2-3

Alpharetta 1-1, 1-4

South Forsyth 0-2, 2-3

Forsyth Central 0-2, 0-5

Friday, Sept. 26 (REGION GAME)

North Atlanta vs. Alpharetta

Thursday, Sept. 18 (REGION GAMES)

Lambert 48, North Forsyth 27

North Atlanta 28, South Forsyth 7

West Forsyth 24, Denmark 10

Friday, Sept. 19 (REGION GAMES)

Alpharetta 32, Forsyth Central 14

REGION 7

North Gwinnett 2-0, 4-1

Peachtree Ridge 2-0, 4-1

Brookwood 1-1, 3-2

Duluth 1-1, 3-2

Norcross 1-1, 3-2

Parkview 1-1, 2-3

Berkmar 0-2, 0-5

Meadowcreek 0-2, 0-4

Friday, Sept. 19 (REGION GAMES)

Brookwood 45, Berkmar 0

Duluth 50, Meadowcreek 20

Peachtree Ridge 24, Norcross 22

North Gwinnett 53, Parkview 6

Friday, Sept. 26 (REGION GAMES)

Meadowcreek vs. Norcross

North Gwinnett vs. Berkmar

Parkview vs. Brookwood

Peachtree Ridge vs. Duluth

REGION 8

Buford 1-0, 5-0

Collins Hill 1-0, 3-2

Mill Creek 1-0, 3-2

Dacula 0-0, 2-2

Central Gwinnett 0-1, 2-2

Discovery 0-1, 0-4

Mountain View 0-1, 0-5

Friday, Sept. 26 (REGION GAMES)

Central Gwinnett vs. Mill Creek

Discovery vs. Dacula

Mountain View vs. Collins Hill

Friday, Sept. 19 (REGION GAMES)

Buford 71, Discovery 7

Collins Hill 30, Central Gwinnett 0

Mill Creek 45, Mountain View 3

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