rankings

I have been thinking over the past few weeks about adding school in the area to who I rank but I am really not sure my reading group cares about the other areas in Middle Georgia. I have focused pretty much on what is going on in Macon schools athletically and I float around with 60  to 100 hits on most stories.
So what do I do ?
Well at least for this week I am going to give you the top 15 in Macon and surrounding counties.
Just know that the top two teams probably wont change all year, because, yes, they are  that good.


15) Tattnall Square- Do you see a trend after the first team goes on here ? I don't think Macon private schools can play with the heavyweights of Middle Georgia. Sure FPD beat Central this week, but Central is not a great team. They are an average team. Tattnall is a good football team  and will probably start the year 7-0 before getting in to the meat of their schedule. But hear me, this team does not have the weapons it had last year and will struggle down the stretch. Destin Mack can only do so much


14} Perry- The Panthers have a new coach and some skill players led by Jay Watkins and will be much improved this year. Kevin Smith was definitely a great hire for the Panthers. We will know right away just how good they are because they get Peach County next weekend.


13}Central- Shame on you for dropping the ball and losing to FPD. Shame on you for playing terrible for three quarters before waking up. Shame on you for having 21 seniors and playing soft for three quarters. If the Chargers play like that against Howard, they will quickly be 0-2 and heading for a three win season. Is Friday nights game really that big ? Oh yes it is.


12}Howard- The Huskies are coming off a win and any win is huge at this point after a one win season a year ago. I believe that they will get win number two in a hard fought game against Central this week. Howard has a man at linebacker in Deandre Shelton and I believe that the offense is full of little explosive players and this team is not a one win team. Win number two comes Friday.


11}HOCO- Yes HOCO has been destroyed two weeks in a row. Yes HOCO has looked as bad as any team in the area. Well ok but how would you feel about losing your starting quarterback on the third snap of the year. That makes for a tough start. I believe HOCO bounces back with a win against Eagles Landing


10}Westside- What a defense they have. They totally shut down Southwest but turned the ball over 5 times and lost the game. They can run with Lakelvin Clark but they have to be able to throw it and last Friday they could not. Time for Omar Jones to play to that potential and help the offense out.


9}FPD- Yes I will get some heat about having them so low and I will get more heat when they start the season off 6-0 against a cupcake schedule. But they will have to prove themselves to me in that seventh game, which is Stratford. FPD looked ok against Central but they were reeling at the end and held on for a win . That was after dominating for three quarter. I feel like Greg Moore did not want to show too much because he kept Dalton Cox from doing too much. FPD has two excellent receivers and should be able to spread the field but didn't do a whole lot of that last week. The most impressive player on the field was Wesley Wilson, who is a legit 6'7 300 pounds and is starting to realize his potential. Yes I think 9th is accurate.


8}Stratford- So I think Stratford is better than FPD ? Yeah I do and its just not Tobe Umerah. Stratford has an impressive offense that I don't know much about as of yet, but I will get to know them as the season goes on. They  may not be undefeated when they run into FPD because they have some tough games, but I will go ahead and say right now that Stratford is the private school team to beat this season.


7}Southwest- Javoris Smith runs, Javoris Smith catches, Javoris Smith is the real deal. Add a MAN in the middle in Randy Green and a strong quarterback in Jordan Slocum and the Patriots are going to win some football games.


6}Veterans- I saw them lose and I saw how upset David Bruce was over the loss and the way they played. They followed up with a good win over Dublin. Leyton Pinckney is a winner and Jeremy Horton is that good.


5}Northside- Yes they are only number five, which means they are still very good. It is not easy replacing a Tobias Oliver and the Eagles are finding that out. They are a little down which means they will probably only win 9 games this year.


4}WRHS- Where there is a Fromm there is a way, where there are two Fromms you beat Northside. The Demons aren't all the way back as we will see against Peach, but they are much improved


3}Mary Persons- Brian Nelson is always good and that's all I have to say about that right now


2}Jones County- Teldric Ross is lightening in a bottle , a huge bottle that spills over on to the football field and some of it splashes on Drake Bolus, a big play threat every time he touches the ball. I wish we could somehow see Jones County play Peach County but I don't know if we have a stadium big enough to handle the crowd. These two teams are hands down the best two teams in the area and Justin Rogers should be getting offers from everywhere that wants to win.


1}Peach Counnty- Chad Campbell is loaded and it only starts with Kearis from Antonio. The defense is every bit as good. They , along with Jones County, would beat some of the schools on this list by 40 points.


So that's it, don't hate it don't agree with it, that's your choice, but read it please  and tell your friends about it.