week one picks

I feel like I pretty much know what is going on with sports in the Middle Georgia area.
I mean sometimes I am wrong, and people give me grief about it, but usually, usually, I am right on , especially when it comes to picking the winners of high school games.
So if I am so good at it, why not do it ?
I was doing it for the Telegraph for a few years before they decided to barely cover local sports, and last year I did it with some local celebrities.
So this year, I didn't ask anyone else to try it.
I COULDNT ask Tucker Sargent, his wife just had a baby a few days ago. Mason and Luke from WGXA as well as Evan are all gone reaching stardom away from Macon.
So my choices were limited.
I finally decided I don't need anyone else to make this fun so here are my picks. No one elses picks really matter anyways


THURSDAY NIGHT BLAST
What a way to start the high school season with 5A powerhouse Jones County coming to Macon to meet 4A secret Howard. First I must say that Barney Hester left Howard with great talent, the best and meanest being linebacker DeAndre Shelton. They are equally talented on offense with Jeremiah and Mr. Sewell in the backfield. Howard is going to have a possible playoff kind of year here but the winning will not start this week. No way , No sir, No No No. Jones County no longer re-builds they re-load and Justin Rogers is THE best coach in the area. The new Jones County weight room begins to pay off tonight.
Jones County 34
Howard          13


Friday Night Fuel
Westside and Southwest matches any game in the state this week. Westside has lost to Southwest twice and no other Macon team has ever defeated Westside. Spoon Risper knows it and I am betting he has been harping on that fact for many many weeks now. Dixon and Barden are enough to win this game but I am sure a running back or three will show up for the Seminoles.
I don't expect Southwest to be  a pushover, but they did lose a three year starter at quarterback, not because he graduated, but because he left for what he thought was a better opportunity. Yeah someone thinks playing for former UGA and GSU quarterback Joe Dupree isn't quite good enough for him.
It will be a good game and it ends with a score of
Westside 23
Southwest 12


How Bad is Tattnall
After getting beaten up last Friday in a scrimmage again Howard, Tattnall Square travels to Marietta for Our Lady of Mercy, a team that listed 22 players on the roster as late as yesterday. Tattnall is smallish and graduated some great players over the last few years, so I is hard to say what they have in the tank this year. They may struggle a bit this year, but maybe not this week. Marshall and Allen combine for 300 yards rushing.
Tattnall 28
OLM     14


Other winners
Baldwin 20
WACO  16


WRHS  36
Tift       23


Upson Lee   27
Veterans      10


MDS      30
Monticello  6


PERRY  17
HOCO   16
I WILL be live on DSBN sports tonight broadcasting the Howard-Jones game and you can join me on the live stream of Tattnall football on Friday by going to their athletics page, go to the bottom and the live stream will be waiting for you