We have several contenders for the best team in Macon this year and some are regulars to the conversation while others are rather new. As I see it, some teams win every year no matter if they are re-building and others wait years to get where they want to be. I feel like this is what we may have in Macon this year.
I present to you now a bit of information where some of Macon's finest will end up this year.
Every year the Westside Seminoles find a way to have a playoff type of year and this year will be no different. In fact this could be one of those special years if junior quarterback Victor Dixon Jr . starts to become the quarterback everyone thinks he will be. I saw Dixon play last year and he was a bit inconsistent, but hey he was only a sophomore. This could be a break out type of year for him.
Dixon has some quality protection up front, led by senior center Jayshaun Parker and some skill players led by junior Jaylon Barden, that seem to be ready for breakout years also. If Dixon can grow up a little bit from last year, look for the Seminole offense to be potent.
Westside also seems to be stout on the defensive side of the football. Look for Jayland Parker,Nate Brookins and Jehlen Canady all to have big years and look for Westside to do what they always do, which is make the playoffs.
I also like Howard, although we will find out a little bit more about them after Thursday night when they meet up with Jones County. Now I will be honest, I think Howard loses by three touchdowns but I could be wrong. Howard looked unstoppable in their Friday night scrimmage against Tattnall, but Tattnall was not a physical threat to Howard. Jones County will not only be a physical threat but they will probably be quicker than Howard. With Sewell, Kelly and Shelton leading the way, I see the Huskies making the playoffs this year, but Jones County is a bit too much right now for them to handle.
I also expect Northeast to have a very good year, while I am not quite sure about the other Macon public schools yet.
The private school sector in Macon could be very different . Stratford, Tattnall and FPD both had massive losses from graduation last year and from the look of the rosters posted, none of them will dress more that about 40 players. Mount de Sales however, shows a roster of over 53 players, and word is, they have several college level players this year. I feel like quarterback Dexter Williams may turn into the best quarterback in the city before the end of the year, or at least the best dual threat guy. He will be able to hand the ball off to Josiah Cotton, who has the potential to be the best running back in a tough region, giving Mount de Sales more balance than they have had in years. But the thing that probably excites head coach Keith Hatcher more than anything is that he has 17 seniors this year and most of those have started since they were sophomores. Mount de Sales is not only a playoff team , they may take over as the best private school football team this year.
That's not to say the other big three privates wont be good by the end of the season. We obviously cant judge Tattnall by its loss in the scrimmage to Howard. Howard dressed like 100 kids and most of them were bigger than Tattnall's starters. The Trojans need a few kids on both sides of the ball to take over and one of those has to be Jamal Marshall, who is the most talented player on the team.
Stratford will play its scrimmage on Wednesday against Mount Paran so we will know a bit more about them after that, and FPD played Rutland fairly even last Friday and played three kids at quarterback so they see to be a bit unsettled right now.
As far as the playoffs I would bet each and every private school finds a way to sneak in
#####UPDATE########
FPD now has 63 players on their roster as of 8-14-2018, while Stratford was up to 43.
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