BrunswickDawg
11-15-2013, 04:14 PM
Nick Fitzgerald and Richmond Hill (9-1, 6-1) will host #10 Thomas County Central (8-2, 4-1) in a surprise first round match-up. TCC is a perennial top team in Region 1-AAAAA, but was upset in their season finale by Harris County. TCC lost a 3-way tie breaker and dropped to the 3rd seed, and now have to travel 6 hours by school bus to Richmond Hill. That is a big advantage for the Wildcats.
The Wildcats will have to find a way to stop 3-Star Clemson commit Adam Choice. Choice is a 5'9", 195 lb QB who runs a 4.39. He is a beast. Friday night he rushed for 258 yards before dislocating his shoulder and leaving the game at the end of the 3rd qrt. He has 5,091 yards rushing in his career, besting his cousin - former GA Tech RB Joe Burns - by 85 yards for the school record. He has 1,517 yards rushing on the season. TCC runs the veer. Yes, the veer. Their lead running back, Deondre Cooksey has 1,138 rushing yards. So for those who believe in RTGDFB, this is the team for you.
Good news for Richmond Hill is that Choice is listed as questionable as of Thursday afternoon. If Choice can't play or is not up to speed, that is one less weapon for TCC. However, even with Choice, it is a winnable game. TCC's D has not been stellar, and they have had 4 games decided by a touchdown or less.
As for Nick - he finished the regular season with 1,183 yards, 23 TDs, 8.45 ypc, 118.3 ypg on the ground. He capped it with 24-56 for 504 yards, 9 TD's, 2 INTs and a 100 QBR. Not bad for a kid who led the region in receiving last year....
Hopefully, I'll have another post covering Nick next week. I am also looking at doing a weekly recap on Elijah's basketball season, but round ball is just getting started and the coverage in the Marietta paper is too preoccupied with football to give much info.
Hail State
The Wildcats will have to find a way to stop 3-Star Clemson commit Adam Choice. Choice is a 5'9", 195 lb QB who runs a 4.39. He is a beast. Friday night he rushed for 258 yards before dislocating his shoulder and leaving the game at the end of the 3rd qrt. He has 5,091 yards rushing in his career, besting his cousin - former GA Tech RB Joe Burns - by 85 yards for the school record. He has 1,517 yards rushing on the season. TCC runs the veer. Yes, the veer. Their lead running back, Deondre Cooksey has 1,138 rushing yards. So for those who believe in RTGDFB, this is the team for you.
Good news for Richmond Hill is that Choice is listed as questionable as of Thursday afternoon. If Choice can't play or is not up to speed, that is one less weapon for TCC. However, even with Choice, it is a winnable game. TCC's D has not been stellar, and they have had 4 games decided by a touchdown or less.
As for Nick - he finished the regular season with 1,183 yards, 23 TDs, 8.45 ypc, 118.3 ypg on the ground. He capped it with 24-56 for 504 yards, 9 TD's, 2 INTs and a 100 QBR. Not bad for a kid who led the region in receiving last year....
Hopefully, I'll have another post covering Nick next week. I am also looking at doing a weekly recap on Elijah's basketball season, but round ball is just getting started and the coverage in the Marietta paper is too preoccupied with football to give much info.
Hail State