No. 1-ranked Westside-Macon has found its new region, 1-AAAA, quite welcoming. The Seminoles finished 7-3 last season in Region 4-AAAA, just missing the playoffs. This week’s opponent, Lee County, finished 2-9 in 2007 but made the playoffs as the No. 3 seed in a Region 1-AAAA that consisted of only four teams.
But that was last season, and that was the old Region 1-AAAA. This season’s Region 1-AAAA features nine teams, and GPB’s Game of the Week features its top performer (Westside at 5-0) and its last-place team (Lee County at 0-5).
Head coach David Johnson and the Trojans are trying to rediscover the same winning state of mind that led to their 10-2 season in 2005.
The Seminoles, led by the second-winningest football coach in Georgia high school history, Robert Davis (348 wins), just want to keep doing what they have been doing so far this season: winning.
The Seminoles are led by their defense, with the team’s all-time leading tackler in Julian Burnett at linebacker. Burnett has offers from Mississippi, Wake Forest, Purdue and South Carolina. The offense is led by quarterback Orrin McFadden, running back Marcus Wilson and receiver Danny Madison.
The Trojans must depend on offensive lineman Tyler Knight, an Auburn commitment, to protect quarterback Matt Aldrich and create running lanes for Tevin Jones.
Stats alone say this should be an easy win for Westside, but lucky for Lee County, football games are won on the field and not in the stat book. They will get the opportunity to turn their season around this Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bibb County Sports Complex.
Wiley can be reached at dwiley@scoreatl.com.
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