While games like last week’s Carver-Columbus vs. Northside-Warner Robins matchup are a whole lot of fun, they are, essentially, completely meaningless. Alright, maybe “meaningless” is the wrong word; games like those tell us a lot about the elite high-school football teams in the state and can act as confidence boosters early in the year. However, as a non-region game it has no playoff implications, and grabbing one of your region’s top four spots is what’s important. In Week 4, there are a number of early, but significant, region games. Here are three:
Alpharetta at Milton: It may not exactly be a clash of the titans, but these are two teams that legitimately believe they have a shot at the postseason out of Region 6-AAAAA. Alpharetta stands at 2-0 in the league, and Milton is 1-1.
Valdosta at Northside-WR: This is an important game in regards to playoff seeding. Everybody assumes these teams will be in the top four out of Region 1-AAAAA when all is said and done, but where they end up exactly depends on the outcomes of games like this. Also, each team will want to make up for thoroughly unimpressive performances last Friday (Valdosta against Jonesboro, and Northside against Carver-Columbus).
Norcross at North Gwinnett: The Blue Devils have won the regular-season matchup the past two seasons, but North has the better postseason numbers over that span. Just like it did last year, this game should determine the No. 1 seed out of Region 7-AAAAA.
Ewalt can be reached at aewalt@scoreatl.com.
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