DeKalb Schools Football: Week Six Schedule and Preview

Week 6 Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 22
Clarkston (1-3) vs. Jackson-Atlanta (2-1), Grady, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 23
Cedar Grove (2-2) vs. Columbia (2-2), Avondale, 7:30 p.m.
Chamblee (2-2) vs. SW DeKalb (2-2), Hallford, 7:30 p.m.
River Ridge (3-0) vs. Cross Keys (1-3), North DeKalb, 7:30 p.m.
Druid Hills (1-3) at North Springs (0-3), 7:30 p.m.
Dunwoody (2-2) vs. Lakeside (0-4), Adams, 7:30 p.m.
M.L. King (3-0) at Langston Hughes (2-1), 7:30 p.m.
Stephenson (3-0) at Westlake (2-2), 7:30 p.m.
Stone Mountain (3-1) at Woodward Academy (2-1), 7:30 p.m.
Lithonia (2-2) vs. Mays (4-0), Grady, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24
Towers (0-4) vs. McNair (0-4) TBA
Redan (1-3) vs. Miller Grove (3-1), Panthersville, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 27
Tucker (4-0) vs. Douglass (0-4), Grady, TBA

Open: Arabia Mountain (1-2)

Key region games abound as teams prepare for Week 6

High school football teams are headed into the halfway point of their
seasons and region games get more important for those coveted playoff berths at the end of the regular season.

The No. 9/7 ranked Martin Luther King Lions (3-0) and No. 5 ranked
Stephenson Jaguars both go on the road in Region 2-AAAAA this weekend. The Lions, 1-0 in region play, travel to face Langston Hughes (2-1) in their second region game of the season while the Jaguars open region action at Westlake (2-2), a 35-14 loser to M.L. King last weekend.

Region 6-AAAA has several teams playing to stay in contention as all
regular season games count in the region standings. Chamblee (2-2) and Southwest DeKalb (2-2) face off at Hallford on Friday with the winner keeping playoff hopes alive.

Dunwoody (2-2) takes on Lakeside (0-4) while trying to keep its playoff
hopes alive after getting off to a 0-2 start on the season and Lithonia
(2-2) meets region co-leader Mays at Grady in the hopes of regaining
momentum towards the playoffs after dropping the last two games.

Miller Grove (3-1) faces Redan (1-3) at Panthersville on Saturday as the Wolverines try to stay within one game of the leaders for one of the
playoff berths.

Region 5B-AAA also has some key matchups as region co-leaders Cedar Grove (2-2) and Columbia (2-2) try to improve to 2-0 in region action in a game at Avondale on Friday. Stone Mountain, 3-1 overall and 0-1 in region, tries to get back on track as they travel to Woodward Academy on Friday night.

The No. 1 ranked Tucker Tigers (4-0) look to stay atop the standings with a trip to Grady on Tuesday, Sept. 27 to take on Douglass (0-4). The game was moved from Saturday due to a conflict with Music Midtown taking place across from Grady Stadium.

Four middle school football teams undefeated after four weeks

Bethune (3-0), Peachtree (3-0), Salem (3-0) and Stephenson (3-0) kept their undefeated records in tack with region opening victories this past weekend.

Stephenson defeated Region 2 foe Champion 48-6 in a battle of previously unbeaten teams while Region 2 participant Salem took a 23-6 victory over Chamblee to remain undefeated.

Bethune moved atop the Region 1 standings with a region opening 55-0 victory over Henderson (0-3) while Region 1 foe Chapel Hill moved into a tie at 1-0 in region play with a convincing 48-7 win over Sequoyah (1-2).

Peachtree kept its record unblemished with a big 40-0 Region 3 victory
over Redan and is tied atop Region 3 with Columbia (1-1) which ran past McNair (0-3) 47-0.

Miller Grove (1-2) moved to the top of Region 4 with a 28-6 victory over Stone Mountain (0-3). Region 4’s Druid Hills evened up DeKalb’s record against Atlanta at 2-2 on the season with a 26-12 victory over
Harper-Archer.

Week 5 Preview

Three key region games top the schedule this week in DeKalb middle school football action as teams battle for the top spot in Regions 1 and 2.

Bethune (3-0) and Chapel Hill (2-1) are both 1-0 in Region 1 and collide on Saturday in a 9 a.m. tilt at Avondale Stadium in a battle for the top of the region standings.

Cedar Grove (2-0) opens its Region 2 schedule against Champion (2-1) which fell to 0-1 in region play with a loss to Stephenson last weekend.

Region 2 co-leaders Salem (3-0) and Stephenson (3-0) clash at Hallford Stadium on Saturday at 9 a.m. to see who can move to 2-0 in region play.

Columbia (1-1) and Miller Grove (1-2) meet in a non-region game which is also a rematch of last year’s Trail to the Title championship game won by Miller Grove. The pair meets at 10:30 a.m. at Hallford Stadium.

Stone Mountain (0-3) tries to get in the win column and push DeKalb’s
record against Atlanta to 3-2 in a 9 a.m. game at Adams against Bunche.

Week 4 -- 9/17/10
Salem 23, Chamblee 6
Stephenson 48, Champion 6
Columbia 47, McNair 0
Druid Hills 26, Harper-Archer (APS) 12
Bethune 55, Henderson 0
Peachtree 40, Redan 0
Chapel Hill 48, Sequoyah 7
Miller Grove 28, Stone Mountain 6
Open: Cedar Grove, Freedom, Lithonia, Tucker

Week 5 -- 9/24/11
Bethune (3-0) vs. Chapel Hill (2-1), Avondale, 9 a.m.
McNair (0-3) vs. Redan (0-3), Panthersville, 9 a.m.
Salem (3-0) vs. Stephenson (3-0), Hallford, 9 a.m.
Stone Mountain (0-3) vs. Bunche (APS), Adams, 9 a.m.
Cedar Grove (2-0) vs. Champion (2-1), Panthersville, 10:30 a.m.
Columbia (1-1) vs. Miller Grove (1-2), Hallford, 10:30 a.m.
Druid Hills (2-1) vs. Freedom (0-2), Avondale, 10:30 a.m.
Tucker (2-0) vs. Sequoyah (1-2), Adams, 10:30 a.m.
Lithonia (0-2) vs. Peachtree (3-0), Hallford, 12:00 p.m.
Open: Chamblee (1-2), Henderson (0-3)


Mark Brock is the Athletics Statistician and Information Officer for
DeKalb County Schools Athletics