Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Looking back on week four, and forward to week five.
DeKalb County Middle School Football moves into the fifth week of play on Saturday with the undefeated Bethune Lions (3-0, 1-0) taking on the undefeated Champion Chargers (3-0, 1-0) for the lead in the Region 1 standings. The pair meets at Avondale Stadium for a 10:30 a.m. kickoff to see who takes control of Region 1. The Lions come into the game on a 19 game regular season winning streak following a 50-20 win over the Tucker Tigers (1-3, 1-1) last week. Champion had a bye-week after shutting out Sequoyah (0-4, 0-2) 58-0 in Week 3 action. Region 2 also has a game with the winner coming out with the lead in the standings as Cedar Grove (3-1, 2-0) takes on Salem (3-1, 2-0) in a 10:30 a.m. meeting at Hallford Stadium on Saturday. Cedar Grove …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Bethune takes on Tucker in Region 1 play on Saturday.
Bethune (2-0) and Stephenson (2-0) are coming off bye weeks last weekend as they head into their first region games on Saturday. Bethune (2-0) takes on Tucker (1-2) in Region 1 play at Adams Stadium on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Tucker is 1-0 in region play after defeating Henderson 28-20 in Week 3. Bethune owns wins over Miller Grove (28-0) and Cedar Grove (20-14) this season and is going for its 19th consecutive regular season victory. Stephenson (2-0) takes on Cedar Grove (2-1, 1-0) in Region 2 action in a 9 a.m. game at Hallford Stadium on Saturday. The Jaguars are the defending county champions and hold an 11-game win streak heading into their region opener. Cedar Grove is coming off a 28-0 victory over Renfroe in its region opener last …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Region play starts for middle schools this weekend.
The 2012 DeKalb County middle school football season moves into region play for the next four weeks beginning with the games on Saturday, Sept. 15. Teams will be jockeying for the two playoff berths from each region. Peachtree and Lithonia are both 2-0 on the season heading into their region opening clash at Adams Stadium at 10:30 on Saturday. Peachtree has allowed just eight points in wins over Druid Hills (28-0) and Tucker (22-8) in starting off the season 2-0. Lithonia is yet to allow a point in their 2-0 start with identical 30-0 wins over Renfroe and Henderson. Two big Region 4 games are on tap as Freedom (2-0) takes on Stone Mountain (1-1) and Miller Grove (1-1) and Chapel Hill (1-1) this weekend. Freedom is coming off a 20-0 win …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Middle school football season started on Sept. 1.
The 2012 DeKalb County Schools middle school football season got underway on Saturday, Sept. 1 as 10 schools picked up victories to start 1-0. Three of the games were thrillers to the end highlighted by Champion’s (1-0) 20-18 victory over Chapel Hill (0-1) at Avondale Stadium. Stephenson (1-0) pulled out a 14-8 win over Tucker (0-1) and Salem (1-0) upended McNair (0-1) by a score of 22-14. The other seven games were all shutouts including Bethune (1-0) over Miller Grove (0-1) 28-0, Cedar Grove (1-0) over Columbia (0-1) 18-0, Chamblee (1-0) over Henderson (0-1) 16-0, Freedom (1-0) over Sequoyah (0-1) 48-0, Lithonia (1-0) over Renfroe (Decatur) 30-0, Peachtree (1-0) over Druid Hills (0-1) 28-0 and Stone Mountain (1-0) over Redan (0-1) 15-0. …
