Calhoun football starts Region play against Hiram
Now things get interesting for the Calhoun High School football team.
They’ve won three in a row, outscoring Woodstock, Ridgeland and Cedartown by a 143-30 count in those games. That includes their most impressive showing yet which was a 31-7 pounding of a Cedartown team that was unbeaten prior to their matchup.
They have it going on in all three phases — offense, defense and special teams.
Like in that victory over Cedartown — they racked nearly 400 yards in total offense, didn’t give up a point in the last three quarters, and got seven points out of their special teams with a field goal and four made extra points.
“The kids played well. They played very well,” Calhoun head football coach Clay Stephenson said. “Our offense was executing from the first whistle. The defense was flying around and getting stops. We gave up that touchdown on their first drive, but we shut them out after that. I think it was a good win for us and real good win for us going into our region games this week.”
But nothing they’ve done to this point matters now with the start of AAAAA Region 7 games this Friday when the Yellow Jackets entertain Hiram back at Phil Reeve Stadium.
“These are the games that count,” Stephenson said. “All your non-region games... they don’t count. You use those games to get yourself ready Region and the playoffs, so it doesn’t matter if you go 4 and 1 or lose them all, you still gotta play your best football in the region because those are the games that count and they are the games that tell you where you stand regarding the playoffs. So this game Friday night against Hiram is