Rockmart looking for more success in postseason
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A perfect 10-0 regular season, a third straight Region 7-AA championship and win against county rival Cedartown are all reasons for Rockmart to celebrate this season.
On Friday night, the top-ranked Yellow Jackets will try to add another reason as they welcome Temple to The Rock for the opening round of the Class AA state playoffs.
“Our focus is to continue to get better each week,” Rockmart head coach Biff Parson said. “We still haven’t hit our peak yet. We haven’t put a complete game together. We’ve had a lot of things like missing pieces and injuries, but we’ve got to keep grinding, keep believing in each other and believing in the scheme.”
The Yellow Jackets are coming into the playoffs off a 27-0 win against Region 7-AA for Model. The contest against the Blue Devils was the least amount of points the Yellow Jackets have scored all season.
Rockmart head coach Biff Parson attributed the low-scoring game to Model’s stout defense and penalties on the part of the Yellow Jackets. Rockmart had 13 penalties in the game, including one that took away a 19-yard touchdown run by Mekhi Floyd in the fourth quarter.
Despite the lower-scoring game against Model, the Yellow Jackets have averaged 45.5 points per game against opponents this season, with its highest-scoring games coming in a 61-0 win against Armuchee
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Rockmart’s Mekhi Floyd (10) and the Yellow Jackets will host Temple in the opening round of the Class AA state playoffs Friday at The Rock. and a 60-7 win against Coosa. Friday to claim the No. 4 seed in Region 5-AA. while the Tigers lost to the Braves, 41-13.
The Rockmart defense has been no slouch The teams, whose last meeting came 10 Following the loss to the Braves, the Tigers against its opponents holding teams to 7.8 years ago, had a common opponent this then dropped a 20-0 contest to Bremen points per game. Rockmart also had three season in defending state champion Heard before closing out the regular season shutouts during the year against Armuchee, County. The Jackets topped the Braves 4714, with two straight wins against Spencer and Dade County and Model. nearly a year after falling to Heard CounLamar County, respectively.
Temple topped Lamar County 28-26 this past ty in the 2018 state championship game, — Staff reports
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