CLASS AAAAAA

Coffee vs. Lee County

When, where: 8 tonight, Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Records, rankings: Coffee is 10-3, the No. 2 seed from Region 1-AAAAAA and No. 4; Lee County is 13-1, the No. 1 seed from 1-AAAAAA and No. 3.

Last meeting: Lee County won 23-7 on Nov. 3.

Things to know: Coffee (opened in 1970) and Lee County (1971) are both playing in the championship game for the first time. The winner will become the third Region 1 team in four seasons to win the title in the second-highest classification, joining Northside of Warner Robins in 2014 and Valdosta last year. In Lee County’s regularseason victory against Coffee a month ago, Elijah Carnes broke open a 13-7 game with a 50-yard punt return for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter. Coffee averages 210.8 yards rushing and 162.8 passing. Leading rusher Jameon Gaskin has 1,242 yards and 17 touchdowns on 201 carries, but was limited to 30 yards on 11 carries in a 14-3 victory over Tucker last week because of an injury. QB Wade Sumner has passed for 2,106 yards, rushed for 413 and had a hand in 30 touchdowns. Lee County has held 11 of 14 opponents to 17 points or less, but had to survive a 42-38 game against Glynn Academy last week. QB Jase Orndorff (3,099 passing yards) and WR Ty Terrell (1,221 receiving yards) lead a passing game that averages 230.5 yards per game.