(04-02-2014 07:56 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(04-02-2014 07:46 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-02-2014 07:42 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(04-02-2014 07:05 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(04-02-2014 06:53 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  Lately the HS in South Georgia have been the power houses.

Lately?

When has that not been the case? Hell you could probably make the case just on the backs of Valdosta, Lowndes County and Carver Columbus.

Having said that, there are some very good metro Atlanta programs and some very good North Georgia programs, but I'm not aware of a time that south Georgia wasn't the dominant region.

When I was in HS in the early 00s and late 90s Parkview high school was winning 5A every year. Them or brookwood. Both programs are in metro Atl

As a Lassiter grad of the same era(c/o 02) I'm very familiar with both programs, but blips of success doesn't change the fact that the strength has been predominantly found in South Georgia.

Ah, so you were originally a Trojan I see.

Lassiter has a kick ass band program.

My wife was a Lassiter Trojan (c/o '03). I remember going to all-state band auditions in high school and being blown away at how many Lassiter students were auditioning and making it. That band program was amazing, and one of the few in the state that were clearly better than us at that time (Thomson).

No way I would have been willing to practice as much them. Balls to the wall.

Those Atlanta schools ain't no joke in football, don't get it twisted, but football is king in south Georgia. In the same way GaSt wants to keep some of that elite talent home, we want to be able to retain those talents down there for ourselves.

We want those in south Georgia to think Georgia Southern when they think college football. Promote the concept it is "their team" representing for south Georgia.