Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about football and sports now!
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Q&A with Eagle's Landing linebacker Zaire Bush
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season did not go as hoped statistically but I feel it was a great way to set the foundation of our program with our new head coach.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am not currently partaking in any additional sports, my main focus is focusing on my weaknesses and trying to make them strengths while also leading the off-season team workouts.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel our team will have a huge improvement making large strides in the off-season with everyone bought in to what we are trying to do. We also have great leaders in the class of 2025 ready to win.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel either Stockbridge or Jones County will probably be our toughest opponents with Stockbridge being state runner ups and Jones County having a lot of speed and also competing in the playoffs. But we will go into every game like it is our last and fight for 4 quarters no matter who we are lined up against.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I am not sure who the toughest player we will face is but at the end of the day football is a team effort and if everybody does their jobs, we will be fine.”
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Q&A with North Cobb inside linebacker Cooper Negron
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season ended way earlier than hoped but we learned a lot and are ready to get back to work and make a run at state next year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I play basketball and lax and I continue to train to be ready for the 24-25 season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I believe our team will make a playoff run and accomplish the goals we have set for the regular season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Walton is always tough and I think Rome will be a tough matchup as well.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There isn’t a specific player on our upcoming schedule that I’m overly concerned about.”
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Q&A with Eagle’s Landing offensive guard Demetrius Hopkins
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I feel like the football season did not go as planned, we were not playing as a team and that is something that we are working on currently.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“When it comes to working out I hit the weight room in first period then after school I work on my technique.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will do way better than last season because the intensity is going up.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think the toughest team on the schedule this year will be Stockbridge because they were the 4a state runner ups.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Chase Taylor from Stockbridge because he is a very physical linebacker and is hard to block.”
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Q&A with Bainbridge linebacker Braylon Phillips
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We did pretty good but we came up short against Perry but it was a pretty great season.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I have been going really hard in the weight room and have been doing track right now.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will be a good team next year but we have a lot of pressure put on us.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I’m not sure who the toughest player we will face will be, our whole regular season schedule is pretty hard.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”
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Q&A with Turner County offensive center Jacob Wilson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went good for me but we went 3-8.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Get bigger faster and stronger.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We will have a great year.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Irwin County.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Cedric Hillman.”
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Q&A with Eagle's Landing linebacker Zaire Bush
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season did not go as hoped statistically but I feel it was a great way to set the foundation of our program with our new head coach.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am not currently partaking in any additional sports, my main focus is focusing on my weaknesses and trying to make them strengths while also leading the off-season team workouts.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel our team will have a huge improvement making large strides in the off-season with everyone bought in to what we are trying to do. We also have great leaders in the class of 2025 ready to win.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel either Stockbridge or Jones County will probably be our toughest opponents with Stockbridge being state runner ups and Jones County having a lot of speed and also competing in the playoffs. But we will go into every game like it is our last and fight for 4 quarters no matter who we are lined up against.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I am not sure who the toughest player we will face is but at the end of the day football is a team effort and if everybody does their jobs, we will be fine.”
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Q&A with North Cobb inside linebacker Cooper Negron
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season ended way earlier than hoped but we learned a lot and are ready to get back to work and make a run at state next year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I play basketball and lax and I continue to train to be ready for the 24-25 season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I believe our team will make a playoff run and accomplish the goals we have set for the regular season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Walton is always tough and I think Rome will be a tough matchup as well.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There isn’t a specific player on our upcoming schedule that I’m overly concerned about.”
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Q&A with Eagle’s Landing offensive guard Demetrius Hopkins
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I feel like the football season did not go as planned, we were not playing as a team and that is something that we are working on currently.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“When it comes to working out I hit the weight room in first period then after school I work on my technique.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will do way better than last season because the intensity is going up.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think the toughest team on the schedule this year will be Stockbridge because they were the 4a state runner ups.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Chase Taylor from Stockbridge because he is a very physical linebacker and is hard to block.”
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Q&A with Bainbridge linebacker Braylon Phillips
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We did pretty good but we came up short against Perry but it was a pretty great season.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I have been going really hard in the weight room and have been doing track right now.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we will be a good team next year but we have a lot of pressure put on us.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I’m not sure who the toughest player we will face will be, our whole regular season schedule is pretty hard.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”
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Q&A with Turner County offensive center Jacob Wilson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went good for me but we went 3-8.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Get bigger faster and stronger.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We will have a great year.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Irwin County.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Cedric Hillman.”
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