South Forsyth found themselves, unbelievably, on the brink of elimination from the post season. After a 6-0 start, the War Eagles had lost three straight Region 6 games, all in heartbreaking fashion. As they headed up 141 Friday night, they knew they would be in a must win situation at old rival Forsyth Central. They also knew they would get the Bulldogs’ best, rememberng last season’s beatdown. This would be win or go home, like a playoff game. How would the young team respond? The first half was the dog fight, with the teams going back and forth in a tight first half. But South founds themselves in nthe second half, shutting down rthe Dogs oon D and torching the field on Offense to go on to a 51-26 victory.
Here’s trhe replay.
https://forsyth-sports-365.mixlr.com/recordings/3255821
Five of Forsyth County’s six Class 7A teams from Region 6 made it in. Denmark won the outright Region Six title
With a win over West Forsyth. The region title gives them the 16th seed and a home game vs # 17 East Coweta. In spite of the loss to Denmark, the math wofrked out for West Forsyth, who finished #32. They will join South Forsyth and Lambert in treaveling the 4 hours to South Georgia. # 32 West plays at #1 Valdosta, # 28 South at #5 Lowndes, and # 26 Lambert at # 7 Colquitt County. The three schools should get together and get a group booking at a big hotel down there to avoid eight hours of busses around a four hour football game. Todd Spencer and Doug Thomas will likely charter a Lear Jet with Buck Belew, the Valdosta grad, and follow the teams dow.n.
Photos courtesy of Associate Producer Brigitte Spencer.
Todd Spencer and Doug Thomas have settled in as a great team calling South’s games. They’ll be following the War Eagles down to the Vikings home turf. They’ll have the call for you Friday night.
