Georgia
South Georgia high school football Player of the Week (9/2/2024)
The 2024 Georgia high school football is off to a great start and we’re tracking all of the great performance from across the state each week. Here is this week’s list of top performers from South Georgia and we invite you to help determine which performance was best by voting in the Player of the Week poll.
Who had the best performance? You get to decide by casting your vote in the poll below.
Congratulations to last week’s winner: Aalim Brown of Lowndes.
SBLive voting polls are intended to be a fun way to create fan engagement and express support for your favorite high school athletes and teams. Unless expressly noted, there are no awards for winning the voting. Our primary focus is to highlight the abilities and accomplishments of all the athletes and teams included in our poll. You can vote as often as you wish and are encouraged to share our polls with others. The use of voting bots and other forms of automated voting are not allowed. Individuals will be removed from the poll if any form of automated voting can be verified. – SBLive Sports
Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8. The winner will be announced in the following week’s poll. Here are this week’s nominees:
Yellow Jackets junior running back Christian Lawrence turned in his best rushing performance of the season last Friday in a 63-28 win over FSUHS, rushing for 199 yards and two touchdowns.
As a team, the Wildcats put on a clinic on defense last Friday night in a 45-0 shutout of Everglades. The unit recorded 18 sacks on the night, led by Steven Robinson’s four. Seven players recorded at least two sacks in the win.
Rebels junior quarterback Tucker Perkins did everything he could to will them to a victory over New Hampstead last Friday night. He threw for 409 yards and three touchdowns in a tough 47-44 loss.
Indians senior running back Shane Marshall had himself a night in a 60-35 win over Schley County, rushing 16 times for 183 yards and four touchdowns.
Patriots senior wide receiver Kingston Rivers made the most of his five receptions last Friday night in a 22-2 win over Northgate. He caught five passes for 148 yards and scored a touchdown in the win.
Tigers senior running back Bryson Tarver couldn’t be stopped in their 37-7 win over Metter. He carried the ball 13 times for 144 yards and scored three touchdowns in the win.
The Fighting Irish got a big game from senior running back Xavier Bostic. He made the most of his carries, rushing the ball eight times for 117 yards and scoring four touchdowns in the win.
Senior running back Kelby Tymes had himself a great night in a 19-7 win over Southland Academy. He rushed for 119 yards sand scored two touchdowns in the win.
Yellow Jackets defensive back Chase Douglas had a nose for the ball last Friday night in their 43-7 win over Islands. He intercepted two passes and had 86 return yards in the win.
Senior running back Tyrese Woodgett helped lead the Trojans to a 40-13 win over Columbia last Friday, rushing for 108 yards and two touchdowns.
Senior defensive lineman Cupris Morgan was a hard man to stop in the Trojans 40-13 win over Columbia last Friday night. He recorded five tackles for a loss in the win including two sacks.
Seminoles junior quarterback James Neville did everything he could to keep the game close in a 56-31 loss to Westover. He threw for 297 yards and five touchdowns in the loss.
Hurricanes sophomore linebacker Cope Durand was a force on defense last Friday night in their win over Wilkinson County. He led the team in tackles with 10 and sacks with three.
Despite it being a losing effort against Houston County, senior wide receiver Kiel Sparks wasn’t the reason. He hauled in 15 passes for 194 yards and scored a touchdown to lead them in offense.
They were designed to hold a drink, but cups produced in Rome, Georgia, have become one of the FIFA Men’s World Cup’s most unexpected souvenirs.
Inside the Top Cup plant in Rome, millions of cups were created to celebrate the world’s biggest sporting event.
“We made 10 million over 70 different graphics for the World Cup,” said Rome native and Top Cup General Manager Zach Dixon.
The plant in north Georgia produces up to 750,000 cups a day.
“We’ve always been really proud of the cup … but the World Cup has obviously taken it to another level,” said Top Cup CEO David Cuthbert.
Fans have been taking them home from matches. Some have even been listed for sale online.
“We’ve always been really proud of the cup… but the World Cup has obviously taken it to another level,” said Cuthbert.
Dixon said they begin the process with massive coils of aluminum, each weighing about 30,000 pounds. The metal is stamped, stretched, washed, and moved down the line.
The plant produces about 1,100 cups every minute.
Ricardo Marques, the senior vice president of marketing for Michelob ULTRA, said that there have been venue-specific, match-specific, and Finals-specific stadium cups for the World Cup. There are also three separate red, white, and blue designs available for fans at bars and restaurants around the U.S.
“We’ve seen an incredible response to the collection. Together, these commemorative cups give fans a unique keepsake and a lasting reminder of an unforgettable FIFA World Cup experience and the moments that brought millions of people together through the world’s game,” Marques said.
Cuthbert said his company has seen how the World Cup has done wonders for metro Atlanta businesses.
“Our team in Rome, Georgia takes tremendous pride in helping bring this fan experience to life for one of the world’s biggest sporting events,” he said.
So when soccer fans celebrate the surprise victory or mourn their last-minute loss, they’re doing so with a little piece of Georgia.
Athlon Sports projected the best SEC games for each week of the 2026 regular season.
The conference features some of the most compelling matchups in all of college football, from opening weekend through rivalry week. The selections emphasize games anticipated to have the biggest impact on the SEC championship race and College Football Playoff picture.
Florida’s annual clash with Georgia was tabbed as one of the SEC’s premier fixtures. The game has grown in national significance since it began in 1904, continuing as a battle of blue-blood programs that routinely produces iconic results. The game temporarily moves to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta during the Jacksonville stadium renovations.
The Jon Sumrall era carries with it an increasing sense of belief — many experts see the Gators as a dark-horse CFB playoff contender. Regardless of its final win-loss record, UF will play a part in shaping the season’s narrative as they face several post-season favorites in Texas, Georgia and Oklahoma.
Noted in the article is the SEC’s depth and newly implemented nine-game conference schedule. Georgia, Texas, Alabama and LSU appear multiple times on this list, with Georgia facing Alabama in Week 6 and Ole Miss in Week 10 while LSU hosts Clemson in Week 1 and will see Texas in Week 11 take on Alabama.
Many contenders from the SEC face multiple nationally relevant foes over the course of the season.
Athlon Sports’ Best game for every week of the 2026 season
- Week 1: Clemson at LSU (Sept. 5)
- Week 2: Ohio State at Texas (Sept. 12)
- Week 3: LSU at Ole Miss (Sept. 19)
- Week 4: Oklahoma at Georgia (Sept. 26)
- Week 5: Auburn at Tennessee (Oct. 3)
- Week 6: Georgia at Alabama (Oct. 10)
- Week 7: Alabama at Tennessee (Oct. 17)
- Week 8: Ole Miss at Texas (Oct. 24)
- Week 9: Florida vs. Georgia (Atlanta) (Oct. 31)
- Week 10: Georgia at Ole Miss (Nov. 7)
- Week 11: Texas at LSU (Nov. 14)
- Week 12: Texas A&M at Oklahoma (Nov. 21)
- Week 13: Texas at Texas A&M (Friday) (Nov. 27)
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