BLITZ Monthly — December 2018

Hoops Power Rankings
Football Playoff Recaps
Fall Players of the Year
Coach & Player Interviews
Basketball & Football Highlights
College Spotlight: Joseph Mancuso

The reloaded Dawson County Tigers lost two 1,000-point scorers, but somehow this may be the best team they've had in the last decade. FULL STORY/HIGHLIGHTS (Photo by BLITZ)

HIGHLIGHTS: #3 Dawson County 75, #7 GAC 67 (DEC 7)
REGION 7-AAA HUGE BATTLE
FULL RECAP / STORY

FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: GUNNER STOCKTON
VOTING/FULL STORY

SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JAYCIE BOWEN
VOTING/FULL STORY

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
What a night it was for Banks County recently, when both senior Jaycie Bowen and junior Carl Cleveland notched their 1,000th career point on the same night at Stephens County! READ MORE

BLITZ CUP STANDINGS, END OF FALL

RABUN....................................82 PTS
JEFFERSON...........................76
BANKS....................................67
COMMERCE...........................63
DAWSON................................57
UNION....................................52
WHITE....................................40
TALLULAH FALLS..................29
HABERSHAM.........................27
LUMPKIN................................25
STEPHENS............................23
TOWNS..................................14

HIGHLIGHTS: #1 GAC 82, #5 Dawson County 75 (DEC 7)
REGION 7-AAA
FULL RECAP / STORY

VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JOJO SMITH
VOTING/FULL STORY

Who were the best in 2018? We named our BLITZ Teams of the Year for football, softball, boys & girls cross country, and cheerleading. See who takes the honors! READ MORE

STATE RANKINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL

DAWSON COUNTY #5 IN 3A

STATE RANKINGS
GIRLS BASKETBALL

JEFFERSON #3 IN 3A
DAWSON COUNTY #5 IN 3A
BANKS COUNTY #5 IN 2A
RABUN COUNTY #8 IN 2A

These teams earned a spot in our BLITZ Team Hall of Fame

BANKS & JEFFERSON SOFTBALL
UNION BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
DAWSON & COMMERCE CHEER

Early-December Power Rankings for Hoops showed that the girls in this area might be the best collectively we've ever seen! BOYS // GIRLS

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR: ZOE SANCHEZ
VOTING/FULL STORY

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR: GUY GOBER
VOTING/FULL STORY

2A QUARTERFINALS: #2 Rabun County saw its season come to a close on a brutal cold, windy, and rainy night at home against Fitzgerald. RECAP / STORY

Many former local grapplers are wrestling at the next level...See where they are now! FULL STORY

COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT: Union '16 GOTA Joe Mancuso finished a crazy-good breakout redshirt-sophomore year at Richmond! FULL STORY

PLAYER INTERVIEWS
Banks County
Jaycie Bowen (SR P/1B #22)
Taylor Speed (SR C #24)
Abby Ledford (SR 3B #17)

Dawson County
Sevaughn Clark (SR QB #3)
Logan Barnes (SR S #7)

Habersham Central
Donovan Curry (SR WR/CB #8)
Tre Luttrell (SR QB/S #16)
Paige Cook (SR SS #6)
Adelaide Askew (SR 1B #13)
Alexandra Shalikashvili (JR OH #3)
Sydney Brookshire (JR L #9)

Lumpkin County
Izzy Kinard (SR UTIL #1)
Natalie Robinson (JR P/1B #30)

Rabun County
Austin Jones (SR ATH #7)
Braxton Hicks (JR WR/CD #4)
Jackson Webb (SR DL #50)
Shawn Lovell (SR C #52)

Tallulah Falls
Marshall Williams

White County
Spencer Adams (Charlotte Knights – AAA White Sox)

COACH INTERVIEWS
Banks County
Jay Reid

Commerce
Michael Brown

Dawson County
Sid Maxwell

Habersham Central
Benji Harrison
Lindsay Herrin
Stephanie Thomas

Lumpkin County
Joseph Jones
Shane Williamson

Rabun County
Lee Shaw

Stephens County
Wesley Tankersley

White County
Tim Cokely

VOTE for the 2018 Football Play of the Year from among the many great moments we caught in person! VOTE

SPORTAL SPACE FEATURED CONTENT
SportalStars JD Bertrand Notre Dame Commit
Meet 4 Star LB JD Bertrand. He is committed to the University of Notre Dame from Blessed Trinity (Roswell, GA). He met with NFL vet and UGA alum Rennie Curran. He discusses his high school football career with a tight group of players that have had great success. He also talks about what drives him off the field.

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BLITZ PLAYER OF THE WEEK
So far in 2018, we've named over 65 individuals Player of the Week! Below are five recent honorees. PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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NEWS - Top content of November/December 2018

DECEMBER 7 – #5-ranked Tigers fall in close battle with defending state champs GAC [VIDEO]
DECEMBER 7 – Lady Tigers earn hard-fought top-ten showdown win over GAC [VIDEO]
DECEMBER 7 – Sophomores Cannon, Henson & junior Gibson earn POW honors
DECEMBER 6 – Football Play of the Year: VOTE NOW
DECEMBER 4 – Girls Basketball Power Rankings: Early December
DECEMBER 4 – Boys Basketball Power Rankings: Early December
DECEMBER 4 – College Spotlight: Mancuso enjoyed breakout 2018 for Spiders
NOVEMBER 28 – Banks’ Cleveland, Union’s Allison & Dawson’s Sticker earn Player of the Week honors
NOVEMBER 27 – Five teams added to BLITZ Five teams added to BLITZ Hall of Fame following historic fall seasons
NOVEMBER 27 – BLITZ Cup Standings: End of Fall
NOVEMBER 26 – Football Player of the Year: Gunner Stockton
NOVEMBER 26 – Banks’ Bowen & Cleveland eclipse 1,000 points on same night
NOVEMBER 26 – Fall Sports Teams of the Year
NOVEMBER 24 – Rabun’s drive for the Benz ends in quarterfinals loss [VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS]
NOVEMBER 24 – Quarterfinals Preview: Rabun & Commerce seek Semis berth
NOVEMBER 21 – Lumpkin duo of Jackson & Davenport earn Player of the Week; also Dawson’s Chism & Banks’ Vaughan
NOVEMBER 21 – Luttrell and Jones again named Players of the Week
NOVEMBER 20 – Volleyball Player of the Year: JoJo Smith
NOVEMBER 20 – Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year: Zoe Sanchez
NOVEMBER 19 – Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year: Guy Gober
NOVEMBER 19 – Softball Player of the Year: Jaycie Bowen
NOVEMBER 13 – Dawson’s Glass, Commerce’s Ray win Player of the Week honors
NOVEMBER 13 – 2018 Football Player of the Year Finalists
NOVEMBER 9 – Tigers outrun Sheppard, Haralson County to advance & set program wins mark
NOVEMBER 9 – Raiders win first playoff game in over ten years
NOVEMBER 9 – Road to The Benz: Round 1 Recaps
NOVEMBER 9 – Rabun makes school history, sails past Green Wave in first round win [VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS]
NOVEMBER 9 – Hungry Wildcats not satisfied with fifth straight region title [VIDEO]
NOVEMBER 9 – Road to The Benz: Round 1 Previews
NOVEMBER 8 – Former wrestling stars grappling at college level in 2018-19
NOVEMBER 7 – BLITZ Girls Basketball Power Rankings, Pre-Season
NOVEMBER 7 – BLITZ Boys Basketball Power Rankings, Pre-Season
NOVEMBER 7 – Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year Finalists
NOVEMBER 7 – Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year Finalists
NOVEMBER 6 – Raiders QB Luttrell & Wildcats’ Jones take Player of the Week honors
NOVEMBER 6 – Volleyball Player of the Year Finalists
NOVEMBER 6 – College Spotlight: Rabun legend Fisher reeling in early success at Tennessee Tech
NOVEMBER 6 – BLITZ unveils 2018 Football Player of the Year Nominees
NOVEMBER 5 – BLITZ Softball Player of the Year Finalists revealed
NOVEMBER 5 – GHSA State Playoff matchups set for Locals
NOVEMBER 5 – BLITZ Football Power Rankings, End Regular Season
NOVEMBER 5 – BLITZ names 2018 Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year Nominees
NOVEMBER 5 – BLITZ names 2018 Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year Nominees
NOVEMBER 3 – State 1A Recap: Commerce boys are state runner-up finishers
NOVEMBER 3 – State 4A Recap: White County boys & girls place fifth
NOVEMBER 3 – State 3A Recap: Jefferson, Dawson boys and girls finish 5th/6th
NOVEMBER 3 – Union boys win state championship; Rabun’s Gober, Union’s Sanchez individual champs
NOVEMBER 2 – WEEK 11 FINALS & RECAPS
NOVEMBER 2 – One for the thumb: Wildcats win fifth straight championship [VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS]
NOVEMBER 2 – Former local stars tip off new season in the college ranks
NOVEMBER 2 – Game of the Week Preview: Rabun County vs Union County
NOVEMBER 2 – State leaders include 10 locals QBs, RBs & WRs
NOVEMBER 1 – WEEK 11 PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS

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