Region teams seeking another playoff sweep
Newnan takes a 13-game home winning streak into its meeting with Blue Devils.
The Cougars last loss at home was to Houston County in the first round of the 2006 playoffs.
Newnan has won three straight home playoff games, eliminating Redan and Coffee last year and Johnson last week.
Tift County got a late field goal from Jordan West to defeat Coffee 30-27 in the final regular-season game, then went on the road to knock off the Lions last Saturday.
Tift’s only three losses this season have come to Lowndes, by a 28-14 score; Northside, 30-14; and Brooks County, 35-7.
All three of those teams are still alive in the playoffs and they are a combined 31-2.
The Tift County-Newnan winner will play the Lassiter-North Gwinnett winner.
Lowndes will be seeking its 26th straight victory when it plays host to Region 3-AAAAA’s No. 2 team Bradwell Institute at 8 p.m. Friday at Martin Stadium.
The Vikings advanced with a 41-13 victory over Luella; the Tigers, now 8-3, eliminated East Coweta 19-6.
One of Bradwell’s losses was to Houston County by 20-16 in non-region game back in September.
The Tigers will make the trip from Hinesville under coach Jack Walsh Jr., who is in his 15th season at the head of the Bradwell program.
The winner will play the Grayson-East Paulding winner next week.
Grayson also is 11-0 after defeating Collins Hill 31-7 last week.
East Paulding outscored Milton 43-41.
With a victory over Chapel Hill in Douglasville on Friday, Coffee will match the 9-3 record posted by both the 2006 and 2007 teams.