The Macon Touchdown Club, OrthoGeorgia Players of the Week, for the Week of September 2nd

OrthoGeorgia Co-Back of the Week: Nick Woodford, Sophomore RB, Northeast High School. Nick rushed 24 times for 193 yards and 3 touchdowns in his team’s 28-27 loss to No.1 Ranked (2A) Fitzgerald.

OrthoGeorgia Co-Back of the Week: Brice Whitley, Sophomore WR/DB/R, ACE. Brice had 4 receptions for 101 yards and 2 touchdowns at WR. From his DB position, he accounted for 4 tackles, 4 pass break ups and a 50 yd interception return for a touchdown. On Special Teams he totaled 157 return yards, including a 75 yard kickoff return for a touchdown. On the night, he accounted for 267 all purpose yards and 4 touchdowns in his team’s 63-22 win over Pataula Charter Academy.

OrthoGeorgia Lineman of the Week: Demario Wilmore, Senior OLB, Tattnall Square Academy. Demario accounted for 12 tackles (8 solo and 4 assists), 3 tackles for loss and a forced fumble in team’s 64-37 win over Athens Christian.

 

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The Macon Touchdown Club, OrthoGeorgia Players of the Week, for the Week of August 26th

OrthoGeorgia Back of the Week: Javious Bond, Senior RB/WR/DB/KR, Jones County High School. Javious rushed 12 times for 149 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also had 2 receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown. On the night, Javious totaled 241 yards and 3 touchdowns in his team’s 35-14 win over 6A Dacula.

OrthoGeorgia Lineman of the Week: Zelin Pollard, Sophomore LB, Howard High School. Zelin totaled 11 tackles (8 solo and 3 assists), 3 tackles for loss, an interception, and a safety in his team’s 46-19 win over Central.

OrthoGeorgia Special Teams Player of the Week: Brayden Smith, Senior WR/KR, Tattnall Square Academy. Brayden had 2 kickoff returns for 143 yards and a touchdown. His Kickoff returns include one of 47 yards and another for 96 yards and a touchdown. He also had 2 punt returns for 42 yards. From his WR position he added 5 receptions for 110 yards and a touchdown. On the night he had 295 all purpose yards in his team’s 27-23 win over St. Anne Pacelli.

 

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The Macon Touchdown Club, OrthoGeorgia Players of the Week, for the Week of August 19th

OrthoGeorgia Co-Back of the Week: Fernando Washington, Senior RB/DB, Mount de Sales Academy. Fernando rushed 18 times for 272 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also threw for a TD. On Defense he accounted for 3 tackles, 1 forced fumble and a fumble recovery in his team’s 26-12 win over Strong Rock.

OrthoGeorgia Co-Back of the Week: Aaron Davis, Junior RB, ACE. Aaron had 16 rushes for 232 yards and 5 touchdowns. He also added 2 receptions for 31 yards in his team’s 70-53 win over Crawford County.

OrthoGeorgia Lineman of the Week: Chandler Harris, Junior LB, Jones County High School. Chandler recorded 13 total tackles (7 solo and 6 assists), a tackle for loss, 2 QB hurries and a fumble recovery in his team’s 27-21 win over Northside in the 7th edition of the Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kickoff Classic.

 

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Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic on Saturday, August 20, 2022

The Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic will be held on Saturday, August 20th, at Mercer University’s Five Star Stadium. The first game starts at 4:00 p.m. The second game will start at 7:30 p.m., or 30 minutes after Game One is complete.
Game 1: Northside vs Jones County (Jones County will be the Home Team)
Game 2: Mary Persons vs Northeast (Northeast will be the Home Team)

There is parking on both sides of the stadium. The Home side is closer to I-75, and the Visitor side is opposite and has the Press Box.

Parking Map – There will be no fee for parking in campus lots.

https://mercerbears.com/documents/2021/4/6/GamedayParkingMap_19.pdf

 

 

Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic – August 20th

 

The 7th Annual Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic will be held on August 20th, at Mercer’s Five Star Stadium. We are excited to have Jones County vs. Northside in Game One starting at 4:00PM, and Northeast vs. Mary Persons in Game Two, scheduled for 7:30PM. Tickets are available at any of the four high schools involved, and will also be available on the day of the games, at the Ticket booths. Your ticket is good for both of these exciting games.

 

We could not put on this event without the loyal support from our sponsors.

Follow this link to our Sponsors Page and click on a link to visit the Sponsors web site. https://www.macontouchdownclub.com/sponsors/

Update for July 31, 2022

Can you believe that August 1st is just a day away?

The Macon Bacon will start a best of 3 play-off series tonight in Savannah, against the Bananas, and will host Game 2 tomorrow night in Macon, at Luther Williams Field. Game starts at 7:00PM, and tickets are on sale now. Get your tickets in a section that has the big ceiling fans, for the most comfortable game viewing.

I hope that everyone is doing well, as we get closer and closer to our first meeting of the year on Monday night, September 12th.Coach Brian Bohannon, Head football coach at Kennesaw State University will be our first speaker of the year.
We should have four weeks of OrthoGeorgia Players of the Week to recognize at the first meeting.

We are only 20 days away from the Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic, held at Mercer University’s Five Star Stadium. It should be a great day of High school football, with Jones County taking on Northside, and Northeast taking on Mary Persons.
This will be the 7th year of the Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic, and has been a great event, and a great way to promote high school football, and raise funds for the Macon Touchdown Club Educational Foundation.
If you would like to Volunteer to assist with this event, please reach out to King Kemper at kkemper@thesummitgroupmacon.com

We are only 43 days away from our first Macon Touchdown Club meeting of the Fall of 2022. It should be a fun and exciting season for us.
Our Dues will remain at $250.00 for our 2022 Season. As always, this covers the 12 meetings in the Fall, and the Spring Jamboree in early March, with Coach Kirby Smart.

If you are not a member of the Macon Touchdown Club, and would like some information, please reach out to me. We would love to have you join us in the Fall.

The Membership Package should be mailed out next week, so be looking for it in the mail.
If you would like to go ahead and mail in your check, send it to:

Macon Touchdown Club
PO Box 7946
Macon, Ga. 31209

Russell Deese heads up the committee for the OrthoGeorgia Players of the Week awards. If you would like to be a part of this committee, please reach out to Russell at thesportsbeat@hotmail.com

Confirmed Speakers
Coach Brian Bohannon – Kennesaw State
Mark Schlabach, ESPN and Best Selling Author
Bill King – The Bill King Show
Coach Chris Hatcher – Samford
Coach Clay Helton – Georgia Southern
Coach Drew Cronic – Mercer
Robin Hines, Jr. – GHSA Executive Director
Coach Rob Manchester – GMC
Coach Geoff Collins – Georgia Tech
Wes Durham – ACC and Fox Sports Network Announcer
Dari Nowhkaw – SEC Network – Dari will be with us on the Monday night of the SEC Championship Game week.

Look forward to seeing everyone real soon.

Thank You for being Members, Sponsors, or Friends of the Macon Touchdown Club. The Macon Touchdown Club is as important today as it was when created in 1946.

In Recognition of their Appointment to the United States Naval Academy – GO NAVY!!! Beat Army!

Myles Brown – Covenant Academy

 

Coleman Cauley – First Presbyterian Day School

 

Macon Touchdown Club Elmo A. Richardson Player of the Year for 2021

Victor Burley – DE, Warner Robins High School.
247 Sports: 4 Star Rivals: 4 Star ESPN: 4 Star
Vic has played on Back-to-Back State Championship Teams. He won the AJC 5A Player of the Year. He won All Region Defensive Player of the Year. Vic was selected as 1st Team 5A All State Player of the Year, won Best Defensive Lineman Award.
2021 Season Stats: 43 Solo Tackles, 15 Assists, 58 Total Tackles, 14 Tackles for a loss, 5 Sacks, 1 Caused Fumble.
Offers: (31) Clemson, Tennessee, Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, FSU, Georgia, Miami, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ohio St., to name a few…

Macon Touchdown Club Super Seven for 2021

Aaron Gates – ATH, Trinity Christian School.
247 Sports: 4 Star Rivals: 3 Star ESPN: 4 Star
1st Team All County, 1st Team All Region, 1st Team All State
2021 Season Stats: At DB: 16 Solo Tackles, 7 Assists, 23 Total Tackles, 1 Tackle for a loss, 1 Interception, Aaron only had 14 completions allowed against him this season, 16 pass deflections, 0 TD’s allowed against him.
Aaron had 6 kickoff returns for 126 yards, 19 punt returns for 166 yards. At WR: Aaron had 5 receptions for 900 yards and 11 TD’s, and 1,300 All Purpose Yards.
Offers: (24) FIU, UNLV, Ga. Tech, LSU, Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Michigan St. California, Florida, FSU, Miami to name a few…

Adam Hopkins – WR, Thomas Co. Central High School.
247 Sports: 4 Star Rivals: 4 Star ESPN: 4 Star
Under Armor Icebox Offensive Player, Invited to the Under Armor All American Game, Invited to Georgia Elite Classic Game, 2021 “In the Game” magazine Outstanding Offensive Player, AJC All State Honorable Mention 2020, Region 1 4A All Region Team, 2021/2022 1st Team Defense, 2nd Team Offense, 2020/2021 1st Team Offense, 2019/2020 1st Team Offense, 2021 TCCHS Defensive Player of the Year, Adam set a new school record with 109 yard pick 6 return this season, also earned WCTV Play of the Week Award.
2021 Season Stats: At WR: 28 Catches, 357 Yards, 12.8 Avg. Yards per Catch, 2 TD’s. At DB: 10 Solo Tackles, 5 Assists, 25 Total Tackles, 2 Interceptions, 199 Interception Return Yards, 2 TD’s.
Offers: (14) Ole Miss. FSU, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Ga. Tech. Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Penn St., Ohio St., to name a few….
Pictured with Thomas County Central Head Coach Justin Rogers.

 

Gabriel Harris – DL, Valdosta High School.
247 Sports: 4 Star Rivals: 4 Star ESPN: 4 Star
All Region and All State
2021 Season Stats: 40 Tackles, 25 Assists, 65 Total Tackles, 10 Sacks, 17 Tackles For A Loss, 4 Caused Fumbles
Offers: (15) FSU, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ga. Tech, Miami, Ohio State, Penn State, Tennessee, Auburn, to name a few…

 

Jonathan Hughley – OT, Langston Hughes High School.
247 Sports: 4 Star Rivals: 4 Star ESPN: 4 Star
Region 4, 6A 1st Team All Region, AJC All State Team, AJC All Metro Team,
GACA All State Team, Max Preps Junior All American, 2nd Team Offense
Offers: Georgia, Arizona St., Arkansas, Auburn, Duke, Ga. Tech, Miami, to name a few…

 

T.J. Searcy – TE/DE/LB, Upson Lee High School.
247 Sports: 4 Star Rivals: 3 Star ESPN: 4 Star
T.J. was selected to play in the GACA North/South All-Star Game as a Sophomore and Junior. He Was Honorable mention, All Region in Region 2-AAA as a sophomore. He was selected 2nd Team All Region in Region 2-AAA as a Junior. T.J. has a 3.9 GPA and is on his way towards being an Honor Graduate at Upson Lee High School.
2021 Season Stats: at DL: 32 Solo Tackles, 18 Assists, 50 Total Tackles, 2 Sacks, 4 Tackle For A Loss, 2 Fumble Recoveries,
At RB: 31 carries, 165 Yards, 5.3 Yard Average, 7 TD’s. At WR: 1 Reception For 3 Yards.
Offers: (11) South Carolina, Clemson, Florida, FSU, Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee, to name a few…

 

Zavion Hardy – DL/DE, Tattnall Square Academy.
247 Sports: 4 Star Rivals: 4 Star ESPN: 4 Star
All Region, All State
2021 Season Stats: 37 Solo Tackles, 9 Assists, 46 Total Tackles, 4 Sacks
Offers: (11) Florida, South Carolina, Arizona St., FSU, Georgia, Ga. Tech, Miami, Michigan, USC, Auburn to name a few…

 

Bobby Pope Coach of the Year for 2021

BOBBY POPE COACH OF THE YEAR
Marquis Westbrook – Warner Robins High School.
Entering his third season as the Demons, Coach Westbrook guided his demons to their 5th straight 5A State Championship Game. Two as an Assistant and his 3rd straight as Head Couch. The Demons won Back-to-Back State Championships in his 3rd year. He has won Region Championships in 2 of his 3 years. Coach Westbrook was named Region Coach of the Year and the AJC Coach of the Year. In his 3rd year he is now 39-5 overall and back-to-back State 5A Championships. Coach Westbrook wins our Macon Touchdown Club Bobby Pope State Coach of the Year in Back-to-Back years.