On Hiatus...

So I've been on hiatus for a while...I(Daniel) just experienced the joy of a newborn son....Baby Eli Bryant Wood was born on May 1..... Anyway, I'll get back to that later......as far as football is concerned, here's what i'd like to do.....a preview of all of the teams for 7-AAA. It's gonna take some work on my part so bear with me....expect to see something late May or early June.....

Early storylines include....the big-name schools recruiting 7-AAA's studs, Jaybo Shaw & Keith Wells. I also think Justin Fordham and Kendrick Harris are pretty good too but probably not D-1 level....You've got Ohio State, Florida, Georgia, & that school on the Flats checking out Mr. Wells in Big Red Country....Mr. Shaw has an offer from Air Force and I expect more D-1 offers to pour in the closer falls gets here.......check back over the next couple of weeks for some more updates.

got any ideas...send them to me at hallcosports@yahoo.com

Red Elephant to play College basketball

Red Elephant Guard, Jamarco Warren committed to Charleston Southern. Charleston Southern plays in the Big South Conference and they do have an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Anyway, here's the link....http://www.thestate.com/181/story/24575.html (scroll all the way down the bottom of the article)

Congrats Jamarco and good luck at the next level.

Tech, UNC offer Gainesville DE

Keith Wells, Senior DE for the Red Elephants has been offered by Georgia Tech, Marshall, & UNC. He's leaning to Tech & Louisville right now. Tech has the lead as Keith plans to major in engineering. So it's possible this Red Elephant could join his former teammate Nick Claytor down on the flats....stay tuned for more...

Honestly, I don't remember seeing him make much an impact the couple of times I saw Gainesville play. I do remember him from basketball and he certainly has the frame to play D1 football. It's obvious college football coaches from across the South have taken notice and are very interested in his services. Good luck Keith.

Jaybo Shaw visits FSU

So here's a recent article on Jaybo's visit to FSU and a possible offer from a C-USA school.


here's the link... http://hsgeorgia.scout.com/2/630005.html


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2006 Vidoes

Wanna catch some of last year's highlight's?

I've got some of them on my YouTube site....Go there now

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=shannonwood21

Jaybo Shaw Talks About Tuscaloosa

So if you've ventured over to hsgeorgia.scout.com then you'll notice a front page article about Flowery Branch QB, Jaybo Shaw visiting Tuscaloosa, AL and the Crimson Tide. Sounds like he came away very impressed....also near the bottom of the article he mentions that NC State and Wake Forest are recruiting Mr. Shaw very hard. For your reading pleasure, here's the article...




Jaybo Shaw Talks About Tuscaloosa
By John Marchant GAVSV.comPosted Feb 26, 2007
One of the Peach State's top quarterback prospects took in Alabama Junior Day this weekend. Flowery Branch athlete Jaybo Shaw talked to GAVSV.com bout his visit to Tuscaloosa.
Jaybo Shaw was very impressed with what he saw in Alabama.
"At first when I got there, they gave us a tour of the whole campus," said Shaw. "They had banners supporting their team all over the place. I really liked that because there is so much tradition at Alabama with Coach "Bear" Bryant and everything."
"It was real neat getting to see the twelve National Championships and twenty-seven SEC Championships. Just knowing that if you go to that program, you're going to win. I think that was one of the biggest things I liked about the trip."
The Alabama coaching staff made a strong impression with the Flowery Branch quarterback prospect.
"I got to talk to Coach Nick Saban. He came up and sat with us while we were eating. I also talked to the Quarterbacks Coach, Major Applewhite. They said that they were interested and that meant a lot to me. Coach Kirby Smart, the secondary coach, is the one that gave us the tour around the campus."
"I really liked the campus because everything is connected to the football players' dorm. The dining hall was right down the street and the academic center was right there. Everything was within walking distance. John Parker Wilson, who plays quarterback, sat down and talked to all the quarterbacks for a little while. I also met some of their receivers. It was a good day."
Shaw did not know a lot about Alabama before his visit, but now that he has been on a tour, things have changed.
"I really wasn't interested and I really didn't know hardly anything about them," said Shaw. "I'm glad they wanted me to come to their Junior Day. I really enjoyed being there. Now I have a lot of interest in them."
"To be honest, they've jumped up there. They're up there with Wake Forest, Clemson and Vanderbilt. I really had a lot of fun at that place."
Shaw does not have an offer, but Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Clemson, Princeton and Vanderbilt are showing a lot of interest in the 6-foot, 164-pound athlete.
"North Carolina State has been showing a lot of interest in the past couple of weeks," he said. "They've invited me to attend their Junior Day this Saturday. I'll be going to Wake Forest on April 19th. Those two schools are really recruiting me pretty hard right now."

Flowery Branch vs. Grady Playoff Videos

So you're probably wondering where we've been....well.....things have been busy since football season. Here are the videos from the Flowery Branch & Grady playoff game...

The Game Winning Play...Sorry about the crappy camera work...


4th Qtr, 4th Down play....listen closely and you'll hear Kenny screamin'


3rd Qtr Action...


2nd Qtr Action...Flowery Branch Kicker attempts a long field goal right before the half...


1st Qtr Action...

Everything Lanierland....

Congrats to the East Hall Vikings as they swept the boys and girls Lanierland titles...here are the articles of importance and the pics that I took at Friday night's games will probably come later...been busy with Fantasy football....

East Hall boys wins 5th straight Lanierland (accessnorthga.com)
East Hall girls shoot their way to the title (accessnorthga.com)
North Hall boys rebounds vs. Lakeview (accessnorthga.com)
North Hall girls rebounds vs. Flowery Branch (accessnorthga.com)
It's a sweep (gainesvilletimes.com)
North Hall teams take 3rd place (gainesvilletimes.com)

Also, this is funny if you haven't already seen it....it's the South Park SEC Cocahes...

Coming soon...

Ok, so the games last night weren't that close but tonight games should be very very exciting....check back later tomorrow for pics from Friday's games and recaps....

Your Daily Inspiration

Found this on YouTube....for all of the Dawg fans out there if you haven't seen this video from 2004 then you may want to grab a Kleenex before viewing.......



Also, on Friday Kenny and I will be at the Lanierland semifinals at Chestatee High School....so look for pics and game recaps on Saturday.......

Have a question? Email us at hallcosports@yahoo.com

Links to most recent posts

So it was a great weekend for basketball. The consolation round is on Tuesday at West Hall. We'll probably not go to those games but we might be at Friday's games, here are the matchups...
4:00 Girls Chestatee vs. Flowery Branch
5:30 Guys Gainesville vs. North Hall
7:00 Girls North Hall vs. East Hall
8:30 Guys Lakeview vs. East Hall

Also here are the links to all of the recent posts
Lanierland Day 1 Recap
Lanierland Day 2 Recap
Lanierland Day 2 North Hall vs. Gainesville Pics
Lanierland Day 2 Lakeview vs. Johnson Pics
Lanierland Day 2 East Hall vs. West Hall Pics
Lanierland Day 2 Flowery Branch vs. East Hall Pics

Lanierland Day 2 Pics Flowery Branch vs East Hall

Flowery Branch vs. East Hall

Lanierland Day 2 Pics East Hall vs. West Hall

East Hall vs. West Hall

Lanierland Day 2 Pics Lakeview vs. Johnson

Lakeview vs. Johnson

Lanierland Day 2 Pics - North Hall vs Gainesville

North Hall vs. Gainesville

Lanierland Day 2 Recap

North Hall 46, Gainesville 43
Recap: Kenny and I arrived late in the 4th qtr but we were there for the best part of the game as NH & GHS battled for a W. Honestly, the game seems like forever ago and it hard to remember exactly what happened. Anyway, it was a victory for NH and they will take on #1 seed East Hall on Friday at Chestatee.

Lakeview 93, Johnson 85
Recap: In what was the best game of the tournament, Lakeview battled back from 16 down at one point to pull out an overtime win. This game took forever thanks in part to lots of turnovers, fouls, & some exciting overtime play. Johnson was in full control going into halftime but thanks in part to an inspring halftime speech by Coach Vining, Lakeview rallied to close the deficit to be only down 67-61 going into the 4th qtr. Lakeview had a shot at winning leading 77-76 with 10 seconds left they turned the ball over. After a questionable foul, # 33 for Johnson hit 1 of 2 free throws to tie the game. Lakeview would actually turn the ball over again with 1.3 seconds but a desparation shot by JHS wouldn't fall. Lakeview would score first in overtime and JHS couldn't get anything going on offense. Lakeview would hit their free throws down the stretch to pull off one the biggest wins in school history.

East Hall 60, West Hall 37
Recap: West Hall battled in the 1st qtr and actually led 2 minutes into the 2nd but EH finally got on track as WH turned the ball over numerous times and EH pounded the ball inside for numerous easy baskets. It seemed like no one wanted to shoot for WH as they simply passed the ball around until they would turn the ball over. EH's inside game was the difference in this one. They now move on to take on North Hall on Friday.

East Hall 87, Flowery Branch 61
Recap: EH started the game on a 16-3 run but FB would battle back to close within 8 points at one point in the 2nd qtr before Walter Hill took over the game. He had 2 thunderous dunks in the 1st half in which they would stretch the lead to 44-32 at the half. In the 3rd qtr, the Vikings would pull away for a blowout win. They will face Lakeview on Friday.

Coming soon: I've got some great pics from yesterday's action......

Lanierland Day 1 Recap

Chestatee 72, Johnson 54

Recap: Chestatee moves on to take on Flowery Branch in next week's semifinals as they dominated vs. Johnson. This is certainly not the same Johnson Lady Knights from the past few years. Their star players are now in college and their star coach is on the sidelines for the North Hall men. Kenny and I didn't make it to this one so no analysis is available.

Gainesville 75, West Hall 72

Recap: The game started in Gainesville's favor as they jumped out to a lead in the 1st half, however, WH scrapped their way back into the game thanks to #3 VJ Shedrick. He tallied 25 pts and he kept them in the game. For the most part though the game was about Gainesville, when #5 Warren was out of the game(both physically and mentally) WH was able to take stretch the lead to 7. The turning point in the game was late in the 4th qtr in which Warren hit 2 three pointers & a jumper as he went on a personal 9-0 run to give Gainesville the lead. Warren drove the lane with 30 seconds left and missed a lay-up, but WH couldn't get the rebound and Dockery for GHS hit a lay-up to provide the final pts of the game. WH had a shot but # 1 Tabor's three rattled in and out to end the game.

Flowery Branch 61 Lakeview 47

Recap: This game was all about Courtney Newton as she showed why South Carolina offered her a scholarship. She dominated the game and showed her shooting touch as FB rolled to a victory. Give Lakeview credit as they battled and fought the entire game. They never quit and in fact were down only 12 late in the 4th qtr before FB inserted their starters again.

North Hall 72 Chestatee 61

Recap: The view from the North Hall student section was excellent as NH rolled to an impressive victory over their rival. This was a close game throughout although itlooked like it was going to be a blowout at halftime when it was 39-28. Chestatee came out in the 2nd half on a 10-3 run to make it a close game. The turning point was after a 4th qtr timeout, Coach Wood and the Trojans turned up the defensive intensity and Tim Cox took over to put it away. And for those who haven't seen Chestatee play, Parker Smith is the real deal. As a freshman he is a little skinny but he has a tremendous shooting touch and by the time he graduates he should be very very good. NH looked a little like EH as they substituted 10-12 players the entire game. They now move on to take on Gainesville next Friday.

Pics from last night's games....

Lanierland Basketball Tournament

So this weekend will be a great time to see all of the Hall County teams in action. Here's a link that was posted on accessnorthga.com. Lanierland

Kenny and I will be in attendance on Friday and Sat and we'll give you a recap of all the games on Sunday/Monday. Should be some great action.

Anybody know how much it is to get in the games? If it's like football then i'm sure it went up to $7. Post a comment and let us know. See at West Hall on Friday.

Upcoming blogs: 2006 7-AAA Football Recaps and 2007 Outlook

& Recap of the Lanierland Tournament games

Playoffs

Congrats to North Hall and Coach Christmas! They move on to take on Washington County in the quarterfinals. Congrats also to Flowery Branch on a great season that came up just short...Kenny will be giving some of his thoughts on each game later today or tomorrow...


Updated 11/27 - 8:41.....
So I'm having some trouble uploading my pics and videos....probably be a couple of days...I did find out that North Hall will have to travel to the House of Pain a.k.a Washington County on Friday...Should be a great game!

I, personally, am taking a couple of weeks to recoup and spend some time for with my wife. I'll try to post as i have time....Kenny will still be posting as he gets time as well. We're both going to recover for a couple of weeks before we ramp up for basketball season. So expect just a few posts over the next several weeks.....

Great game on Saturday by the Dawgs as they beat Tech for 6 in a row. The only question I have is when and if Georgia will retire Reggie Ball's jersey. It'll be interesting to see some of the comments on this game