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When the Savannah Christian football team faces off with Cedar Grove in the Class 3A state championship game Wednesday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the Raiders have a shot to win the second GHSA title in school history — the first since SCPS won it all in 2011 at the Georgia Dome.
That game was one the Raider senior class will never forget, as it was the third straight trip to the Dome, and first win, in the finals under former coach Donald Chumley.
Savannah Christian completed a 15-0 season with a 20-3 win over Landmark Christian in 2011. It followed losses in the finals in 2010 to Clinch County in a 24-14 setback and a 30-21 loss in the championship game to Wilcox County in 2009.
In the breakthrough win over Landmark Christian, SCPS senior Will Austin, also a baseball star for the Raiders, broke loose for a 66-yard scoring run, and Nardo Govan, who later played at Georgia Southern, had a 25-yard scoring run. Ahmad Johnson added a 23-yard fumble return for a score, as lineman DeAngelo Brown, the Savannah Morning News Defensive Player of the Year in 2011, led a stellar defensive effort.
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Savannah Christian’s DeAngelo Brown brings down Landmark Christian quarterback Cantrell Frazier (No. 3) in the Class A Georgia State High School Football Championship at the Georgia Dome Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga., December 10, 2011
Brown, who went on to a standout college career at Louisville, said it was a satisfying way to end his prep career.
“It was a good feeling…
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Publish date : 2023-12-11 09:08:18
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