By Michael A. Lough
The Sports Report
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Now, it’s pretty much confirmed.

Peach County is the best team in Central Georgia, and it’s not really close. The comeback from 26 down in the first quarter to pull away by 14 and beat Troup doesn’t happen unless you’re, well, great.

“I keep thinking about this game from last Friday,” Peach County head coach Marquis Westbrook said Monday night at the Macon Touchdown Club. “Still kind of riding high after last weekend.”

There’s a gap after the Trojans, and then there’s not much difference between the next four or five and the next four or five after that.

But next week’s Division I list is likely to change, except nobody’s likely to jump Houston County, but that margin is tighter. All five Class 4A teams can win, with only one qualifying as a real upset, Howard over Calhoun.

Division II changed a little bit, with Northeast’s inability in Game 10 to play like it did most of the team in the first nine games and suffer a notable upset at home, leaving an outright region title – they don’t come often at all in Bibb County public schools – on the Callaway bus.

Dublin had an unexpected tussle with East Laurens for three quarters, the teams in quite a “who can get more flags” contest.

There’s a little room between No. 2 Bleckley County and John Milledge and Northeast sharing third.

And as with Division I, there are maybe around 10 rankable teams after Stratford and Lamar County.

How well some teams handle having better years than expected and going into the playoffs as favorites is worth watching.

Sure is a good time to make sure MaxPreps stats are updated and rosters accurate

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Sure is a good time to make sure MaxPreps stats are updated and rosters accurate 〰️

This week, our potential poll-shakers: Peach County-Troup, Perry –Warner Robins, Baldwin-Spalding, Callaway-Northeast, Jackson-Lamar County, Putnam County-Social Circle, Macon County-Chattahoochee County.

CENTRAL GEORGIA’S BEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COVERAGE

Last week
🏈 Roundup: Peach County mounts massive comeback; Warner Robins guts out postseason-saving win over Perry; Howard stops Westside; Northeast stunned; Brentwood knocked out at home
🏈 Scouting Reports: This week’s GHSA and GIAA games
🏈 Scouting Reports, Thursday
🏈 Maxwell Predictions
🏈 Who’s going to win this week’s games?
🏈 Central Georgia state composite rankings
🏈 Central Georgia rankings
🏈 GHSA's Post Season Playoff Rankings offer clarity and confusion, but Central Georgia's field is almost set ... almost
🏈 Macon Touchdown Club players of the week

Two weeks ago
🏈 Roundup: Jones County handles Warner Robins; Perry explodes; Bleckley County survives East Laurens; Routs for Washington County, Dublin, Taylor County, Macon County, Stratford, Windsor
🏈 Scouting Reports: This week’s GHSA and GIAA games
🏈 Maxwell Predictions
🏈 Who’s going to win this week’s games?
🏈 Central Georgia state composite rankings
🏈 Central Georgia rankings
🏈 Macon Touchdown Club players of the week

Division I (Classes 6A, 5A, 4A, 13 teams)

5. Perry, Warner Robins

4. Baldwin

3. Jones County

2. Houston County

1. Peach County

Division II (Classes 3A, AA, A, GIAA, 33 teams

10. Jasper County

9. Macon County

8. Dodge County

7. Taylor County

6. Lamar County

5. Stratford

3., John Milledge, Northeast

2. Bleckley County

1. Dublin