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Georgia high school football team will go nearly a month before playoff game

IMG_8358by: Andy Villamarzo21 hours agoAndy_Villamarzo
Georgia Elite Classic/Keyon Standifer
Photo by Jeremy Johnson.

There’s a couple week layoffs for some high school football teams around the country and then you have the case of Athens Academy out of Georgia.

The Spartans are 9-1 on the season and qualified for the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Class A, Division I private class playoffs. The catch here is Athens Academy hasn’t played a game since Oct. 24 when they defeated Rabun County, 49-46.

Athens Academy won’t play another opponent until Nov. 21. That equals 28 days it will have been since the last time they set foot on a high school football field and took on another opponent.

Reason being is because the Spartans earned the top seed in their bracket and will face the winner of Holy Innocents Episcopal-Mount Paran Christian this week. Until then, all Athens Academy is do is practice and practice some, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Spartans have won back-to-back region championships, but success beyond the first playoff game has eluded them between 2023 and 2024. Athens Academy has seen first round exits, but this time around looks to change that with the amount of practice time they have at their disposal.

Oh yeah, and the Spartans are pretty good on both sides of the ball as they continue to prepare for whomever they may end up facing.

Athens Academy features Georgia Tech commitment Keyon Standifer, who in his junior campaign has shined with 46 catches for 1,250 yards and 20 grabs. Having himself a great season throwing Standifer the rock is senior quarterback Chap Chapman, who has thrown for 2,150 yards and 26 touchdowns.

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