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ELITE JUNIOR CLASSIC

DOUBLE-HEADER SET TO SHOWCASE GEORGIA’S TALENT LIKE NEVER BEFORE BY CRAIG SAGER II | CSAGER@SCOREATL.COM

he third installment of Georgia’s annual junior all-star game will feature a sophomore game for the first time. The newly-named Georgia Junior Sophomore Elite Classic will see the best sophomores in the state square off before the juniors take the field in the backend of the double-header. In just two years, the classic has presented two thrilling games, incredible individual performances and unpredictable storylines. Last year’s classic was dominated by North Gwinnett’s K.J. Hancock, who hauled in nine catches for 150 yards and three touchdowns to lead the North team to a 45-38 victory. Hancock was a late addition to the classic that ended up winning the game’s overall MVP and is now set to sign at Miami (Ohio) this February. JOINING FORCES While the individual performances are always exciting to see, watching players from all over the state and each classification come together is a true representation of the excellence of Georgia High School Football. The Class A standouts get a chance to prove their ability with the state’s higher classifications and the competiveness creates must-see matchups on every snap. Blessed Trinity’s Conor Davis quarterbacked the South team last year with his four-touchdown performance and 20-of-26 passing for 357 yards. Davis hit Marion County’s Lorenzo Smothers on a crossing route that resulted in a one-handed touchdown grab that went viral around the football community. Two minutes later, the South team was on the board again as Davis connected with McEachern transfer Tyler Simmons, who then pitched back to his new Indians teammate Sam Jackson on the hook and ladder for a 55-yard touchdown. Davis also hit Colquitt County star Kiel Pollard for a 7-yard touchdown. This all-star game has boasted some of the state’s most accomplished defensive play-

ers each year. Roswell’s Marcelino Ball stole the spotlight last year as he turned in 10 tackles and one tackle for loss to earn Defensive MVP. The talent filling this year’s rosters will attract recruiting attention from all over the country. In the junior game, some of the state’s biggest names are set to star in this year’s edition. Mill Creek center Tyler Fannin anchors the American team offensive line and will have Bailey Hockman (McEachern), Baron Radcliff (Norcross) and Jack Dinges (Marist) to snap to. Out wide, Northside-Warner Robins star Tobias Oliver will get looks at receiver, which will be a change of pace after quarterbacking the run-heavy Eagles offense. Four-star Brookwood standout Leonard Warner is a player to watch on the American defense. The 6-foot-4, 219-pound junior has already received offers from Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Duke and Boston College among many others and will be able to showcase his speed against a fast National team with one of the top backs in the state this season leading the backfield. Roswell running back Sheldon Evans joins Stockbridge’s Jalen Holston and North Cobb’s C.J. Cole in the National backfield. Evans helped lead Roswell to a 14-1 season with his 1,798 rushing yards and 27 rushing touchdowns.

take snaps at wide receiver and running back to showcase his coveted skillset. Three-star Connor Heyward out of Peachtree Ridge will also focus his versatility into the wide receiver role and at 6-foot-1, 202-pounds will challenge the American defense. TIME TO SHINE The sophomore rosters consist of Georgia’s emerging Class of 2018 stars and players that have already used varsity experience to attract recruiting attention from the country’s top programs. Woodstock quarterback Garrett Bass leads the sophomore American team with North Gwinnett’s Cade Fortin. Ninth-grader Dominick Blaylock will get his chance to shine after stealing the show last year in the eighth grade game. Blaylock finished last year’s eighth grade game with 107 receiving yards off six receptions and was named the Offensive MVP. Blaylock received his first SEC offer before he even stepped foot in Walton High School and is considered one of the top Class of 2019 prospects in the nation. Mays’ receiver Jaquez Smith will line up as a 9th grader for the National team and will get a chance to attract early recruiting attention. Peachtree Ridge head coach Mark Fleetwood (National) and Stockbridge head coach Kevin Whitley (American) will coach the sophomore teams. The junior teams will be led by McEachern head coach Kyle Hockman (American) and Archer head coach Andy Dyer (National). Hockman and Dyer have met in back-to-back postseasons and will open next season against each other in the final game of the 25th Metro PCS Corky Kell Classic. Photo courtesy of Terrance Johnson and Archer HS.

PROVEN PASSERS On the National Team, Grayson’s Chase Brice and Griffin’s Tylan Morton will quarterback the offense with Woodward Academy’s Ryan Glover. Brice recently committed to Clemson and Morton is a 6-foot-5 passer that can gain momentum heading into his senior season with the Bears. Glover is coming off a breakout season quarterbacking the War Eagles and finished with 2,740 yards through the air, 26 touchowns and just five interceptions during this year’s run to the 4A semifinals. Bringing versatility to the National offense will be Glynn Academy’s electrifying quarterback Deejay Dallas (ATH). Dallas will be able to

We would like to thank the Atlanta Falcons, Georgia National Guard, Score Atlanta, McEachern High School, Bulldog Sports, Elite Sports, Stars and Strikes, Otter’s Chicken, John Woods & Family, Edwin Rothberg & Family, Ken Shapiro, Nigel Williams, Sports Medicine South and Dr. Gary Levengood, NextStar Communications and Bobby Moeck, Jeb Stewart Family, Joe Powell and Associates, Murry and Chanda Bell, Reeves-Young Construction and Eric Young, E Sports Insurance and Terry Green, Lamar Holman, Bledsoe and Darron Brightwell, Central Investments LTD and Lance Layson for their support of the 2015 Junior Sophomore Elite Classic! The Junior Sophomore Elite Classic Guide was produced and published by Score Publishing, a division of Score Atlanta. The publisher is I.J. Rosenberg, Managing Editor is Craig Sager II, Assistant Managing Editor is Kyle Sandy, Creative Art Director is DJ Galbiati Blalock and Marketing/Partnership Director is Lauren Goldstein. Score is a full-service marketing company and can be reached at 404-256-1572 and SCOREATL.COM. You can also check us out on Facebook (scoreatlantasports) and Twitter (@scoreatlanta).

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# NAME POS. SCHOOL 12...... Chase Brice................ QB...........................Grayson 10...... KJ Anderson............... CB............................. Buford 11...... LeAnthony Williams... CB........................... Roswell 14...... Quannie Walker.......... CB............................Colquitt 15...... Tylan Morton............... QB..............................Griffin 16...... Ryan Glover................ QB.......................Woodward 20...... Sheldon Evans........... RB........................... Roswell 21...... CJ Cole........................ RB......................North Cobb 22...... Chris Dublin................ WR/RB........................ Model 25...... DJ Rivers.................... S..................... Walnut Grove 26...... Jalen Holston.............. RB.................... Stockbridge 30...... Xavier McKinney........ S.............................. Roswell 31...... Malik Chapman.......... S..........................Morgan Co 32...... Jeffery Burley............ LB............................Jackson 40...... Jacob Gregory............ LB/LS..................Centennial 41...... Chelo Lebon............... LB.............................. Tucker 42...... Juwuan Jones............ LB...............................Lanier 43...... Brian Strozier............. LB.............................. Tucker 44...... Terri Fuller.................. DE...............................Griffin 50...... Will Taylor................... C..............................Grayson 51...... Kelton Dawson........... DE..................... Stockbridge 52...... Michael Allen............. DE...............................Lanier 53...... Marquez Bembry....... DE/TE..........Mt. Vernon Pres 54...... Jaquavious Collins..... DT............................Jackson 60...... Caleb Chandler........... G............................Jefferson 61...... Quannie Stokes.......... G...............................Colquitt 62...... Samuel Collins........... G/LS..........................Vidalia 63...... Aubrey Solomon......... DT.......................Lee County 64...... Emmanuel McNeil...... DT..............Central Gwinnett 70...... Jalen Jackson............ T..............................Grayson 71...... Zalontae Hillery.......... T..................Glynn Academy 72...... Tyler Thurmond.......... T................................ Buford 80...... Quannie Green........... WR.....................North Cobb 81...... Xavier Jenkins........... WR............Lowndes County 82...... Connor Heyward........ WR............ Peachtree Ridge 83...... Deejay Dallas............. WR..............Glynn Academy 84...... Turner Barckhoff........ P/K.......................... Roswell .......... Jacob Bolton.............. INJ................ Blessed Trinity

# NAME POS. SCHOOL 10...... Bailey Hockman......... QB......................McEachern 11...... Caleb Huntley............. RB...................Locust Grove 12...... Kemari Averett........... TE/DE...........................Grady 14...... Grant Holloman.......... CB.........................St. Pius X 15...... Baron Radcliff............ QB......................... Norcross 16...... Jack Dinges................ QB..............................Marist 20...... JD King....................... RB........................Fitzgerald 21...... Demetrius Davis......... WR/RB........................Coffee 22...... Ladamion Hunt........... CB........................Carrollton 25...... AJ Cayetano................ CB................................Mays 26...... Jamar Hall.................. S...........................Mill Creek 30...... Tae Daley.................... S.....................Northside WR 31...... Ferlando Jordan......... S...................................Mays 32...... Leonard Warner......... LB/FB.................Brookwood 40...... De’morreal Burnam... LB...............................Salem 41...... Walter Grant............... LB/TE............................Cairo 42...... Jonathan Jason.......... LB....McIntosh Co. Academy 43...... Ryan Huff.................... LB................... Cedar Shoals 44...... Dixon Yellott................ DE.................North Gwinnett 50...... Tyler Fannin................ C...........................Mill Creek 51...... Drew Jordan............... DE.................North Gwinnett 52...... Jalen Pinkney............. DE.......................... Norcross 53...... BJ Sharpe................... DE............Southwest Macon 54...... Brian Miller................ DT...................Memorial Day 60...... Jack Franklin............. G...........................Mill Creek 61...... Devin Bennett............. G............................ Norcross 62...... Jalen Jackson............ G.........................McEachern 63...... Allen Daniels.............. DT..............................Dacula 64...... London Lewis............. DT..........................St. Pius X 70...... William Long.............. T..............................Calhoun 71...... Chris Sibilia................ T...................North Gwinnett 72...... Jonathan Stewart....... T...................Mountain View 80...... Corey Reed................. WR...............................Mays 81...... Tobias Oliver............... WR.................Northside WR 82...... Jeremiah Ashley........ WR.............................Coffee 83...... Roques Dowdy........... WR...............Oconee County 84...... Brooks Bruce............. P/K.................................GAC ......... Jared Simpkins.......... INJ......................... Norcross

# NAME POS. SCHOOL 10...... Fred Payton................ QB............. Peachtree Ridge 11...... Gunnar Watson........... QB.................. Taylor County 12...... Joshua Washington.... CB................. Richmond Hill 14...... Tre Douglas................ CB................................ELCA 15...... Myles Sims................. CB......................... Westlake 16...... Otis Reese.................. S.........................Lee County 17...... Shamarcus Redding.. S.....................Peach County 20...... Lyn J Dixon................. RB.................. Taylor County 21...... Elijah Fluker............... RB.........................Villa Rica 22...... Christian Ford............ WR/RB..................... Roswell 25...... Steele Chambers........ S................... Blessed Trinity 26...... Jake Camarda............ P/K........................ Norcross 30...... Jayden McDonald....... LB.............. Peachtree Ridge 31...... Paul Stanley............... LB...............................Marist 32...... Michael Harris............ LB..................... Miller Grove 40...... Tyneil Hopper............. TE/FB....................... Roswell 41...... Lazavier Moore.......... LB.......................Upson-Lee 42...... JD Bertrand (9th)........ LB................. Blessed Trinity 43...... Jake Broom................ LB............................ Decatur 44...... Payton Dunagan......... LS....................West Forsyth 50...... Corey Freeman........... C.......................Mundy’s Mill 51...... Brenton Cox................ DE..................... Miller Grove 52...... Harrison Jump........... DE................. Prince Avenue 53...... Antonio Showers........ DE.............................. Tucker 54...... Nazir Sy...................... DT.......................... Norcross 60...... Matthew Morgan........ G............................... Etowah 61...... Deontrey Hill............... G..................Houston County 62...... Dustin Pope................ G...........................Chattooga 63...... Jalynn Strickland....... DT.................... Ware County 64...... Josh Walker............... DT.........................Carrollton 70...... Christian Armstrong.. T...................Warner Robins 71...... Mitchell Lord.............. T............Washington County 72...... Matthew Hall.............. T................................Walton 80...... Jah’Quez Evans (9th). WR...............................Mays 81...... Trey Brown................. WR................Macon County 82...... PJ Harris..................... WR..........................Newnan 83...... Kearis Jackson.......... WR.................Peach County 84...... Dominick Blaylock (9th).... WR............................Walton

# NAME POS. SCHOOL 10...... Cade Fortin................. QB................North Gwinnett 11...... Garrett Bass............... QB...................... Woodstock 12...... Taiyon Palmer............. CB............................. Archer 14...... Shamel Johnson........ CB..............................Metter 15...... Jayce Rogers............. CB.......................... Valdosta 16...... Dante Black................ S...................North Gwinnett 17...... Demonte Lee.............. S.............. Effingham County 20...... Anthony Grant............ RB............................. Buford 21...... Christopher Rodriguez.... RB...................................Ola 22...... Tijai Whatley............... WR/RB................. Darlington 25...... Trey Dean.................... S..........................Dutchtown 26...... Mitchell Fineran......... P/K......................Brunswick 30...... Jontavious Ferguson... LB......................Manchester 31...... Quin Williams............. LB................ Morgan County 32...... JJ Peterson................ LB................ Colquitt County 40...... Brandon Shelnutt....... TE/FB......................... Archer 41...... Braylin Fisher............. LB.................North Paulding 42...... Zakoby McClain.......... LB........................... Valdosta 43...... Nolan Smith (9th)....... LB......................Calvary Day 44...... Noah Hightower......... LS..................Wayne County 50...... Kyle Carrera............... C...........Landmark Christian 51...... Michael Fairbanks..... DE.......................McEachern 52...... Dar’Jarri Coleman...... DE................... South Atlanta 53...... Sean Smith................. DE.................. Lamar County 54...... CJ Wright.................... DT............... Screven County 60...... Casey Holman............ G.........................Brookwood 61...... George Ball................. G..............................Jackson 62...... Al Hogan..................... G...........Landmark Christian 63...... Lamarius Benson....... DT........................... Eastside 64...... Kierron Smith............. DT.........................Fitzgerald 70...... Warren Ericson.......... T...................North Gwinnett 71...... Nick Croawell............. T..........................Centennial 72...... Keiondre Jones (9th)... T.............................Callaway 80...... Blane Mason.............. WR......................Centennial 81...... Marquez Ezzard......... WR................... Stockbridge 82...... Tyquan Johnson......... WR............. Screven County 83...... Matthew Hill............... WR.....................Brookwood 84...... Spencer Gaddis.......... WR..................... Cambridge

COACHES

Mark Fleetwood HC/TE | Peachtree Ridge

Kevin Whitley HC/TE | Stockbridge

Reggie Stancil OC/QB/WR | Norcross

Jason Carrera OC/QB/WR | Meadowcreek

Bryan Way OL | Warner Robins

Tommy Jones OL | Dacula

Damien Wimes RB

Hank Aaron Jr. RB | Mundy’s Mill

Rocky Hidalgo DC/LB | Glynn Academy

Jamie Abrams DC/LB | Lamar Co.

Tommy Parks DL | Upson-Lee

Derek Russell DL | McEachern

Ryan Andrews DB | Shiloh

Earthwind Moreland DB | Grady

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