The 2007 season was a nightmare for the Alpharetta Raiders. With the school’s first four-year graduating class and 25 seniors on the squad, expectations were understandably high. Unfortunately for Alpharetta, the season was over before it started.

A season ago the Blessed Trinity Titans spent their summer lifting weights outdoors. As the now-complete field house was under construction, the Titans were forced to improvise a weight room outside on the hill overlooking the football stadium. The set-up had its charm, but it also presented challenges.

If you’re looking for a nickname for Marcus Nabors, “The Bowling Ball” might fit the bill. If you look at the area on the football field between the hashmarks as the lane and opposing defensive linemen as the pins the name becomes downright perfect.

If you’ve never heard of Chattahoochee quarterback Brendan Cross, chances are that that’s going to change this fall. The senior Wake Forest commit is one of only two starters that will return for the Cougars for the upcoming season (the other being middle linebacker Wes McLarty). That isn’t a typo; Hooch has exactly two returning starters after losing 20 of them to graduation.

There’s a punitive device that the Fellowship Christian coaching staff employs that makes onlookers crack up and chuckle and makes the participants simply upchuck. Imagine lying on your back and rolling from one end of a football field to the other as you remain in the prone position. Then once you reach the end you have to get up, get your bearings and sprint back to the end of the field at which you began.

All you need to know about the state of Milton football took place in last year’s match up with arch-nemesis Roswell.

What a difference a year makes. Last fall Roswell headed into it’s football season with a vaunted senior class and a veteran coach. The Hornets were the co-defending state champs and were looking to run the table for a second straight year. Fast-forward to 2008. Upwards of 10 seniors from last year’s team are scattered throughout the country getting prepared for their college seasons, while the crafty former head coach is now playing golf and spending time with his family. So where does that leave the 2008 Hornets?

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