11 football showcase events that can't be missed in 2012

They start this weekend in Arizona and Ohio, and continue through to the second week of September in Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia and Louisiana ... and beyond.

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Aug 16, 2012, 12:00am

Metro PCS Corky Kell Classic: Atlanta
Walton played Grayson in the 2011 GHSA Class AAAAA Final but they will be facing different opponents in the 2012 Corky Kell Classic.
Walton played Grayson in the 2011 GHSA Class AAAAA Final but they will be facing different opponents in the 2012 Corky Kell Classic.
File photo by Cecil Copeland

Where: Georgia Dome
When: Aug. 25
Top Game:  North Gwinnett (Suwanee, Ga.) vs. Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.)

The 2012 Corky Kell Classic will be the biggest in the event's 21-year history as a fifth game has been added. Gwinnett powerhouses such as Brookwood (Snellville, Ga.), Grayson (Loganville, Ga.), North Gwinnett and Peachtree Ridge (Suwanee, Ga.) will square off with prestigious Cobb programs such as Walton (Marietta, Ga.), Kell (Marietta, Ga.) and McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) and traditional powers Chattahoochee (Alpharetta, Ga.), Colquitt County and Camden County (Kingsland, Ga.). The nation's No. 1 prospect, defensive end Robert Nkemdiche of Grayson, leads individual headliners that include Walton’s Tyren Jones, Camden County’s Brice Ramsey, Colquitt County’s Cole Segraves, Grayson’s David Kamara, and Peachtree Ridge’s Joe Horn.

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