Norcross (Ga.) at Camden County (Kingsland, Ga.)
Camden County won the coin flip for the home field in this titanic Georgia matchup.
Photo by Dennis Carter
A coin toss determined the home site for this quarterfinal clash between perhaps the top two remaining favorites for the Class 6A state championship. The last time the teams met was the first weekend of the season in 2008, a game won (21-6) by Camden County, which went on to finish the year undefeated and win one of the three state championships it had during the 2000s.
View the MaxPreps Georgia football playoff bracketsNorcross, the lone unbeaten team left in 6A, is 12-0 for the first time since 2006 and ranked 24th in the latest MaxPreps Xcellent 25. The Blue Devils defeated South Gwinnett (Snellville) last week, 27-7. Providing explosiveness on offense was senior running back
Alvin Kamara, who ran for 194 yards and three touchdowns. The 5-10, 195-pounder has 1,784 rushing yards and averages more than eight yards per carry this season.
University of Georgia-bound athlete
J.J. Green ran for a season-high 117 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries to help lift Camden County (11-1) to its round-three playoff win over East Coweta (Sharpsburg) last week. A win Friday could present the Wildcats with a rematch with Colquitt County (Moultrie) in the next round. The Packers defeated Camden County in the final game of the regular season, which knocked the Wildcats from Top 5 of the Xcellent 25 national rankings.
Mitch Stephens: Norcross 21, Camden County 20
Steve Montoya: Camden County 28, Norcross 13
Stephen Spiewak: Camden County 14, Norcross 10
Kevin Askeland: Camden County 35, Norcross 7
Leland Gordon: Camden County 27, Norcross 20
Jamie DeMoney: Camden County 24, Norcross 21
