Football

MaxPreps sports and the Army National Guard honored the Sandy Creek High School football team for the eighth annual Tour of Champions football presentation.

By Jacob Renie
Sandy Creek Class of 2013

As I prepare to go to college next year, one thing sticks out to me. It’s gonna be way different with a football team that loses.

Sandy Creek’s football team has a tendency to make things look easy - it’s hard not to when you are 55-2 since 2009. Make that 56-2 since the Patriots captured the 2012 Class AAAA championship with a 45-10 victory over Ridgeland.

By Jacob Renie
Sandy Creek Class of 2013

In the last four years, the Sandy Creek Patriots have won four consecutive region championships, two state championships, and 54 games while only suffering two losses. This Saturday they hope to add another state championship to their already impressive resume.

After a one year absence (Sandy Creek was knocked out of the AAA playoffs last year by Gainesville), the Patriots are back at the Georgia Dome with a chance to win their third state championship in four years. Going back to 2000, a win would put Sandy Creek in the same echelon of Parkview (champs 2000-2002) and LaGrange (champs in 2001, 2003-2004). Only 13 other teams in GHSA history have won titles in three of four seasons.

Three locals teams played tonight for a chance to go to the GHSA state championships next weekend. One team made it. Sandy Creek beat Monroe Area 35-0, while Whitewater lost to Gainesville 28-14 and Landmark Christian lost to Prince Avenue 32-22.