HS Football Blowout Wins as Easy as Blogging on Patch

The Georgia high school football regular season is in the homestretch as teams are playing their final region games and jockeying for playoff positioning. Most teams have played seven or eight games of their 10-game regular season schedule.

The regular season concludes the weekend of Nov. 8-9 with the first round of the playoffs beginning the following weekend. The state championship games will take place at the Georgia Dome on Dec. 13-14.

This past weekend, Monroe Area crushed Walnut Grove by a final score of 75-0. According to Georgia High School Football Daily, there have been 25 games this season decided by 60 points or more points after only 11 such contests a year ago.

The Purple Hurricanes’ homecoming win this past weekend tied for the fourth largest margin of victory this year (Tucker 75, North Atlanta 0 on Sept. 6), and was just ahead of the 71-0 win Carver-Atlanta scored over South Atlanta last Friday night.

See the Georgia High School Football Daily website for a list of this season’s top-10 blowouts.

Monroe Area (7-0) returns to the field Friday at Madison County (3-4). A partial list of other Georgia high schools enjoying fine seasons that play Friday include:

North Gwinnett (7-0) vs. Collins Hill (6-1)

Archer (8-0) vs. South Gwinnett (3-4)

Norcross (6-2) vs. Peachtree Ridge (6-1)

North Cobb (7-1) at Pebblebrook (2-5)

Tucker (7-0) at Miller Grove (3-4)

Stephenson (6-1) at M.L. King (5-2)

Marist (5-2) at Stone Mountain (3-4)

Buford (7-0) at Fannin County (2-5)

Cartersville (7-0) at Adairsville (5-2)

St. Pius (6-1) vs. Woodward Academy (6-2)

Lovett (6-1) vs. Wesleyan (2-6)

How’s your school doing this year and how far do you think they’ll go in the playoffs? Share you thoughts below, or better yet, create a blog on Patch about your school’s team.

The best thing about sharing your stuff on Patch is it's your space so it's your rules. Write as frequently, or infrequently as you'd like. Short or long, essay style or a quick how-to. Even just a photo is a great way to share your team's journey to the Georgia Dome. Blogging on Patch is easy and a great way to share your opinions with the community and get your voice out there.

How to blog: 

You must be a member. Are you already a member? If so, sign in and skip ahead.

If not, it's free and easy to join. Look for the “Sign In” button on the upper right hand corner of the home page. You've got to sign in or start an account.

To start a blog, then, simply scroll down to the “News & Blogs” section until you see a box titled “Who’s Blogging.”  Inside that box you will see a green button that is labeled "+ Start blogging"  Click the green “start blogging” button and you will be taken to a page that says “start a blog.”

Choose an appropriate title for the blog. The title is NOT a headline. It is an umbrella tag line for all your posts.

Once you have a title, create a description for your blog and fill it into the template. The description will appear under the title on all of your blogs. 

Finally, upload an image. Perhaps a picture of your school’s mascot or logo? If you don't have a custom graphic, select one of our ready-made icons for your blog. You can always change it later.

Once you have done all that, choose the green "Create your blog" button at the bottom right of the screen. Clicking the green button will take you to a page where you can type your first blog entry. Click inside the box that says "Write a new post.”

That's about it. Not hard at all.

But keep this article handy each time there is something you'd like to share with the local community.