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Jon Nelson's new 434-page book provides a behind-the-scenes look at lives that are just a small part of Georgia high school football.

Backroads and Backfields tells us the more we're different, the most we're the same.

It is said in some states, football isn't just sports or a way of life. It's religion. That especially holds true in the state of Georgia - one of the hotbeds for competition regardless of level. High school athletics is big business. It's a way of life. It's a way out. It's a way to a better future. It's a way for small towns to compete against bigger cities in something other than economics. If a town is depressed economically, a high school football team can serve as something to rally around. It gives heroes a chance to return home, and return their alma maters to past glories. And it creates pressures to go with those expectations. Backroads and Backfields puts all of those elements and dynamics together under one cover in a unique look at one of the most popular sports in the southeastern United States.

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They Didn't Think They Would Get Away With That, Did They?
The head coach could not have thought he would get away with this "trick" play. It's the last play of the last game of the season. HIs team is down 7-0. The play doesn't work any way, ending in an interception that preserves the victory. Fro the obvious cheating attempt, the GHSA fined the school $250 and puts the head coach under probation for the following season. [Click here for the full story]
Maybe The Most Amazing Finish to a HS Game
 
Confusion Abounds in Playoff Game:
What in the world is going on?

To set the scene, Lincoln County and Hawkinsville are playing at Lincolnton's Buddy Bufford Field in a 2006 Georgia Class A playoff game. LC is leading 21-7, and had just forced a punt by Hawkinsville from deep in its endzone. LC fair caught the ball at the Hawkinsville 32 with 18 seconds left in the second quarter. Then the fun began. Click on the video and see the confusion...

(Both teams are Red Devils, and their one and only previous meeting was in the 2003 finals.)

In high school and the NFL, a team is allowed a free kick after a fair catch. The last successful kick in the NFL was in the late 1960's, with a few unsuccessful attempts since. Lincoln County Head Coach Larry Campbell conjured this one up without any practice. He explained it to sophomore kicker Vance Tarver, who booted the 42-yard field goal for 3 points to extend the halftime lead to 24-7. The officials ackowledged it was in the rule book, but none of them, and probably no one else at the game, had ever since this happen in a game. Lincoln won the game 31-7 and three weeks later won their second consecutive state championship.