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Head Cat Out
By: Jason Bishop
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The Camden County Wildcats will once again be looking for a new football coach.
It has been announced that Travis Roland, Camden’s Head Coach for 2024 and 2025, will not be returning for the 2026 season.
Roland went 13-8 in his brief tenure with Camden.
In 2024 Camden made the playoffs under Roland and went 7-4 overall. The Wildcats lost in the first round of the playoffs in 2024 to North Cobb, 28-7. The Cats got into the playoffs as the #4 seed from Region 1-6A..
In 2025 the Wildcats started off 5-0 and we’re ranked in the top 10 in the state in 6A. Things did not go as well in the second half of the season as Camden notched a 1-4 record.
Camden County finished the season 6-4 and did not make the playoffs in 6A.
Roland was 0-6 against Lowndes, Colquitt and Valdosta. He went 1-1 against Richmond Hill and 2-0 against Tift County in his two years as head coach.
Travis Roland was hired out of Mainland High School in Florida. He won the 3-S State Title in Florida in 2023. Roland’s Buccaneer’s went 14-1 in 2023 and defeated St. Augustine 21-19 in the title game. He was the Head Coach at Mainland High School from 2021-2023 where he went 30-10 overall.
He was the Head Coach at Flagler Palm Coast in Florida before he took the job at Mainland High School and went 58-22 overall at Palm Coast.
Roland finishes his tenure with Camden with an overall record of 101-40 as a Head Coach.
Roland took over the program after legendary Coach Jeff Herron retired after three seasons in his second stint with the Wildcats.
Heron took the Wildcats to the second round of the GHSA Playoffs in 2022 and then the Final Four in the playoffs in 2023.
In 2025 the Wildcats lost to Lowndes, Valdosta and Colquitt, their main rivals in the region, by a combined score of 143-61.
The next coach at Camden will be the fourth in seven years with the Wildcats.
With the tradition of the program and Camden only being two years removed from a Final Four appearance in the GHSA Playoffs, the Wildcats should have several elite coaches to choose from in the hiring process.
Wildcat 2025 Rewind
By: Michael Spiers
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The 2025 Camden County Wildcats season was a rollercoaster ride that started hot, hit some bumps in region play, and finished strong with a big win on the road.
Coach Travis Roland’s squad showed plenty of heart, grit, and flashes of the old Wildcat magic, closing the regular season with a 6-4 record and a lot to build on for the future.
The Wildcats came out firing in August, outlasting Brunswick 44-35 in the Frank Smith Classic.
Quarterback Will Jackson made an instant impact with five touchdown passes in his Camden debut, while running back Antwan Williams pounded out 158 yards on the ground. It was the perfect tone setter for what looked like another big year.
Week two was the David “D.C.” Coleman Show. The junior speedster returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, one 91 yards and another 97, as Camden blasted East Lake from Florida 57 to 33.
Jackson threw two more scores, and the Wildcats’ offense piled up nearly 500 yards. Coach Roland called Coleman special, and fans in Kingsland were already nodding in agreement.
Camden stayed red hot in week three, handling West Broward 32 to 13.
The defense completely shut down the run, holding the Bobcats to minus two rushing yards. Jackson tossed two touchdowns, ran for another, and special teams chipped in again when Trent Hamilton housed an 80-yard kickoff return.
By week four, the Wildcats were in full throttle mode. On Senior Night against Ribault, Camden fell behind early but then rolled to a 56 to 13 win.
Coach Roland broke out the Rhino package, a power formation that sparked a 49-point outburst. Coleman scored three different ways, and Dailey added two rushing touchdowns.
At 4-0, Camden hit the bye week averaging over 44 points per game.
Homecoming was next, and the Wildcats sent Royal Palm Beach back to Florida with a 37 to 20 loss. Jackson opened the game with a 40-yard run followed by a 39-yard touchdown pass to Sean Green, and the rout was on.
Coleman scored twice, the defense racked up six sacks, and Camden moved to 5 and 0 for the second straight season.
Then came Region 1 6A play, and the road got a lot rougher.
Camden dropped three straight to Valdosta, Richmond Hill, and Lowndes, all ranked opponents.
Valdosta racked up over 600 yards in a 63 to 19 loss, but the Wildcats bounced back the next week with a strong defensive showing at Richmond Hill, losing a close one 24 to 20 despite 285 passing yards and two touchdowns from Jackson.
Against Lowndes, Camden again fought hard, cutting a 21 to 0 deficit to 21 to 14 before the Vikings pulled away late.
Colquitt County was next, and the Packers once again proved why they’re one of the state’s top programs, beating Camden 45 to 28. Jackson accounted for all three Wildcat touchdowns, but the defense couldn’t slow down Colquitt’s ground game.
It was a tough stretch, but Roland’s team kept battling every week.
Then came a chance to finish on a high note at Tift County, and Camden took full advantage. The Wildcats capped the regular season with a convincing 35 to 17 win.
Jackson threw for 212 yards and two scores, Williams rushed for 141 yards, and Coleman added another touchdown to his growing highlight reel.
The defense came up big too, forcing three turnovers and holding the Blue Devils to just 10 points after halftime. It was the fast, physical, and disciplined kind of performance Roland had been pushing for all season.
Jackson finished the year with more than 1,500 passing yards and over 20 total touchdowns. Coleman proved to be the ultimate playmaker, scoring in just about every way possible.
Green was a steady deep threat, while Williams and Dailey powered one of the most dangerous backfields in Georgia.
The final record might not jump off the page, but this Camden County team showed resilience, toughness, and a lot of promise.
The Wildcats started strong, stumbled in the middle, and finished the right way, with a road win and renewed confidence.
As Coach Roland said more than once this fall, “Winning is hard to do, and you’ve got to enjoy your wins when you get them.”
McIntosh County Academy Buccaneers Coach’s Show w Bradley Warren November 11 2025
Realignment
Realignment
By: Jason Bishop
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The GHSA has announced the preliminary 2026-2028 region alignments. While this is not 100% final, by in large this will be the region alignments for the next two football seasons.
Regions with south Georgia teams will look like the following.
1-7A: Camden, Lowndes, Valdosta, Colquitt, Richmond Hill.
1-6A: Brunswick, Glynn Academy, Bradwell Institute, Effingham, South Effingham, Grovetown, Lakeside-Evans, Greenbriar.
2-6A: Coffee, Thomas County Central, Lee, Tift, Houston, Northside Warner Robins, Veterans.
1-5A: Benedictine, Evans, Ware, Wayne, Groves, Jenkins, Richmond Academy, Statesboro.
2-5A: Warner Robins, Perry, Eagles Landing, Jones County, Locust Grove, Ola, Union Grove.
3-4A: Southeast Bulloch, Harlem, Liberty, Long, New Hampstead, West Laurens, Windsor Forest
1-3A: Carver-Columbus, Cook, Crisp, Jordan, Kendrick, Sumter, Worth.
3-3A: Appling, Beach, Brantley, Islands, Johnson-Savannah, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs.
1-2A: Fitzgerald, Berrien, Brooks, Bacon, Jeff Davis, Thomasville.
2-2A: Bleckley, ACE Charter, Dodge, Dublin, East Laurens, Vidalia.
3-2A: Bryan, Calvary Day, Metter, Savannah, Savannah Christian, Screven, Swainsboro.
2-1A: Atkinson, Baconton, Charlton, Clinch, Irwin, Lanier, Mitchell, Pelham.
3-1A: Claxton, ECI, MCA, Montgomery, Portal, Treutlen.
4-1A: Dooly, Hawkinsville, Telfair, Turner, Twiggs, Wheeler, Wilcox.
Onward Knights
By: Jeff Doke
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
This past Friday night, the Frederica Knights exorcised some playoff demons.
Goddard Field on the campus of Valwood School is a place that holds equal amounts of joy and heartbreak for the Frederica faithful.
In a rivalry that dates back to the 2014 season, this is the place where Jordan Triplett broke the all-time rushing record in the state of Georgia – albeit in a 56-30 semi-final round loss.
The fact that the Knights have had playoff hopes dashed more than once at the hands of the Valiants is one that is not lost on quarterback Stanton Beverly.
“I just want to beat them,’ the Junior signal caller said during the bye week. The Valiants had a five-game win streak in football against Frederica, and the four-sport player Beverly had never won against the team in orange and blue on any field, court, or diamond.
That changed this past Friday.
The crowd that made the trip to Hahira from St Simons was sizeable – quite possibly the largest since the 2018 state championship game. In addition to being large, they were also loud.
The Knights fans provided an early game atmosphere that led to the first two plays from scrimmage result in Valwood false start penalties.
After the Valiants went 3 and out in their opening drive, Frederica embarked on a 9 play 69-yard drive that was topped off with a 2-yard Stanton Beverly touchdown run.
While it looked like the game would be lopsided from the onset, the remainder of the first half wound up being a war of attrition, going to the halftime locker room with a 7-7 tie.
The Knights would get the ball first to start the second half but unfortunately would go 3 and out when a potential touchdown reception fell through WR Jayden Gibson’s fingers.
Gibson would make up for it in the next drive, taking an interception back 46 yards for a score. It would be the second most important of the four interceptions the Knights would have in the game.
With less than four minutes left in the 4th, Stanton Beverly would connect with Jaylen Baldwin on an 18-yard TD to put the Knights up 28-14. Valwood would take the ensuing kickoff back for a score and then followed that with a successful onside kick.
Valwood was able to move the ball another 30 yards before Gibson had his second interception on the night, this time in the red zone and securing the Frederica win.
Frederica now moves to the semi-final round of the GIAA Class AAA playoffs to face a foe with another lopsided rivalry in the form of the John Milledge Academy Trojans.
Apart from the 2018 State Championship game win, the Knights are winless against the squad coached by JT Wall, including the last four in a row.
After an aberrant 2-9 season in 2024, the Trojans were back to form in 2025, posting a 9-1 record in the regular season and opening the playoffs with a 56-0 walloping of Piedmont Academy.
JMA is led on offense by QB Lewis Cheney. The 6’4” 187 lbs. Senior is 95 for 150 on the year with 1773 yds/21 TDs/4 INTs.
The main beneficiary of those stats is Sophomore TE Asa Wall, who has 40 receptions for 830 yards and 9 TDs. Wall has also carried the ball 54 times for 494 yards and a gaudy 13 TDs.
Elsewhere on the ground, Sophomore Javaris Hurt and Junior Jamel Cooper have combined for over 1400 yards and 14 TDs.
Asa Wall is also a force on defense, leading the Trojans in tackles with 76 and sacks with 5.
The winner of Frederica vs. JMA will face the winner of the Deerfield-Windsor vs. Westfield game in the State Championship at Mercer University on November 21st.
Pretenders Rising Up
By: Kenneth Harrison
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
We are more than halfway through the NFL season. We are learning who the contenders and pretenders are.
We have to classify the Atlanta Falcons as pretenders. They played the Colts (8-2) in Berlin and lost in overtime, 31-25. This is their fourth straight loss.
“We had plenty of opportunities to win it,” Falcons coach Raheem Morris said. “We’ve just got to find a way to get better, whether it’s stopping the run, whether it’s covering kicks better, returning the ball better or converting on third down — all the things that kind of hurt us today.”
Michael Penix completed 12 of 28 passes for 177 yards and a touchdown. That means he completed 43% of his passes. That’s not good enough. He also holds onto the ball too long.
“We’ve just got to stay together,” Penix said. “We’ve got to stay together, continue to trust in our game plan each and every week. We’ve just got to execute when it’s needed the most.”
The Falcons took a 25-22 lead with 1:44 left in regulation after Tyler Allgeier scored his second rushing touchdown. The defense allowed Colts running back Jonathan Taylor to have the best day of his career. He had an 83-yard TD run that is the longest rush of the season, his career and in Colts’ franchise history. He finished with 244 rushing yards and 3 scores.
“Mike played well,” Morris said. “Mike played well, like he always does.”
I’m assuming the head coach is trying to protect his second-year QB but Penix does not always play well. We can just take this last game as an example. We can also point to Week 3 when they lost 30-0 at Carolina.
Atlanta has now fallen to 3-6. I think one issue is they seem to play to the level of their competition. I used the blowout loss to the Panthers earlier as an example. In Week 8 they played Miami at home. The Dolphins were 1-6 entering that game and they beat Atlanta 34-10. Penix was injured so Kirk Cousins was the starter but that is still a team they should beat.
In Week 6 they beat Buffalo at home on Monday Night Football, 24-14. The Bills were 4-1 going into that game. Atlanta played much better against a team that is thought to be a Super Bowl contender. After this game Buffalo beat Kansas City then got blown out by Miami.
We are only in Morris’ second season but I think Atlanta needs to look at moving on from him as soon as possible. They finished 8-9 last season and came within one game of making the playoffs. The way this season is going I don’t think they have a chance of making the playoffs. I think the old Jim Mora rant about playoffs should be played if anyone on this team talks about getting to the post season.
Their next three games are Carolina (5-5), at New Orleans (2-8) and at the New York Jets (2-7). On paper these are games that they should win but we cannot count on that with this team.
I think they have to win all of these games before heading into Week 14 against Seattle (7-2). The following week is at Tampa Bay (6-3).
We will have to see how this plays out but I think the franchise would be smart to fire Morris and bring in a good coaching candidate sooner rather than later.
Jason Bishop Show November 6 2025
