This Saturday, it’s the Colquitt County ‘national’ game on Tom White Field at Mack Tharpe Stadium. The opponent will fly in from St. Louis in the Midwest, and they are the Trinity Catholic Titans.
Under new head coach Terrence Curry, Trinity Catholic has yet to play a real game, so this will be the debut of some highly-rated individual players led by senior quarterback Isaiah Williams. Williams, receiver Marcus Washington and linebacker Shammond Cooper are going to the 2018 Under Armor All-America Game.
“There are challenges all over the field with these guys,” said Polite. “They are going to come in hungry to play a team from Georgia. We are eager to play them and see how we match up with them. It’s going to be a great game.”
“We are going to have to tackle better,” said Kent. “We had nine missed tackles (vs. the Indians). We have nine missed tackles vs. this team, you are talking about a chance they have nine touchdowns.”
Trinity Catholic had a scrimmage last Friday, and Kent said they watched that film and saw a physical team that ran through tackles.
“They are going to pass the eye test,” he said. “They are going to look like a big-time program. The biggest thing we are going to face is the speed they have and the talent across the board. You are not sitting there saying ‘I have to stop one player.’ They have a phenomenal quarterback, a big-time receiver and a stable of running backs they can cycle in to keep fresh legs.”
In addition to Williams, Washington and Cooper, Kent said the Titans feature a tackle with Division I talent, 6-5, 320-pound senior Ira Henry. Titan players such as these reportedly are being recruited by Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Ohio State and of course the big school of their state, the Missouri Tigers.