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Eric Godfree encountered Brookwood alert during his arena career.
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The first-year Parkview arch drillmaster played the Broncos alert in 1990 and 1991 as a affiliate of the Panthers’ JV team. He threw a touchdown canyon and ran for addition in a win during his green season.
Godfree ascended to the varsity akin the abutting year, but Parkview didn’t comedy Brookwood in 1992 or 1993.
That was aftermost time the two rivals didn’t accommodated during the season.
“It’s a admired rivalry,” Godfree said. “We account Brookwood, and Brookwood respects us. It’s not one of those abhorrence rivalries — it’s one of those admired rivalries.”
The 33rd chapter of the anniversary antagonism will be Godfree’s aboriginal as Parkview’s arch coach, as able-bodied as the aftermost for Brookwood’s Mark Crews, who affairs to retire at the end of the season.
Godfree served as an abettor for the Panthers from 1999-03, during the program’s best heralded canicule aback they won 46 beeline amateur and calm three afterwards accompaniment championships.
Yet, alike afterwards endless hours at the Big Orange Jungle as both a amateur and a coach, he’s still afraid by the backbone of the rivalry, advised to be one of the greatest in the state, and how abundant captivation goes into befitting it relevant.
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“The bigger affair is absolutely seeing what all goes on abaft the scenes, and how abundant absolutely does appear during the week,” Godfree said. “How abundant the association is complex and how abundant it takes to cull off an accident like this. Actuality on this end, you absolutely acquaintance how big of a accord it absolutely is.”
So big, the bold is actuality featured as allotment of the Great American Animosity Series, which offers alive streams anniversary anniversary of the nation’s best acclaimed football rivalries.
The champ will be presented a Great American Animosity Alternation championship trophy, forth with a Best Valuable Amateur accolade accustomed to the game’s top standout.
“They say it’s a top-100 animosity in the country,” Godfree said. “It absolutely is able-bodied known. It dates aback to the beginning, aback Brookwood pulled a lot of bodies from Parkview. Brookwood acclimated Parkview as their home amphitheater afore their own was built.
“We are so abutting — literally, a majority of anniversary other’s boundaries are anniversary other’s lines.”
Brookwood has controlled the alternation in contempo years, accepting won eight of the aftermost 11 meetings. The run has confused the best almanac in the Broncos’ favor at 20-12.
They’ve met in the postseason twice, including the 2002 Class AAAAA accompaniment championship game, which Parkview won 28-7.
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The afterward year, they faced off in the additional anniversary of the season, the aftermost airing that was played beforehand in the division than this year. This time around, the Panthers action the bigger almanac afterwards a 45-21 achievement over Mountain View two weeks ago.
Brookwood, which had a bye aftermost week, is still hunting for the win cavalcade afterwards losses to Valdosta and Norcross to alpha the season.
But as the Arena 8-AAAAAA opener, Godfree knows both teams will accept no problems arena concrete in this game, and slowing bottomward the Broncos won’t be an accessible task.
“You’re activity to acquisition out area you angle in the region,” Godfree said. “It doesn’t booty a lot of accomplishment to accretion a lot of focus in a anniversary like this.”
Brookwood Broncos (8-AAAAAA)
Parkview Panthers (8-AAAAAA)
Last week: Lost to Peachtree Ridge, 41-24
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Last meeting: Brookwood won 10-0 in 2013
Directions to Parkview Aerial School: From I-85, go east on Indian Trail Road until it becomes Killian Hill Road. Turn appropriate on Arcado Road and again larboard on Cole Drive. Academy is on the left
Series history: Brookwood leads the best alternation 20-12, including 8-3 in the aftermost 11 meetings. The two teams aboriginal played anniversary added in 1982, one year Brookwood Aerial Academy opened
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