Rome High is pulling out of this weekend's Corky Kell Classic.

[RockmartDawg]

You may remember, one of the Rome High team buses was involved in an accident last Thursday night, through which the bus actually overturned. Players were evaluated by physicians and the school is taking a precautionary measure and have determined that it is in the best interest of the players' safety that they not play in Friday night's game.

Rome High Pulls out of Corky Kell Dave Hunter Classic

[GriffWoody]

Good decision, imo. Better safe than play a meaningless game.

[Creed]

I miss almost everything about my time coaching and being the Touchdown Club president at Sprayberry. Except I don't miss playing Rome. That team is always stacked.

[JC-DAWG83]

Have they been practicing this week? If so, it seems weird they would not play in a game.

[McDonoughDawg]

Any HS ball on TV this weekend? Asking for me.

[RockmartDawg]

Additional info from this morning's Georgia High School Football Daily email:


Rome’s football team pulled out of this week’s opening game with Creekside because of Thursday night’s bus crash that sent 15 players to the emergency room, Rome coach John Reid announced Monday morning.

“We had a bus roll over four times with all our quarterbacks and the first- and second-team offense on it, and right now we’re still assessing the degree of injury and concussion protocols,” Reid said. “Many of these kids have suffered what you’d suffer when you think about rolling a bus three, four times going 60 mph. So with that said, it’s pretty much a no-brainer to cancel the game.”

Rome, ranked No. 7 in Class 5A, was to play Creekside at home Friday night as part of the 11-game Corky Kell + Dave Hunter Classic that runs Wednesday through Sunday.

The bus crash occurred late Thursday evening following a scrimmage game at Rockmart. The bus was traveling north in Polk County when it was struck by a car that crossed the yellow line. The driver, Jeyonna Jariah Underwood, 21, of Rome, was charged with DUI.

“We want to go into the opener without any excuses,” Reid said. “If these injuries were due to a scrimmage, we would play. But we got hurt because a drunk driver hit our bus. Not many players have had to deal with that trauma or being in the emergency room until 6 in the morning.”

Reid said he was riding in the third of Rome’s three buses that night, following the one that crashed. He didn’t see the accident occur but came up on it quickly.

“We were probably 500 yards back,” Reid said. “As we were coming up on it, all of a sudden there’s a car spinning out of control, and off to the side, you could see the white top of our bus, which was pointed the wrong way on the opposite side of the road. It had cut into a pole.

“My first reaction is that’s our kids,” he said. “My inside was feeling absolute fear that we might be coming up on a scene with casualties. Coaches got the driver out and we were picking up kids and seeing who was injured. We didn’t know if somebody was under the bus or had fallen into the ravine. It was a miracle [that injuries were not worse].”

No one was seriously injured, but Reid guessed that 10 players got CT scans for possible head trauma.

Rome’s next scheduled game is Aug. 30 against Carrollton.

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Any HS ball on TV this weekend?  Asking for me.

I found these listings:

ESPN Stations
Aug. 16: Carrollton at Woodward Academy, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Aug. 22: Grayson at Thompson, Ala. 8 p.m., ESPN2
Aug. 23: Milton at American Heritage, Fla., 7 p.m., ESPN
Aug. 25: Rabun Gap-Nacoochee at Baylor, Tenn., 1 p.m., ESPN

GPTV
Aug. 16: Buford at Milton, 7:30 p.m. GPTV


Peachtree Sports Network (WPCH TV)
Aug. 14: Douglass vs. LaGrange, 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 14: North Atlanta at Kell, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 15: South Paulding vs. Dunwoody, 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 15: Prince Avenue Christian at West Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 16: Therrell at Hebron Christian, 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 16: Callaway vs. Cass, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 17: Walton vs. Brookwood, 10 a.m.
Aug. 17: Alpharetta vs. Houston County, 1 p.m.
Aug. 17: McEachern vs. North Gwinnett, 4 p.m.
Aug. 17: Douglas County vs. Cedar Grove, 7 p.m.


Then, taking in some local stations and their schedule for the year:

ETC TV 3 (Ellijay)
Aug. 16: Fannin County at Gilmer, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 23: Union County at Gilmer, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 30: Gilmer at Pickens, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 13: White County at Pickens, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 20: Pickens at Dawson County, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 27: Gordon Central at Fannin County, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 4: To be announced
Oct. 11: Concord Christian, Tenn. at Copper Basin, Tenn., 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 18: To be announced
Nov. 1: To be announced


WFLI-TV (Chattanooga)
(Games will air live on The CW Chattanooga and be streamed at ChattanoogaCW.com)
Aug. 30: Dalton at Northwest Whitfield, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 6: Red Bank, Tenn. at East Ridge, Tenn., 7 p.m.
Sept. 13: Hixson, Tenn. at Signal Mountain, Tenn., 7 p.m.
Sept. 19: Central, Tenn. at Soddy Daisy, Tenn., 7 p.m.
Sept. 27: Boyd Buchanan, Tenn. at Chattanooga Christian, Tenn., 7 p.m.
Oct. 4: McCallie, Tenn. at Baylor, Tenn., 7 p.m.
Oct. 11: East Hamilton, Tenn. at Walker Valley, Tenn., 7 p.m.
Oct. 18: LaFayette at Heritage (Ringgold), 7 p.m.
Oct. 25: Coahulla Creek at North Murray, 7 p.m.
Nov. 1: South Pittsburg, Tenn. at Whitwell, Tenn., 7:30 p.m.

[McDonoughDawg]

Thanks Rockmart for the TV info, it is really amazing no one was killed in that accident, reading the details..the lady that caused it is probably in deep you know what..

[RockmartDawg]

Thanks Rockmart for the TV info, it is really amazing no one was killed in that accident, reading the details..the lady that caused it is probably in deep you know what..

Yeah, I actually feel sorry for her. I know, she did something terribly stupid. I haven't read what was her reading when she tested. People can test DUI and have only had a couple of drinks. I think it was starting to get pretty late when it happened. But, man, I won't be surprised if she serves time over this. Her entire life just made a sudden, abrupt turn, and it's going to be rough.