Valdosta Wildcats Compete for the State Championship | Football Town Ep. 6 | NFL Network

In the season finale of "Football Town," the Valdosta Wildcats face high school football powerhouse Tucker in the State Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
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[@bluesboiler510]

The locker room boy is going to make it far in life.

[@gareonconley1956]

who?

[@colbywilliams1767]

Blues Boiler They do that every game its a tradition.

[@941lowelife2]

Get me some pads now

[@ahumanbeing9467]

Yo that kids speech in the locker room had me tearing up dawg

[@Quecequeso3793]

same!!

[@KingWallace42]

Me too! It gave me chills

[@colbywilliams1767]

They do that every game its a tradition

[@naabaakesagoe9433]

Totally

[@fadeysuleiman6423]

Same, I’m class of 2008 from VHS and I know how he feels. We dreamed of that moment. I’m just so glad to see that my high school made it there ✊🔥 Go CATz!!

[@Pastorpjtaylor]

The dudes speech in the locker room had me wanting to strap my pads back up after 20yrs. Lol. I betta leave that alone

[@ATLKing404]

Its moments like that that make me miss my playing days.

[@seanpurcell2050]

I got pumped during the speech from the player

[@AprilNicole25]

“Justin do your thing.... there we go preacher 64”

[@jamarionglaze2060]

SavageFamily. Midwest fact city as run ball

[@areguapiri]

Never a quarterback issue. Josh Belton lead Valdosta to the state championship. Smart QB.

[@drew63215]

Being raised about 2hrs north of Valdosta, that's all you would hear about in the 80s & 90s. We went down and play them once, and I mean ONCE. We never went back. I think everyone on our team got hurt. Those guys came out about 100 players deep and all had full grown beards...lol

[@2Ksensie]

😂😂

[@treywilliams5400]

I’m from Tifton which is a huge rival with the Wildcats. I grew up watching these guys wax the floor with every team they played. The tradition & rivalries down here in south Ga are unlike anywhere else in the world. Friday nights during the fall the whole town shuts down. Literally. Businesses shut the doors. Everyone is at the games. It’s special

[@paulallen2514]

Josh got a scholarship to Mississippi Delta oh no not the school that got in to a fight with Last Chance U

[@gareonconley1956]

i think this will be forever in peoples minds when they here MDCC but i mean its there fault they could have easily won the National Championship and got alot of people going D1 but no MD thought they need to fight the better team for there life

[@HomeVidEdd]

Gareon Conley *hear... *their

[@gareonconley1956]

chill i wrote on my phone

[@gareonconley1956]

autocorrect* but it didn´t correct it right but wrong it happens sometimes

[@fadeysuleiman6423]

As a wildcat class of 2008. This makes me so proud! Finally seeing my high school dreams come true for these youngsters made my day. Go Wildcats!

[@eldridgejensen15]

The kid with the Alabama hat😂

[@kamalporter706]

Eldridge Jensen Roll Tide!

[@mattriley7388]

Roll tide

[@logansmitherman9314]

Rtr

[@brandonfelton2321]

#6 the wr was the real star

[@nba_starboyyoungboy4801]

That speech had me crying

[@jak_da_rippa4334]

4:18 dis is my motivation to go on da field when im overwhelmed

[@ssmtheiii]

Justin Carter just finished his first year as a grad assistant at Olivet Nazarene University

[@LivinLife2DFullest]

One of the best series I’ve seen!!! Congrats to the coaches and the kids it sticking together. Preacher is the real mvp!!! That kid is a special breed he is going to be something huge in life.

[@yenson77]

So ur telling me in the state championship coaches don't know how to assign a QB Spy? Like he obviously can't pass

[@jonaske8049]

If you watch closely, the D defends for a running game. But there are 2 RB + the QB, there is still chance one of them gets some space

[@jasonhall7730]

Hard to have a spy when playing against the wingt.

[@ovoxo5793]

this is a Georgia 6a team??? god damn, back when Southlake Carroll tx played Florida they locked like D1 college players..m.

[@dba_luke1327]

@@ovoxo5793 trust Georgia has way better teams

[@69edYourMom]

What a badass series I hope NFL finds another team Like this and those the same and also cam newton was a ex prod.😂

[@ovoxo5793]

they should film some texas teams or Florida teams

[@Justin508]

Great to see both QB's had a hand in the final game. Congrats on the season!

[@kylewright9464]

Great series. Thank you.

[@edwinaguilera7907]

It was great seeing this episodes..Good work.😎🏈

[@shredjackson666]

This was an amazing 6 video series. Congrats to the 'Cats. Keep on keepin boys.

[@dillavedderx5959]

There is no color barrier in TEAM! TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS! ERACISM & PREJUDICE AND LET LOVE RULE! I AM now a VALDOSTA WILDCAT ! GO CATS !

[@natesuther317]

Great series... Love it!!!

[@KW-fm5rw]

Another great series!!!

[@PrettyBoyy19]

Great series !

[@MrWinforever]

Great work NFL! Now it’s time to find another school for season 2.

[@mickthedawg4575]

From Ohio where HS football is King. Brought back so many memories. In Ohio we do divisions by school size. I believe there are 7 school size divisions. So alot a kids get the thrill of playing in a state championship game. This was a great series and very well done. Totally enjoyed it! Tip of the hat to the NFL Network for this one!

[@lobsterlobstershoenice641]

Ohio is not Hs football king... Florida,California,Texas,Georgia,

[@darrylpadgett9066]

hes holding on to the ball with dear life lol

[@gophishn]

Good Series.Well Done. That kid Justin has something special,

[@mesmerizineyez]

So proud of Josh and the rest of the team.

[@curtiswogan6703]

Announcer says "wide open" on every pass lol

[@philliph.5179]

That helps recuits

[@donjarrett9485]

should be collquitt county in these film games series TV show I know I live in south Ga and played at Camden county.we use to be as good until they moved us up to 6a and now 7a went 55 straight regular season games with out losing.

[@mitchemml68]

Great seris, narrator ! I'm a huge college fb fan..go WVU , but I really got into this series. It was great watching football bring ppl of different color and back rounds together. Lol funny thing was that after I got about 2 eps into it I started noticing some names that sounded familiar. As I'm a big WVU fan I keep up with all aspects of the schools sports...including recruiting and I see that J. Rodgers and "hopefully" Z. McClain will be playing for us next year ! Go Mountaineers n Go Cats !!!!

[@adamyorke979]

do you live in West Virginia?

[@kenbard2611]

Jayce rogers - Houston cougar Zacoby mcclain - Auburn tigers

[@mitchemml68]

@@kenbard2611 yeah that didn't go as planned . Lol

[@joeingram8925]

This Was A True Documentary About Valdosta Ga Wildcats!! They could have won many championships but they would play players in the right positions!! My Son #6 was on this team since 9th grade and I mean they didn’t do nothing with him to develop him!! Yes I said it, and I had to confront the coach his junior year because they had him playing tight end when they knew and I certainly knew he was a wr naturally!! They refused to play him at wide receiver (win or not) but I was so thankful his senior year coach Pruitt became the offensive coordinator. He knew jr was the top receiver on the team and didn’t compromise for no one!! He wanted to win on offense and he did what he knew would give him the advantage to win!! Thanks Coach Pruitt!!

[@deonlovick8058]

In here about to cry 😂 I miss football 😭

[@theyknowmazi9315]

everybody underestimates Georgia football and i don’t know why, we may not be as exciting as texas or cali but we can still kick some ass

[@noahdelp7390]

Do more of these vidios

[@joeboyfresh22]

This gets my blood pumping

[@yaz8165]

you guys know how they say the backup qb could run? bro they did that just for some controversy.Lmfao in one episode hes running into his own blockers and tripping up

[@j.j.harper1793]

9:22 that pass 🔥

[@fadeysuleiman6423]

Valdosta High Grad class of 08’ Respect the Cats for life! Miss that life and the fans on Friday nights. Memories is all I have for now. I’m a Texan now ayyy

[@its570Key]

Fadey Suleiman I remember thinking about shooting up the school that year I changed my mind

[@gareonconley1956]

excuse me WTF

[@benmarino1913]

Does #64 ever play? Kid has heart and emotion but is always on the sideline.

[@justinthompson8901]

Got to play tucker in the dome that year for the first game. (Kell vs Tucker). Video doesnt give that team justice they are some big and talented guys.

[@jimmyhaley727]

all ball teaches is aggression and $$$$$$ at all levels

[@JohnD-iv8gl]

give hiyum 6

[@tamahawk175]

dont let this make you forget the falcons gave up a 28-3 lead

[@noimdaveman]

This is what the Netflix series wished it could be.

[@ChristianFure]

11:01 left the big guy hanging

[@Goatedxtronix95TheBeatMaster]

😂😂😂

[@calembazz8941]

Is it allergy season??

[@danielfenning3902]

Go Wildcats that speech

[@shaemoney7054]

The perspective is crazy. #4 does not convert on a drive and the play stops they say “the offense stalls” yet when #17 had a drive that goes nowhere they say “his drive did exactly what it had to do and chewed up clock” the dichotomy in how differently each player is treated is so obvious I feel so bad for the far more talented #4.

[@joeyfowler7375]

They making a season 3??

[@zeusdeuce7438]

Colquitt must have been in another conference? Anybody familiar with the area?

[@sawyerbaltimore3015]

Colquitt is 7A. Valdosta is 6A

[@michaelhancock8317]

We went up to 7-A, Valdosta stayed in 6-A

[@devancourson5409]

Valdosta boy born and raised..

[@mikemcdaniel8746]

This must have been filmed a few years ago. Last year's 6A was Roswell and Grayson, the year before that was Colquitt and Roswell. Valdosta must have been reclassed. In 2003 their last state championship appearance was against Camden County for what was then then a very top heavy 5A Classification.

[@rclassic5251]

Mike, last year (and this) Valdosta was 6A. Grayson won 7A last year. Check out "2016 Chandler, AZ vs. Valdosta, GA" to see how this Valdosta team did in their final game of 2016.

[@MrGodismypower]

@@rclassic5251 that was a pleasure trip for them. They really didn't care about that game tbh... I'm talking about the Chandler game.

[@kentgrady9226]

I love football. I played the game, and I do understand the passion it brings out in people.... With that said, I can't possibly be the only one who finds the degree to which some of these folks (excluding players/coaches/parents) invest themselves in the exploits of high school kids... just a little creepy. Seriously... have you ever had a conversation with a teenage boy? It's pretty tough to take them seriously. They're idiots. I know. I was one.

[@hstclair103]

At 11:50 it pisses me off when people say he's trying to finish something off with a punctuation mark. Like no it'll always be finished by a punctuation mark he's TRYING to finish it off with an exclamation mark

[@cheryldragunoff4129]

That speech tho

[@AegoEzroh]

lol 19:53 executive producer Cam Newton

[@earthlinkoo83]

When I played we won state....at least when I play....when we played.... yeah Jeff well now your a store clerk so give the kids a break.

[@jaylew889]

Yea it got pretty annoying, but then slowly merge into sad and pathetic. You know he secretly roots for the other teams to win so he can spark up the conversation of how his team would never lose..the qb race thing he was blowing out of proportion too, I looked it up and in the late 80s early 90s they had a black qb 5 consecutive years and whenever one tried out that was good, he'd get the job if he won it

[@rclassic5251]

Nice show. This team did get to play one more game, in Frisco TX at the Dallas Cowboys facility stadium. Check out "2016 Chandler (AZ) vs Valdosta (GA) on youtube to see how they did. Chandler, Arizona is also a very multicultural city and team and they play pretty darn good football too.

[@joeingram8925]

Yea I Went to that game and was disappointed in the wildcats performance!! They weren’t focused and missed many touchdown opportunities!!

[@luhsoliddeejay]

I always wanted to be a Tucker tigers...still to this day I do

[@heinerda4768]

"Offense wins Games, Defense wins Championships" 👍

[@SanFranFan30]

Tucker saw the NFL cameras and said aight cheif take this one.

[@afoo705]

CAM NEWTON AT 19:53

[@jaytocool123]

Did josh get a scholarship

[@caleswagmoney5041]

HoW yall Wild Cats😁

[@biggritz2003]

14:51 dude in the Alabama hat was tweaking

[@michaelhancock8317]

They fired Coach Rodemaker for no reason, then hired Rush Propst in 2020

[@timothygreen_5397]

Spoiler alert I’m not gonna spoil it

[@mklegend5298]

tucker high school is like 40 minutes away

[@willgazlay5711]

I’d follow #64 into battle.

[@cringecrew5577]

lettttttss goooooooo

[@mattriley7388]

Do Hoover Alabama

[@incogkneegrow4127]

Matt Riley they already made a show about hoover... years ago.

[@linestparfait1680]

i seen that valdosta is 2-5 this season any fans know why the big drop off? too many seniors graduating? I went to a school were they went 4-7 one year then 15-2 with a state championship then 2-8 the following. curious of the situation.

[@PilliamWilliam]

i'm told that's what happens often - a lot of schools aim to get a really good recruiting class for a specific year, then they have to rebuild the next year. kind of like on-off-on-off type stuff, they usually want to have a good class come through every other year (obviously, they want a good class every year, but you know what i mean. put your eggs in one basket one year, rebuild the next, then you're good to go the year after) bishop gorman for instance, i know they weren't doing as well as normal a few years ago, but they were in a rebuilding year, and did very well the next year

[@HomeVidEdd]

But public schools don't recruit, so I don't think that really applies here

[@ruffboss1]

HomeVidEdd yeah they do, its become the norm, and now widely accepted and in most cases expected, PIAA is in meetings right now concerning that and transfer issues.

[@ruffboss1]

@Shadows and Dust Philly!

[@ruffboss1]

@Shadows and Dust I'm very familiar, I Coached in the PIAA

[@ashvijhosdurg9030]

It’s weird seeing a dekalb team that’s good at football

[@mattriley7388]

Tucker is The best

[@turkyoungan_turk7771]

Go waildcat go

[@cbear672]

💰Cam Newton produced this

[@paulvarizer5892]

JAYCE!! #HailWV

[@taytsnellgrove143]

Justin carter is at vsu the preacher

[@jasonwilliams5746]

Truth be told.valdosta needs to hire a coach that was brought up in the o'Brien and hyder era. Someone who knows valdosta! Until then we'll win a ring once every 18 years

[@MrGodismypower]

They need to stop playin around and hire rush propst. He wants the job! And he's more than qualified for the position.

[@jonathanstiles9767]

They're so good their jv team could beat most of the varsity teams in my state😂

[@jamarionglaze2060]

4 city football RUN ball

[@nathanielwowchuk6880]

Hunter woulda been a good rb or wr

[@gareonconley1956]

when last chance U told me ONE thing then that Mississippi delta isn´t a place to be friendly nor to win

[@emac510]

They next year they ended with a 4-7 record 😪

[@areguapiri]

Because Hunter Holt was the quarterback.

[@eastsidelarry229]

Yea because the cave boy started 😭😭😭😭

[@richardrozier7650]

What about Carver Columbus beat Valdosta at it's peek

[@Genman510]

That was so cool 😎. Black White who cares. All I saw was Wild cats.

[@sweatnosweat]

what are they eating?? bacon eggs bread and junk drinks. that's insane

[@jamarionglaze2060]

Lol

[@CM-oy2kd]

Couldn’t beat myrtle beach

[@mentalgrowthhub]

My old 12u team could win a 6a state championship.

[@its570Key]

Valdosta loses

[@jamarionglaze2060]

Good no

[@victorzhong2890]

Gg

[@quent0229]

The reason they didn’t seem to play as good in the second half was because the coach told the oc to go conservative

[@flashnate123]

Second

[@johnhubert1928]

First😂😂

[@tylerpitts3949]

They have horrible system