When, where: 1 p.m. Saturday, Georgia State Stadium, Atlanta

Records, rankings: Cedar Grove is 12-2, the No. 1 seed from Region 5-AAA and No. 2; Crisp County is 11-3, the No. 1 seed from 1-AAA and No. 6.

Last meeting: Cedar Grove won 55-0 in the 2016 Class AAA semifinals.

Things to know: This is Crisp County's first state final, although predecessor school Cordele High won a Class C championship in 1951. Crisp's playoff run is not surprising, though, as the Cougars were a region champion with four home playoff games. Their losses this season have come to larger schools that have been in the top 10, with no losing margin greater than five points. Junior QB A.J. Lofton (861 yards passing, 1,043 rushing) and sophomore RB Marquise Palmer (1,512 rushing) account for most of the team's offense. Crisp hasn't allowed more than 21 points in a game. LB Chris Paul, a Power Five Conference recruit at linebacker, leads the team in solo tackles (63) and has 10 stops for losses.

Cedar Grove is the defending champion and can win a third AAA title in four seasons under first-year coach Miguel Patrick. The Saints' losses have come to larger schools Central of Phenix City, Ala., and McEachern. Cedar Grove relies offensively on feature back Chavon Wright, who has 1,736 yards rushing, at least 120 in each of the past three games. Austin Smith has thrown for 1,321 yards. Cedar Grove is best known for its defense. DE Alvin Williams (Colorado), LB Isaiah Ratcliff (Power 5 recruit) and junior DL Demarius Jackson have 77 tackles for losses and 26.5 sacks among them.

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