When, where: 10 a.m. Saturday, Georgia State Stadium, Atlanta

Records, rankings: Irwin County is 12-0, the No. 1 seed and No. 1; Marion County is 11-2, the No. 2 seed and unranked.

Last meeting: This is the teams' first meeting.

Things to know: Irwin County appears to be a team of destiny this season as it goes for its first state championship since 1975. The Indians have spent a good portion of the season without head coach Buddy Nobles, who is battling cancer that was diagnosed over the summer; D.J. Lundy, the 2018 Class A public offensive player of the year, who missed time early in the season with an injury; and Garland Benyard, who has been out for the playoffs after being wounded in an accidental shooting. Through it all, they have rolled their 12 opponents by an average score of 41-5. And Irwin finally got past its playoff tormentor, Region 2 rival Clinch County, which had beaten the Indians in the state final three times in the past four years despite losing to Irwin in the regular season each time. Irwin beat Clinch 36-0 last week. The Indians are doing it with the state's top defense, which has scored 62 points of its own while giving up just 56.

Marion County, a semifinalist last season and a state champ in 2013, will try to solve Irwin's defense with an offense led by QB Trice McCannon, who has passed for 2,185 yards and 30 touchdowns and run for 974 yards and 18 TDs. Brandon Thomas has rushed for 991 yards and six touchdowns. Marion County has won eight consecutive games since back-to-back losses to Bleckley County (43-28) and Manchester (43-14) in September. The Eagles are averaging 34.6 points per game and allowing 18.7.

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