Three schools find replacements for canceled games

Cedar Grove will play at Bainbridge on Friday, and Marist will play Alabama Class 5A champion Pike Road on the road Aug. 26 in the wake of four Miami schools pulling out of games with Georgia teams last week.

Stephenson, the other Georgia team that lost a game, hasn’t found a replacement for its canceled game.

The Aug. 27 “Georgia vs. Florida Battle of the Borders,” scheduled for DeKalb County’s Hallford Stadium, was called off Thursday. Scheduled to play were Norland vs. Marist, Edison vs. Cedar Grove and Hialeah vs. Stephenson.

Bainbridge’s Aug. 19 home game and season opener against Miami Dade Christian was canceled, but the Bearcats have accepted the challenge of playing Cedar Grove, the defending Class 3A champion, on that date. Bainbridge is ranked No. 7 in Class 4A.

Cedar Grove still has only nine scheduled games and just one at home, its November season finale against Carver of Atlanta at Godfrey Stadium. Bainbridge is near the Florida border 225 miles from Cedar Grove's Ellenwood campus.

Marist is traveling a distance, also. The War Eagles will go 175 miles to Pike Road, a school just east of Montgomery. Pike Road was 14-0 last season.

In other scheduling news, the Lovejoy-Mundy's Mill game has been moved from Friday to Saturday at 1 p.m. at Twelve Oaks Stadium.