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1989 GACA North/South Game
July 28, 1989
Site: Sanford Stadium
Score: South 16, North 6
Personnel
Coaches
North: Reece Hefner, Crestwood (newly retired)
South: Tommy Perdue, R.E. Lee
North
Key players*
- Bill Breda (Brookwood)
- Jeff Browner (Elbert County)
- Lamont Byrd (Carrollton)
- D.J. Campbell (White County)
- Eldorado Cochran (Stephens County)
- Matt Crosby (Lakeside)
- Walter Dunson (Central-Carrollton)
- Edward Drinkard (Washington-Wilkes)
- Reggie Elder (Carrollton)
- Torrey Evans (Lovett)
- Mike Fellows (Hart County)
- Earl Fouch (Hart County)
- Chip Garner (Crestwood)
- Scott Glass (Greene-Taliaferro)
- Jim Glenn (Lakeside)
- Profail Grier (Palmetto)
- Avery Hall (Gainesville)
- Ricky Harris (Elbert County)
- Greg Jackson (Greene-Taliaferro)
- Adrian Jarrell (Clarke Central, QB)
- Richard Kimsey (Brookwood)
- J.T. King (Lovett)
- Ryan Livezey (Norcross)
- Pat Majure (Roswell)
- Andy Peavy (Dacula)
- Travis Render (SW DeKalb)
- Mack Strong (Brookstone)
- Fred Sturgis (Wheeler)
- Hugh Swilling (Murray County)
- Walter Tate (Clarkston)
- Kelvin Taylor (Turner)
- Marcus Taylor (Dalton)
- Darren Turner (Washington-Wilkes)
- Michael Welch (Douglas County)
- Marlon Williams (SW DeKalb)
- Bubba Winter (Dalton)
South
Key players
- George Ball (Jackson)
- David Blanchard (Thomson)
- George Brewer (Troup, DT)
- Charles Bush (Early County)
- Demetrius Carter (Waycross)
- Tom Conley (Warner Robins)
- Larry Cosby (Bainbridge)
- Walter Dupree (Worth County)
- Bernard Hamilton (Worth County)
- Anthony Hayes (Thomasville)
- Kelly Henderson (Mary Persons)
- Chevano Hill (Central Macon)
- Michael Jackson (Albany)
- Ronald Johnson (Bradwell Institute)
- Donny Lawrence (North Clayton, QB)
- Tim Lewis (Fitzgerald)
- Toney Lowe (Albany)
- Charles McCoy (Wilcox County)
- John Miller (Seminole County)
- Herbert Mingo (Clinch County)
- Jason Palmer (Vidalia, QB)
- Lance Palmer (Thomasville)
- Tim Perry (R.E. Lee, RB)
- Chris Roberts (Riverdale)
- James Roberts (Valdosta)
- Kenneth Rogers (Crisp County)
- Coleman Rudolph (Valdosta)
- Anthony Stewart (Screven County)
- Kevin Stuckey (Dublin)
- David Thomas (Early County)
- Anthony Tomich (Jonesboro)
- Hurley Wells (R.E. Lee, DB)
- G.J. West (Evans)
- Tony White (Coffee)
- Cecil Williams (Vidalia)
- Darrin Willis (SW Macon)
Game summary
The South dominated the first half, then hung on to beat the North 16-6. Valdosta’s James Roberts had a 2-yard scoring run in the second quarter. R.E. Lee’s Tim Perry (the Offensive MVP) ran from 7 later in the period and the South took a 13-0 lead into halftime. The North cut the lead in half in the third on an 18-yard run by Eldorado Cochran. Kevin Stuckey’s 35-yard field goal in the fourth put the game out of reach. Troup’s George Brewer, a Georgia signee, was the Defensive MVP. The North turned the ball over five times.