Special Featured Guest:
November 17, 2008: Ken Rodriguez with Fox 5-TV and Chris Dimino with Sports Radio 790 The Zone
 

 

Touchdown Club of Atlanta Sponsor

TOUCHDOWN CLUB

The 2008 High School Football Season is here which means The Touchdown Club of Atlanta is in full effect. For the past 70 years, The Touchdown Club of Atlanta promotes and recognizes the best student athletes in the high school and college ranks.

Join The Touchdown Club of Atlanta, Fox 5 Sports, 790 The Zone & Score Atlanta every Monday at Fox Sports Grill for an entertaining luncheon hosted by Ken Rodriguez of Fox 5. Every week a great ACC or SEC head coach or special guest headlines the luncheon and high school athletes and head coaches are awarded for their performance.

Congratulations to the following winners:
Week of 11/17
Team of the Week: Sprayberry High School, Coach Bill Shackelford
Coach of Week: Chip Lindsey, Lassiter High School
Back of Week: DJ Adams, Norcross High School, Coach Keith Maloof
Lineman of the Week: Kevin Minter, Peachtree Ridge High School, Coach Bill Ballard

Week of 11/10
Team of the Week:  Milton High School, Coach Scott Walker
Coach of Week:  Steve Collins, Union Grove High School
Back of Week:  Michael Boydston, Walton High School, Coach Ed Dudley
Lineman of the Week:  James Johnson, Eastside, Coach Rick Hurst

Week of 11/3
Teams of the Week: Etowah High School, Coach Bill Stewart
Dunwoody High School, Coach Jim Teter
Coach of Week: Keith Wilkes, Shiloh High School
Back of Week: Sam Burkhalter, Blessed Trinity School, Coach Ricky Turner
Lineman of the Week: Emmanuel Dieke, North Clayton High School, Coach Rodney Hackney

Week of 10/27- BYE

Week of 10/20
Team of the Week: Lassiter High School, Coach Chip Lindsey
Coach of the Week: Coach Kevin Maloof, Dacula High School
Back of the Week: Drayton Calhoun, Tucker High School, Coach Franklin Stephens
Lineman of the Week: Kellen Williams, Brookwood High School, Coach Mark Crews

Week of 10/13
Team of the Week: Woodland High School, Coach Scott Schmitt
Coach of the Week: John Reid, East Paulding High School
Back of the Week: Robbie Godhigh, Harrison High School, Coach David Hines
Lineman of the Week:  Chase Vasser, Chestatee High School, Coach Stan Luttrell

Week of 10/6
Back of the Week:  Nigel Mitchell-Thornton, Stephenson High School
Lineman of the Week: Chris Burnette, Troup County High School
Coach of the Week: Shane Davis, Apalachee High Schoo
Team of the Week:  Towns County High School

Week of 9/29
Team of the Week: Union County High School, Coach Brian Allison
Coach of week: Cedar Grove High School, Coach Ray Bonner
Back of week: Brandon Smith, Booker T. Washington High School, Coach Stanley Pritchett
Lineman of the week: Philip Lutzenkirchen, Lassiter High School, Coach Chip Lindsey

Week of 9/22
Team of the Week (2 winners): Rockdale County, Coach Michael Etheridge & Pike County, Coach Mac McMillan
Coach of week: Mays High School Coach Dominic Calloway
Back of week: Zach Humphrey, North Gwinnett High school, Coach Bob Sphire
Lineman of the week: Jay Finch, Kennesaw high school, Coach Scott Jones

Week of 9/15
Back of the Week: Morgan Alexander, Cartersville High School, Coach Frank Barden
Lineman of the Week: Derrick Lott, North Gwinnett High School, Coach Shane Queen
Coach of the Week: Terrone Owens, Meadowcreek High School
Team of the Week: Meadowcreek High School

Week of 9/8
Back of the Week: Toney Williams, Milton High School, Coach Scott Walker
Lineman of the Week: Dallas Lee, Buford High School, Coach Jess Simpson
Coach of the Week: David Hines, Harrison High School
Team of the Week: St. Pius X, Coach Paul Standard

Check back each week for your chance to hear exclusive interviews with the guests and speakers as well as video from the luncheons. It’s football baby and nobody covers it better than Sports Radio 790 The Zone. Football Lives Here.

 

TCA SPEAKERS

The Touchdown Club of Atlanta meets every Monday at noon during the regular football season at the Fox Sports Grill, at Atlantic Station.
*Special 5pm start for Tony Barnhart, guest speaker with book signing

2008 Speakers

DATE
SPEAKER
SCHOOL
August 28 Tony Barnhart* AJC
September 8 Jim Grobe Wake Forest
September 15 Terry Bowden Analyst
September 22 Bobby Johnson Vanderbilt
September 29 Mark Richt UGA
October 6 Chris Hatcher Ga Southern
October 13 George O'Leary UCF
October 20 Bill Curry Ga State
November 3 David Dean Valdosta State
November 10 Paul Johnson GA Tech
November 17 Jim Donnan ESPN