The Game Breakers

When you're cheering for your favorite high school football team from the stands, you usually don't have the opportunity to get as personal as you'd like. Well, here's your chance to get to know a dozen of Augusta's top players.

by Jarvis Holliday
photography by Andrew Davis Tucker

High school football is big in these parts. Even if you don't like most other sports, chances are you at least follow this one. There's just something special about a group of young guys giving their al - risking much of it, battling it out on the gridiron. They aren't getting paid, they're not arriving at the stadium in luxury cars surrounded by flashing cameras (though for a select few this may be in their future). They do it for the love of the game, for the pride of the school. And folks come out each Friday night - make that Football Friday Night - to follow their favorite local team. Then they pick up The Augusta Chronicle first thing Saturday morning for the detailed results.

But there's more to football season than those three months that kick off the school year and usher in the fall. These dedicated teenagers think about football during the winter, work out in the spring, practice throughout the summer. And this summer, Augusta Magazine got in on the fun, the craze, the action - to bring you The Game Breakers.

For the full-length feature, pick up the August/September copy of Augusta Magazine.