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Countdown to football: Mary Persons hopes to keep its momentum going

Brian Nelson’s Mary Persons Bulldogs finished 11-3 last season.
Brian Nelson’s Mary Persons Bulldogs finished 11-3 last season. Special to The Telegraph

Yes, it’s still June, and we’re a couple of months away from the start of the 2017 football season. But that doesn’t mean we can’t get ready for the upcoming season. To do that, we’ll have a series throughout the summer counting down to the season.

The series continues with a power poll for GHSA Region 2-4A.

Mary Persons

2016 record: 11-3.

Season opener: vs. Lee County, Aug. 17 at Mercer.

Upson-Lee

2016 record: 6-5.

Season opener: at Shaw, Aug. 26.

West Laurens

2016 record: 7-5.

Season opener: at Wayne County, Aug. 25.

Spalding

2016 record: 8-5.

Season opener: vs. Griffin, Aug. 25.

Perry

2016 record: 3-7.

Season opener: at Rutland, Aug. 25.

Howard

2016 record: 1-9.

Season opener: vs. Westside, Aug. 18.

Previous stories in this series:

GHSA Region 4-3A power poll.

GHSA Region 3-2A power poll.

GHSA Region 4B-1A power poll.

GHSA Region 7A-1A power poll.

SEC team-by-team schedules.

SEC weekly schedule.

Team-by-team schedules for ACC’s teams.

Weekly schedules for ACC’s teams.

Team-by-team schedules for Georgia’s Division I and Division II teams

Weekly schedules for Georgia’s Division I and Division II teams

Middle Georgia team-by-team GHSA schedules

Middle Georgia weekly GHSA schedule

This story was originally published June 29, 2017 at 7:29 AM with the headline "Countdown to football: Mary Persons hopes to keep its momentum going."

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