Senior Night at Campbell; Homecoming at Lovett

It’s Friday night and that means high school football where Campbell celebrates Senior Night, Lovett seeks a homecoming win and Whitefield Academy returns after an off week.

The , 1-6 overall and 1-3 in Region 4-AAAAA action, play their fifth and final home game of the season as South Cobb, 5-2 and 2-2, comes to Smyrna for a 7:30 p.m. contest.

Campbell has dropped eight straight and 13 of its last 14 at home and first-year coach Harris Rainbow would like nothing more than to close out the 2011 home slate with a win over the Spartans' region rival.

“South Cobb is an explosive football team,’’ Rainbow said. “Hopefully our guys will come out and play hard, have fun and let the cards fall where they lay.’’

A total of 22 Campbell seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony tonight.

Lovett, 5-2 overall and 2-1 in region action, is coming off a 31-28 home loss to Blessed Trinity. It’s a must-win game tonight for the Lions, who welcome in the Hornets of South Atlanta, 4-3 overall and 1-2.

There will plenty of homecoming festivities tonight at The Lovett School, which is also set to dedicate a new artificial turf field in honor of former coach Bill Railey. The field is where the lacrosse teams will play their games and has also been home to other teams this fall including the Lions’ 7th grade football squad.

Railey served as head football coach at Lovett from 1982-2004 and he finished with a record of 200-73. Seventeen of his teams won seven or more games in a season and thirteen squads won 10-plus games. The dedication ceremony begins at 5 p.m.

It comes one week after the school honored one of Railey’s longtime assistants, Jim Glasser, who is a high school wrestling coach legend. Last Friday, Lovett introduced the new Jim Glasser Wrestling Room, as well as the establishment of the Jim Glasser Wrestling Support Endowment Fund.

In his 36 seasons coaching Lion wrestlers, Glasser led Lovett to 751 dual match wins and 13 state championships. The win total is the fourth highest in U.S. high school wrestling history. His career winning percentage of 93.9 percent ranks Glasser first all-time nationally.

Finally, the Wolfpack of Whitefield Academy will suit up for their final road game of the season as they travel to Locust Grove to face Strong Rock Christian. Whitefield enters the game 2-5 overall and 1-3 in region play.

The Pack has dropped three straight and five of six, but did whip the Patriots 42-6 a year ago. Strong Rock, 2-5 overall and 0-4 in league action, has lost four straight entering tonight’s contest.