It’s not exactly how either would probably have drawn it up, but old friends — Chestatee’s Mike Herrin and Johnson’s Frank Zamora — were hoping they might get another chance to see each other in the 2025 playoffs. Zamora played for Herrin’s early teams at Chestatee in the 2000s.
After a tough 3-1 loss to Zamora’s Knights in the regular season, Herrin’s War Eagles will head to The Dungeon on Tuesday looking for a measure of revenge in the Class 3A quarterfinals. But it didn’t come without some crazy drama first.
It took four days for the Knights to be able to get past Calhoun in the second round, securing their spot in the Elite 8 with a 2-1 win on Monday in a match that began on Friday and was halted because of weather. Chestatee has been patiently waiting after its 2-1 overtime win over Class 3A No. 2 seed Richmond Academy in PKs (5-4)…