Football Preview: Holy Innocents’ Golden Bears

A new regime begins for Holy Innocents’ after former head coach Todd Winter accepted the Banks County job this past spring. In his time with the Bears, Winter had five winning seasons in the seven years he spent with the program. The Bears also lost both of their All-State players in Jacobi Murray (Stanford) and Zach Jackson (Duke). Holy Innocents’ appointed Nick Perrotta to be its new head coach after filling the role of assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the previous four years with Holy Innocents’. During that time, his defense was consistently top-10 in Class AAAA and only surrendered 13.8 points per game, and he was also named Coordinator of the Year by Parker Resources.

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Heading into the 2024 season, a key player on offense will be senior running back Jamie Savula, who rushed for 276 yards and three touchdowns as a junior and was named Second-Team All-Region. Holy Innocents’ will be led at the quarterback position by freshman Ryan Woods who won the job this offseason. The Bears will also have a player breaking into football for the first time in Khalid Worthy, who is a 6-foot-7 basketball standout. He is already garnering college interest before taking a snap from Marshall and UNC-Charlotte. Defensively, a player to watch is linebacker Colin McGinty. He made Second-Team All-Region last year and will be a key defensive player for the Bears. This year, Holy Innocents’ will compete in Region 5-2A which will include Carver-Atlanta, Hapeville, KIPP, Lovett, Therrell and Washington.

Head Coach: Nick Perrotta

Coach Record: 0-0

2023 Record: 8-3

2023 Region Record: 3-2

2023 Region: 6-4A

2024 Region: 5-2A

Stadium Name: Riverwood Stadium/Baker Field

2024 Schedule:

8/16 vs. North Springs (Riverwood)

8/23 vs. Blessed Trinity

8/30 vs. Morrow

9/6 @ Allatoona

9/20 @ Therrell (Lakewood Stadium)

9/27 vs. Lovett

10/4 @ Hapeville Charter (Banneker)

10/11 vs. Carver-Atlanta (Riverwood)

10/25 vs. Washington (Riverwood)

11/1 @ Kipp Academy (Lakewood)

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