GAMEDAY
GUIDE
FRIDAY, AUG 7
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7:30PM
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FRIDAY, AUG 7 — 7:30PM —
NORTH COBB WARRIORS
vs KELL LONGHORNS
ALBERT MATTHEWS FIELD at
EMORY SEWELL STADIUM
PARKING & CHOP SHOP
Premium parking is available for $5 in the Scoops Ice Cream ORANGE Lot which is located at the intersection of Blue Springs Road and Old 41 Highway NW. All proceeds benefit North Cobb Wrestling.
Handicap Accessible Parking is also located at the intersection of Blue Springs Road and Old 41 Highway NW. Please show the attendant your permit upon arriving in order to access this lot.
General Parking is available in several lots around the school as well as across the street at the Cobb Public Library and at NorthStar Church.
CHOP SHOP
Tonight’s CHOP SHOP meal is being catered by Pizza by Fusco’s. CHOP SHOP opens at 6:15PM and offers service until 7:15PM. To purchase your CHOP SHOP season membership click here.
SERIES HISTORY
While North Cobb and Kell are separated by only a few miles, opportunities for the two programs to meet on the field have been surprisingly rare over the years due to competing in different classifications. In fact, the last regular season meeting between the Warriors and Longhorns came back in 2007, when North Cobb earned a 36-6 victory.
Now, nearly two decades later, the two proud Cobb County programs will square off once again in a highly anticipated fall scrimmage matchup. Kell enters the season coming off an outstanding 11-3 campaign in 2025, advancing to the third round of the state playoffs before falling to eventual state champion Creekside. The Longhorns once again bring a talented and well-coached roster into the new season.
For North Cobb, the scrimmage provides an early opportunity to test itself against one of the area’s top programs before the regular season begins.
Highlights from the 2021 Scrimmage between NCHS and Kell.
SHANE QUEEN ENTERING 21ST SEASON
Since taking over the North Cobb program in 2007, Head Coach Shane Queen has established himself as one of the most respected and successful coaches in Georgia high school football.
Entering his 21st season at North Cobb, Queen is the longest-tenured head coach in Cobb County and currently the winningest active coach in the county. He has accumulated 187 career victories, placing him among the winningest active coaches in the state of Georgia.
Under Queen’s leadership, the Warriors have become a consistent statewide contender, capturing seven region championships, making the state playoffs in 14 of the last 15 seasons, and producing multiple 10-win campaigns and deep postseason runs.
Coach Queen and the team celebrate
after a big road win in 2024.