VALDOSTA – Rush Propst debuted Friday night as head coach at Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Georgia.
The Wildcats defeated Warner Robins, 28-25, in its season-opening game. Kicker Angel Martinez connected on a 41-yard field goal with 25 seconds left to give Valdosta the win.
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Ugly win….but I liked the way our Wildcats fought back! We knew all week we would face adversity. A life lesson was learned tonight!
The Demons brought their A game! Great team! Good luck the rest of the season! Class act football team. #Go Cats!— Coach Rush Propst (@PropstRush) September 5, 2020
Great start to our season with the win over Warner Robins 28-25! We are now 1-0 …. #GoCats pic.twitter.com/cNBIi5LQUW
— Valdosta Football (@ValdostaFB) September 5, 2020
Valdosta’s quarterback, Jake Garcia, is a USC commit and is from California. With the California Interscholastic Federation suspending its football season this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, Garcia made the move to Valdosta last month to be able to play his senior campaign. He is slated to enroll early in the spring at USC.
Garcia threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns in his debut under Propst.
Propst has won seven state and one national championship during his coaching career at Colquitt County and Hoover High School. Propst hired Jeremy Pruitt at Hoover in 2004.