A Peach County (Fort Valley, Ga.) High football player died Saturday after losing control of his SUV.

The Peach County coroner said it appears Raekwon Smith, 18, lost control of the car in a curve, and it overturned. He was pronounced dead shortly after the accident.

There were three other football players in the car at the time, though they are expected to survive. According to the Peach County football Facebook page, one of the teens remains in critical condition.

According to the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, police say drugs and alcohol aren’t suspected to be identified as factors. Smith, also, was wearing a seat belt.

“He was just a good kid,” Peach County head coach Chad Campbell told the paper. “He wasn’t a starter or anything like that, but just a good kid. A quiet kid, very mannerable kid. All the kids liked him. He did anything you asked him to do.”

Smith and his teammates had just left a pool party celebrating the start of the season when the accident occurred. The Peach County community and neighboring communities were asked to wear white Monday in Smith’s honor.

Anthony McFarland (Photo: 247Sports)

No. 8 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) has already suffered a major injury even before it opens the season Friday at Oscar C. Smith (Chesapeake, Va.).

Running back Anthony McFarland suffered a broken fibula in a scrimmage last week and is expected to have surgery, coach Elijah Brooks told The Washington Post. When he could return remains unknown.

McFarland is ranked as the No. 3 all-purpose back in the Class of 2017 by the 247Sports Composite rankings and had 29 reported offers.

He posted more than 900 total yards last season as DeMatha won its third consecutive Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. He had 1,124 yards rushing as a sophomore.

Brooks told The Post that McFarland was expected to be the team’s featured back this season and also work out of the slot as well as play defense.

Wide receivers Tyjon Lindsey and Trevon Grimes have both committed to Ohio State.

Their commitments were announced via a Bleacher Report video that shows the two playing dodgeball that was filmed about four weeks ago.

Lindsey, ranked as the No. 5 wide receiver in the nation and No. 1 player in the state of Nevada according to the 247Sports Composite rankings, had 45 catches for 1,117 yards and 14 touchdowns last season for Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas).

Grimes, ranked as the No. 3 wide receiver in the nation, initially had planned to announce his decision Wednesday, but then tweeted Monday that there had been a change of plans.

Grimes, from St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), was long considered a silent commitment to Ohio State. He said last week that he had already told his coaches where he was heading.

Although he has spent the last few years in Florida, Grimes is originally from Indianapolis and considers the Midwest as his home.

The two receivers have to thrill quarterback commit Tate Martell, a longtime friend and teammate of Lindsey’s.

The additions will help push the Buckeyes to the top-ranked recruiting class in the nation as things stand. Ohio State entered the day without a receiver commit in the Class of 2017 and now has two of the best.

Ohio State receivers coach Zach Smith expressed his joy at the possibility of the receivers committing to the Buckeyes — some might say confidence — with this tweet Sunday night.

RELATED: Class of 2017 Composite Team Football Recruiting Rankings

Lindsey has been in the news in the last week, as he planned to return to Southern California for his senior season but has transferred back to Gorman.

He is unlikely to play in No. 3 Gorman’s opener Saturday against No. 5 Cedar Hill (Texas) because Nevada rules require a player to complete 10 practices before playing in a game.

Lindsey took part in Gorman’s scrimmage Friday and appeared to injure a shoulder, but told USA TODAY Sports that he’s fine.

Najee Harris, a five-star running back and Alabama commit, took over the No. 1 spot in the Rivals100. The Antioch (Calif.) High star jumped defensive tackle Marvin Wilson, who is now No. 2 on the list. The top five is rounded out by offensive lineman Foster Sarell, linebacker Baron Browning, and quarterback Hunter Johnson.

Harris, who was recently named to the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Preseason team, averaged more than 220 yards rushing per game last season.

Rivals.com compared Harris to players like Adrian Peterson and Leonard Fournette. The website hasn’t had a running back in the top spot since 2009 and Bryce Brown.

Last week, Harris was named one of USA TODAY High School Sports’ most-compelling athletes in the class of 2017.

Abby Steiner (Photo: Joshua A. Bickel/ThisWeek Community News)

The 2016 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Preseason Boys Soccer Team was selected based on past performance, level of competition and strength of schedule. Only players from states that compete in the fall season were considered.

RELATED: ALL-USA Preseason Girls Soccer Team

Here are five more players to watch:

MALIAH MORRIS
School: St. John’s College (Washington, D.C.)
Position: Forward
Year: Sophomore
College: Uncommitted

KORI LOCKSLEY
School: McDonogh (Owings Mills, Md.)
Position: Forward
Year: Senior
College: Auburn

KRISTINA LYNCH
School: Penn (Mishawaka, Ind.)
Position: Forward
Year: Junior
College: Florida State

HANNAH SPITZER
School: Clarence (N.Y.)
Position: Defender
Year: Senior
College: Duquesne

ABBY STEINER
School: Dublin Coffman (Dublin, Ohio)
Position: Forward
Year: Junior
College: Kentucky

The 2016 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Preseason Girls Soccer Team was selected based on past performance, level of competition and strength of schedule. Only players from states that compete in the fall season and play for their high school teams were considered.

New Jersey leads the team with four selections, including 2015-16 ALL-USA Player of the Year Frankie Tagliaferri of Colts Neck. Pennsylvania is next with three picks, while New York and Tennessee both have two members. Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah and Washington each claim one selection.

MORE: Five more players to watch

RELATED: 2015-16 ALL-USA Girls Soccer Team

Click on the gallery to meet the players:

Four-star wide receiver KJ Hamler will miss his senior season at No. 4 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament during the Ascenders’ preseason kickoff classic victory against Carol City (Miami).

Hamler, a speedy playemaker ranked as the No. 42 receiver in the Class of 2017, transferred from St. Mary’s (Orchard Lake, Mich.) for his senior season. He was a member of St. Mary’s state title teams the last two seasons.

MORE: KJ Hamler ran for 26 seconds on wild punt return

In the video above from the Detroit Free Press, he talked about the decision to attend IMG.

Listed at 5-9, 152 pounds, Hamler has 26 reported offers, including Michigan and Michigan State in his home state.

Support flew in from his own teammates and players around the nation after the injury was reported:

The Louisiana Army National Guard helping place sand bags to protect City Hall in Lake Arthur, La. (Photo: Scott Clause, The Daily Advertiser)

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association is partnering with its merchandise supplier, CP Sportswear, to send shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants and other items to the Capital Area United Way of Baton Rouge to assist those in need following the recent flooding, the association announced.

CP Sportswear will be assembling items from past championship events and sending relief packages to the most affected areas.

The idea was first broached by CP Sportswear owner Don Knatatis, whose family has spent many summers in the Gulf area.

“This is certainly a terrible natural disaster which has impacted the people of Louisiana, we are trying to provide a little relief for those who have already been through so much,” NYSPHSAA executive director Robert Zayas said in a news release. “When Don first suggested this idea of sending clothing from past NYSPHSAA Championship events, I thought it was a great way to show support for those in need.”

Added Knataitis: “Having spent many summers in that area of the Gulf, we were deeply moved by the hardships the people of Louisiana and Mississippi are going through. This is a small way of trying to help many people with the basic of necessities.”

The flooding also impacted the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, whose office was destroyed. The group is looking for a temporary office. Estimates are that it could take eight months to rebuild their current office.

With action getting underway this weekend for eight team in the Super 25 Preseason football rankings, it’s time to vote for the Super 25 Game of the Week. USA TODAY High School Sports will have fan voting to select the top game from the Super 25 schedule each week during the season.

Warren Central’s Michael Tutsie, center, celebrates during win against Center Grove (Photo: Michelle Pemberton, Indy Star)

Five teams coming off victories last week are inching up in the latest Super 25 Computer rankings.

Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.) is No. 21, Chandler (Ariz.) is No. 22, Starkville (Miss.) is No. 23, Trinity (Louisville) is No. 24 and Warren Central (Indianapolis) is No. 25.

MORE: Complete national rankings plus you can search by state

None of the top 17 teams is this week’s computer rankings has played yet so the rankings largely reflect the preseason rankings.

St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) remains No. 1, followed by De La Salle (Concord, Calif.), Centennial (Corona, Calif.), Katy (Texas) and Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas).

With multiple games matching up top teams on the schedule this week, expect more changes next week.

The Super 25 Computer rankings are provided by Ken Massey. Because some of the data is based on past performances, the computer will be more accurate as the season progresses. Generally, once a team plays three games, the computer can better slot how it stacks up against teams nationally. The ratings are designed to reward teams for their performance, and objectively quantify those performances. Strength of schedule is built into the model. The model also corrects for home field advantage. Teams lose less for a loss on the road and gain more for a win on the road. Margin of victory is also factored in.

The GEICO ESPN High School Kickoff begins Friday night with 10 games over three days on the ESPN networks. You can get the full schedule by clicking here. The schedule features 10 states and six defending state champions.

Star players are throughout the rosters of every team, including 35 players in the ESPN 300. Here is a sampling of players we’ll be watching. Look for more previews and features leading up to the games and full coverage all weekend.

JaCoby Stevens (Photo: Helen Comer, Daily News Journal)

JaCoby Stevens, athlete, Oakland (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)

Oakland against Hillsboro begins the 10-game schedule and Stevens will be in the limelight.

Ranked as the No. 24 player by ESPN.com, Stevens recently committed to LSU after decommitting last fall amid questions about coach Les Miles’ job.

In 2015, he had 84 tackles and six interceptions as a safety and hauled in 32 passes for more than 800 yards and 11 touchdowns as a wide receiver.

Oakland began the season with a 45-0 shutout of Jackson North Side. 

Ryan Kelley (Photo: Sean Logan, AZCentral)

Ryan Kelley, quarterback, Basha (Ariz.)

Ranked as the No. 94 player in the class, Kelley is entering his third season as the starter.

An Under Armour All-American, Kelly committed to Arizona State after decommitting from Oregon. At one point, he was rated as the No. 1 dual-threat QB in the nation by ESPN.

The Friday night game is being billed as a quarterback showdown.

Pinnacle sophomore QB Spencer Rattler has offers from UCLA, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and is in his second year as the starter. Last fall, he passed for 2,381 yards and 19 touchdowns. He is bigger, stronger and more confident in Year 2.

Phil Jurkovec (Photo: Twitter)

Phil Jurkovec, quarterback, Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.)

Jurkovec, a junior, led Pine-Richland to the state 4A semifinals a year ago and committed to Notre Dame in the spring.

As a sophomore, he threw for 2,560 yards with 20 touchdowns and compleed 67 percent of his passes. He also ran for 1,250 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Pine-Richland faces perennial Ohio power St. Edward (Lakewood) in the first game of the day Saturday.

Dylan McCaffrey (Photo: Troy Wayrynen, USA TODAY Sports)

Valor Christian has won the CHSAA 5A state title five of the past six years and aims for another title with McCaffrey, a Michigan commit, under center.

Ranked as the No. 19 overall player by ESPN.com, McCaffrey threwing for 2,800 yards and 27 touchdowns and ran for 592 yards and 13 TDs last season.

Valor faces Saguaro, the three-time AIA Division 2 state champions which beat Serra (Gardena, Calif.) 35-20 last week in the season opener. 

Wyatt Davis (Photo: 247Sports)

Wyatt Davis, offensive line, St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) 

Davis is massive at 6-5, 310 and has football in his genes. He is the grandson of  Green Bay Packers great Willie Davis.

Bosco, which finished No. 7 in the Super 25 last year, travels to Cincinnati to face St. Xavier, which had tons of players at the skill positions but has been hit by injuries on the offensive and defensive lines.

Davis and his offensive linemates will be protecting a new quarterback in Re-al Mitchell.

Robert Beal (Casey Brooke Lawson, IMG Academy)

Robert Beal, defensive end, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

Beal, a Preseason ALL-USA selection, is the highest of the 12 IMG players ranked in the ESPN300 at No. 5 overall.

The game against Grayson on Saturday might be a bit more personal for Beal as he is a Georgia commit who had 38 tackles and five sacks last season at Norcross (Ga.) before transferring to IMG.

While Norcross and Grayson did not play each other last year, the schools are less than 30 miles apart.

Dylan Moses (Photo: 247 Sports)

Dylan Moses, linebacker, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

Moses is ranked as the No. 6 player overall and has been on the recruiting radar since he was in eighth grade. Ranked as an athlete, Moses has been a bit of everything in high school. He’s starred as a running back, lined up as a wide receiver and dominated on defense for University Lab in Baton Rouge.

In his second year as a linebacker and healthy and with the benefit of having spent the spring at IMG, Moses will be looking to show how much he has learned at the position and that the years of attention have been warranted.

DeAngelo Gibbs (Photo: 247 Sports)

DeAngelo Gibbs, CB, Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)

Gibbs is ranked No. 10 in the nation and the No. 2 athlete, although he is primarily noted for his plat at cornerback. Gibbs has more than 30 offers, including virtually the entire SEC.

At Peachtree Ridge last season, he had 20 tackles and one interception on defense and had 417 yards receiving and three touchdowns.

He is among a number of high-profile transfers coming into the Grayson program and the group will get its first test against IMG.

Tedarrell Slaton (left) and Kai-Leon Herbert (Photo: Isaiah Hole, Wolverine247)

Tedarrell Slaton and Kai-Leon Herber, offensive linemen, American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)

Slaton, a 6-4, 340-pound guard, is ranked No. 43 and Herber, a 6-5, 284-pound tackle, is No. 106.

American Heritage has a strong defensive team, especially in the secondary, but those guys are hard to stop when they are coming at you.

Slaton has more than 20 offers and has said Michigan remains in the lead. Herber committed to Michigan in July.

Should be an interesting matchup here against Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.), the two-time state champions that had its 30-game win streak snapped by Mill Creek in the season opener.

Shaun Wade, cornerback, Trinity Christian (Jacksonville, Fla.)

In the lone Sunday game, three-time defending 3A state champion Trinity Christian faces Cocoa (Fla.). Wade is ranked as the No. 13 player overall by ESPN and is part of the blockbuster recruiting class for Ohio State.

Wade was the lone underclassmen to make the American Family Insurance ALL-USA first team defense last fall and is a member of the Preseason ALL-USA team this year. He had  67 tackles and five interceptions as a junior.

Interestingly, Wade will be trying to stop Cocoa quarterback Bruce Judson, a South Florida commit who had decommitted from Ohio State. Judson has said among the reasons he decomitted was that Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer did not remember his name during a campus visit.

Amid a police investigation into horrifying hazing allegations against players, an Indiana high school has suspended more than half its football team and forfeited a second consecutive game to open the season.

After suspending 17 of the football team’s 28 players for “a violation of school policy and school rules,” Oakland City (Ind.) Wood Memorial was forced to forfeit its season opener against Princeton, according to the Princeton Daily Clarion. The Trojans have also forfeited Friday’s game against Lynnville Tecumseh.

Meanwhile, Oakland City police have launched an investigation into the hazing allegations. One source close to a team member told WEVV-TV that Wood Memorial seniors targeted freshmen, alleging sexual assault of at least one player. “They sodomized him with a broomstick for his birthday,” she told the local television news station.

In statements to the media, Oakland City Police Chief Alec Hensley neither confirmed nor denied the anonymous source’s specific accusation, although he did cite rumors of a game called “What’s the Odds?” as one reason his department is investigating allegations dating back to the previous season, when Wood Memorial finished 0-10. Police plan to interview all 28 players and their coaches, according to reports.

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“We’ve started an actual investigation on it,” Hensley told the Clarion. “It’s going to take a few weeks to get through all the interviews that we need to get through. Once we get that completed, we’ll put it all together and give it to the prosecutor. … We’re interviewing anyone that we can that is a witness or involved.”

In an article entitled “What are the odds: The game ruining everyone’s night out,” British online publication The Tab described the activity alleged to have been played by members of Wood Memorial’s football team.

The odds game works like this. Someone asks you what are the odds for a certain act. You give them odds, say 10/1 for example. Your guess must be a number between one and the total, in this case 10.

You count to three and both state your number.

The convention is if you land on the same number, or the two numbers add up to the original total, the person to whom the game was proposed undertakes the task that was set out from the off.

That game, which sounds horrible, might be the last Wood Memorial plays this fall. Hensley suggested the investigation could span into Week 4 of Indiana’s high school football season. If criminal charges are brought against the 17 players suspended for Week 1, it’s hard to imagine the school fielding a team at all this fall.

The Swilling brothers will continue their family’s Georgia Tech legacy.

Tre Swilling, a three-star defensive back, announced his commitment to the Yellow Jackets Monday.

Bruce Jordan-Swilling, a four-star linebacker, followed suit Tuesday.

Both Swillings play for Brother Martin in New Orleans. Their father, Pat Swilling, was an All-American at Georgia Tech, as was their uncle, Ken Swilling. Another uncle, Darrell, won a national championship with the Yellow Jackets.

Pat Swilling was also a five-time Pro Bowler and was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1991 with the Saints.

Ira Lee, ranked as the No. 5 big man in the Class of 2017 by the 247Sports Composite, is expected to miss 2-3 months after shoulder surgery, he told USA TODAY High School Sports.

The 6-7 Lee from Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) was injured last month during the Fab 48 event in Las Vegas.

“It could have been worse, but I’ll be fine,” Lee said.

Lee, ranked as the No. 7 player in California and No. 53 overall, is down to five schools and has scheduled officials visits with three of the five. He will visit Texas on Sept. 30, Oregon on Oct. 7 and Arizona on Oct. 14. He has yet to schedule visits to California and Maryland.

He indicated a quick decision is likely once he finishes his visits.

Lee spent part of last season at Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) before transferring to Prolific Prep.

Asante Samuel Jr., a four-star cornerback in the class of 2018, has a very recognizable name. That’s because his dad, Asante Samuel, spent 11 years in the NFL.

RELATED: 10 sons of NFL players expected to star in high school football

The younger Samuel plays corner for St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), the No. 1 team in the Super 25 football rankings.

And as the video from Scout.com below shows, it looks like he already has dad’s ball skills.

Samuel, who is just a junior, already holds a host of offers, including Miami, Florida State, Michigan, and Ohio State.

P.J. Washington (Photo: Jon Lopez)

Paul Washington Sr., the father of five-star power forward P.J. Washington, has been named the basketball coach at Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.).

Washington replaces Andy Johnson, who took an assistant coach position on the Southern Utah staff. Washington is Findlay’s fourth since Mike Peck left in 2012.

Findlay was 28-2 last season and ranked No. 10 in the final USA TODAY High School Sports’ Super 25. This season’s team should be bolstered by the additions of star guard Gary Trent Jr., who transferred from Minnesota; Justin Roberts, Chris Giles and Reggie Chaney.

Along with P.J., who is ranked among the top 20 players in the nation, the Findlay roster includes Spencer Washington, who is a 6-5 junior forward.

“I’m excited to be able to coach both my sons during their high school years,” Paul Washington said. “We have a long road ahead of us, but I think we have a chance to be special this year.”

Phoenix Suns coach Earl Watson  (Photo: AZCentral)

After all, it’s his name on one of the most successful programs out there, Earl Watson Elite.

He founded the Los Angeles-based program with Ryan Silver and it is now backed by Under Armour. Early on, Watson says he has spent upward of $100,000 to get kids to tournaments and bring in the right coaches.

As an NBA coach, he is no longer around the program all the time and faces limits on his interactions with potential prospects.

MORE: Read John Lucas’ blunt advice for AAU players

While he hears the detractors of AAU, Watson is a staunch advocate. He notes that more than 200 players have gone on to college from his program in the last six years.

He also points out that coaches in his program are people interested in becoming college or NBA coaches and not parents or handlers in charge of star players’ recruiting. They are there for the long term, not just for a time when a star player is with the program.

“I know (AAU) gets a bad rep from a lot of people,” Watson told SBNation’s Bright Side of the Sun. “But I think if you have the right program and the right people, positive things can happen. There’s just so many teams. Only the bad teams you hear a lot about.”

“What I do different with AAU basketball, I don’t think a lot of people understand is, we also have a program that sits side by side with Earl Watson Elite that is an All-Academic team.

“We have three guys at Harvard, five or six guys in the Ivy League. We have banquets for those players with over 4.0 GPAs, and sometimes those guys will play on the Elite team and sometimes we play against other academic players. We kind of mix and match.

“But I think most importantly we reward everyone and I think that’s key. We have All-Academic camps, we invite the top academic schools to come and recruit and I think it’s a great platform that our guys have created for the program pushing forward.”

Watson goes one step further, pointing to the relationships that extend beyond basketball and are long-lasting.  “The most fulfilling thing I’ve done outside of myself in my entire life is being involved in grassroots basketball.”

A Virginia high school football team is taking it upon itself to help rebuild a squad more than 400 miles away.

Bishop Sullivan Catholic (Virginia Beach) has taken Herbert Hoover (Clendenin, W. Va.) High under its wing after a player visited flood-ravaged West Virginia and saw the destruction for himself.

“It was sad, it looked like something out of a movie almost, all of their stuff was stripped out, it was sitting in a big pile,” senior Noah Knapp told WTKR-TV.

The school’s equipment and weight-lifting materials were destroyed, so Knapp and his teammates decided to do something about it. First, they collected several hundreds of dollars for gift cards. Then they put together a GoFundMe page for donations.

“I couldn’t imagine what it would be like without facilities and stuff like that, stuff we take for granted,” Jake Low, a sophomore football player, told the station. “So as a team, we started brainstorming.”

The school and community are still planning to do more.

With so many huge games on the schedule this week, we turned to Score Predictor for some prognostications on what might happen when No. 4 IMG Academy faces No. 2 Grayson (Ga.) on Saturday as part of the GEICO ESPN High School Kickoff.

Score Predictor uses data from the Super 25 computer to compare two teams and plays multiple simulations to determine the most likely result.

The game is the season opener for both teams, although beat Carol City last week in a preseason kickoff classic.

The 2016 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Preseason Girls Volleyball Team was selected based on past performance, level of competition and strength of schedule.

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Meaghan McClure photo Robert Russell

Brooke Botkin (Photo: Bob Smith, Visual Services)

BROOKE BOTKIN
School: Pearland (Texas)
Position: Outside hitter
Year: Senior
College: USC

MEGHAN McCLURE
School: Santa Margarita Catholic (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Position: Outside hitter
Year: Senior
College: Stanford

C.C. McGraw (Photo: Russ Reetz)

CC McGRAW
School: Prior Lake (Savage, Minn.)
Position: Libero
Year: Junior
College: Minnesota

MARLIE MONSEREZ
School: Bishop Moore (Orlando)
Position: Setter/right-side hitter
Year: Junior
College: Florida

KATIE SMOOT
School: Notre Dame (Belmont, Calif.)
Position: Right-side hitter
Year: Senior
College: Arizona