Central Georgia high school football roundup
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Class 6A
Lee County 35, Northside 0
The Eagles’ struggles on offense continued, with 157 yards, 289 fewer than Lee County on two fewer snaps. Northeast averaged only 2.7 yards a carry, and but 92 yards on 15 completions (out of 31 attempts). Northside (3-5, 0-2) managed 11 first downs, but was only 5 of 16 on third down – to 69.2 percent for Lee County, which scored on TD runs of 17, 48, and 19, and on passes of 6 and 7 yards.
Class 5A
Veterans 23, Harris County 13
Harris County led 13-0 in the second quarter and settled for a 13-all halftime game. Veterans picked things up in the second quarter to improve to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in Region 1.
Warner Robins 45, Thomas County Central 10
The Demons trailed 2-0, and it was tied at 10 before the Demons took off to improve to 7-1 and 2-0, tied with Veterans atop the region.
Class 4A
Perry 40, Howard 14
Howard scored first, thanks to a botched snap deep in Perry territory. But Perry defense bowed up after that and dominated up front on both sides, holding the Huskies to less than 50 yards total offense in the first half. The Panthers’ Ezeqil Marion returned a fumble 53 yards for a late first-half touchdown and a 26-7 lead at the break. Howard came out with its best possession of the night to score on Jaylon Clark’s pass to Win Davidson. , but Perry’s Makeil Kendrick fumbled the kickoff, picked it up at the three, and was pretty much in the open field by his 35, just surviving a shove by Jaquan Jackson and diving into the end zone, and a gut punch. Howard fell to 0-2 in region play and Perry improved to 2-0.
Thomson 36, Baldwin 21
Class 3A
Central 28, Pike County 16
The Chargers evened their Region 4 record to 2-2 with their second straight win, and are in fourth place.
Peach County 75, Rutland 0
It was Peach County’s third-highest point total in program history, and second-largest margin of victory.
Class AA
Dublin 70, Southwest 16
The Irish actually trailed, 8-6 after Southwest’s Malique Frazier scored with 7:34 left in the first. Dublin scored three straight times, but the lead was only 27-16 after another Frazier score, a minute into the second quarter. But by halftime, it was 50-16, the Irish getting first half scores from Marcus Adams (runs of 8 and 1 yards), JaQues Evans (runs of 57, 57, 6, and 4 yards), and a 68-yard pass from Markell Mitchell to Romello Height. The Irish ran 23 fewer plays, but outgained the Patriots 584-221 and didn’t face a third down.
Evans went for 237 yards and five scores on 11 carries, Adams scoring three times for 141 yards on nine carries. Mitchell completed his three pass attempts for 105 yards as the Irish tied their third-highest point total and cracked 70 for the second time this season. Frazier completed 13 of 26 for 114 yards.
Bleckley County 59, East Laurens 7
It was 52-0 at halftime, the Royals recording the third-most points in program history and third-largest (tied) margin of victory.
Washington County 35, Dodge County 14
The Golden Hawks got off to a solid start and led 21-0 after one and 21-7 at halftime. They upped it to 21 points in the third, and it stayed that way.
Monticello 28, Oglethorpe County 13
Monticello broke a seven-game losing streak in getting its first win of the season, taking down Oglethorpe County for the sixth straight time.
Putnam County 49, Social Circle 14
Putnam County led 42-0 at halftime en route to its second straight win and largest margin of victory since beating Bleckley County 35-0 in the regular-season finale in 2015.
Class A
Taylor County 45, Hawkinsville 0
The Vikings recorded their biggest margin of victory since 49-0 over Central Talbotton early last year.
Macon County 24, Schley County 18
The Bulldogs went over the .500 mark and avenged last year’s 37-15 loss to the defending sub-region 4-A/B champ.
Crawford County 20, Dooly County 19
The underdog of about 30 points came up big at home for its second win of the season and first in region play. Crawford County had lost eight straight to Dooly County, the last four by 25, 38, 34, and 34 points.
Washington-Wilkes 40, GMC 14
Hancock Central 22, Aquinas 14
The Bulldogs pulled off the Central Georgia upset of the night, knocking off No. 6 Aquinas for the first time since 2006, and breaking a 12-game losing streak to the Irish. Aquinas won 16-8 last year. It’s Hancock Central’s first win over a ranked team this century, and third ever, according to the Georgia High School Football Historians Association. Hancock Central scored the game-winner shortly after Aquinas tied it at 14. The Bulldogs led but coughed up a safety early in the fourth quarter.
Johnson County 46, ACE 7
Mount de Sales 35, Tattnall 13
The Cavs got some revenge for beatings past, but added some suspense by going down 13-0 after a quarter on two Wes Allen TD runs, the second coming with a second left in the first. Mount de Sales got on the board with Josiah Cotton’s 36-yard scoring run at the 9:04 mark, and took the lead on Ethan Aler’s PAT after a 56-yard scamper from Dexter Williams with 5:25 left in the half. The Cavs kept it going with two touchdowns in the third from Cotton, from 4 and 6 yards, and sealed it with Williams’ 36-yard TD pass to Drew Senn two minutes into the fourth.
Mount de Sales outgained Tattnall 425-151 overall, 300-118 on the ground. Allen managed 75 rushing yards for the Trojans, while Cotton went off for 183 yards on 21 carries and three scores, Williams adding 115 and one on 18. Williams was 6 for 11 for 125 yards. It was Tattnall’s lowest point total against MdS since the Cavs’ 9-7 win in 2015, and only the fifth time since the turn of the century the Trojans hadn’t managed at least 20 points against the Cavs. Conversely, it was Mount de Sales’ highest point total against Tattnall since a 36-35 overtime loss in the 1997 GISA Class AAA state title game.
FPD 27, Stratford 14
The Vikings beat the Eagles for the first time since joining the GHSA, and first time since 2009, FPD’s final year in the GISA. The win broke a five-game losing streak to Stratford, which was ranked ahead of FPD in the GHSA power rankings. FPD led 13-7 at halftime and 20-7 after three.
Wilkinson County 12, Twiggs County 6
GISA/GAPPS
Westfield 21, Bethlehem Christian 7
Frederica 48, Trinity Christian 28
Frederica led 27-7 at halftime, but TCS won the third quarter 21-7 to pull within 27-21 with 1:15 left on David Coleman’s 31-yard TD pass to Wade Walker and conversion pass. But Frederica answered back in a painful way, with a 59-yard touchdown run less than a half-minute later. TCS, though, came back with Carson Hall’s 55-yard score with 22 seconds left to pull with in six. The fourth quarter was defensive until Frederica scored with 1:42, and then again with 46 seconds left. The visitors outgained the Crusaders 511-327 on two more plays. Coleman passed for 160 yards, 91 to Walker Payne.
John Milledge 35, Community Christian 0
Amaad Foston scored on runs of 9, 40, and 3, and added a punt return for another score. He rushed for 255 of JMA’s 349 yards. The Trojan defense stuffed CC to minus-24 yards rushing, to improve to 7-0 with their third shutout of the season.
Flint River (0-6) at Piedmont (1-4)
Gatewood 34, Southwest Georgia 20
Brentwood 57, Monsignor Donovan 22