Friday's Central Georgia high school football scoreboard (Saturday 11 am. update: Dodge, Co., Dublin, Mount de Sales, Twiggs Co.)
All sorts of weather problems, as well as regular apparent inability to get a signal to Tweet/Facebook, and the scoreboard that is normally done by now isnât.
The next update with more info on delayed games, and other stuff, is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday, so come back.
As per normal: teams and stat people should send game information on Friday night, or by 10 a.m. on Saturday, to centralgasports@gmail.com.
Information on games that were stopped can be sent to centralgasports@gmail.com with details and if the games will be finished, etc.
Fridayâs Scores
GHSA
Bleckley County 48, Hawkinsville 0
The Royals have won three straight in this rivalry by an average of 42-2.
Dodge County 49, Bradwell Institute 37
The Class AA Indians knocked off Class 6A Tigers for the second straight year, this time giving Ken Cofer an impressive win in his Dodge County head coaching debut. The Indians won 23-15 last year.
Dublin 21, ECI 0 (stopped)
The game got started late and suffered from delays. Dublin led 21-0 when another delay hit, the final one, early in the second quarter. The game was stopped around 10:30 p.m. for the night. JaQues Evans had TD runs of 1 and 25 yards, Zion Kempâs 19-yard run less than three minutes in getting the Irish going. John Potter hit the three PATs. Dublin had gained 144 yards rushing while holding ECI to minus 4 to that point, on only three more snaps.
Gainesville 27, Mary Persons 21
The Bulldogs turned a late first-quarter 3-0 deficit into a 7-3 lead on a long run, and added a scoring pass for a 14-3 second quarter lead only for Gainesville to storm back for a 17-14 halftime lead. The Red Elephants added a field goal three minutes into the third and then converted a Bulldog fumble near midfield into points and a 27-14 lead midway through the third. Mary Persons got a long kickoff return for a touchdown from Enrico Harden right after that, but Gainesville held on to avenge last yearâs 42-0 loss.
GMC 21, Glascock County 0
GMC led 21-0 at halftime, and was followed by a long delay, and the game was called at halftime.
Houston County 34, Perry 3
The Bears recorded their biggest margin of victory over a Class 4A program or bigger since 58-27 over Veterans in 2016, and biggest over a team that made the playoffs the year before since 63-28 over Warner Robins, a week after that Veterans win.
Jones County 34, Howard 10
Kickoff was delayed, and Jones County had a 7-0 halftime lead. The game ended around 1 a.m.
Manchester 44, Taylor County 20
Mount de Sales 35, Monticello 6
Kickoff was delayed about 90 minutes. MdS got a short TD run from Josiah Cotton three minutes into the second quarter. The Cavs got a TD pass from Dexter Williams to Conner Gilbert for another score, then came up big on defense with a fumble recovery and an interception for a 14-0 halftime lead. Cotton added another run and Williams hit Gilbert again with a TD pass for a 28-0 lead with 3:25 left in the third. Williams added a 57-yard TD pass to Drew Senn en route to a 9-for-13 night for 177 yards and two touchdowns. He led the Cavs with 83 rushing yards on 16 tries, Cotton adding 80 on 13. Gilbert and Patrick Green each had an interception. Keyshawn Ammons had 61 yards on four runs for Monticello, Marquise Reese adding 51 on 15.
Lamar County 27, Mt. Zion 6
North Oconee 40, Putnam County 14
Northside pays tribute to Mike Davis at McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
Photo: Russell Dooley/Facebook
Northside 46, Centennial 13
The Eagles took care of business on a night when they honored Mike Davis, the late longtime Northside radio announcer. It was the debut of former Warner Robins assistant Shane Sams has head coach at Centennial. The Eagles led 16-7 at halftime, and put it away with a dominant 21-0 fourth quarter. Northside outgained Centennial 429-229 on 13 more snaps. Mason Ford was 9 for 21 for 76 yards and a pick in his debut at quarterback, but he went wild for 178 yards on 15 carries and three yards in running the option quite well. Jalen Cephus added 55 yards on four carries and DeAndre McKenzie 52 on 10. Adam Lemond had a 36-yard field goal in the second quarter. The teams basically split 22 penalties for 163 yards, and the Eagles racked up 25 first downs to 11 for Centennial.
Pelham 32, Macon County 6
Tattnall Our 55, Lady of Mercy 15
The Trojans won this meeting last year 59-15.
Toombs County 14, Twiggs County 0 (tentatively a forfeit for Toombs County)
The game was stopped when reportedly Twiggs County got on the bus and refused to play, play after another lightning delay, in the first quarter, the night ending at 11:05 p.m.
âThe second time it was interrupted, their coach, he wanted to go home. We wanted to stay and continue to play the game, and then we elected to even try to play the game (Saturday) morning, but they didnât want to do that either,â Toombs County head coach Richie Marsh told Y101-FM, as per Toombsnow1.com. âThe way we see it is, they have a choice of either taking the forfeit at 14-0, because they have the option to do that being they were the team with the lesser points once the interruption, once the delay happened.
âWe think itâs over, we think itâs a 14-0 ballgame, we do not have any open days, open weeks that match up. I think (the GHSA) is going to make âem complete the game at what the score was.â
Treutlen 31, ACE 0
Trinity Christian-Sharpburg 15, Northeast 13
Veterans 48, Upson-Lee 13
The Warhawks led 38-13 at the half, and have won 78-13 in the past two meetings.
Warner Robins 24, Tift County 10
Quarterback Jalen Eddie missed some time with an injury, but the Demons still followed a Tift field goal with a five-play drive, Jahlen Rutherford finishing it with a 24-yard score for a 21-10 lead two minutes into the fourth. It gave first-year head coach Marquis Westbrook an impressive win in his debut.
West Laurens 53, East Laurens 0
The Raiders were three points from matching last yearâs result, a 56-0 win and the Raiders first of three shutouts in 2018.
GISA/GAPPS (GICAA)
Brentwood 50, Notre Dame 0
CFCA at Briarwood
Piedmont at John Hancock
Terrell 34, Westfield 7
Fullington vs. Sherwood