By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

centralgasports@gmail.com

🏈 🏈 🏈GIAA 🏈 🏈 🏈
Championships
At Mercer
Friday

4:30 p.m.: Class A: 1. Robert Toombs, 6-5, vs. 2. Edmund Burke, 7-4
7:30 p.m., Class AAA: 1. John Milledge vs. 2. Deerfield-Windsor, 12-0

Saturday

3 p.m., Class AA: 2. Southwest Georgia, 9-3, vs. 1. Brentwood, 11-1
6 p.m., Class 4A: 1. Stratford, 10-2, vs. 2. Brookstone, 10-2

CENTRAL GEORGIA’S BEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COVERAGE

Last week
🏈 Scouting Reports: This week’s GHSA and GIAA games
🏈 Maxwell Predictions
🏈 Who’s going to win this week’s games
🏈 Monday Morning Quarterback: Worry about coaching candidates a waste of tiem for a month; Loughdmouthings
🏈 Macon Touchdown Club players of the week
🏈 GHSA/GIAA football playoff master

Two weeks ago
🏈 Roundup: High seeds Stratford, FPD, John Milledge, Westfield, Brentwood win by 39.6 points
🏈 Scouting Reports: This week’s GHSA and GIAA games
🏈 Maxwell Predictions
🏈 Who’s going to win this week’s games
🏈 Central Georgia state composite rankings
🏈 GHSA GIAA playoff master schedule/results
🏈 Central Georgia rankings
🏈 First HS football coaching casualty of 2025: Central's Laws on-field successes minimal, but off-field progress notable
🏈 Monday Morning Quarterback: Whoopdeo do, the first college rankings are out, which means a big “soooo what”; Good stat stuff/surprises; Loughdmouthings
🏈 Macon Touchdown Club players of the week

🏈 🏈 🏈GHSA 🏈 🏈 🏈

Included: Region/region finish or PSR ranking, and rankings from Georgia HS Football Daily composites, through regular season
Second Round
Friday

Class 5A
2/2 No. 5 Houston County, 10-1, at 5/1 No. 7 Rome, 9-2
Class 4A
1/2 Warner Robins, 7-4, at 7/1 No. 3 Cartersville, 11-0
Class AAA
20. Oconee County at 4. No. 8 West Laurens, 11-0
12. No. 6T Peach County, 10-1, at 5. No. 9 Jenkins, 10-1
Class A/Division I
12. No. 6 Swainsboro at 4. No. 4 Northeast, 9-2
10. Pepperell, 7-4, at 7. Jasper County, 10-1
9. No. 7 Fitzgerald, 8-3, at 8. No. 9 Dublin, 9-2
14. No. 10 Bleckley County, 9-2, at 3 No. 1 Worth County, 11-0
Class A/Division II
4/2 Hawkinsville, 9-2, at 8/1 No. 1 Lincoln County, 11-0

First Round
Coverage

Class 5A
Houston County 59, Creekview 14
Class 4A
North Oconee 31, Perry 15
Warner Robins 28, Eastside 14
Class AAA
West Laurens 45, Beach 6
Peach County 53, Cherokee Bluff 28
Class AA
Morgan County 29, Westside 8
Class A/Division I
Berrien 7, Lamar County 0
Bleckley County 26, Jeff Davis, 7
Dublin 40, Washington County 7
Fitzgerald 42, ACE 9
Heard County 49, East Laurens 0
Jasper County 44, Gordon Central 13
Northeast 41, Fannin County 0
Thomasville 38, Putnam County 0
Rabun County 56, Dodge County 21
Class A/Division II
Brooks County 24, Taylor County 6
Charlton County 35, Macon County 7
ECI 63, GMC 0
Hawkinsville 24, Trion 21
Heard County 49, East Laurens 0
Jenkins County 38, Wilkinson County 27

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Semifinals

Class AAAA
Stratford 33, George Walton 6
Brookstone 13, FPD 0
Class AAA
John Milledge 35, Frederica 7
Deerfield-Windsor 26, Westfield 14
Class AA
Brentwood 42, Briarwood 14

Second round

Class 4A
1. Stratford 37, 9. Calvary Christian 21
3. FPD 42, 6. Strong Rock 7

Class AAA
1. John Milledge 56, 9. Piedmont 0
3. Westfield 42, 6. Tiftarea 6

Class AA
1. Brentwood 49, 8. Windsor 21
4. Briarwood 51, 5. Trinity Christian 9
3. Southland 20, 6. Central Fellowship 12
2. Southwest Georgia 30, 7. Gatewood 18