Central Georgia Sports ReportComment

HS FB: Mary Persons sweats out Howard in OT; Romps for Dublin, John Milledge, Westfield; East Laurens rallies on the road; Houston County battles; Windsor throws shutout

Central Georgia Sports ReportComment
HS FB: Mary Persons sweats out Howard in OT; Romps for Dublin, John Milledge, Westfield; East Laurens rallies on the road; Houston County battles; Windsor throws shutout

By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

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          Editor’s note: Thanks to Dublin, FPD and John Milledge for sending box scores Friday night to The Central Georgia Sports Report, and Tattnall for some information.
          Useable and fairly complete (names, likely accuracy, and some detail) information was available on MaxPreps’ Scoretracker feature from only a few teams. No information was available most teams.

          Note: Scoretracker users, please note the time of major plays and all scores, and use names as much as possible. Please check accuracy of yardage listed as well.

Class 6A

Coffee 27, Houston County 13
          The Bears stayed with the hosts all night, tying it at 13 on Austin Stinson’s third-quarter score. Coffee lost yards in the red zone, but a Houston County facemask nullified a tackle for loss. The Trojans took the lead on an 11-yard TD pass with 3:49 left in the third quarter. The teams battled the rest of the way, Houston County hurt by some penalties, including late that allowed Coffee to add insurance with 43 seconds left.

No. 3 Lee County 37, Northside 0

Class 4A              

Mary Persons 28, Howard 21, OT (Click here for full story)
          The upstarts from Howard never went away, holding Mary Persons scoreless through the third and fourth quarters while tying it with 7:30 left in regulation when Zavion DeShazier kept it from inside the 5, and Howard made the conversion. The Huskies had a chance to win it in the final seconds left when DeShazier’s pass at the goal line was almost caught in traffic by Dre Christian. Mary Persons needed 3 plays to score in overtime, quarterback Jordan Singleton keeping it around the left side from 9 yards out, Thomas Kime adding the PAT. The Huskies faced fourth and goal at the 5 after DeShazier lost 2 on third down. Mary Persons’ Braylen Perry made a great play on the ball on a pass to Christian in the left side of the end zone, knocking it away to preserve the win. It was tied at 7 when Singleton hit Marcus Francis with a short pass for a 14-7 lead. Howard answered on a highlight-reed TD catch from Ta’Shawn Poole with 7:38 left in the  half, TD pass, but missed the PAT. Mary Persons took a 21-13 lead into the locker room on Singleton’s dazzling double-spin 21-yard run with 42 seconds left.

West Laurens 48, Long County 26
          A moderately close game for three quarters became a bit of a Raiders’ runaway, West Laurens winning the fourth quarter 20-7 after leading 28-19 through three. West Laurens led 7-0 after one and 21-13 at halftime. Duggan Malone’s 3-yard run expanded the lead to 34-19 almost midway through the fourth quarter, and Justin Blash put it away with  62-yarder after Long County pulled within 34-26.

Class 3A

Thomson 35, Washington County 14

Class AA

No. 3 Dublin 60, ACE 14
          Dublin packed a hammer and used it early, storming out to a 27-0 first quarter lead that was 41-7 at halftime. Early on, things looked pretty even, until the Irish reeled off 3 touchdowns in 2 minutes: a 2-yard run from Jayden McRae, a 43-yarder from Jamarcus Knight, and then a 16-yarder from Travion Bostic. That put Dublin up 21-0 with 6:09 left in the first. Two touchdowns later, ACE broke the shutout on  21-yard pass from Ace Hatcher to Jaylon Davis, but Dublin answered immediately with a 96-yard kickoff return from Knight. ACE had the ball more, running almost twice many plays, but couldn’t convert it into many points, Dublin adding a 47-yard pick-6 from Knight late in the first half. The Irish had a 251-137 total offense advantage but held the ball half the time.

Bleckley County 28, Dodge County 21
          The 51st meeting lived up to expectations. Dodge County could never get the lead, and Bleckley County couldn’t get more than a one-score advantage.No team led by more than a score. Most of the scores were fairly short yardage to end grinding drives. Undermanned Dodge County tied it at 21 on Aamaury Fountain’s score – his second - from inside the 10 about four minutes into the final quarter. QB Brody Fleming kept it from the 4 with 6:53 left in the game to put the Royals back on top. The Royals got a defensive stand, and were able to pretty much kill the clock.

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East Laurens 21, Vidalia 19
          The visitors spent the game trailing, twice by two touchdowns. A completion to Bryson Hazley got East Laurens within 19-14 midway through the fourth quarter. Sky Snead was flushed from the pocket but found Major Snead for a 10-yard TD pass, and the PAT put the Falcons up 21-19 with 3:34 left in the game. Vidalia converted a fourth and 1 on East Laurens’ side of the field, and then got to the 21 only for Floyd to come up with the interception at the 1 and return it to the almost the 40 with half a minute left to seal it.

Class A

Hancock Central 22, GMC Prep 0

Macon County 46, Marion County 20
          The Bulldogs exploded to win the second quarter 25-0 and take control. They got off to a rough start, giving up a long pick-6 with just less than 5 minutes left in the first quarter.Montravius Gilbert’s long TD pass to Quentrelle Perkins and ensuing PAT put Macon County up 7-6. The Bulldogs converted a turnover in a 40-yard Noah Parker run less than two minutes into the second quarter to begin the onslaught. Another turnover led to another score, Ken Reeves going in from the 8.

No. 4 Taylor County 55, Central-Talbotton 0, Thursday

Jenkins County 46, Twiggs County 0

Glascock County 56, Wilkinson County 28

GIAA

Westfield 57, CFCA 7
          The Hornets led 28-0 after one and 43-0 at halftime.

FPD 26, Tattnall 12 (Click here for complete story)
          Tattnall sent an early message by taking the first lead, on Micah Clyde’s 4-yard run with 6:19 left in the first. The Trojans missed the conversion try, and FPD matched that after Cash Walker’s 2-yard run with 26 second left in the first quarter. The Vikings took the lead with 2:01 left in the half on Walker’s 1-yard pass to Mason Garvin. Eli Rutherford’s 3-yard run with 8:59 left in the fourth finally gave FPD a little cushion at 18-6. The Vikings held the Trojans to 68 rushing yards on 16 tries, but QB Angelo Bellamy was 13 for 26 for 171 yards and a score. Dylan Reeves went off for 199 yards on 28 carries for the Vikings.

John Milledge 63, Mount de Sales 12
          The Cavs kept it close for awhile, trailing 28-12 after one. But John Milledge doubled up its output in the second quarter. Mount de Sales was down 7-6 after a 72-yard pass from Benjamin Burney to Braylen Mitchell countered Jamel Cooper’s early run, but the Cavs missed the conversion and trailed 7-6. Asa Wall went in from the 5 and then Parker Soltay racked up a pick-6 before Nathan Snow hit Wall for a 25-yarder and a 28-6 lead. Eli Battle took a screen pass 68 yards for the Cavs, but it was John Milledge in control the rest of the way. Snow passed for 172 yards and Wal had 104 receiving yards.

Brentwood 24, Briarwood 18
          The suspense grew in the fourth quarter, because nobody scored a touchdown. Briarwood took an 18-14 lead on a 25-yard pass midway through the third quarter, Brentwood retaking the lead on Tristan Robinson’s 27-yard score a few minutes later. Weston Garbuttt’s field early in the fourth expanded the lead to 6. Brentwood came up with a late stop, and was able to run out the clock and end Briarwood’s perfect season.

Flint River 34, Trinity Christian 13

Windsor 33, Piedmont 0
          It took awhile for the host Knights to get going, but they got going and took control in the second half. The 12-0 halftime lead more than doubled with a 14-0 third quarter. Windsor recorded its first shutout since returning to 11-man football.