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HS FB: Dublin goes from being stunned by Dodge County to stunning; Baldwin knocks off Mary Persons; John Milledge survives Stratford; Big nights for Perry, Jones County, Peach County, Jasper County

Central Georgia Sports ReportComment
HS FB: Dublin goes from being stunned by Dodge County to stunning; Baldwin knocks off Mary Persons; John Milledge survives Stratford; Big nights for Perry, Jones County, Peach County, Jasper County

By Michael A. Lough

The Sports Report

centralgasports@gmail.com

          Editor’s note: Thanks to Dublin, FPD and John Milledge for sending box scores Friday night to The Central Georgia Sports Report.
          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, and some scores reported by teams to MaxPreps were inaccurate for hours.

          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

Houston County 42, Veterans 0

Coffee 37, Northside 7
          A tight game after half turned into a runaway for Coffee, who turned a 7-3 halftime deficit – Keirion Tate’s 30-yard pass to Bennie Solomon put Northside on top in the second quarter - into a romp with a 30-0 second half.

Class 5A

Jones County 50, Eagle’s Landing 14
          The Greyhounds eliminated the suspense by halftime with a 29-6 lead.

Ola 35, Warner Robins 21
          The Demons took a 7-0 first-quarter lead, and that woke up the Mustangs, who won the second quarter 21-0 for the cushion that lasted after a 14-14 third quarter. Ola passed for 226 yards and ran for 280.

Perry 44, Union Grove 0
          The Panthers dropped the hammer pretty early, with their first score three minutes into the game en route to a 30-0 halftime lead.

Class 4A

Peach County 48, Howard 12
          The Trojans led 20-6 at halftime, and took control early in the third quarter to stay undefeated.

Baldwin 33, Mary Persons 28

          The Braves ran in the game-winner with less than 2 minutes left, then stopped Mary Persons on the Baldwin half of the field. Baldwin, with QB Kam Patterson banged up in the fourth quarter, converted a double pass on fourth and 12 from the 44 inside the final three minutes, and then Tavares Hooks took it to the 4, and then into the end zone. The conversion failed, but Baldwin led with 2:03 left. A fumble with 19 seconds left sealed it. Mary Persons took the first lead on a long Mason Stephens run and another rushing score to go up 14-0. Baldwin, in front of a smaller home crowd than the visitors, tied it at 21, and that’s where it stood at halftime. The Braves, who survived two blocked PATs, took a 27-21 lead in the third quarter, and the Bulldogs regained it 28-27 on a pass early in the fourth.

Spalding 28, Westside 19

West Laurens 28, Liberty County 6
          The Raiders marched out to a 19-0 halftime lead, getting going on a punt return for a touchdown. Kington O’Neal then returned a fumble for a score, followed by a touchdown pass.

Troup 64, Upson-Lee 21
          Overmatched Upson-Lee battled against the top-3 rivals, passing their season scoring total in the second quarter. Troup led 44-14 at halftime.

Class 3A

Jackson 56, Central 7

Lamar County 33, Pike County 6
          The Trojans took control in the Battle For Potato Creek after a first-quarter tie, scoring twice in the second quarter, and the once in the third an fourth quarters. Jayden Doctor’s TD run of nearly 30 yards broke the tie, and he added a short run midway through the second quarter for insurance.

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Callaway 53, Rutland 6
          Callaway ran for 182 yards and 4 touchdowns, and passed for 315 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Burke County 34, Washington County 6
          The Golden Hawks trailed only 12-0 at halftime, but Burke County’s 22-6 third quarter put the hosts in control.

Class AA

Swainsboro 21, ACE 15

          The visitors led 12-7 in the fourth quarter, but the hosts came back on homecoming for ACE’s first four-game losing streak in program history.

Dublin 53, Dodge County 47
          The 61st meeting of the county neighbors won’t soon be forgotten. There were four ties, and Dodge County led 47-38 with seven minutes left after Kain Mincey’s 35-yard scoring pass to Jerimiah Burns. But Trav Bostic’s 3-yard run – the conversion failed – got the Irish within one with 4:31 left, and then he went in from the 8 with 69 seconds left for the win. Dodge County outgained Dublin 440-420, thanks to a 335-4 passing advantage.
          Dublin outran Dodge County 416-105, led by 139 yards and 2 scores from Jamarcus Knight and 130 from Dontavious Cannon. Bostic scored 3 times while gaining 74 yards on 9 carries. Mincey completed 16 of 37 for 335 yards, 5 touchdowns – 2 each to Burns and Jauriel Bray – and 2 interceptions.

Jasper County 42, Putnam County 9
          Putnam County broke the shutout with a safety late in the second quarter, but trailed 28-2 at halftime, Zaiden Brown returning a blocked field goal for a Jasper County score to close out the first half.

Class A

GMC Prep 13, Twiggs County 0
          The Bulldogs led 10-0 at halftime, and made it stand for their first shutout since 2021.

Macon County 39, Crawford County 3

Johnson County 42, Hancock Central 0

Turner County 30, Hawkinsville, 17

Taylor County 35, Schley County 34
          The Vikings came back to win. MaxPreps, with input from both teams, still listed the score as 27-15, Schley County, as of 5 a.m. Taylor County trailed 27-15 at halftime. No details are available.

Jenkins County 30, Wilkinson County 14
          Jenkins led by two touchdowns at halftime and maintained it.

GIAA

FPD 35, Mount de Sales 0
          The Vikings picked up their third shutout of the year behind 118 rushing yards from Eli Rutherford and 190 passing yards from Cash Walker. FPD (6-4) held MdS (5-5) to 51 rushing and 13 passing yards. Walker threw touchdown passes to Levi Spillers of 22 and 60 yards, and one of 14 to Jaden Canon. Spillers caught 11 passes for 138 yards. It was FPD’s second-highest point total of the season. The Vikings led 20-0 at halftime.

John Milledge 28, Stratford 20 (Click here for full story)
          The showdown  between last year’s Class 3A and 4A champions lived up to expectations. JMA went up first on Lane Rhodes’ 22-yard run, Stratford countering with a George Dunn field goal. The Trojans added a 10-yard Cayden Wingfield run, and Stratford answered with a 2-yarder from Tucker Johnston to pull within 4. Asa Wall’s 2-yard run made it 21-10 with 41 seconds left in the half. Stratford struck back, sparked by a big first-down gain by Morris Butler and then a huge catch by Tate Johnston, who took a big pop and held on. Those two then hooked up for a 10-yard score with less than 10 seconds left to cut JMA’s lead to 21-17 at halftime. Dunn’s 26-yard field goal pulled the Eagles within 21-20 with 6:07 left in the third.
          The two slugged it out until Wall – who finished with 219 yards rushing - bounced and spun his way through a half-dozen tacklers from 30 yards out on third and 8 with 9:42 left to go up 8. The Eagles, plagued by penalties, crossed midfield on the ensuing trip but gave it back after facing a fourth and 32. Stratford penalties helped JMA kill the final five minutes and finish the regular season 10-0, Stratford falling to 7-2.

Westfield 46, Terrell 26
          The Hornets rolled to th e Region 3 title, handing Terrell its first region loss.

Deerfield-Windsor 42, Central Fellowship 6

Piedmont 27, Trinity Christian 7, 3
          No score has been posted by either school as of 5 a.m.

Windsor 32, Flint River 26
          The Knights had to gut it out on the road, trailing 14-7 at halftime. They finally took the lead for the first time in the final few minutes on a rushing score, and held on.

Idle: East Laurens, Tattnall, Gatewood. Brentwood game was moved to Tuesday.