HSFB 2019: Central Georgia's Friday night football scoreboard (final edition)
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Final edition
Class 6A
Coffee 28, Houston County 7
The Bears (4-4/0-2) trailed only 7-0 at halftime, but couldn’t get going in the second half. Houston County outgained Coffee 274-263, but the visitors (7-2/2-1) ran for 235 yards on 54 carries to 17 for 70 for the Bears, who got a 17-for-29 passing night from Max Rigby, for 204 yards but two interceptions. Isaia Harris caught seven for 83 yards.
Class 5A
Jones County 38, Eagle's Landing 20
The Greyhounds sit alone atop Region 4, a game up on Dutchtown, which put Stockbridge two games down with Friday’s 33-7 win. Jones County led 14-7 at halftime and 21-14 after three, but pulled away with a 17-6 fourth quarter. Andrew Carner ran for two touchdowns and Jontavis Robertson one, quarterback Hunter Costlow ran for a touchdown and passed for one, Evan West adding a 25-yard field goal.
Warner Robins 28, Bainbridge 21
The Demons (8-1/3-0) took a 13-7 lead on two short Jalen Addie runs, but Bainbridge (5-3/0-2) came back in the third quarter with two touchdowns, one on a blocked punt deep in Demon territory, and led 21-13 with 7:42 left in the third. The Demons tied it right after that on an 80-yard pass from Addie to Kaleb Howard, and Addie hit Ahmad Walker with the game-tying conversion. Walker came up big with a short scoring run to end an 81-yard drive with 8:47 left in the game. Addie accounted for 200 yards in the air and 77 on the ground. Warner Robins outgained Bainbridge 201-42 on the ground and by 25 yards in the air, and the Demons made all three fourth-down conversions. Warner Robins recorded 33 yards in losses on QB Quayde Hawkins, and got interceptions from Ahmad Walker and Jatavious Bryant.
Class 4A
Baldwin 44, Burke County 30
The Braves knocked off the Region 3 leader and handed the Bears their second loss of the season. Baldwin and Burke County are 2-1, behind 2-0 Thomson, a 44-0 winner over Cross Creek.
Perry 38, Spalding 0
Mikiel Kendrick’s run of just more than 10 yards got the Panthers going pretty early. He added a 20-yarder midway through the second quarter, about five minutes before Lane Rucker connected with Curtis Head for a 30-yard score and a 21-0 halftime lead. Perry (5-3/3-0) recorded its first shutout since 43-0 over Monroe in Game 4 last year. The Panthers have outscored their last three opponents 100-29.
Upson-Lee 13, Howard 7
Demeke Colbert picked off a Howard pass in the end zone with a little more than two minutes left, and the Knights (3-5/1-2) were able to run out the clock and break a four-game losing streak while getting back into the race for the fourth region playoff spot. Howard tied it at 7 in the third quarter, but the Knights took the lead in the fourth quarter. The Huskies have lost three straight – getting outscored 96-28 - to fall to 0-3 in region and 4-4 overall, putting their playoff hopes on life support.
West Laurens 52, Mary Persons 7
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It was a big-time scrapbook night for the Raiders, who are now 3-14 against the Bulldogs. West Laurens’ previous high in the series was 31 points in a three-point loss in 2013, and it was some revenge for last year’s 52-13 loss. It was the sixth-most points in program history, and tied the seventh-largest margin of victory. On the other hand, it tied the most points allowed in Mary Persons history (dating back to 52-0 to R.E. Lee in 1943), and tied the sixth-largest margin of defeat (1959).
It was 7-7 after an A.J. Mathis TD pass to Brent Carr, followed by Rico Harden picking Mathis off and taking it back 60 yards, for a tie almost four minutes into the second quarter. The Raiders countered with a pickoff and then 60-yard TD pass to Bradley Wilson for only a seven-point halftime lead. Then came the third quarter, and three Raider touchdowns – two short Daniel Dorsey runs and a long Shonta Burney Jr. run, - to put it away, the first two scores sparked by two more interceptions, from Exzavier Lewis and Devonte Royals.
Class 3A
Peach County 57, Central 20
The Trojans (7-1/4-0) passed the 50-point mark for the third time this season en route to another running clock, but the Chargers (2-7/2-3) put up the second-most points this season against Peach County. Tijah Woolfolk’s 94 yards rushing topped the Trojans who got 231 yards in the air on Jaydon Gibson, who was 10 of 13. Five completions went to Dorrian Smith for 197 yards. Central quarterback Jalik Thomas ran 24 times for 134 yards, losing a boatload in sack losses, and completed 9 of 23 passes fof 124 yards.
Westside 57, Kendrick 20
The Seminoles are in sole possession of third in Region 4 at 3-1, 5-3 overall.
Class AA
Bremen 34, Lamar County 7
The Trojans (6-2/2-2) lost their second straight, and have fallen the past two times to Bremen (5-3/3-1) by scores different by a point, 35-7 last year.
Dodge County 34, East Laurens 14
It was the closest loss for East Laurens (1-7/0-4) in region play since falling 28-23 to Bleckley County in 2016. Dodge County (4-5/3-2) clinched the fourth playoff spot in Region 3.
Dublin 56, Northeast 21
Dublin (8-0/5-0) cruised, but didn’t necessarily run away, the Raiders putting up a fight after falling behind 21-0, although it was 34-6 at halftime. Dublin racked up 419 yards on 49 carries. JaQues Evans scored a third of the time he ran, with six touchdowns and 180 yards on 18 carries. Marcus Adams added 151 and one on 12. Northeast managed 149 yards in the air from Travion Solomon, who had three TD passes to Brandon Watkins, the Raiders scoring the third-most points against Dublin this year.
Evans is as verstaile as anybody in Central Georgia, as Northeast saw Friday night.
Video: Michael A. Lough/The Sports Report of Central Georgia, www.centralgasports.com
Elbert County 35, Monticello 18
Putnam County 24, Banks County 13
The War Eagles (4-4/3-2) came up with a huge road win, their second in a row this season and first over a playoff-caliber region team since 2011, when they beat fifth-place and 5-5/4-4 Pike County 12-7, which came two weeks after a 17-7 win over Morgan County, which finished third and went 8-3. Banks County and Putnam County were 2-2 in region play entering the game, so the War Eagles are in at least a tie for third.
Washington County 65, Southwest 22
The trip to Macon was a fun one, the Golden Hawks (6-2/3-1) passing the 60-point mark for the second time this season. Southwest (2-6/0-4) lost its fifth straight after Shamarcus Poole ran 15 times for 156 yards and three touchdowns to reach 1,151 yards for the year, plus 17 touchdowns. Malyk Walker added 143 yards and four touchdowns on 12 carries, and is 16 yards from 1,000 for the season.
Class A
No. 7 Lincoln County 45, No. 49 GMC 2
No. 24 Macon County 41, No. 43 Hawkinsville 0
No. 16 Mount de Sales 35, No. 25 FPD 17
Mount de Sales took a little time to get going, trailing 7-0 on Parker Ingram’s TD pass less tha n four minutes into the game, but pulled away to complete its first sweep of Stratford, Tattnall, and FPD since 1997. Dexter Williams was a sharp 10-of-14 for 103 yards and two touchdowns, with 120 yards on 21 carries. A’Kkhri Jones threw a 30-yard TD pass, and Josiah Cotton added 64 yards on 18 carries. Ingram was 15 of 22 for 191 yards and two touchdowns, but the Cavs’ D picked him off three times (Patrick Green, Seen, and Thomas Smith). Kobe Butts’ 11-yard score and Ethan Aler’s PAT tied it at the 2:32 mark of the first quarter, but the Vikings regained the lead about six minutes later on a 22-yard field goal. Williams’ 27-yard TD pass to Drew Senn with 2:16 left put MdS up 14-10 at the half. Ingram connected with Harrison Aulds for 70 yards and the lead, countered nine minutes later by Williams-to-Seen for 13 and the lead for good. The Cavaliers added a Jones-to-Seen score 27 seconds into the fourth and a clinching Cotton 16-yard score at the 4:58 mark. Three of Seen’s four catches went for scores, and the MdS defense held FPD to 1.9 yards a carry.
No. 22 Schley County 52, No. 47 Crawford County 14
No. 23 Stratford 18, No. 34 Wilkinson County 15
The Eagles were terrifyingly close to one of their worst losses in years. Wilkinson County led 6-0 at the half, thanks to a score with 21 seconds left in the second quarter. The teams traded field goals, and the Warriors led 9-3 with less than four minutes remaining in the third quarter. Ben Jamison’s 57-yard TD pass to Waldon Davis and the PAT put Stratford up 10-9 with 2:04 left in the third, and another touchdown pass gave Stratford an 18-9 lead with 5:15 left in the game, only for the Warriors to score less than three minutes later. Another missed conversion made it a three-point game. A 9-yard punt on fourth and 17 gave Wilkinson County the ball on Stratford’s 25 with 83 seconds left. A touchdown run was negated by a holding call, but the Warriors still gained yardage only to fumble, Stratford’s Stetson Hatcher recovering in the end zone with 44 seconds left.
No. 28 Tattnall 43, Central Fellowship 6
No. 27 Warren County 50, No. 23 Hancock Central 8
No. 36 Dooly County 36, No. 21 Taylor County 27
Aucilla Christian (Fla.) at ACE (1-6)
The home game with Aucilla Christian (Fla.) was apparently cancelled, postponed, or rescheduled.
GISA/GAPPS
Brentwood 45, Briarwood 27
A 7-all tie after one became a 17-7 halftime lead for Brentwood, which averaged 7.7 yards a play and got three touchdowns and 123 yards on the ground from Chase Everett. Thomas Denton added 75 yards on five carries with a score, and McKinley Newton scored on two of his seven carries. Brentwood outrushed Briarwood by 100 yards on three more carries, the teams combining to go 6 of 12 in the air for 108 yards. The War Eagles (7-3/1-0) took the Region 4 lead with their fifth straight game of at least 45 points. They’ve outscored opponents 270-116 in that span.
Bulloch 49, Trinity Christian 14
TCS had trouble with a powerful Bulloch run game that rushed 58 times for 331 yards. The Crusaders were down only 14-7 after one, scoring on David Coleman’s 54-yard run on the final play of the first quarter. Bulloch couldn’t break through again until the 5:22 mark of the second quarter, and scored again for a 28-7 halftime lead, then getting three touchdowns in less than five minutes in the third quarter. Coleman finished with 77 yards on the ground.
Gatewood 63, Memorial Day 0
John Milledge 51, Bethlehem Christian 0
Amaad Foston rushed for 196 yards and touchdowns of 4, 57, and 19 yards to go with a 43-yard punt return for the Trojans, who did all their scoring in the first half. Foston accounted for the Trojans’ three first-quarter touchdowns, with Grayson Hopkins and KJ Jackson getting in on the fun with a 58-yard TD pass in the second, followed by a safety tackle from Jordan Stevens. Hopkins and Jackson hooked up again, for 48 yards, Hopkins closing out the scoring with a 2-yard run, all in the second quarter. Hopkins passed for 117 yards and Jackson had 106 yards in catches. JMA’s defense stuffed Bethlehem Christian for minus-13 yards.
Westfield 43, Augusta Prep 13
The Hornets won their third game in four weeks with their highest point total since last year’s regular-season finale, a 57-16 win over Pinewood Christian. Westfield ran for 283 yards on 27 carries, led by Hunter Smallwood’s 157 yards on nine carries, with two scores.
Central Christian (GAPPS, 0-7) at Piedmont (2-4)