Northeast hasn't been ranked much in its history, and it certainly hasn't had much success against ranked teams.

          And then came Friday night.

          The Raiders entered the season opener ranked eighth in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution AA poll, and Jones County was No. 7 in 5A.

          According to the Georgia High School Football Historians Association, Northeast had one win against a No. 4 - in the AJC poll - in program history, 37-34 over 3-AA region rival Bleckley County.

          The Raiders knocked off a No. 6 in 2002.

          And then came Friday night with arguably the biggest win in Northeast history, 33-28 over Class 5A No. 7 Jones County.

          At Jones County, home to one of the best home field advantages around.

          The Greyhounds last loss to a smaller-classification team - excluding a forfeit for an ineligible player to Washington County in 2016 - was 21-3 to visiting Mary Persons in 2013.

          Mary Persons has a substantially stronger tradition than Northeast, making Friday night a head-turning win.

          The game went back and forth, Northeast sealing it with a defensive stand on fourth down in the final two minutes.   

  

Baldwin 42, Liberty County 6

Bleckley County 21, West Laurens 14

Dodge County 39, Toombs County 0

Dooly County 13, Marion County, 0

GMC 46, Creekside Christian 0

Jeff Davis 41, Rutland 0

Lamar County 28, Pike County 7

Northeast 33, Jones County 28

Northside 48, Veterans 7

Mary Persons 42, Towers 0

Mount de Sales 17, Jasper County 7

Perry 36, Houston County 13

Phenix City-Central, Ala. 42, Peach County 23

Thomas Jefferson 32,John Hancock 6

Trinity Christian 21, Edmund Burke 14

Westside 35, Bradwell Institute 10

 

Games 

CFCA at Fullington

Crawford Co. at Taylor Co.

Piedmont at Briarwood

Saturday

ACE vs. FPD (Mercer)

Macon County vs. Clinch County, Georgia Southern

Twiggs County at East Laurens

Valdosta vs. Warner Robins (Mercer)

Thursday

Howard 16, Central 7

LaGrange 24, Upson-Lee 6