This week's Central Georgia high school football schedule, and last week's scores
Friday
Baldwin at Washington County, ppd.
Crisp County at Houston County
Dodge County at Dublin
Edmund Burke at Gatewood
Fullington at Flint River
GMC at Central Talbotton
Hancock Central at Washington-Wilkes, ppd., to Sept. 24
Hawkinsville at Tattnall
Johnson County at East Laurens
John Hancock at Briarwood
John Milledge at Brentwood
Jones County at North Gwinnett
Lamar County at Crawford County
McDonough at Mary Persons
Northeast vs. Central, Henderson
Peach County at Northside
Perry at Harris County, ppd.
Putnam County at Morgan County
Rutland at ACE, ppd. to Sept. 17
Southwest vs. Howard, Ed DeFore
Stratford at George Walton
Taylor County at Pike County
Twiggs County at Wilkinson County
Veterans at West Laurens, ppd. to Sept. 17
Warner Robins at Archer
Westfield at Trinity Christian
Wilcox County at Bleckley County
Saturday
Dooly County at Macon County
Saturday
Dooly County at Macon County
Last week's scores
Baldwin 42, Liberty County 6
Bleckley County 21, West Laurens 14
The Royals upset – as in hacked off - the 4A Raiders for the second year in a road, and did so this time in Dexter.
Briarwood 26, Piedmont 0
Covenant 56, Crisp 8
Dodge County 39, Toombs County 0
The Indians had quite a night in the head coaching debut of Ray Hardin, with their biggest win since beating Jasper County 58-0 last October.
Dooly County 13, Marion County 0
East Laurens 70, Twiggs County 7
FPD 48, ACE 0
Fullington vs. CFCA, cancelled
GMC 46, Creekside Christian 0
GMC won its fourth opener in its last five, and won by its largest margin since 48-0 last October against John Hancock.
Howard 16, Central 7
Jeff Davis 41, Rutland 0
Lamar County 28, Pike County 7
LaGrange 24, Upson-Lee 6
Macon County 26, Clinch County 0
Mary Persons 42, Towers 0
The Bulldogs rolled to their third season-opening win in their last four tries, and second 42-0 opening win since 2018.
Northeast 33, Jones County 28
Northside 48, Veterans 7
The Eagles avenged last year’s 17-7 season opening loss to Veterans in a big way, with their most points since a 52-0 playoff win over Grovetown in 2016. Conversely, it was the Warhawks’ worst loss since 56-7 to Valdosta in 2015. Northside broke a 7-7 tie with two touchdowns in less than 30 seconds, Matthew Bruce’s 9-yard run followed 14 seconds later by a 23-yard pass fromCam Brown to Centavious Lowe, for a 21-7 halftime lead. The Eagles put together two more scores in short order in the third quarter, 20 seconds separating Micah Thurman’s 3-yard run and Jalen Banks’ fumble recovery for a touchdown.
Northside had a 350-152 rushing advantage, led by Thurman’s 63 yards. Brown completed 4 of 9 forf 118 yards and three touchdowns.
Mary Persons 42, Towers 0
The Bulldogs rolled to their third season-opening win in their last four tries, and second 42-0 opening win since 2018.
Mount de Sales 17, Jasper County 7
The Cavaliers won their sixth straight season opener, doing so despite being outgained by 15 yards in total offense. They scored 17 straight in the second quarter after Jasper County went up 7-0 in the first quarter. A’Khori Jones ran 20 times for 169 yards and a score, completing 3 of 9 passes for 46 yards. He tied the game with a 35-yard score two minutes into the second quarter, and Fernando Washington took a fumble back 20 yards for a touchdown less than two minutes later. The Cavs added a 25-yard field goal late in the half. Jasper County racked up 211 yards on 52 rushes.
Perry 36, Houston County 13
The Panthers took control early en route to their biggest win over the Bears, and second-biggest win over any in-county rival.
Phenix City-Central, Ala. 42, Peach County 23
The team of Patrick Nix – son of Northside legend Conrad Nix – christened Peach County’s new stadium with an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play, and continued to stay in control from then on, leading 28-9 at halftime and racking up more than 500 yards in offense.
Taylor County 34, Crawford County 21
Thomas Jefferson 32, John Hancock 6
Trinity Christian 21, Edmund Burke 14
The Crusaders got a road win in the first game for head coach Jedd Marsh.
Warner Robins 48, Valdosta 20
Westside 35, Bradwell Institute 10