By Score Atlanta
CLASS AAAAAA
Coffee 55, Evans 21
In the first quarter, Coffee quarterback Wade Sumner connected on a 28-yard touchdown pass to Milton Jackson. Moments later, Evans’ Corey Watkins scored on a punt return of 100 yards. With 2:22 remaining in the first quarter, Coffee’s Jameon Gaskin answered on a 56-yard touchdown run. Early in the second quarter, Gaskin broke loose for a 90-yard run, setting up Marquavious Jackson for a 2-yard touchdown run. Gaskin had two more rushing touchdowns in the second half. Coffee had 391 offensive yards at the half and 273-yards on 18 carries, midway through the fourth quarter.
CLASS AAAAA
Rome 56, Southwest DeKalb 0
Rome’s Knox Kadum and Jamious Griffin accounted for four touchdowns between them as Rome outclassed Southwest DeKalb to advance to the quarterfinals. Kadum passed to Xavier Roberts for a 10-yard touchdown and rushed in from 25 yards. Griffin had runs of 4 and 1 yards for scores. Xavier Roberts added a 9-yard touchdown run. Trai Hodges and Adam Anderson both had interceptions for touchdowns in the second quarter. Sevie Andrews scored on a 1-yard run with five minutes left in the game for the final points.
CLASS AAAA
Woodward Academy 42, West Laurens 31
Woodward Academy took a 28-10 lead into halftime on the back of Tahj Gary’s three rushing touchdowns. Gary scored on runs of 69, 62 and 20 yards in the first half. Gary led Woodward in both rushing and passing yardage with 114 yards receiving on three catches and 152 yards rushing on five attempts. Mike Wright added rushing touchdowns of 29 and 4 yards for Woodward. Quarterback Kimani Vidal found D.A. Allen on a 20-yard touchdown pass to give Woodward a 41-17 lead with six minutes remaining in the game. West Laurens was led by McKinley Kemp, who ran a kickoff back 99 yards for a touchdown, Eric Lattimore who scored on a short run and A.J. Mathis who passed to Jeremiah Giddens for a touchdown.
CLASS AAA
Peach County 34, Pierce County 14
Peach took a 7-0 lead at the nine-minute mark in the first quarter, and with 11 minutes left in the second quarter, Mitchell Fineran’s field goal put the Trojans up 10-0. Quarterback Antonio Gilbert scored with four minutes left until halftime to push the Peach lead to 17-0. Pierce answered with a touchdown to cut into the halftime lead, 17-7. The Bears scored again with eight minutes left in the third quarter to pull within three, 17-14, but it was all Peach County from there. The Trojans answered with a Trevon Woolfolk rushing touchdown to push the lead to 24-15 with five minutes left in the third quarter. Woolfolk scored again with less than three minutes in the game to push the lead to 34-14.
CLASS AA
Benedictine 70, Jefferson County 21
Benedictine jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter. All three scores came from wide receiver Rico Powers, who scored one of the touchdowns on a 55-yard run. He struck again with a 38-yard touchdown reception from Nick Lannone. Adding to the high-scoring first half was Travis Blackshear, who scored twice in the first half to give Benedictine a 35-21 lead. On the first play of the second half, Terrick Smalls ran for an 80-yard touchdown to continue Benedictine’s scoring success. Andrew Warren and Dennis Bailey each scored on interception returns.
Rabun County 35, B.E.S.T. Academy 2
Fifty-four seconds into the first quarter, Rabun County quarterback Bailey Fisher scored on a 30-yard run. With 1:29 left in the first quarter, Fisher ran for another touchdown from third-and-short. With 8:25 remaining in the second quarter, Fisher scored on an 8-yard run. Late in the third, Fisher threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Braxton Hicks, giving Rabun County a 27-2 lead. With 40 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Fisher connected with Hicks on another touchdown pass. Fisher had a total of 133 yards rushing and 312 passing.
CLASS A-PRIVATE
Darlington 33, Aquinas 14
With 5:23 left in the first quarter, Darlington running back Tijai Whatley had an 18-yard touchdown run, giving the Tigers a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, Darlington’s Alex Liddle kicked two field goals before the half, giving the Tigers a 13-0 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Whatley ran for a 62-yard gain, setting up a 4-yard touchdown run by quarterback Griffin Brewster. Aquinas scored on a 1-yard carry, but Darlington answered with two additional touchdowns late in the fourth quarter.
CLASS A-PUBLIC
Irwin County 28, Lincoln County 14
Irwin County quarterback D.J. Lundy rushed 27 times for 122 yards and two touchdowns. Javon Stanley added 67 yards rushing on 13 carries, and Eric Anderson rushed for a 32-yard touchdown. Anderson’s score was set up by a Davion Pollard interception. Lincoln County’s Javon Reid rushed 17 times for 155 yards and two touchdowns, one for 60 yards. Irwin County scored its first two touchdowns in the final 2:22 of the first half to take a 14-0 halftime lead.
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