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Saturday, October 27, 2018 3B
State scores
Allatoona 27, Dalton 14
Aquinas 39, Warren County 36
Archer 35, South Gwinnett 7
Athens Academy 22, Hebron Christian
Academy 20
Augusta Christian 20, Pinewood Prep,
S.C. 13
Bainbridge 49, Harris County 0
Banneker 25, North Springs 7
Benedictine Military 55, Beach 0
Berkmar 17, Lakeside-DeKalb 13
Bethesda Academy 38, Dorchester
Academy, S.C. 16
Blessed Trinity 10, Marist 7
Bremen 42, Spencer 6
Brooks County 28, Fitzgerald 27
Buford 61, Walnut Grove 0
Burke County 30, Thomson 28
Calhoun 41, Haralson County 6
Calvary Day 27, Savannah Country Day 0
Carrollton 56, Paulding County 0
Carver-Atlanta 53, Lithia Springs 7
Chapel Hill 37, LaGrange 3
Chattooga 41, Dade County 0
Christian Heritage 43, Gordon Lee 0
Clinch County 40, Charlton County 14
Colquitt County 45, Tift County 7
Columbia 56, Chamblee 7
Creekview 22, Sprayberry 11
Crisp County 28, Cook 6
Dacula 23, Lanier 0
Dawson County 41, Cherokee Bluff 7
Dodge County 35, Bleckley County 7
Duluth 14, Discovery 7
Dutchtown 35, Eagle’s Landing 0
Eagle’s Landing Christian 42, Mount
Vernon 21
Early County 17, Berrien 0
East Coweta 33, Campbell 14
East Paulding 24, Woodland Cartersville 7
Eastside 41, Henry County 0
Etowah 16, Lassiter 0
Evans 24, Alcovy 5
Fannin County 35, Lumpkin County 14
Fellowship Christian School 42, Whitefield
Academy 40
Flowery Branch 27, West Hall 7
Forsyth Central 26, South Forsyth 21
Gainesville 7, Apalachee 6
Glynn Academy 24, Effingham County 17
Grayson 49, Rockdale County 3
Greene County 42, Washington-Wilkes 22
Grovetown 12, Heritage-Conyers 7
Hancock Central 38, Lincoln County 20
Harrison 23, Sequoyah 17
Hart County 14, Franklin County 11
Heard County 40, Lamar County 14
Hephzibah 49, T.W. Josey 0
Hillgrove 48, Marietta 24
Holy Ground Baptist 34, Central Christian
23
Holy Innocents’ 56, Landmark Christian 6
Howard 35, Spalding 13
Irwin County 63, Atkinson County 6
Jefferson 38, Jackson County 3
Jefferson County 48, Westside-Augusta 6
Jenkins County 29, Treutlen 6
John Milledge 14, Frederica 13
Johns Creek 32, Alpharetta 6
Johnson County 49, Wheeler County 8
Jones County 42, Ola 3
Jonesboro 34, McIntosh 14
Kell 30, Hiram 0
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 19, North
Murray 9
Lee County 45, Houston County 0
Liberty County 28, Brantley County 7
Life Christian 32, Calvary Christian 8
Locust Grove 36, Union Grove 32
Lovett 41, Redan 6
Lowndes 28, Camden County 27
Mary Persons 40, Perry 3
McEachern 42, North Cobb 23
Miller County 26, Calhoun County 0
Milton 57, Lambert 7
Monroe 14, Worth County 13
Monticello 36, Banks County 33
Mount de Sales 57, Wilkinson County 12
Mountain View 14, Collins Hill 10
Mt. Paran Christian 14, Pinecrest 7
Mt. Pisgah Christian 35, Walker 14
Newnan 21, Pebblebrook 2
Norcross 24, Brookwood 14
North Cobb Christian 35, Darlington 21
North Gwinnett 42, Peachtree Ridge 0
North Hall 76, East Hall 0
North Oconee 23, Oconee County 8
North Paulding 41, Kennesaw Mountain
21
Northgate 10, Hughes 7
Northside-Columbus 31, Hardaway 28
Pace Academy 67, Towers 14
Parkview 44, Meadowcreek 0
Pelham 63, Seminole County 19
Pepperell 28, Armuchee 0
Pickens 48, LaFayette 19
Pierce County 27, Appling County 26, OT
Pope 26, Northview 14
Prince Avenue Christian 28, George
Walton 25
Providence Christian 17, Athens Christian
7
Rabun County 63, Oglethorpe County 6
Rabun Gap-Nachoochee 48, Charlotte
Northside Christian, N.C. 6
Ridgeland 63, Gilmer 13
Ringgold 31, Adairsville 10
Riverside Military Academy 20,
Commerce 19
Rockmart 62, Gordon Central 11
Rome 62, Villa Rica 7
Roswell 34, Woodstock 14
Salem 35, Luella 12
Savannah Christian Prep 48, Claxton 8
Sonoraville 19, Coahulla Creek 8
South Cobb 40, River Ridge 13
Southeast Bulloch 55, Groves 0
Southland 35, Creekside Christian
Academy 13
Southwest DeKalb 20, Arabia Mountain 19
Southwest Georgia Academy 59,
Monsignor Donovan 6
Southwest Macon 50, East Laurens 13
Stephens County 42, Madison County 14
Stockbridge 35, Woodland Stockbridge 20
Swainsboro 14, Jeff Davis 0
Telfair County 41, Lanier County 6
Terrell Academy 34, Westwood 13
Terrell County 30, Stewart County 18
Tiftarea 42, Deerfield-Windsor 7
Trinity Christian-Dublin 28, Pinewood
Christian 8
Trinity Christian-Sharpsburg 37, Our Lady
of Mercy 0
Trion 35, Bowdon 13
Troup County 49, Central-Carrollton 27
Turner County 20, Wilcox County 18
Union County 42, Social Circle 7
Valwood 56, Brookwood School 42
Veterans 31, Thomas County Central 27
Walton 27, Cherokee 7
Ware County 21, New Hampstead 7
Washington County 48, Northeast-Macon
14
Wesleyan 52, Strong Rock Christian 13
West Forsyth 35, North Forsyth 14
Westlake 76, Wheeler 35
Westside-Macon 42, Pike County 9
White County 49, Chestatee 20
Associated Press
BRANCH
■ Continued from 1B
saw many young players
in multiple areas rise to
the occasion. With starting
quarterback Elijah Gainey
sidelined and backup quar
terback Austin Hatcher
nursing a thumb ailment,
freshman David Renard
slid into the spot to help lead
the Falcons offense. Renard
was 6 of 10 for 55 yards and
a touchdown in his first big
game in a varsity uniform.
“Our skill guys, we’ve
gone through a rash of inju
ries. But the young guys
stepped up and played hard,
and I’m proud of the way
they executed,” Hall said.
The Falcons were also
missing starting running
back Jaizen Ellingham, but
saw others fill the void. The
backfield combined for 170
yards, just enough to keep
West Hall chasing the clock.
A pair of big returns on spe
cial teams also played a fac
tor in the Falcons staying
ahead.
Dial-Watson (143 all
purpose yards), opened the
game with a huge kickoff
return and carried 14 times
for 68 yards to lead the Fal
cons backfield.
“They are really good up
front, and they were able to
lean on that on a wet night
tonight,” West Hall coach
Krofton Montgomery said.
“(Falcons coach Hall) did
exactly what I would have
done with that offensive
line.”
Montgomery still praised
the overall effort and physi-
cality of his squad.
West Hall batted helmets
with one of the state’s top
teams for much of the way
as defensive end Corey
Dupree racked up three
sacks for the Spartans, Jer
emiah Prather hauled in a
first-half interception and
turned the Falcons over on
downs in the closing minutes
of the game.
The physicality of Flow
ery Branch’s front seven
was a little more potent
though, driving West Hall’s
rushing attack further back
as the game progressed. The
Spartans were branded with
-30 yards rushing for the
contest, offsetting a some
what successful second half
by sophomore quarterback
Clayton Jenkins.
Jenkins was responsible
for every bit of the Spartans’
lone scoring drive in the
fourth quarter. He moved
the chains three times dur
ing the 12-play march, com
pleting six of 11 throws for
95 yards and a touchdown —
a 17-yard strike off a pump
fake to wideout Devon Wil
liams (six catches, 89 yards)
with 8:46 to play.
A Falcons turnover on
downs deep inside West
Hall territory with a little
over five minutes left to play
appeared to breathe new life
in the the Spartans. But the
Falcons defense generated
a strip sack on the very next
snap and Aiden Lorenz fell
on it to give Flowery Branch
the ball back. Dial-Watson
delivered the first knockout
blow five plays later from
West Hall’s 10, hurdling over
a pile of linemen and dash
ing to the end zone to make
it 27-7 with 2:57 left.
West Hall’s Jenkins didn’t
SCORES
■ Continued from 1B
Hall in Oakwood.
RIVERSIDE MILITARY
ACADEMY 20, COM
MERCE: 19: The Eagles
hung on late, thwarting a
Commerce two-point con
version attempt in the final
seconds of the contest to
finish off the narrow region
victory. Riverside Military
quarterback Isaac Teasley
scored all three touchdowns
— two passing and one rush
ing — and completed 12 of
16 passes for 226 yards in
the win. Khalid Duke and
Jordan Battle were on the
receiving end of Teasley’s
throwing scores, while
Wookdong Harry Kim added
21 tackles on defense. Up
next, Riverside Military (5-4,
3-1 Region 8-A subregion B)
will play a play-in game on
Friday in Gainesville.
have much time to throw in
the pocket, as a number of
pressured throws resulted in
four dropped interceptions
by the Falcons.
The Spartans, who were
corralled to two first downs
in the first half, tried com
bating that defensive pen
etration with a plethora of
well-timed screen passes in
attempts to move the chains,
even converting a pair of
third-and-longs.
The Falcons defense oth
erwise compiled nine stops
for a loss and got two sacks
from defensive linemen
Cody Inman, which often
backed the Spartans into
third-and-long situations.
Flowery Branch car
ried a 14-0 lead at halftime
after scoring on its first two
possessions.
After scoring the first time
less than two minutes into
the contest, Flowery Branch
stretched its lead with a run-
heavy, 71-yard drive span
ning 15 plays.
Renard hit D.J. Brown off
a fade in the back of the end
zone for an 8-yard touch
down with 1:09 left in the
first period.
A 57-yard punt return by
Brown, plus a horse-collar
penalty on West Hall pushed
the Falcons to West Hall’s 3,
where Jerzee Allentini mus
cled and reached across the
plain for a one-yard score
three plays later to give
Flowery Branch a 20-0 lead
with 1:30 left in the third
period.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 LSU
enjoying week to rest
This is shaping up as a week of rest for
many of the top playoff contenders.
No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 LSU have open
dates this week as they prepare for their
Nov. 3 showdown at Baton Rouge. No. 5
Michigan also is off before hosting No. 17
Penn State next week.
That leaves No. 2 Clemson and No. 3
Notre Dame as the only top-five teams
playing this week. Clemson visits Florida
State while Notre Dame faces Navy in San
Diego.
Both should be on upset alert. Each of
the last three weeks, a team ranked in the
top five has lost. LSU was fifth when it fell
to Florida on Oct. 6, Georgia was second
before losing at LSU two weeks ago and
Purdue upset a second-ranked Ohio State
team last week.
Here’s a rundown of some things to know
heading into the season’s seventh weekend.
BEST GAME
NO. 7 GEORGIA VS. NO. 9 FLORIDA
IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA: Florida
and Georgia are tied for the SEC Eastern
Division lead with No. 12 Kentucky, which
already beat Florida and will host Georgia
next week.
The Bulldogs and Gators also still hold
out playoff hopes.
Each team’s had two weeks to prepare
for this game. Georgia will be playing for
the first time since its 36-16 loss at LSU.
This game represents a second chance
for Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks,
who went 7 of 19 for 30 yards and was
sacked five times in a 42-7 loss to Georgia
last year.
HEISMAN WATCH
PURDUE WR RONDALE MOORE:
No true freshman has ever won the Heis-
man Trophy, but Moore is performing well
enough that he should at least merit consid
eration for a trip to New York if he keeps
up this pace.
Moore has gained 179.9 all-purpose
yards per game to rank second among all
Football Bowl Subdivision players, behind
only Memphis’ Darrell Henderson. Moore
has 57 catches for 728 yards and seven
touchdowns while also rushing for 163
yards on only 11 carries. And returns punts
and kicks.
In Purdue’s 49-20 victory over Ohio
State, Moore caught 12 passes for 170 yards
and two touchdowns.
Moore will try to build on that perfor
mance Saturday when Purdue visits Michi
gan State.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
■ 2.39: Average per carry allowed by
No. 23 Utah, the best in FBS. The Utes are
at UCLA on Friday night.
■ 4: Clemson is attempting to become
the first team to beat Florida State in Atlan
tic Coast Conference play in four straight
seasons. Miami beat Florida State six
straight times from 2000-04 but didn’t join
the ACC until 2004.
■ 6-1: The road team has won six of the
last seven meetings in the Oklahoma-Kan-
sas State series. The only victory by a home
team during that stretch was an Oklahoma
38-17 victory in 2016 . The eighth-ranked
Sooners are at home and favored by 24 1 / 2
over Kansas State.
■ 54.5: That’s the punting average of
Texas A&M’s Braden Mann, which puts
him on an NCAA record pace. The highest
single-season average by an FBS punter
who attempted at least 36 punts was 50.3,
set by LSU’s Chad Kessler in 1997.
■ 150: If No. 18 Iowa wins Saturday at
Penn State, Kirk Ferentz would become
just the fifth coach in Big Ten history to
earn 150 career wins at a Big Ten school.
UNDER THE RADAR
NO. 21 SOUTH FLORIDA AT HOUS
TON: South Florida, one of five remain
ing unbeaten FBS teams, will put that
perfect record on the line Saturday when
it visits Houston in the American Athletic
Conference
HOUSTON (6-1,3-0 AMERICAN): leads
the West Division and has won four straight
since losing 63-49 at Texas Tech. USF (7-0,
3- 0) is one of three East Division teams
unbeaten in league play along with No. 10
Central Florida (7-0, 4-0) and Temple (5-3,
4- 0).
Associated Press
GEORGIA
■ Continued from 1B
through and you see Cade
(Mays) and Lamont (Gail-
lard) come off and double
team people, that’s our
strength.”
Holyfield, who admit
ted on Monday that he
was unaware that either
ESPN’s College GameDay
and SEC Nation were going
to be at the game Saturday,
has earned a reputation as
a physical runner.
While Georgia and Flor
ida players and coaches
droned on and on about
how this week’s game will
be won with physicality
and controlling the line
of scrimmage, Gator line
backer Rayshad Jackson
didn’t seem to care about
Holyfield’s forceful run
ning style.
Holyfield’s 100-yard
effort against Middle Ten
nessee was the only time a
Georgia player has reached
the century mark this sea
son, and the Bulldogs try to
even out carries between
their two main backs while
also involving James Cook
and Brian Herrien.
“You want fresh backs
in there,” Smart said. “If
you feel like those guys are
equipped to run the ball,
they all are going to read
the same things, you want
those guys in the game and
you want to get those guys
touches.”
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