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DEL.ICIO.USLincoln County wins semifinal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lincoln County, which started the season 0-3, earned a spot in the Class A championship game with a 48-21 win over Johnson County at the Georgia Dome.
The Red Devils (11-3) got two touchdown passes and a touchdown run from Brandon Barden as they qualified for their 17th championship game under coach Larry Campbell.
Lincoln County scored first on an 11-yard pass from Brandon Barden to Alex Barton, but Johnson County answered with a 54-yard touchdown pass from Cordele Johnson to Brad Jefferson.
Johnson County took the lead early in the second quarter on a 43-yard pass from Johnson to B.J. Murray, who caught the ball in stride after it was tipped by a Lincoln defender around the 10. Lincoln responded by scoring on a 27-yard run by Shawntavius Jennings with 10:04 left, then took the lead when Barden threw to Rontae Norman for a 15-yard touchdown.
Lincoln tacked on another touchdown with 4:06 left after Jeffrey Porter stripped the ball from Cordele Johnson and Franklin Jones recovered for Lincoln at the 5. Barden scored on a sneak from the 1 on third down. Rontae Norman ran for a two-point conversion after fielding a bad snap on the extra point.
Johnson County (12-2) was making its first trip to the Georgia Dome. The Trojans pulled to within 29-21 when Harvey Harris returned the second-half kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown.
But Lincoln tacked on an 84-yard run by Shawntavius Jennings, a 10-yard run from Darell Norman and a 3-yard run by Jones.
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