Mays went on the road to upset Class AAAAA No. 1 Ware County 21-18 to advance to the state quarterfinals. After Ware County scored 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to pull within three points, a Mays punt with 1:05 remaining gave the Gators the ball on their own 24-yard line. On the next play, Monquavion Brinson recovered a Ware County fumble, allowing Mays to run out the clock. Mays led 7-3 at halftime after a quarterback sneak for a score by Asahnia Aderhold and then scored two more touchdowns in the third quarter on a 26-yard Randrecous Davis reception and a 36-yard Tyshawn Brown catch. Ware was the top seed in Class AAAAA Region 3 while Mays came in as the No. 3 seed in Region 6.
Gainesville 49, Harris County 40: Mikey Gonzalez passed for 365 yards and four touchdowns to lead Gainesville past Harris County. The touchdown receptions went to Chris Williams, who caught eight passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns, Rodney Lackey, who had eight catches for 114 yards and one touchdown, and Messiah Dorsey, who had seven catches for 101 yards and one touchdown. Dorsey also completed a 61-yard touchdown pass. Gainesville finished with 546 total yards, 416 passing and 130 rushing. Mike Byrd had 121 yards on 25 carries.
Glynn Academy 31, Creekside 21: Glynn Academy dominated the second half by a 24-0 margin to stun host Creekside. The Terrors got off to a quick 7-0 start only to see Creekside reel off 21 unanswered points for a 21-7 halftime advantage. Glynn Academy finally took its first lead of the game at 24-21 with six minutes remaining. All four Terror touchdowns were scored on the ground; two by Garrison Hurd and one each by Justin Larson and Adrien Cross. Scout Churchwell tacked on a field goal.
Jones County 33, Kell 31: Jones County intercepted Kell in the end zone with two seconds left to seal the road win. Chandler Ramage rushed 21 times for 200 yards and scored four rushing touchdowns for Jones County, one in the fourth quarter to spark a comeback from a 29-21 deficit. Bradley Hunnicutt found Nick Singleton on a 27-yard touchdown pass with six minutes to play to give Jones County the lead.
Northside-Warner Robins 30, Dalton 21: Justin Alonso kicked a 21-yard field goal with 7:32 remaining, and Tobias Oliver scored on a 1-yard run with 52 seconds remaining to lift the Eagles to a come-from-behind victory against Dalton. Dalton had taken a 21-20 lead with 6:15 left in the third quarter on Payton Veraldi's third touchdown pass, a 29-yarder to Zek Cobb. Alonso had two other field goals of 26 and 41 yards. Oliver had touchdown runs of 32 and 23 yards in addition to the 1-yard dive. Northside led 17-0 in the middle of the second quarter before Veraldi completed touchdown passes to Chase Westfall and Tyler Nolan. Nolan's 72-yard TD reception cut the lead to 17-14. Alonso's 41-yard field goal pushed the Eagles ahead 20-14, setting the stage for Veraldi's touchdown pass to Cobb, which gave Dalton a 21-20 lead, and Northside's final two scores.
Stockbridge 27, Stephenson 7: Malachi Brown threw a pair of touchdown passes and rushed for two additional scores to do all of the offensive damage for host Stockbridge as it cruised past Stephenson. Brown gave the Tigers a more comfortable 14-0 lead at halftime instead of 7-0 after he connected with Marquez Ezzard from 26 yards away as time expired. Stephenson closed the gap on a touchdown run by Cortese Logan, but Brown scored on a quarterback sneak then tossed another touchdown strike to Ezzard.
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