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Alexander 49, Villa Rica 27: Visiting Alexander forced four Wildcats turnovers and Baylor Whitfield threw for 297 yards and four touchdowns in the win. Mikell Lands-Davis rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries. Lands-Davis also added 87 yards receiving and a touchdown. Caleb Freeman ran for 51 yards and a score. Isaac Zico caught five balls for 189 yards and three touchdowns. Derrell Mims had a 65-yard interception return. Noah Smith threw for 170 yards and one score in the loss.
Allatoona 35, Hiram 7: Theron Guidry tossed a touchdown pass to Jonathan Greenard to give Hiram a 7-0 lead, but the visiting Buccaneers responded with 35 unanswered points. Russell Halimon rushed for two touchdowns, including an 8-yard run that gave Allatoona a 28-7 lead. Bucs quarterback Conner Larson threw three touchdown passes to wideout Zach Nichols, including a 50-yard touchdown for the game's final points. Allatoona matched last year’s win total and improved to 7-0 for the third time in four seasons.
Cambridge 64, North Springs 7: Cambridge overwhelmed the visiting Spartans as the Bears forced five turnovers. Craig Carter picked off a pass and the special teams forced a fumble on kickoff coverage that was returned for a score. Kaelin Byrd ran for more than 100 yards and scored twice. Brian Moore tossed a 25-yard touchdown to Hunter Smith and also added a 1-yard rushing score. J.D. White had a 73-yard scoring run in the early fourth quarter. North Springs’ lone score came on a Rees Viersen 30-yard pass to Derrien White late in the third.
Creekview 31, Sequoyah 28: Dawson Ewers opened the scoring with a 31-yard interception return for a touchdown to give host Creekview the early 7-0 lead. Sequoyah answered with a 5-yard Cameron Gales touchdown run and Creekview’s Lalo Pena booted a 27-yard field goal to reclaim a 10-7 lead at the half. Kyle Wilkie and B.J. Smith extended Creekview’s lead to 24-7 with third-quarter touchdown runs. Sequoyah cut the deficit to 24-14 but Creekview answered with a 73-yard bomb from Wilkie to Smith that pushed the lead to 31-14. Sequoyah added an Austin Tracy touchdown run and a late Tracy touchdown toss to Blake Miller that made it a 31-28 ballgame.
Dalton 45, River Ridge 18: Host Dalton kicked off the scoring on a reverse handoff to by Peter Sigmon who took it 78 yards for an early 7-0 lead. Dalton continued to build momentum with two touchdown passes by Payton Veraldi as the Catamounts saw the 28-6 score in their favor at the half. River Ridge pulled within 10 points following a 14-point third quarter, but Dalton pulled away with two touchdown scores including Veraldi's third passing score in the game, connecting with Sigmon on a 35-yard pass.
Dutchtown 13, Luella 3: Dutchtown got a 23-yard touchdown run from Malik Barkley and two field goals from Ryan Kangiser to defeat Luella. Kangiser had field goals of 35 and 40 yards in a game that was dominated by defense. Dutchtown's James Rhetta had two tackles for losses, and Tarjae Phinazee returned an interception 40 yards to set up one of the Dutchtown scores.
M.L. King 28, Miller Grove 24: M.L. King picked up its first win of the season and did it in dramatic fashion in front of its home fans. The Lions trailed 24-14 in the third quarter before closing out the night on a 14-0 run to stun Miller Grove. Ravarius Rivers passed for two touchdowns and rushed for one more to lead M.L. King’s comeback. He connected with Muhktar Byard in the back corner of the endzone for a game-winning score with less than three minutes remaining. Donovan Goodwin also returned a blocked field goal 71 yards for another Lions’ touchdown. Meco Jackson scored twice on the ground for the Wolverines, including on a 60-yarder to give them their 10-point cushion in the third quarter.
Northgate 51, Forest Park 12: Northgate stormed out of the gates with a 23-point first quarter that included two touchdown socres by Ton Evans. Forest Park got its first touchdown midway through the second period when quarterback Courtney WIlliams connected with Chris Winston on a 29-yard passing score. Northgate continued piling on with touchdowns by Malik Wade, on a 35-yard run, and Evans, his third of the game, to build a 37-14 lead at the half. Two scores in the fourth by Wade and Jai'Eon Madison wrapped up the Northgate onslaught.
Sprayberry 34, Forsyth Central 7: Forsyth Central was within 14-7 late in the first quarter thanks to a 4-yard touchdown run by Sabrian Howard, but host Sprayberry ultimately had little trouble pulling away. The Yellow Jackets led 20-7 at halftime and by the final margin of 34-7 at the end of the third quarter. Andrew Pereira got the scoring started with a 49-yard touchdown pass to Jontae Williams and Rakeem Myricks and Trey Sermon each padded Sprayberry’s lead with touchdown runs.
Stephenson 54, Druid Hills 20: Stephenson used a 34-point second quarter to surge past host Druid Hills. Dewann Ford kicked off the explosive second quarter with a 48-yard touchdown strike to Isaiah Zuber. The Jaguar defense did its part as well forcing two safeties. Dexter Neal scored on a kick return and also caught a 20-yard touchdown from Ford. Zuber found pay-dirt to open up the second half taking a kickoff 95 yards for a score to go up 48-0.
Woodland-Stockbridge 14, Union Grove 10: Woodland-Stockbridge senior quarterback Kobie Lain accounted for both Wolfpack touchdowns as Woodland-Stockbridge defeated Union Grove 14-10. It was the first Woodland win over Union Grove in school history, and it put the Wolfpack in the driver's seat in Region 4-AAAAA, Division B heading into next week's contest at Stockbridge.
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