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Visiting Alpharetta captured a region championship (6-AAAAAA) Friday night for the third time in school history and extended its region win-streak to 21 games with a 17-0 shutout of Northview. Alpharetta scored on a 9-yard Miles Smith touchdown early in the opening quarter and saw a 77-yard touchdown pass from Austin King to Ryan Kopec get negated with a holding call before settling into halftime with a 7-0 lead. Michael Kolesar recovered a blocked Northview punt in the endzone to give Alpharetta a 14-0 lead with 4:32 left in the third quarter and Kopec added an Alpharetta field goal with 7:35 left to push the lead to 17. Alpharetta lost its season opener to Milton 17-10 and has won its last eight games under first-year head coach Jacob Nichols.
Central Gwinnett 24, Parkview 21: A 20-yard field goal from Cole DeLotche late in the fourth quarter was the difference for visiting Central Gwinnett. Eric Forrest was 11-of-21 passing for 274 yards and two touchdowns for Central. Chris Shelling caught four passes for 104 yards and a 67-yard touchdown, and had a 99-yard kickoff return for a score. Adonis Thomas, a star linebacker, lined up at receiver to catch a 47-yard touchdown pass for the Black Knights. Major Bellamy added five catches for 118 yards for Central.
Cherokee 30, Walton 0: Host Cherokee got on the board with a Gary Dubial field goal and a Brittain Brown touchdown run to take an early 9-0 lead. Ashely Spencer scored on a quarterback keeper and found Andrew Harris in the endzone for a 2-point conversion before the half to make it 17-0. A 92-yard Brown run set up a Vance Taylor touchdown and after a muffed punt Eric Patterson ran in a Cherokee touchdown to make it 30-0.
East Coweta 15, Newnan 13: Visiting Newnan struck first with a 28-yard touchdown pass from Chancellor Johnson to P.J. Harris and took a 7-0 lead into the second quarter. East Coweta answered with a pair of touchdown runs from Will LaGuardia and Carlos Ford but two failed extra points made it just a 12-7 lead at the half. Newnan reclaimed the lead with 8:17 left in the third quarter with a 6-yard J.K Britt rushing touchdown. Cole Antley missed his first two extra points of the season in the first half, but hit a clutch 40-yard field goal into the wind with 10:18 left to give East Coweta its 15-13 lead.
Grayson 38, Brookwood 3: Grayson surged to leads of 28-0 after the first quarter and 38-0 at halftime to overwhelm visiting Brookwood. Chase Brice completed eight of 13 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns for the Broncos. Brice accounted for two scores—one passing and one rushing—in the opening quarter. Evan Sturgill had an 81-yard touchdown reception to begin the scoring, Hunter Schuessler made 15-yard touchdown catch later in the first quarter and Andrew Hayes hauled in a 24-yard scoring strike just prior to halftime.
McEachern 41, Harrison 17: T.J. Rahming caught touchdown passes of 18, six and three yards from Bailey Hockman and had a 68-yard kickoff return for a score for host McEachern. Rahming finished with 132 yards rushing and 118 yards receiving. Hockman threw for 273 yards and five touchdowns, the other two going to Tyler Smith, who had 89 yards rushing and 65 yards receiving. McEachern led 14-3 at half and then exploded for 20 points in the third quarter to lead 34-10.
Milton 35, Pope 7: Host Milton started strong when quarterback Austin McCloud found Nathan Cranor for a 17-yard score for the early lead. Milton continued to dominate the first two quarters with long touchdown runs by Obe Fortune and Micco Brisker and carried a 21-0 lead into halftime. A 34-yard pass from Taylor Wolf to Mike Kemper cut Pope's deficit to 14. But Milton was just too strong, totaling 379 yards of offense, including 220 rushing yards.
Newton 50, Lakeside-DeKalb 4: Visiting Newton witnessed a team effort offensively. Quarterback Romario Johnson had three passing touchdowns in the game, including two passing scores to DeAndre Huff for 28 and 38 yards. J.J. Holloman scored on a 50-yard pass from Johnson while running back Kurt Taylor punched it into the Lakeside end zone for a pair of touchdowns. The Newton defense also contributed on the scoring effort as Cameron Banks returned an interception 52-yards for a touchdown.
Rockdale County 42, Alcovy 27: Alcovy had leads of 14-3 in the second quarter and 20-17 in the third before visiting Rockdale County pulled away. Rockdale County's Devin Williams set up a 4-yard touchdown run of his own by making a clutch reception to convert a 4th-and-17 situation. He also returned a kickoff 73 yards for a score to put the Bulldogs ahead 24-20 in the third quarter. It was a lead they would not relinquish. Rockdale County's first touchdown came on an 80-yard pass from Zuri Minnifield to T.J. Warren.
Wheeler 31, Lassiter 16: The visitors from Wheeler handed Lassiter a loss behind a strong defense and three Benaiah Franklin touchdowns. Franklin scored on a 60-yard reception, a 40-yard run and another run from about 20 yards out. Jacobi Green punched in a 5-yard rushing touchdown and Marcus Pratt returned a fumble for a score to help Wheeler secure the win after leading by just one holding in the third quarter.
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