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Alpharetta 31, Lambert 17: Alpharetta’s Miles Smith followed up a scoreless opening quarter with two of his three touchdown runs and the visiting Raiders took a 14-3 lead at the half. Alpharetta’s Austin King found Nesean Crawford on a 79-yard touchdown pass and Lambert answered with a Trevor O’Brien touchdown run and a successful 2-point conversion. Smith's third rushing touchdown from 45 yards out to made it 28-11. Jarrett Wright ran in a Lambert touchdown but Lem Cobbs iced the game for the Raiders with a rushing score with 7:04 left.
Brookwood 35, Berkmar 7: Jesse Brown rushed 16 times for 66 yards and two touchdowns to pace Brookwood to an easy win over visiting Berkmar. Brown scored bookend touchdowns for the Broncos in the first quarter and the fourth quarter en route to a 35-0 lead. The Patriots finally got on the scoreboard with 49 seconds remaining when Isaac Fuentes caught a 70-yard touchdown pass from Jaydee Warner. Brookwood was also led by new quarterback Mason LeBlanc, who carried seven times for 102 yards and one score while also throwing two touchdowns to Ricky Sharma and Zack Lee.
Dacula 27, South Gwinnett 13: Jakob Brashear rushed for a clinching fourth-quarter touchdown and had an interception on defense to lead Dacula past visiting South Gwinnett. The Falcons got off to a fast start, with two touchdowns in the first two minutes of the game. Bijan Sirleaf opened it with a scoring run before C.J. Mayes took his second interception of the night to the endzone. Sirleaf had two touchdown runs, the second of which put Dacula ahead 20-6 early in the final quarter.
Grayson 13, Parkview 7: Grayson held visiting Parkview to zero yards in the opening quarter and took a 7-0 lead after sophomore quarterback Chase Brice’s 33-yard touchdown pass to Cedric Asseh. Austin Hoyt made a pair of Grayson field goals to increase the lead to 13-0. Parkview quarterback Jack Chambers found Tyler Fleetwood for a 2-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to 13-7 with nine minutes left. Georgia-commitment Justin Young recorded his fourth sack on Parkview’s last-second hail mary attempt.
Lowndes 17, Newton 13: Newton’s 15-14 win over Lowndes last year was considered one of the biggest surprises of 2013. This year, the two teams used all four quarters before Lowndes held on for a 17-13 victory. Nick Hart kicked a 27-yard field goal to put the Vikings up 3-0 and Lowndes extended the lead to 10-0 lead with a 53-yard touchdown pass from Austin Dixon to Desmon Copeland before the half. Newton scored its first touchdown with 1:59 left in the third quarter on a 3-yard Kurk Taylor run, but Lowndes answered with a 47-yard touchdown from Dixon to Xavier Jenkins to push it to a 17-7 lead. Romario Johnson found DeAndre Huff for a 9-yard Newton touchdown pass with 5:43 left to cut Lowndes lead to 17-13.
McEachern 7, Lovejoy 3: Better late than never is what McEachern’s offense must have been thinking throughout a highly-anticipated Class AAAAAA showdown against host Lovejoy at Twelve Oaks Stadium. What turned into a defensive battle ended in a thrilling 7-3 victory for the visiting Indians.
The teams were deadlocked in 0-0 tie until late in the third quarter when Jose Perez of the Wildcats kicked a field goal. McEachern had blocked two Perez attempts in the opening 12 minutes but could not thwart the kicker’s third try. The Indians did not answer until only 1:09 remained in the game, at which point T.J. Rahming made a juggling catch in the endzone on a 26-yard pass from Bailey Hockman.
Dylan Hamilton iced the game with an interception on the Wildcats’ final drive.
Mill Creek 42, Duluth 0: Daniel David amassed 210 yards of total offense while throwing two touchdown passes and rushing for one more in Mill Creek’s rout of host Duluth. David connected with Joe Hull from 48 yards out to begin the scoring in the first quarter and tossed a 28-yard scoring strike to Micah Pulley in the fourth. Johnathan Hawkins, who finished with 125 yards on nine carries, scored on a 54-yard run two plays into the second half. The Hawks also got touchdown jaunts from Brian Efianayi in the third quarter and Malik Turner to cap off the night’s scoring late in the fourth.
Norcross 19, Mountain View 7: Nick Harris gave host Mountain View a 7-0 lead with a 42-yard touchdown run in the opening quarter but Norcross used 19 unanswered points to move to 5-0 all-time against the Bears. The Blue Devils were led by a two-touchdown performance from Jamir Billings that included a 74-yard touchdown run to give Norcross a 12-7 lead at the half and first lead.
Northview 50, Johns Creek 7: The battle of Johns Creek went in favor of the host Northview Titans. Josh Maran caught two touchdown passes from D.J. Pearson who threw three scoring passes. Jair Anderson was on the receiving end of Pearson’s other touchdown pass. The Titans scored two defensive touchdowns thanks to interceptions by linebackers Malcolm Conn and Devan Johnson. Nathan Phillips also scored for the Titans offense. Northview is now 4-0 and has outscored their opponents 182-14.
Peachtree Ridge 70, Meadowcreek 0: Peachtree Ridge scored on every possession but one and racked up 326 rushing yards off 31 carries. Quarterback Chance Thrasher sparked the offense early with two touchdown passes in the first quarter to Connor Heyward that gave the visiting Lions a 14-0 lead. Na’Ceem Antenor had 10 carries for 107 yards and two touchdowns and Marquez Jackson ran for 102 yards and two scores off nine handoffs. Tyler Campbell ran for a 46-yard touchdown and Malik Staples accumulated 37 yards off three carries and a touchdown. Sophomore Zane Ashley threw a touchdown pass to Alan Suarez in the fourth quarter and Joe Smith scored added a defensive touchdown with an interception return.
Roswell 33, Milton 31: Roswell scored the game-winning touchdown with 23 second left in the fourth quarter on a 13-yard pass from quarterback James Whitaker to Mechane Slade. Slade had eight receptions for 115 yards and two touchdowns. Visiting Roswell got 139 yards of rushing and two scores from Sheldon Evans as the team totaled 381 yards of offense. Milton got 99 yards of rushing from Micco Brisker, including a 65-yard touchdown run.
South Forsyth 55, North Forsyth 3: Tyler LaFlamme and Sam Outlaw ran for two touchdowns a piece as South Forsyth defended its homefield against rival North Forsyth. The War Eagles jumped out to a 28-0 lead. Matthew White found Curtis Roach twice for touchdowns. Jaziah Jordan and Joey Johnson added late scores. South Forsyth moves to 3-1 while North Forsyth remains winless at 0-4.
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