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Mount Paran 45, Christian Heritage 9: Visiting Mount Paran jumped to a 45-0 lead in the first half and improved to 7-0 for the first time in school history. The Eagles used long touchdown runs from Ryan Moran and Dorian Walker to take a 14-0 lead and Jake Allen found Emoni Williams for a touchdown pass before the end of the first quarter to make it 21-0. Ryan Moran booted a 41-yard field goal in the second quarter and Allen would find Williams for three more touchdowns, including a 49-yard throw and catch at the end of the first half.

Mount Pisgah 21, Pinecrest Academy 14: Aaron Winchester rushed for two touchdowns and passed for one to lead host Mt. Pisgah past Pinecrest. Winchester scored on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter to put Pisgah up 21-7. A Nick Palmer touchdown reception for Pinecrest with under a minute to play made it a 7-point game, but the ensuing onside kick went out of bounds. Linebacker Max Miller had 11 tackles for Pisgah.

St. Francis 25, King’s Ridge Christian 13: Host St. Francis was able to shake off a sluggish start and defeat King’s Ridge. After trailing 7-0, the Knights scored on an A.J. Cummings 19-yard touchdown run, but missed the extra point. St. Francis recovered an onside kick and later scored to make it 12-7 after a failed two-point conversion. King’s Ridge returned a third quarter fumble for a touchdown. Jordan Ferguson ran for a score in the third and a Cummings 65-yard touchdown run put the game out of reach in the fourth.

Whitefield Academy 17, Fellowship Christian 13: A fourth-quarter score propelled the host Wolfpack to a victory after a 3-3 tie at the half. Jake Williamson got the Paladins on the board first with a 50-yard field goal in the first quarter. Whitefield’s Matt Olson answered with a 26-yarder to tie the game going into halftime. Fellowship quarterback Shane Young scored on a short run before Whitefield quarterback Sky Dupree scored a rushing touchdown of his own. Nile Ball caught the go-ahead touchdown to win the game. Ball finished with 96 yards rushing, 22 yards passing and 11 yards receiving. Whitefield totaled 254 yards of offense.

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