By Score Atlanta
Class AAAAAA
Colquitt County 49, South Forsyth 31
How the game was won: Host South Forsyth led 31-28 with 10:30 left and the ball inside Colquitt County territory before the Packers closed the game with 21 unanswered points. South Forsyth was able to move the ball through the air throughout the game and after an Alex Barbir field goal, the War Eagles took a 10-0 lead with a sideline to sideline scramble and touchdown pass from Davis Shanley to Jalen Camp. Nate Powell scored Colquitt's first touchdown from 5-yards out and cut South Forsyth's lead to 10-7 entering the second quarter. Camp leapt for his second touchdown to make it 17-7 but Colquitt County converted a 3rd down and 15 on its ensuing drive and Ty Lee bounced outside and ran in a Packers touchdown with 6:23 left in the half. Colquitt County took its first lead of the game (21-17) with 1:46 left in the half when Chase Parrish hit a wide-open Kiel Pollard for a 13-yard slant and score. Pollard took a direct snap in for a 1-yard touchdown in the third quarter to increase the lead to 28-17 before South Forsyth began climbing back. Shanley hit Camp for an 84-yard touchdown and Julian Mingo intercepted Parish to set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Sam Outlaw to give South Forsyth a 31-28 lead. Colquitt County fumbled its next possession and South Forsyth took over at the Packers' 42-yardline but the Packers found their footing in the secondary. Quan Singletary picked off Shanley to set up an 8-yard touchdown run by Lee and Colquitt County reclaimed a 35-31 lead. After a tipped punt, Lee ran in a 29-yard score to make it 42-31. The final score came on what was the fifth Packers interception of the second half. Senior linebacker Akivie Bailey picked off Shanley and returned it 76 yards for the touchdown with 1:10 left.
Top Performers: South Forsyth's Jalen Camp caught three touchdown passes from Davis Shanley. … Colquitt County's Ty Lee ran in two touchdowns and Kiel Pollard ran and caught a touchdown. …Akivie Bailey had a 76-yard interception return for a touchdown.
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