--St. Pius X and Arabia Mountain combined for exactly 1,000 total yards and 108 points in the Golden Lions’ 70-38 win Friday. It’s the second most points St. Pius has ever scored, according to the Georgia High School Football Historians Association.
The Lions did not attempt a pass and rushed for 527 yards. Ransom Klinger scored three touchdowns, and Dalton Wilson, Joe Connors and Grant Holloman each had two touchdown runs for St. Pius. Arabia Mountain finished with 473 yards, with quarterback Jakobi Myers passing for 295 yards and six touchdowns. Neither team punted.
(CORRECTION: St. Pius scored 72 points in a first-round playoff win over Hart County in 2012).
--Woodward Academy’s 28-7 upset of No. 2 Sandy Creek on Friday put the War Eagles in the driver’s seat in Region 5-AAAA. With two games remaining, the War Eagles (7-1, 3-0) are the only team without a loss in region play. The game was tied 7-7 with 9:49 to play, before Woodward Academy scored the final 21 points to pull off the upset. The loss snapped Sandy Creek’s 44-game region win streak and handed the Patriots (7-1, 2-1) their first regular-season loss since 2009.
--Locust Grove pulled off another miracle comeback Friday in a 37-30 overtime win over Henry County. Trailing 30-19 with 1:03 remaining, Locust Grove quarterback Cameron Maddox scored on a 29-yard run and then hooked up with Aubry Payne for a two-point conversion to cut the deficit to three. Locust Grove recovered an ensuing onside kick and sent the game into overtime on a Voshon Ramcharan field goal. Caleb Huntley scored the winning touchdown in overtime for the Wildcats. In Week 4, Locust Grove overcame an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit in a 41-37 win over Dutchtown.
--No. 1 Buford won its 33rd straight game in impressive fashion, routing region challenger North Oconee 58-3 Friday. The Wolves (8-0, 5-0 Region 8-AAAA) have outscored their region opponents 161-32. The dominant performance from Buford certainly impressed of North Oconee coach Terry Tuley.
"They're the guys that walk out there that scare your momma's children," Tuley told the Gwinnett Daily Post.
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