Here’s a recap of the big stories in Class AAAAA from Week 2:
- Top 10 losses: Fourth-ranked Kell and No. 7 Gainesville suffered their first losses of the season on Friday, and both teams fell hard. Kell had its 28-game regular-season win streak snapped 27-9 by a Lassiter team that went 1-9 last season and lost to the Longhorns 42-35. Gainesville was held to 120 yards of offense in a 34-0 loss to AAAAAA No. 4 Grayson, which shut out the Red Elephants in the season-opener for the second consecutive season. Grayson got 149 yards rushing and two touchdowns from Cameryn Brent.
- Losing streak ends: Hardaway got a 34-yard touchdown pass from Dominique Ford to Ja'Kobe Ellerbee with 4:45 remaining Thursday to lead the Golden Hawks to a 33-30 victory over Chattahoochee County, ending a 19-game losing streak that was the longest in Class AAAAA. It was Hardaway's first victory since beating Columbus 21-7 on Sept. 6, 2013. The current longest losing streak in the classification is 12 games and is shared by Forest Park, Chapel Hill, Clarkston, Banneker and Cedar Shoals.
- Things are looking up: LaGrange opened the 2014 season with back-to-back losses to Callaway and Troup, marking the first time the Grangers had lost to both Troup County rivals in the same season. After beating Troup 35-7 on Friday, LaGrange has avenged both losses and is 2-0 for the first time since 2007. Grangers quarterback LaPerion Perry threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Mike Hardy and had scoring runs of 29 and 19 yards, according to the LaGrange Daily News. LaGrange beat Callaway 44-20 last weekend.
- Comebacks: Warner Robins trailed Peach County 21-0 with 2:03 remaining in the first quarter but rallied to win 44-34. Javion Bradford-Jackson rushed for 153 yards on 28 carries, and Terry Harris had 132 yards on 19 carries, according to the Macon Telegraph. Peach County, ranked No. 7 in Class AAA, won 19-0 last season. ... No. 9-ranked Carver-Columbus trailed rival Spencer 7-0 midway through the third quarter but scored the game's final 21 points to record its 17th consecutive victory in the series. Javontay Smith returned an interception 38 yards to give Carver the lead for good with 35 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
- City champions: Glynn Academy beat city rival Brunswick just four times in 20 meetings between 1995 and 2013, but the Red Terrors have now won two straight in the series after a 28-0 victory on Friday. Glynn Academy's Garrison Hurd rushed for 98 yards on 14 carries, had two receptions for 59 yards and scored three touchdowns, according to the Brunswick News. The victory establishes Glynn Academy as the likely top challenger to Ware County and Coffee in Region 3-AAAAA.
