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By Score Atlanta

Class AA

Pelham 40, Berrien 39

How the game was won: Pelham rode quarterback James Fackler to its first playoff berth since 2009. The game featured five lead changes and two ties. Fackler scored on a 45-yard run and the Hornets converted on a 2-point conversion with under three minutes left to take the lead for good.

Top Performers: James Fackler accounted for four touchdowns, all coming in the second half. Fackler tossed a 64-yard score to Cassius Allen and later found Allen again for another touchdown. …Kobe Russell ran in a 79-yard touchdown. …Berrien received two Devyne Lindsey touchdown runs. …Chris Naylor punched in a 9-yard score and Blake Guthrie turned on the burners for a 73-yard touchdown in the fourth.