It was a historic night in Henry County and it turned out well for Dutchtown.
In only the second game ever between two ranked teams from Henry County Schools, No. 5 Dutchtown got two fourth-quarter interceptions, converted one into the winning touchdown, and topped No. 3 Stockbridge 21-14. The victory broke Stockbridge’s 42-game regular-season winning streak and left Dutchtown one win short of its first region championship.
Ja’Shaun Poke came up with an interception early in the fourth quarter. That led by a 38-yard touchdown from Nate McCollum to give Dutchtown the lead. Corey Minner Jr. got a pick to end Stockbridge’s next possession and point the Bulldogs toward the win.
Dutchtown scored on a 5-yard run by Kevon Green and a 21-yard run by Chris Coneway.
Jevon McDonald threw a 20-yard touchdown to Isaiah Taylor, a drive set up when Devion Newsom blocked a punt. McDonald also connected with Kerick Reese for a touchdown.
“It’s the Dutchtown way,” coach Clifford Fedd told the Henry Herald. “That’s what we’re supposed to do. We’re doing things right and playing disciplined football and playing together as a team. That’s what I was brought her to do and that’s what we’re doing.”
Dutchtown can nail down the region title next week with a win over 1-7 Eagle’s Landing.
No. 8 Wayne County wins, sets up region showdown: The Yellow Jackets (9-0) outlasted New Hampstead 31-20 and could win the Region 2 title with a season-ending victory over Ware County. Wayne got touchdown runs from Victor Andrews and MJ Fuller, but the backbreaker was a 78-yard pass from Shamar Taylor to Ashby Cribb with no time remaining in the first half. Kalijah Hartzog added a 12-yard pick-six and Fuller scored from 29 yards, his 12th touchdown of the season. Fuller finished with 113 yards and two touchdowns. Cribb had six catches for 78 yards. New Hampstead scored on a 10-yard pass from Deyandre Ruffin to Dontre Wallace, a 37-yard fumble recovery by Justin McKitchen and a 64-yard strip-and-score by Jurel Armstrong.
No. 10 Kell rolls on: The invigorated Longhorns scored a season-high points in a 63-3 win at Cass. Kell has averaged 39.2 points in its last five games. Evan Conley threw four touchdown passes, two of them to Cam Ball and one each to Xavier Parris and Jaylon Brown. Kell remains in a three-way tie with East Paulding and Carrollton for second place in Region 7.
That's 36 straight for No. 1 Rome: The two-time defending champion Wolves got four touchdown runs from Jamious Griffin and routed Hiram 56-0. Griffin scored on runs of 8, 7, 7 and 5 yards, giving him 26 touchdowns this season. Griffin, a N.C. State commit, rushed 18 times for 165 yards, raising his season total to 1,850 yards.
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