The Week 5 results are in and teams like Flowery Branch, LaGrange and Carver-Columbus were among the biggest standouts. Flowery Branch scored a 56-0 win over Hiram. Myles Ivey, Malik Dryden, and quarterback David Renard all rushed for a pair of touchdowns to lead Flowery Branch past Hiram. Quarterback David Renard was 5-of-10 passing for two touchdowns. Ivey had 22 carries for 144 yards and two touchdowns. Dryden had 13 carries for 111 yards and two touchdowns. Flowery Branch travels to Jefferson Friday.
LaGrange cruised to a 48-6 win over Kendrick. LaGrange led 41-0 at half and celebrated its first 4-0 start since 2007. AJ Tucker got the Grangers on the board with a 12-yard touchdown run and returned to the endzone before the half to make it 41-0. Magic Johnson also rushed in a 12-yard touchdown and Asa Leath scored on a goal-line touchdown that gave LaGrange a 34-0 lead.
Carver Columbus improved to 4-1 with a 43-7 win over Shaw. The home team outgained the Raiders by a margin of 386 yards to 87, including 113-15 passing and 273-67 on the ground.
The back-and-forth battle between Westover and Early County featured seven lead changes, but it was junior quarterback Braylon Cook’s third-down pass to Lumumba Spears with 3:45 remaining in the game that put the Patriots on top for good 30-27. Cook then connected with Alex Ingram—who had hauled in a leaping catch to extend the drive moments earlier—for the successful two-point conversion and 30-27 final. The win is the program’s first under new head coach Adam Miller.
Wayne County’s Jah Ross knotted the game early at 7-7 with a 55-yard rushing score before Benedictine seized control for the remainder of the Week 5 matchup to get the 51-7 win. Justin Thomas rushed for 171 yards on 12 carries in the first half, including touchdown runs of 22, 46 and 10 yards, and the UGA baseball-commit hauled in an interception on defense as well. The Cadets, who led 44-7 at the break, improve to 2-2 with the win following an 0-2 start to the season.
Host Riverdale found itself tied with visiting Pebblebrook 14-14 out of Class 7A at the end of regulation after Falcons kicker Jordan Neang’s 28-yard field goal attempt came up short, and head coach Rodney Hackney elected to end the game there. The game was knotted at halftime as well (7-7), and both Pebblebrook (4-0-1) and Riverdale (2-0-1) remain undefeated following the 14-14 final.
CLASS AAAA WEEK 5 RESULTS
REGION 1
Ware County 42, (1-3, 0-0) Bainbridge 15
Fitzgerald 29, (1-2, 0-0) Cairo 13
(4-0, 0-0) Dougherty 52, Turner County 23
Northeast 27, (2-3, 0-0) Monroe 6
(2-2, 0-0) Thomas County Central (BYE)
(0-3, 0-0) Westover 30, Early County 27
REGION 2
*(4-1, 3-0) Carver-Columbus 43, (0-3, 0-1) Shaw 7
*(1-3, 1-1) Columbus 44, (0-4, 0-2) Jordan 0
(1-2, 0-1) Hardaway (BYE)
*(4-0, 2-0) LaGrange 48, (0-4, 0-2) Kendrick 6
*(3-1, 2-0) Troup 51, (2-3, 1-2) Spencer 26
REGION 3
(2-2, 0-0) Benedictine 51, Wayne County 7
Brunswick 41, (2-2, 0-0) Islands 6
(1-2, 0-0) Jenkins vs. Hilton Head SC (Saturday)
(3-1, 0-0) New Hampstead (BYE)
REGION 4
(1-2, 0-0) Baldwin (BYE)
Effingham County 27, (2-2, 0-0) Howard 6
(3-0, 0-0) Perry (BYE)
(1-3, 0-0) Rutland 41, ACE Charter 14
(3-1, 0-0) Spalding (BYE)
(1-2, 0-0) West Laurens vs. Veterans
Hillgrove 45, (1-3, 0-0) Westside-Macon 25
REGION 5
*(3-2, 1-0) Fayette County 36, (0-3, 0-1) Hampton 31
*(3-2, 2-0) Luella 41, (0-3, 0-1) Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 8
*(3-2, 1-1) McDonough 32, (0-4, 0-1) North Clayton 14
(2-0-1, 0-0) Riverdale 14, Pebblebrook 14
REGION 6
Decatur 26, (2-2, 0-1) Arabia Mountain 14
(0-4, 0-0) Druid Hills vs. Madison County (Cancelled)
(0-3, 0-0) Hapeville Charter (BYE)
(2-1, 0-0) Marist (BYE)
Westlake 56, (0-4, 0-0) Mays 6
(3-1, 0-0) Miller Grove (BYE)
(4-0, 0-0) Stephenson (BYE)
REGION 7
(3-0, 0-0) Cedartown 42, Heard County 0
Villa Rica 41, (2-2, 0-0) Central-Carroll 13
Darlington 28, (2-1, 0-0) Heritage-Catoosa 7
(2-2, 0-0) Northwest Whitfield (BYE)
(3-1, 0-0) Pickens 45, Union County 7
Cass 30, (1-4, 0-0) Ridgeland 6
Armuchee 24, (1-3, 0-0) Southeast Whitfield 14
REGION 8
Winder-Barrow 36, (0-2, 0-0) Cedar Shoals 18
North Hall 23, (2-2, 0-0) Chestatee 21
East Jackson 49, (1-3, 0-0) East Hall 21
(3-1, 0-0) Flowery Branch 56, Hiram 0
(4-0, 0-0) Jefferson (BYE)
(2-1, 0-0) Madison County at Druid Hills (Cancelled)
(1-3, 0-0) North Oconee (BYE)
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