Class 4A had the best overall week in at least two years and posted enormous victories against some of the best teams in other classifications. Among the biggest wins were Benedictine scoring a 49-42 win over Class 5A No. 2 Ware County, Thomas County Central defeating defending Class 2A state champion Callaway 24-8 and Marist defeating Class 6A Harrison 50-28.
Thomas County Central led 17-0 at the half and was up 24-0 until Callway’s DeShun Coleman threw a touchdown pass to JT Burks with three minutes left. Samuel Brown rushed for a 15-yard touchdown and Persean Taylor added a pair of touchdown runs to pace Thomas County Central.
Benedictine quarterback Holden Geriner rushed for three touchdowns and passed for three touchdowns to lift the Cadets past No. 2 ranked Ware County. Benedictine’s other touchdown came on Holden Sapp’s 55-yard interception return minutes into the third quarter that gave the Cadets a 28-14 lead. Ware County quarterback Thomas Castellanos rushed for two touchdowns and also threw two touchdowns and Cartevious Norton tallied two Gators touchdowns in the second half.
Marist quarterback Champ Davis rushed for a score and threw two touchdown passes to Chandler Heath for the host War Eagles. Quinn Gooding and Cooper Felty both scored touchdowns and had interceptions on defense for Marist, and Andrew Mannelly also rushed for a score for the War Eagles. Walker Richens had an interception return for a touchdown to give Marist its largest lead, 43-7, in the third quarter. Marist led 29-7 at halftime.
Elsewhere in the classification, the main theme was region openers and other significant region victories. North Oconee posted a big 28-0 win over Madison County in the Titans’ Region 8 opener. Rod Finch and Dom Elder each scored a pair of rushing touchdowns to complement the Titans’ dominant defensive performance.
No. 1 ranked Jefferson scored a 27-7 win over Flowery Branch. The Dragons found themselves on the board early with an 18-yard touchdown from Tre Reece, and Sammy Brown added a rushing score just before halftime for a 14-0 lead. Brown then put Jefferson ahead 21-0 with a 67-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, and the teams each added a fourth-quarter score for the game’s final tally.
Additionally, Stephenson, Baldwin and Perry all kept their perfect seasons alive with Week 6 victories. Check out all the results below.
CLASS 4A WEEK 6 SCHEDULE
REGION 1
(1-3, 0-0) Bainbridge (BYE)
(2-2, 0-0) Cairo 21, Merritt Island FL 3
(4-0, 0-0) Dougherty (BYE)
(2-3, 0-0) Monroe (BYE)
(3-2, 0-0) Thomas County Central 24, Callaway 8
(2-2, 0-0) Westover (BYE)
REGION 2
(4-1, 3-0) Carver-Columbus (BYE)
*(4-1, 3-0) Troup 38, (1-3, 1-2) Columbus 14
*(2-2, 1-1) Hardaway 13, (2-4, 1-3) Spencer 12
*(1-4, 1-2) Kendrick 1, (0-5, 0-3) Jordan
*(4-0, 2-0) LaGrange at (0-3, 0-1) Shaw (CANCELLED)
REGION 3
(3-2, 0-0) Benedictine 49, Ware County 42
(3-2, 0-0) Islands 14, Beach 6
(2-2, 0-0) Jenkins vs. Savannah (Saturday)
(4-1, 0-0) New Hampstead 1, Groves 0
REGION 4
*(2-2, 1-0) Baldwin 45, (1-3, 0-1) Westside-Macon 0
(2-2, 0-0) Howard (BYE)
*(4-0, 1-0) Perry 49, (1-4, 0-1) Rutland 7
*(4-1, 1-0) Spalding 21, (2-3, 0-1) West Laurens 7
REGION 5
(3-2, 1-0) Fayette County (BYE)
(0-3, 0-1) Hampton (BYE) (4-1, 2-0) Luella (BYE)
(3-1, 1-1) McDonough (BYE)
Jonesboro 42, (0-4, 0-2) Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 6
*(3-1, 1-0) Riverdale 44, (0-5, 0-2) North Clayton 0
REGION 6
*(5-0, 1-0) Stephenson 20, (2-3, 0-1) Arabia Mountain 10
*(4-1, 1-0) Miller Grove 72, (0-5, 0-1) Druid Hills 12
*(1-4, 1-0) Mays 14, (1-4, 0-1) Hapeville Charter 6
(3-1, 1-0) Marist 50, Harrison 28
REGION 7
Calhoun 31, (3-1, 0-0) Cedartown 7
(3-2, 0-0) Central-Carroll 35, Heard County 20
(2-1, 0-0) Heritage-Catoosa (BYE)
(2-2, 0-0) Northwest Whitfield (BYE)
(3-1, 0-0) Pickens (BYE)
(1-4, 0-0) Ridgeland (BYE)
Gordon Lee 19, (1-5, 0-0) Southeast Whitfield 0
REGION 8
*(1-2, 1-0) Cedar Shoals 42, (1-4, 0-1) East Hall 8
(2-2, 0-0) Chestatee (BYE)
*(5-0, 1-0) Jefferson 27, (3-2, 0-1) Flowery Branch 7
* (2-3, 1-0) North Oconee 28, (3-2, 0-1) Madison County 0
About the Author
