Class 7A No. 1 Collins Hill traveled to Class 6A No. 4 Rome and coasted to a 34-0 victory thanks to big performances from four-star Missouri-commit quarterback Sam Horn and five-star FSU-commit receiver Travis Hunter, who connected 10 times for 202 yards and a touchdown. Horn finished with three touchdown passes, and the nationally-ranked Eagles improved to 4-0 while giving Rome (2-1) its first loss.
Collins Hill set the tone on the first possession of the game, capping a scoring drive with a 9-yard Horn touchdown pass to tight end Ethan Davis. After holding Rome to a missed field goal on the Wolves’ first possession, Collins Hill took a 14-0 lead on a 67-yard scoring pass from Horn to Hunter, who caught a pass over the middle and outran a host of Rome defenders on his way to the end zone. Collins Hill took a 20-0 lead into halftime after a 1-yard touchdown run from Spenser Anderson early in the second quarter.
Collins Hill opted for a pop-up onside kick to start the second half and recovered, and the Eagles finished the drive on a 4th-and-goal from the 1-yard line as Horn tossed to running back Ryan Stephens for the touchdown rush. Collins Hill then scored a two-point conversion as Horn rolled out and found Dion Crawford, a linebacker in on the special-teams play, in the end zone. Collins Hill finished the scoring at the 4:41 mark of the third quarter on a 3-yard pass from Horn to Anderson.
