Class 7A
1. (1) Collins Hill (3-0)
Last week: Beat Greenville Christian, Miss. 37-22. Sam Horn (9-of-21 for 54 yards) and Travis Hunter (four receptions, 28 yards) were taken away by Greenville Christian’s defensive schemes, but Collins Hill turned to the run after leading only 9-6 at halftime. Spenser Anderson rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries, and Ryan Stephens ran for 82 on 11. Greenville Christian was rated Mississippi’s No. 4 overall team by MaxPreps. Next: Friday at Rome (2-0)
2. (2) North Cobb (1-1)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. Alpharetta (1-2)
3. (3) Mill Creek (3-0)
Last week: Beat Dacula 35-7. Donovan Journey rushed for 120 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries. Mill Creek held Dacula to 111 total yards, most of those in the fourth quarter, and forced five turnovers, one an interception that Caleb Downs returned for a touchdown. Trace Butcher made field goals of 43, 32 and 21 yards. Next: Sept. 17 at West Forsyth (1-1)
4. (4) Walton (3-0)
Last week: Won by forfeit over Brookwood. Next: Friday vs. West Forsyth (1-1)
5. (5) Milton (2-1)
Last week: Beat Life Christian Academy, Va. 34-14. Devin Farrell was 17-of-23 passing for 244 yards and four touchdowns, three to Debron Gatling, who had five receptions for 105 yards. Life Christian, ranked the No. 2 team overall in Virginia by MaxPreps, scored on a fumble return in the final two minutes to improve the score. Next: Saturday at St. Joseph’s Prep, Pa. (1-0)
6. (6) Colquitt County (2-1)
Last week: Beat Cedar Grove 28-19. Neko Fann was 17-of-27 passing for 189 yards and four touchdowns, two each to Ny Carr and Landen Thomas. All three are sophomores. Fann’s 16-yard TD pass to Thomas with 1:35 left in the third quarter was the final score of the game. Next: Friday at Valdosta (1-2)
7. (7) Lowndes (2-1)
Last week: Beat Lake Gibson, Fla. 58-47. Jacarre Fleming (131) and Chase Belcher (112) each rushed for more than 100 yards, and Lowndes scored the game’s final two touchdowns after trailing 47-44 in the fourth quarter. Jacurri Brown was 12-of-19 passing for 166 yards and three touchdowns, though was held to 20 rushing yards on 12 carries. Khris Thomas had five receptions for 103 yards and two touchdowns. The 105 total points scored were the third-most ever scored in a Lowndes game. Next: Friday at Lee County (3-0)
8. (8) Roswell (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. North Paulding (2-0)
9. (9) Marietta (1-1)
Last week: Beat McEachern 42-21. Tyler Hughes was 22-of-29 passing for 310 yards and four touchdowns. Christian Mathis had nine receptions for 140 yards. McEachern had won 12 of the previous 13 games between the two. Next: Friday vs. Camden County (3-0)
10. (NR) Grayson (2-1)
Last week: Beat Alpharetta 42-6. Joseph Taylor rushed for 102 yards, and Dylan Elder rushed for 101. Jaylen Bell returned an interception for a touchdown. Next: Friday vs. Archer (0-2)
Out: No. 10 Cherokee (2-1)
Class 6A
1. (1) Buford (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. Myers Park, N.C. (2-1)
2. (2) Lee County (3-0)
Last week: Beat East Ridge, Fla. 60-0. Eight players scored touchdowns in a game that was 53-0 at halftime. Lee County outgained the Florida Class 8A opponent 509-28. Next: Friday vs. Lowndes (2-1)
3. (4) Carrollton (3-0)
Last week: Beat Jonesboro 48-7. M.J. Morris was 17-of-20 passing for 339 yards and four touchdowns. Gaining more than 100 yards receiving were Ace Williamson (6-102-2) and Takare Lipscomb (5-129-1). Kyron Johnson had two sacks for 18 lost yards. Jonesboro finished with minus-22 yards rushing. Next: Sept. 17 at Dalton (1-2)
4. (6) Rome (2-0)
Last week: Beat Cherokee 27-7. Rome held Cherokee to four first downs and 132 total yards as Jyrine Griffin and Stephiylan Green had two tackles for losses apiece. Reece Fountain was 16-of-25 passing for 144 yards. Next: Friday vs. Collins Hill (3-0)
5. (3) Westlake (2-1)
Last week: Lost to Creekside 27-20. Westlake had a first down at the Creekside 17 in the final minute but was intercepted in the end zone on fourth down. Coach Bobby May felt his team didn’t handle the success of beating Colquitt County the previous week. “We believed the hype and started eating all the rat poison,” he said. Next: Sept. 17 vs. Mays (0-2)
6. (7) Hughes (2-1)
Last week: Beat Harrison 38-14. Prentiss Noland was 15-of-19 passing for 157 yards and a touchdown, and Antonio Martin rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries. Next: Friday at Mays (0-2)
7. (5) River Ridge (3-0)
Last week: Beat Etowah 22-7. Amehre Morrison rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries. Gabriel Bolden’s 8-yard run with 8:22 made it 22-7, the final margin Next: Sept. 17 vs. Chattahoochee (1-2)
8. (9) Brunswick (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Thursday at New Hampstead (3-0)
9. (10) Northside-Warner Robins (3-0)
Last week: Won by forfeit over Howard. Next: Friday at Warner Robins (2-0)
10. (8) Valdosta (1-2)
Last week: Forfeited to Bainbridge. Next: Friday vs. Colquitt County (2-1)
Class 5A
1. (1) Warner Robins (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. Northside-Warner Robins (3-0)
2. (6) Creekside (2-0)
Last week: Beat Westlake 27-20. Nyqua Lett threw a 12-yard TD pass to Derrick White to break a 20-20 tie with 1:34 left, and Ricky McCrary intercepted a Westlake pass in the end zone with nine seconds left to clinch the victory. William Edwards III set up the game-winning score with an 83-yard kickoff return. Javeon Miller had three tackles for losses. Creekside had lost three straight to Westlake, its south Fulton County rival. Next: Friday at Cartersville (2-0)
3. (2) Ware County (3-0)
Last week: Beat Baldwin 41-20. Cartevious Norton rushed for 152 yards, his third consecutive 100-yard game, and Thomas Castellanos had 215 yards passing and 49 rushing and accounted for all five Ware County touchdowns (four passing, one rushing). Next: Friday vs. Thomson (2-0)
4. (3) Coffee (3-0)
Last week: Beat Houston County 34-10. Anthony Paulk returned interceptions 74 and 13 yards for touchdowns, the second giving Coffee a 28-10 lead in the third quarter. David Vaughn kicked field goals of 55 and 45 yards. Next: Friday vs. Salem (2-0)
5. (5) Cartersville (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. Creekside (2-0)
6. (10) Woodward Academy (3-0)
Last week: Beat Marist 14-9. Spencer Snipe and Chris Harrison stopped a Marist running back at the 1-yard line on the final play of the game. Harrison also scored on a 48-yard pass for the winning touchdown with 47 seconds left. Damari Alston rushed for 87 yards, and Jalen Woods passed for 179. Next: Sept. 16 at Mundy’s Mill (0-1)
7. (NR) St. Pius (2-1)
Last week: Beat Blessed Trinity 24-17. Shug Bentley scored on an 11-yard run for a 24-10 lead with 3:23 left, and St. Pius recovered an onside kick with 1:14 left to clinch the victory. Jack Tchienchou scored on a 76-yard pass from Alex Possert a minute into the game. Next: Friday at Cedar Shoals (0-1)
8. (8) Calhoun (1-1)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday at Ridgeland (1-2)
9. (4) Blessed Trinity (1-2)
Last week: Lost to St. Pius 24-17. Blessed Trinity QB J.C. French was 14-of-18 passing for 191 yards. Blessed Trinity got within 24-17 on an 11-play, 68-yard drive with 1:14 left but failed to recover an onside kick. Blessed Trinity lost three fumbles and forced no turnovers. Star RB Justice Haynes did not play because of injury. Next: Friday at Charlotte Catholic, N.C. (2-0)
10. (NR) Decatur (3-0)
Last week: Beat Greater Atlanta Christian 48-14. Harrison Hannah passed for more than 170 and two touchdowns and scored two touchdowns. Marquis Hood rushed for more than 100 yards. Decatur topped 300 yards rushing. Cameron Wingo had 2.5 sacks. Decatur is ranked for the first time since 2004. Next: Sept. 17 vs. Arabia Mountain (2-1)
Out: No. 7 Starr’s Mill (2-1), No. 9 Eastside (1-1)
Class 4A
1. (1) Jefferson (3-0)
Last week: Beat Southside, S.C. 45-7. Sammy Brown returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown, and Jefferson led 42-0 after one quarter. Jefferson held Southside to minus-31 yards rushing. Next: Friday at Mountain View (2-1)
2. (2) Marist (1-1)
Last week: Lost to Woodward Academy 14-9. Marist took a 9-7 lead with 5:54 left on a safety (center snap over Woodward QB’s head) but surrendered a 48-yard TD pass in the final minute, then was stopped at the Woodward 1-yard line on the game’s final play. Marist QB Champ Davis rushed for 59 yards and passed for 113. Marist led in total offense 266-233. Next: Friday at Hampton (0-1)
3. (4) Perry (2-0)
Last week: Beat Crisp County 21-0. Armar Gordon was 24-of-33 passing for 228 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 42 yards. Perry held Crisp to 152 total yards. Next: Friday at Veterans (1-1)
4. (3) Benedictine (0-2)
Last week: Lost to Beaufort, S.C. 33-23. Holden Geriner was 25-of-37 passing for 260 yards in the loss. Za’Quan Bryan had eight receptions for 119 yards. Beaufort is ranked No. 4 in South Carolina’s Class 4A. Next: Friday vs. North Oconee (1-2)
5. (5) Carver-Columbus (2-1)
Last week: Beat Spring Valley, S.C. 28-15. Jaiden Credle rushed for 221 yards and three touchdowns on 24 carries. D.J. Riles was 13-of-20 passing for 212 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 69 yards. Keemon Smith rushed for 106 yards on 13 carries. Next: Friday at Kendrick (0-2)
6. (6) Cedartown (1-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. New Manchester (1-2)
7. (7) Flowery Branch (2-0)
Last week: Game with Gainesville canceled. Off. Next: Sept. 17 vs. Hiram (0-3)
8. (8) Bainbridge (1-1)
Last week: Won by forfeit over Valdosta. Next: Friday at Thomasville (3-0)
9. (NR) Stephenson (3-0)
Last week: Beat M.L. King 30-0. Freshman QB Marte Barton was 14-of-24 passing for 160 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore RB Cheik Keita rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries. Next: Friday at Tucker (0-2)
10. (NR) New Hampstead (3-0)
Last week: Beat Savannah 51-0. Paul Seeley was 7-of-10 passing for 138 yards and five touchdowns, two each to Kaden Sonnabend and Toriano Bias. New Hampstead, ranked for the first time in history, has outscored its opponents 142-18. Next: Thursday vs. Brunswick (2-0)
Out: No. 9 Baldwin (1-1), No. 10 Cairo (0-1)
Class 3A
1. (1) Cedar Grove (1-1)
Last week: Lost to Colquitt County 28-19. Cedar Grove led 13-0 in the first half but lost to the No. 6 team in Class 7A. Rashod Dubinion rushed for 192 yards. Next: Sept. 17 vs. Greater Atlanta Christian (0-3)
2. (2) Oconee County (3-0)
Last week: Beat Clarke Central 21-2. Jacob Wright was 12-of-18 passing for 150 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 51 yards. Oconee County forced four turnovers (two fumbles, two interceptions). Next: Sept. 17 vs. Thomasville (3-0)
3. (3) Pierce County (2-1)
Last week: Beat Claxton 38-0. Donelius Johnson rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns on seven carries. Daytin Baker returned a fumble 67 yards for a score. It was Pierce County’s second straight shutout and 16th in the past 42 games. Next: Sept. 17 at Clinch County (0-2)
4. (4) Peach County (0-2)
Last week: Game with Griffin canceled. Next: Sept. 17 at Mary Persons (2-0)
5. (8) Sandy Creek (2-0)
Last week: Beat Newnan 35-34. Gemiere Latimer threw four TD passes, two in the final six minutes to rally Sandy Creek from a 34-21 deficit. Latimer’s 16-yard pass to John Hopson with 20 seconds left was the game-winner. Next: Friday vs. Starr’s Mill (2-1)
6. (5) Westminster (2-1)
Last week: Beat Pace Academy 31-21. Westminster trailed 14-0 early but scored the next 24 points in a five-minute span across the second and third quarters. Denton Shamburger returned an interception 42 yards for the 24-14 lead. Westminster is 6-0 all-time against Pace, with no victory more than 15 points. Next: Sept. 17 vs. Sandy Creek (2-0)
7. (7) Appling County (3-0)
Last week: Beat South Effingham 41-10. Taylon Crosby had 122 all-purpose yards, and Darion Smith and Toby Taylor had two sacks each. Next: Friday at Tift County (3-0)
8. (9) Thomson (2-0)
Last week: Game with Washington County canceled. Next: Friday at Ware County (3-0)
9. (10) Monroe Area (3-0)
Last week: Beat Morgan County 30-0. Selatian Straughter rushed for 204 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries. Morgan County didn’t have a first down until the fourth quarter. Jakari Jones had two sacks and five QB hurries. Next: Sept. 17 vs. Clarkston (1-0)
10. (6) Crisp County (0-2)
Last week: Lost to Perry 21-0. Crisp County was close in total yards, trailing only 255-194, but came up scoreless against the No. 3 team from Class 4A. Next: Friday vs. Eagle’s Landing Christian (0-2)
Class 2A
1. (1) Callaway (3-0)
Last week: Beat Hardaway 23-14. Amarion Truitt rushed for 93 yards on 17 carries. Deshun Coleman passed for 107 yards and two touchdowns. Elijah Gunn had two sacks. Next: Thursday vs. Douglass (0-2)
2. (2) Rabun County (1-1)
Last week: Game with Eagle’s Landing Christian canceled. Next: Friday at Murphy, N.C. (1-1)
3. (3) Fitzgerald (2-0)
Last week: Beat Turner County 34-12. Fitzgerald completed only one pass, for minus-1 yards, but rushed for 314 yards and five touchdowns while holding Turner County to 99 yards (most on an early 77-yard run) and four first downs. Next: Friday at Dodge County (3-0)
4. (4) Thomasville (3-0)
Last week: Beat Cairo 26-21. Thomasville trailed 21-0 in the first half but rallied, scoring the winning touchdown when Tyrun Dai Hayes forced a fumbled that Joe Williams recovered in the end zone. Jimmy Bowdry intercepted two passes. Shannen White was 10-of-15 passing for 170 yards. Next: Friday vs. Bainbridge (1-1)
5. (5) Northeast (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. Dougherty (2-0)
6. (6) Lovett (2-1)
Last week: Beat Washington 32-6. After a scoreless first quarter, Lovett scored three touchdowns in the second for a 22-0 lead and wasn’t threatened from there. Henry Stimmel rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. Next: Friday vs. Therrell (0-2)
7. (7) Bleckley County (3-0)
Last week: Beat Toombs County 35-18. Jahvon Butler rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries. Eli Mullis was 13-of-19 passing for 138 yards, and his 37-yard TD pass to Jaden Mobley gave Bleckley County a 27-6 lead early in the third quarter. Next: Friday vs. Vidalia (0-1)
8. (8) Dodge County (3-0)
Last week: Beat West Laurens 30-22. Dodge County trailed 20-0 at halftime. Duke Johnson was 13-of-20 passing for 145 yards and two touchdowns, both in the third quarter to get Dodge back in the game. Johnson also rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. Next: Friday vs. Fitzgerald (2-0)
9. (10) Jeff Davis (3-0)
Last week: Beat Jenkins 39-7. Jeff Davis had 336 yards rushing and held Jenkins to four first downs. Next: Friday vs. Tattnall County (1-0)
10. (NR) Heard County (3-0)
Last week: Beat Manchester 22-7. Isaiah O’Neal rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. His 70-yard TD run in the fourth quarter sealed the win. Next: Friday at Darlington (1-1)
Out: No. 9 Vidalia (0-1)
Class A Private
1. (1) Trinity Christian (3-0)
Last week: Beat Fellowship Christian 56-20. Trinity Christian trailed 6-0 but scored the next 49 points to lead by 43 after three quarters. Dominick Cosper rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries. David Dallas was 16-of-20 passing for 295 yards and three touchdowns, two to Joshua Dallas, who had four receptions for 101 yards and intercepted a pass. Freshman Camden Rodgers intercepted two passes. Next: Friday vs. Claxton (0-2)
2. (2) Eagle’s Landing Christian (0-2)
Last week: Game with Rabun County canceled. Next: Friday at Crisp County (0-2)
3. (4) Calvary Day (3-0)
Last week: Beat Frederica Academy 47-14. Freshman QB Donovan Johnson was 12-of-16 passing for 215 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on nine carries. Terry Simmons had four tackles for losses. Next: Friday at North Cobb Christian (2-1)
4. (5) Prince Avenue Christian (2-1)
Last week: Beat Providence Christian 69-14. Aaron Philo passed for 291 yards and four touchdowns. Freshman RB Mac Bradley rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on four carries. Prince Avenue has scored 69 points or more against Providence three times since 2016. Next: Friday vs. Holy Innocents’ (2-0)
5. (6) Whitefield Academy (3-0)
Last week: Beat North Cobb Christian 28-18. Whitefield Academy scored 21 points in the final three minutes to overcome an 18-7 deficit. Caleb LaVallee scored on two short TD runs, and Collin Shuster returned an interception for a score to clinch the victory. Caleb Peterson passed for 272 yards, and Cooper Craig had six receptions for 133 yards. Whitefield is 3-0 for the first time since 2002. Next: Friday at East Forsyth (0-3)
6. (7) Holy Innocents’ (2-0)
Last week: Beat Christ Church Episcopal, S.C. 31-0. Drew Bomar rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, intercepted a pass and had a sack and three tackles for losses. William Wright was 2-for-2 passing for 124 yards and a touchdown. Christ Church was ranked No. 9 in South Carolina’s Class 2A. Next: Friday at Prince Avenue Christian (2-1)
7. (10) Athens Academy (2-1)
Last week: Beat Augusta Christian 42-27. Reid Bangle returned an interception for a touchdown, and K.J. Whitehead returned another one to the 1-yard line, setting up a touchdown. Tre Hawkins rushed for 111 yards. Sam Bush rushed for 110 and three touchdowns. Next: Friday vs. Providence Christian (1-2)
8. (9) Wesleyan (2-1)
Last week: Beat Douglass 29-7. Brooks Sturgeon kicked field goals of 32, 35, 37 and 42 yards. Townes Hardy rushed for 88 yards on three carries. Next: Sept. 17 at Prince Avenue Christian (2-1)
9. (3) Fellowship Christian (1-1)
Last week: Lost to Trinity Christian 56-20. Caleb McMickle threw three TD passes, one on the final play of the game. Fellowship was down 49-7 in the third quarter. Next: Friday vs. B.E.S.T. Academy (1-1)
10. (8) North Cobb Christian (2-1)
Last week: Lost to Whitefield Academy 28-18. North Cobb Christian failed to hold an 18-7 lead in the final four minutes. Jadin Coates rushed for 136 yards. Next: Friday vs. Calvary Day (3-0)
Class A Public
1. (1) Irwin County (1-1)
Last week: Beat Monroe 52-26. Bo Payne had two receiving touchdowns, returned a kickoff for a touchdown and intercepted two passes. Irwin County had 409 rushing yards, 154 from Demarkas Lundy and 95 from Shane Marshall. Cody Soliday passed for 100 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 56 yards and a score. Next: Friday at Wilkinson County (1-1)
2. (2) Brooks County (0-1)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday vs. Cook (1-1)
3. (3) Macon County (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday at Marion County (1-2)
4. (4) Metter (2-0)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday at Savannah Country Day (2-0)
5. (10) Lincoln County (2-0)
Last week: Beat Westside-Augusta 23-17. Semaji Jenkins rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns, one a 47-yarder for a 23-3 lead midway in the fourth quarter. Franklin Brown returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown earlier in the fourth quarter. Next: Friday vs. Laney (1-1)
6. (5) Pelham (2-1)
Last week: Lost to Cook 24-20. Zane Touchton was 18-of-33 passing for 243 yards and two touchdowns. Trailing by four, Pelham never got closer inside the Cook 25 in the fourth quarter. Next: Friday vs. Clinch County (0-2)
7. (8) Dublin (0-1)
Last week: Off. Next: Friday at Wheeler County (2-0)
8. (NR) Emanuel County Institute (2-1)
Last week: Beat Vidalia 17-14. ECI built a 14-0 lead in the first half, kicked a short field goal for a 17-6 lead in the fourth quarter and held on. ECI had 294 yards rushing, 46 passing. Next: Sept. 17 vs. Screven County (0-1)
9. (7) Manchester (1-1)
Last week: Lost to Heard County 22-7. Zae Marshall scored Manchester’s touchdown on a 4-yard run for a 7-7 tie, but No. 10 Heard of Class AA pulled away in the second half. Next: Friday at Central-Talbotton (0-2)
10. (6) Bowdon (2-1)
Last week: Lost to Haralson County 14-10. Bowdon drove into the red zone in the final minute but threw incomplete to the end zone on fourth down. Robert McNeal was 9-of-16 passing for 122 yards and rushed for 21 yards. Next: Friday vs. Heritage-Newnan (0-1)
Out: No. 9 Wilcox County (0-2)
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