Week 8 of high school football: Tucker, Walton score big wins

Jordan McCoy carried 27 times for 219 yards as Tucker ran over Chamblee 40-14 Friday night in the eighth weekend of the high school football season.

McCoy has rushed for 1,280 yard and 18 touchdowns this season.

In other key games, Walton won a top-10 showdown in Class 7A, Benedictine successfully defended its No. 1 ranking while Cedar Grove did not, and Osborne, Calhoun and Toombs County had big wins

No. 3 Walton beat No. 10 North Cobb 35-27 while Benedictine beat No. 5 Burke County in Region 3.

Cedar Grove, the No. 1 team in 3A, lost to Carver of Montgomery, Ala., 13-9.

The AJC sports team is updating scores from the Georgia high school football games all season. Scores will be updated as the games are played. Game stories and photo galleries will be posted after the games are over.

Here’s a look at this week’s scoreboard: