The Buford Wolves entered its contest against Lovett ranked as the No.1 team in Class AA and winners of 37 straight home games, 55 straight regular season home games. The Lovett Lions, ranked No. 5 in Class AA, scored 28 points in a victory against Buford two years ago and seemed ready to perhaps hand Buford another loss. Darrian Smith scored on a 27-yard sprint in the first quarterback, but Lovett intercepted Sam Clay once in Lions’ territory and forced a punt on another drive. The score at intermission was Buford 7-0.
The Wolves used its size advantage on the first drive of the second half, plowing through the Lions’ defensive line to double its lead to 14-0. Andre Johnson capped the drive with a 12-yard scoring run. He would add his second of the quarter on a 59-yard sprint with four minutes left in the quarter and Nathan Staub would add another 15-yard score before the end of the third quarter.
Lovett would finally dent the scoreboard as freshman quarterback Willie Candler ran 28 yards for a score on third and ten early in the fourth quarter. The freshman was making his first start and he finished with no turnovers but a loss. Buford would add an eleven-yard touchdown from junior Dontravious Wilson in the 35-7 Wolves’ win. Wilson finished with 80 yards on six carries while Johnson finished with 8 carries and 170 yards. Buford quarterback Sam Clay played in the fourth quarter for the first time all season but improved to 6-0 on the year. Lovett suffered its first loss of the year to drop to 3-1. Buford did rack up 20 penalties in the game to Lovett’s seven.
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