The Norcross Blue Devils raced out to a 22-0 lead thanks to two non-offensive touchdowns, but the North Gwinnett Bulldogs roared back with 29 points in the game’s final 13:30 minutes to escape Norcross Stadium with a 29-22 win. A power outage late in the fourth could not stall the Bulldogs game-winning drive. ... The Tucker Tigers crushed Mays 50-7 in a huge region showdown. Yusuf Minor scored multiple times in the victory. ... No. 2 McEachern had an early 3-0 lead but Hillgrove evened things up at 10-10 before a late safety gave the Hawks a 12-10 road victory. Kenyan Drake had 188 yards for Hillgrove but the winning points were scored when the Indians punter kicked the ball out of the back of the endzone following a high snap. ... Johns Creek pitched the shutout in a 23-0 victory over Lambert, shutting down the Gladiator offense and forcing six turnovers. ... Tri-Cities got two touchdowns from Demetrius Brandon and Oscar Ross contributed three scores in a 35-28 win over North Clayton. ... Centennial’s Connor Davis hit a late 25-yard field goal to beat Roswell 32-30. ... Robert Nkemdiche scored three touchdowns in Grayson’s 34-14 victory over Dacula. Nick Schuessler threw for two scores in the victory. ... Peachtree Ridge edged Collins Hill 28-27 after rallying from down 27-14 with three minutes left. ... Lassiter beat Cherokee by 50 to bounce back from last week’s defeat at Walton. Eddie Printz threw for three scores and 224 yards. ... ML King beat Luella 49-42 when Carnell Boyd snared the game-winning score with two minutes left. ... Stephenson, Lovejoy and Marist were all winners as well. ... Greater Atlanta Christian improved to 6-0 by thrashing Decatur 69-31 and Lovett beat Therrell 42-14.
GPB.org/sports Game of the Week recap: North Gwinnett at Norcross
One year ago the Norcross Blue Devils entered its game with North Gwinnett 5-0 before the Bulldogs waxed Norcross 38-0 en route to a region championship. One year later Norcross entered its game with North Gwinnett 5-0, and both teams are eyeing the Region 7-AAAAA title. Norcross used two non-offensive touchdowns to jump out to a 22-0 lead early in the third quarter. Anthony Autry gave Norcross the early lead with an 81-yard catch and run, then after a field goal Myles Autry returned a punt 52 yards for a score. Norcross looked like it was going to roll to a victory after returning a fumble 55 yards then recovering another fumble to put North Gwinnett in a hole. North Gwinnett intercepted a pass deep in its own territory to stave off a game-clinching score for Norcross. Score 44 member Scott Hosch plunged into the endzone to put North Gwinnett on the board with ninety seconds left in the third quarter.
Norcross would stop North Gwinnett on fourth-and-goal but then give the ball right back on an Alvin Kamara fumble. Justin Thomas returned the fumble ten yards for a score to pull the Bulldogs to within eight. Another Norcross fumble gave North Gwinnett a chance to tie the game. Senior Joe Jones would reach the endzone with 2:09 to play and Hosch would hit Russell King on the two-point conversion to tie the game. Donnie Miles hobbled back onto the field after suffering an ankle injury earlier in the game and would step in front of Blue Devils receiver Jason Croom for an interception to set up another Jones score with 16 seconds left, giving North Gwinnett a comeback 29-22 victory. Not even a power outage late in the contest could stop the Bulldogs comeback as North Gwinnett improved to 5-1.
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