The Hillgrove Hawks looked like they had weathered the storm from West Forsyth when Kenyan Drake returned a kick for a score late in the second quarter for a tie-breaking touchdown. West Forsyth would regroup at halftime and hold Drake to under 40 yards for the game in a 40-28 victory to end Hillgrove’s season. Drake did total three scores for the game. Blake Roberts led the Wolverines with 111 yards rushing. Kell managed to dent the scoreboard against Lovejoy, but it was the Wildcats that ruled the day 15-10. Kell fumbled away a screen pass which led to a Lovejoy score. The defense would force another fumble late in the game. ... Pope was thumped 35-0 by Tri-Cities when Oscar Ross passed for a score and ran for another. The Bulldogs scored early on a Xavier Robinson 80-yard score. The defense also forced four turnovers. ... ML King was down a touchdown and running out of time when Jonquel Dawson hit Cornell Boyd for a 31-yard score to force overtime. In the extra frame, Dawson found Blake Tibbs for the 27-21 game-winning score. Dawson had three scores and 352 yards in the win. ... Dacula dumped Newnan 32-21 thanks to a pair of Marcus Cox scores as well as one from Rocky Capobianco. ... Walton advanced to the next round with a 42-7 win over South Cobb. Tyren Jones scored four times in the first half and recorded five total touchdowns for the Raiders. ... St. Pius jumped out to a 24-0 halftime lead before rolling on to a 31-6 victory over Henry County. Ryan Braswell contributed 153 yards and three scores on 23 carries. Aaron Avant picked off two Henry County passes. ... Miles Jones scored two touchdowns which would be enough for Allatoona to advance past Mary Persons 14-7.
GPB Game of the week recap..... Lassiter defense holds McEachern down in victory.
With Eddie Printz, Juwan Dickey, Charlie Hegedus and Isiah Willis all on offense, Lassiter has the ability to put points on the scoreboard in a hurry. It was the defense however that moved the Trojans past McEacher 20-17 and into the second round. The Lassiter secondary intercepted McEachern quarterback Trent Thompson three times to spur the Trojans on to a victory. Garrett Shank returned an interception to the Indians one-yard line early in the first quarter to help the Trojans out to an 8-0 lead. Willis finished off the drive with a one-yard plunge for the score. Lassiter would allow the Thompson to find Malik Williams for a 20-yard score and Nicholas St. Germain would connect on a 29-yard field goal to give the Indians a 10-8 halftime lead. Lassiter had a chance towards the start of the second quarter to put some points on the board but missed on fourth-and-goal from inside the two-yard line when Printz’s pass was too high for Willie Police.
The Trojan defense would not surrender much over the next 22 minutes though, picking off Thompson in the third quarter just seconds after Printz found Hegedus for a 12-yard score to give Lassiter the lead back 14-10. Lassiter wouldn’t move the ball after the interception, but the punt was muffed by the upback and recovered by a Trojans special teams player.
The Trojans would start the fourth quarter with a 30-yard completion on fourth-and-two, leading to a Josh Danforth one-yard touchdown run. The Lassiter defense would stop McEachern on the next drive on a fourth-and-one, then Lassiter would intercept Thompson to snuff out the Indians next drive, allowing the Trojans to nearly kill the clock. McEachern scored on a 55-yard touchdown screen pass to Jaloni Wells, but the Trojans recovered the onside kick to ice the game.
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