The football team (8-2, 6-1) finished the regular season on a three-game winning streak to lock up the No. 2 seed in Region 2-AAAAA. The team defeated Redan (2-7-1, 2-5) 42-7 on Oct. 31. Junior running back Mack Brown, a Redan transfer, torched his old team for 302 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Most impressive, Brown did it all in less than three full quarters. “It was a great performance by Mack, but the offensive line really helped him get all those yards,” explained head coach Corey Jarvis. The Lions went on to beat Union Grove (8-2, 5-2) in a 35-17 decision last Friday. Brown racked up 216 yards and three touchdowns, including a 74-yard scoring romp in the third quarter. Joel Kight added a 56-yard touchdown jaunt that helped the Lions pull away from a 14-14 halftime tie. “We definitely did not want to go on the road to Northside-Warner Robins,” Jarvis said of the potentially daunting playoff scenario had the Lions lost. “We wanted to be able to play in front of our home fans.” A home game is what they will get, and it will come against Tift County (7-3, 5-2) this Friday night.
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