Because of inclement weather caused by Hurricane Hanna, over 20 high-school football games were moved from their scheduled times. Schools were given the option of playing the week’s game on Thursday, Friday or Saturday without notifying the GHSA. Some of the high-profile matchups that were rescheduled were the Camden County-Columbia County (Fla.) and Charlton County-First Coast (Fla.) games, which were both played on Thursday at Camden County. Lincoln County at McCormick (S.C.) was moved to Thursday as well. The Georgia schools were the victors in each of the three aforementioned contests.
PIGSKIN AROUND THE STATE
Perhaps the most exciting game last week was North Cobb’s last-second home victory over M.L. King. North Cobb kicker Stephen Petillo put a 22-yard field goal through as time expired to give the Warriors the 24-21 win. North Cobb’s game-winning drive started with just over seven minutes to go at their own 20-yard line. M.L. King’s three touchdowns came courtesy of running back Mack Brown, who scored on carries of 5, 11 and 33 yards. North Cobb moved to 1-0 on the year, and M.L. King dropped to 1-1.
Grayson continues to impress, as the Rams shut out against Warner Robins 30-0. Grayson capitalized on two first-quarter fumbles, and Harrell Gunn led the Rams with 106 yards rushing. … North Gwinnett followed up the loss to Byrnes (S.C.) with a win over struggling Brookwood, 17-3. North quarterback Michael Tamburo passed for 245 yards and ran for 42 more in the win. … Parkview got a much-needed win by beating Chattahoochee 49-12. Auburn commit Brandon Jacobs rushed for three scores in the game. … Dunwoody kept the momentum from the upset win over Griffin in Week 1, defeating another Class 4A opponent in Oconee County. The Wildcats got another stellar performance from tailback Treavor Scales, who rushed for three touchdowns and 104 yards in the 37-13 win. … St. Pius X got their second straight win over a private-school powerhouse by beating Greater Atlanta Christian 31-10. In Week 1, The Golden Lions took out Marist, who rebounded last Friday by beating Stone Mountain 45-13.
Down south, several talented teams were defeated by schools from lower classifications. Class 2A Brooks County routed Class 5A Tift County 35-7, Class 1A Wilcox County defeated state-ranked Perry of Class 3A 47-21, and Class 3A Cairo demolished Class 4A Thomas County Central 28-6.
OFF THE GRIDIRON
In cross country news, the Berry High School Invitational was held at Berry College in Rome last weekend, and many of the top programs in Georgia, and around the Southeast, were in attendance. Westminster won the boys Class 1A-3A section, Marietta took second in the boys 4A-5A, Blessed Trinity took first in girls 1A-3A, and Alpharetta took second in girls 4A-5A. (Mountain Brook of Alabama took first in both boys and girls 4A-5A.) … Peachtree Ridge was supplanted by Greenbrier in last week’s Gasports.com/GACA coaches softball poll. At press time, the Lady Wolf Pack had a 14-1 record, with the only loss coming to Northside-Columbus on Friday. … Lassiter grabbed the top spot in the GACA coaches volleyball poll last week, and will hold on to that ranking after going 4-0 on Saturday. At press time, the Lady Trojans were 17-0 on the season and had not dropped a single game.
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