During Thursday night football, Drew went up early on Lovejoy 14-6 entering the half. The Titans managed to keep the lead for the majority of the third, scoring 18 more points, but the Wildcats mounted a comeback and took a 34-32 lead. They shutout Drew for the rest of the game to claim a 44-32 victory and get their second win of the season. Beach hosted Windsor Forest but were unable to contain the Knights offense. Windsor Forest was first on the board in the first quarter with a touchdown but were unbale to convert the extra point. Later in the quarter, Beach fumbled the ball on the Windsor Forest 5-yard line. Knights defender Damani Frazier was quick to recover the ball and returned it 95-yards for a touchdown. The point kept coming as Windsor Forest went on the defeat Beach 45-6 for their second win of the season.
In softball, East Jackson rallied to upset class AAA third-ranked Jackson County 5-4. Top-ranked East Coweta proved again that they belong at the top of class AAAAAAA, soundly defeating Northgate 8-0 to get their twelfth win of the season and keep their undefeated season alive. A close contest between Collins Hill and Mill Creek almost resulted in an Eagles upset, but the hawks held on tight to eek out a 6-5 victory.
On the volleyball court, Lassiter and Kell played out three matches, ending in a 3-0 sweep for the Trojans to extend their win streak to nine. In class AAAAAA, a matchup between third-ranked Pope and sixth-ranked Sequoyah ended with a 3-0 victory for the Greyhounds. Class AAAA top dog Blessed Trinity strung together a pair of wins on the night, a 2-0 sweep over Brookwood and an impressive 2-1 victory over Pace Academy.
Thursday Final Scores
Football
Columbus 46, Westover 26
Lovejoy 44, Drew 32
Shaw 32, Dougherty 12
Windsor Forest 45, Beach 6
Softball
Alexander 16, New Manchester 1
Apalachee 4, Winder-Barrow 2
Appling County 8, Long County 1
Baconton Charter 17, Webster County 5
Brooks County 9, Early County 0
Camden County 1, Richmond Hill 0
Center-Carrollton 7, Cartersville 2
Charlton County 4, Irwin County 0
Chattooga 4, Rockmart 3
Columbus 17, Americus-Sumter 2
Creekview 10, Sprayberry 0
Crisp County 17, Monroe 0
Dacula 9, Gainesville 1
Dade County 13, Model 1
Dodge County 17, Southwest 1
Douglas County 27, Langston Hughes 0
Douglass 20, KIPP Atlanta Charter 6
Dunwoody 12, Chattahoochee 4
Eagles Landing Christian 11, Trinity Christian 1
East Coweta 8, Northgate 0
East Jackson 5, Jackson County 4
Effingham County 4, Calvary Day 1
Emanuel County Institute 17, Jenkins County 2
Fannin County 9, Greater Atlanta Christian 5
Fellowship Christian 15, St. Francis 0
First Presbyterian 15, Twiggs County 0
Fullington Academy 15, Georgia Christian 0
Georgia Military 10, Lake Oconee Academy 0
Glascock County 16, Greene County 0
Gordon Lee 8, Trion 0
Haralson County 12, Murray County 0
Harlem 15, Glenn Hills 0
Houston County 16, Northside-Warner Robins 1
Howard 5, Perry 2
Islands 12, Windsor Forest 0
Jeff Davis 15, Bryan County 0
Johns Creek 14, Centennial 6
Kell 9, Rome 4
LaGrange 3, Cedartown 1
Landmark Christian 10, Strong Rock Christian 4
Lanier 3, Habersham Central 2
Lincoln County 6, Washington-Wilkes 4
Locust Grove 13, Eagles Landing 1
Lovejoy 16, Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 8
Madison County 3, St. Pius X 1
Marion County 14, Manchester 1
Marist 9, Westminster 3
McIntosh County Academy 17, Montgomery County 7
Mill Creek 6, Collins Hill 5
Miller County 15, Quitman County 0
Mt. Zion, Carroll 14, Darlington 8
North Forsyth 15, Lambert 2
North Gwinnett 4, Peachtree Ridge 0
Northside-Columbus 10, Dougherty 0
Pace Academy 14, Cedar Grove 0
Parkview 10, Lakeside-DeKalb 0
Pelham 23, Randolph-Clay 3
Ringgold 4, Calhoun 3
Sandy Creek 5, Troup 2
Schley County 11, Crawford County 3
Screven County 18, Josey 0
Seminole County 16, Calhoun County 2
Shaw 18, Westover 0
South Atlanta 30, McNair 12
South Cobb 8, Campbell 7
Southwest Georgia Academy 2, Terrell Academy 1
Starr’s Mill 8, Griffin 0
Stephenson 18, Drew 3
Stratford Academy 5, Academy For Classical Education 3
Thomasville 9, Clinch County 1
Villa Rica 9, Hiram 8
Washington 21, Coretta Scott King 3
Wesleyan 9, Holy Innocents’ 7
West Laurens 4, Upson-Lee 1
White County 15, Denmark 3
Wilcox County 19, Turner County 0
Woodland-Cartersville 12, Paulding County 0
Woodstock 8, Walton 0
Volleyball
Allatoona 2, North Gwinnett 0
Athens Academy 2, Hart County 0
Athens Academy 2, Madison County 0
Bible Baptist Christian 3, Peoples Baptist Academy 2
Blessed Trinity 2, Brookwood 0
Blessed Trinity 2, Pace Academy 1
Calvary Day 3, Savannah Country Day 0
Chattooga 2, Rome 1
Clarkston 3, Banneker 0
East Jackson 2, Cherokee Bluff 1
East Jackson 2, Prince Avenue 0
Eastside 2, Rockdale County 0
Elite Scholars Academy 2, Morrow 0
Evans 2, Alcovy 0
Evans 2, Heritage-Conyers 1
Fellowship Christian 2, Denmark 0
Gainesville 2, North Hall 0
George Walton Academy 2, Athens Christian 0
George Walton Academy 2, Tallulah Falls 1
Gordon Lee 2, Model 0
Hebron Christian 2, Allatoona 0
Hebron Christian 2, North Gwinnett 1
Heritage-Conyers 2, Grovetown 1
Jackson County 2, Cedar Shoals 0
Jackson County 2, Stephens County 0
Kennesaw Mountain 2, Chattahoochee 0
Kennesaw Mountain 2, Roswell 1
Lakeside-DeKalb 2, Miller Grove 0
Lakeside-DeKalb 2, Towers 0
Lakeview Academy 2, Gainesville 1
Lambert 2, Cambridge 0
Lambert 2, River Ridge 0
Lassiter 3, Kell 0
Locust Grove 2, Strong Rock Christian 0
Locust Grove 2, Woodland-Stockbridge 0
Lovejoy 2, Morrow 1
Marist 3, Our Lady of Mercy 0
Mill Creek 2, Decatur 0
Model 2, Morris Innovative 0
Model 2, Ringgold 1
Mt. Bethel Christian Academy 2, Drew Charter 0
Mt. de Sales 2, Stratford Academy 0
Mt. de Sales 2, Tattnall Square 0
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian 2, Mt. Bethel Christian Academy 0
Norcross 2, Peachtree Ridge 0
North Cobb Christian 2, Cartersville 0
North Cobb Christian 2, North Paulding 1
Oconee County 2, Eastside 0
Oconee County 2, Rockdale County 0
Pace Academy 2, Brookwood 0
Pope 3, Sequoyah 0
Ridgeland 2, Chattooga 0
River Ridge 2, Cambridge 0
Riverwood 3, Westlake 0
Rome 2, Ridgeland 0
Smith Station, AL 3, Shaw 0
Sonoraville 1, Adairsville 0
South Forsyth 3, Harrison 2
Southeast Whitfield 2, Coahulla Creek 0
Southeast Whitfield 2, North Murray 0
St. Pius X 2, Decatur 0
St. Pius X 2, Mill Creek 0
Strong Rock Christian 2, Woodland-Stockbridge 0
The Habersham School 3, Veritas Academy 0
Upson-Lee 2, Griffin 0
Upson-Lee 2, Taylor County 0
Walker 2, Galloway School 0
Walker 2, St. Francis 0