Tigers trounced by Grangers

Team: Fayette County Tigers

Coach: Clint Burton

Record: 2-1

Last Week: lost to LaGrange 42-7

Key Players: RB Wes Clark, 63 yards on 17 carries, DE Bryan Davis, 7 tackles and 3 assists, Keith Knowles, fumble recovery.

Notes: The Tigers got blown out of the water on both sides of the ball. They could not stop LaGrange's running back Bruce Thornton who rushed for 293 yards in only three quarters of play. Thornton scored 28 of LaGrange's 35 first half points. The Tigers did not advance over the 50 yard line until there was only a minute remaining in the first half. The Tigers produced only 100 yards of offense and only 26 of those yards came in the first half.

This week: at Carver,Columbus

Chiefs come from behind for win

Team: McIntosh Chiefs

Coach: Clint Ashmore

Record: 1-2

Last Week beat Carver,Columbus 26-22

Key Players: Lucas Smith, Kelechukwu Oparah, Ronnie Melton, Jarrod Currin and Brian Eaton played outstanding defense. Dion Stokes had 343 all purpose yards, 166 yards on 29 carries and 73 yards on 3 receptions.

Notes: The Chiefs were down by nine points in the fourth quarter. They scored a touchdown, kicked and recovered an onside kick and then scored again with only three minutes remaining. Nathan Bittner had probably his best game of the year at quarterback as he went 5 of 10 for 88 yards, throwing for the winning touchdown with only 17 seconds remaining in the game. An interesting footnote to show the strength of the Chief's defense:A week before in their loss to LaGrange the Chiefs held RB Bruce Thornton 107 yards rushing.

This week: at Stockbridge

Indians streak continues

Team: East Coweta

Coach: Danny Cronic

Record: 3-0

Last week: beat Newnan 28-9

Key players: RB Marvin Smith had 175 yards rushing and 3 TD's and QB Dantra Clements had 96 yards on 8 carries.TE Mondez Godfrey played extremely well on the line as did Dru Hollman. Derek Holloway led the team defensively.

Notes: The Indians are now ranked eighth in AAAA with big games against Griffin, Fayette County and LaGrange in the weeks ahead. The East Coweta special teams allowed Newnan to get good field position from kickoffs and fumbled a punt which Newnan recovered. Newnan had a lot of time of possession on offense but never produced the points.

This Week: vs Upson-Lee

Patriots remain focused and win

Team Sandy Creek Patriots

Coach: Don Tyre

Record: 2-1

Last week: defeated Eagle's Landing 42-21

Key Players: RB J.R. Lemon ran for 145 yards and 3 TD's, RB Eric Frazier, TD and QB Chris Sizemore both played well

Notes: The Patriots led 35-0 at the half and never looked back. The temporary suspension of Coach Tyre obviously did not affect the team in a negative way as they won for the second consecutive week. Eagle's Landing fumbled on the first play of the game but scored 21 consecutive points in the third quarter. .

This week: Bye

Hungry Panthers edge Henry for win

Team: Starr's Mill Panthers

Coach: Mike Earwood

Record: 1-2

Last week: beat Henry County 22-21

Key Players: RB Reuben Houston, RB Craig Maddock, WR Jason Laney, QB Brad McLaren.

Notes: The game went back and forth with both teams stopping the other's drives. It was 7-7 at halftime and the score was not broken until the first minute of the fourth quarter when Henry County took a 14-7 lead. Henry County scored again but the Panthers would not be denied, On the strength of Maddock's rushing and McLaren's arm, the Panthers scored twice going for a two point conversion after a roughing the kicker penalty was called on a missed extra point.

This week: vs Eagle's Landing

Eagles have win in their talon

Team: Landmark Christian War Eagles

Coach: Bill Thorn

Record: 1-2

Last week: defeated Heard County 21-20

Key Players: QB C.R.Palmer played well again and James Barker and Rasaan Davis blocked well on the line.

Notes: Both the defense and the offense made a few mistakes but Landmark got the win regardless. The defense did come up huge on the last four plays of the game as Heard County went for the wining touchdown.

This week: at Callaway, Saturday night

Let's say hello to Northgate

Team: Northgate Vikings

Coach: Ron Beaucham

Record: 0-2

Last week: Lost to Bowdon 42-7

Key Players: QB Mitch Stewart, RB Kenny Strozier, RB Marlin Cruver

Notes: Northgate is 0-2 and like Starr's Mill has no senior class. This is their final year in A. Next year they will move up to AAA or AAAA. Of the nine juniors on the team only four of them start. The rest of the starters are sophomores with a few freshmen on the offensive line. They lost their first game of the season to Brookstone 32-22. Their home games are either played at Newnan or East Coweta's stadium.

This week: at Heard County.

By MICHAEL BOYLAN

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