At first it didn’t look like the Fayette County-McIntosh football last Friday would be any good because it appeared Fayette County (2-7, 1-6 region) would run away with it.
Quarterback Brandon Boykin started the scoring with a six yard run just under three minutes in to the game. He followed it up 30 seconds later with a 33 yard touchdown run after a fumble recovery. With just over five minutes remaining in the first quarter, Fayette County tailback Matt Daniels scored his first of five touchdowns and 41 seconds in to the second quarter Boykin scored his third touchdown to make it 27-0.

And then McIntosh (0-9, 0-7 region) woke up.

The Chiefs put together some good football, including what many could argue was the finest minute and fifteen seconds of football in school history, as they scored a touchdown on a pass from Nick Popeill to Qua Mack, had Carl Scheuman block a Fayette County punt on their next possession and then had Popeill score on a six yard carry. The Tiger lead was cut to 13 but not for long as Daniels ran 63 yards for a touchdown just under a minute later. Popeill answered once more for the Chiefs, close to a minute after Daniels touchdown, with a 37 yard touchdown run. With just over a minute remaining in the half, Daniels scored once more, this time on a 35 yard run, to give Fayette County a 20 point lead at the half.

The final score would be 61-35. Daniels, who needed 100 yards on Friday to break the 1,000 yard rushing mark, had 348 yards in the win. It was the most amount of points either team had scored this season. Fayette County (2-7, 1-6 region) will host Starr’s Mill on Friday, while McIntosh (0-7, 0-9) plays at Creekside, the region 2-AAAA champs.

In other region 2-AAAA games, Starr’s Mill (6-3, 4-3 region) helped their playoff hopes last Friday by handing Northgate a 31-7 loss. The Panthers got touchdowns from Dante Cheek, Greg Davis, Matt Sweat and Eric Pitts and a field goal from Jonathan Whitlow to account for all their points. They led 31-0 before Northgate found the endzone.

The win puts the Panthers at fourth place in the region standings behind Creekside, Whitewater and Woodward Academy. Starr’s Mill must win on Friday to make the playoffs and if they do, they will be on the road.

Whitewater (6-3, 5-2 region) has locked up a spot in the playoffs but will need a win over Northgate (5-4, 4-3 region) to assure themselves of a home game to open the postseason. The Wildcats lost to Woodward Academy 17-12 last Friday. Jordan Cooper connected on two field goals for Whitewater and quarterback Jay Bright found Cody Haralson for a touchdown pass but a two point conversion attempt failed and the Wildcats came up short.

In 6-AAA play, the Sandy Creek Patriots improved to 6-3 overall and 3-3 in the region with a 34-13 win over Cass last Friday. Jake Turing threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, while Bradley Bush added two touchdowns of his own in the win. Sandy Creek amassed a total of 320 yards and held Cass to 220, including just 50 on the ground. Bush and Rashad Hollis ran for most of the yards, with Bush gaining 80 and Hollis rushing for 78 on four carries. Turing threw for a total of 144 yards and Braxton Lane had four catches for 70 yards and a touchdown. Josh Houston caught the other touchdown pass.

Defensively, Zach Hilton had an interception, two pass defense and a fumble recovery as well as four total tackles. The leading tackler was Chris James with nine. Sandy Creek plays Cedartown, which has yet to win a game on Friday. The Patriots will make the state playoffs with a win.

The Landmark War Eagles clinched their fifth straight Region 5-A championship by defeating the the third ranked Eagles Landing Christian Academy Chargers 28-14 last Friday. Senior Matt Moody led the offense going 12 of 14 for 161 yards and two touchdowns along with 86 rushing yards and one touchdown. Jimmy Eden and Tanner Bryant had touchdown receptions while Walter Lenard led the War Eagles with six catches for 79 yards.

Defensively safety Blake Wyatt finished with 16 total tackles and one forced fumble. Sophomore safety Cole Abernathy tallied seven tackles one interception and one fumble recovery while freshman Josh Gebhardt finished with nine total tackles. Senior captain Trey Strickland dominated the defensive side of the ball with nine tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and one fumble rceovery for a touchdown return.
The War Eagles end their region and regular season this Friday night on the road against the Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats.

Our Lady of Mercy found themselves down 42-0 to Fellowship Christian at the half last week but came back to score 21 points in the fourth quarter to cut the lead in half. Christian Willis rushed for a touchdown, while William Pearl led the ground attack with 91 yards. Kendall Augustine caught an 18 yard touchdown pass for another score.

The final touchdown came when Chris Gair blocked a punt and recovered it for a touchdown. Gair had four total tackles and a sack. Will Simmons led the team with seven tackles and Brett Thomas added six.

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