ATLANTA - Steven Brown caught a 17-yard touchdown pass with 25 seconds left, giving Lincoln County a 28-24 win over Trion in a Class A semifinal on Friday at the Georgia Dome.<br>
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Brown caught four passes for 144 yards and two scores for Lincoln County (14-0). The Red Devils advanced to next week's state championship against the winner of Saturday's game between defending champion Clinch County and Hawkinsville.<br>
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``This was a wonderful win,'' said Lincoln County coach Larry Campbell, ``but we're not real happy. We've got a lot of work to do.''<br>
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Lincoln County has won nine state championships, the last coming in 1995.<br>
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Trion (12-2) erased a 22-0 halftime deficit and led 24-22 after Micah Lively pushed Lincoln's Travis Clark out of the back of the end zone for a safety with 8:18 to play.<br>
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Lincoln got the ball on its own 33 with 1:05 to play and moved to the winning score four plays, the biggest of which was Clark's 42-yard pass to Brown.<br>
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``I had dropped two and coach Campbell just told me he trusted me,'' said Brown. ``We were on the borderline of losing, and somebody had to step up and make a play.''<br>
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Clark finished with 96 yards passing and 76 rushing for Lincoln County.<br>
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Trion, which got 98 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Chris Chapman and 87 from Corey Day, held the Red Devils to one second-half first down before the final drive. The Bulldogs ran 77 offensive plays to Lincoln County's 38 and out-gained the Red Devils 382-286.
