<p>Yan Banag scored on a one-yard run with 1:13 left to give Buford a 28-24 win over Dublin in a Class AA state semifinal on Saturday and a shot at its fourth straight state championship.</p><p>Buford (13-1) won the 2001 Class A title and claimed the AA titles in 2002 and 2003. If the Wolves beat Charlton County in next week's final, they'll tie the 1982-1985 West Rome teams for the most consecutive state crowns.</p><p>Buford will appear in its fifth straight championship game.</p><p>Mark Standridge ran for 119 yards on 26 carries for Buford, including touchdown runs of one and two yards. Justin Roper completed nine of 13 passes for 126 yards, 66 of them coming on the final drive.</p><p>Standridge's one-yard run on the game's first possession and Banag's 20-yard run on the second gave the Wolves a 14-0 lead.</p><p>Ben Cochran passed for 145 yards for Dublin (10-4), which trailed 21-7 after Standridge's third-quarter touchdown before mounting a second-half comeback. The Irish evened the score on Lavarus Dollar's 33-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter.</p><p>The Irish led 24-21 after Justin Miller's 25-yard field goal with 6:55 to play, but the Wolves drove 82 yards in 2:14 for the winning score, the big play a 28-yard pass from Roper to Chase Burnette for a first down at the Dublin 23.</p>
