GAINESVILLE -- Riverside Military Academy won its first game in GHSA since 2002 with a thrilling 21-20 win over Elbert County Friday night to open its 2008 season.
The Eagles stopped the Blue Devils on a two-point conversion attempt with eight seconds left to preserve the win. The game highlighted an exciting night of openers across northeast Georgia.
West Hall's Shunquez Stephens hit Rodney Gibson for a 31-yard touchdown pass with 1:29 left in the game to lift the Spartans to a 28-27 win over East Jackson.
In a matchup of two Class AAA playoff teams from 2007 Stephens County scored 14 third quarter points to erase a 17-14 Flowery Branch lead and then held on in the final moments for a 28-25 win at The Reservation in Toccoa.
In Region 7-AAA action, Gainesville avenged a loss to Chestatee last season with a dominating 35-0 win over the War Eagles. North Hall shut out Johnson in the second half to take a 28-6 win. Dawson County knocked off Lumpkin County 26-23 in double overtime.
AUG. 29th PREP FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
Gainesville 35, Chestatee 0
Riverside Military 21, Elbert County 20
North Hall 28, Johnson 6
Stephens County 28, Flowery Branch 25
Jefferson 35, Commerce 14
West Hall 28, East Jackson 27
Dawson County 26, Lumpkin County 23 2OT
Collins Hill 30, Parkview 9
Towns County 20, Rabun County 0
Cedar Shoals 23, Habersham Central 14
Mill Creek 23, Dacula 15
Union County 35, Hayesville, N.C. 13
Franklin County 13, White County 3
West Forsyth 21, North Forsyth 14
Apalachee 35, Monroe Area 15
Byrnes School, S.C. 36, North Gwinnett 21
Jackson County 16, Our Lady of Mercy 10
Friday
May 2nd, 2025
6:42PM
