The Wolves rallied from an early first half deficit to beat Fitzgerald 38-28 Friday night in the semifinals.
Buford (13-1) scored 10 points in the final 5:23 of the game to advance to the championship game against Calhoun (14-0) a 49-41 winner over Lovett in the other semifinals. Lovett was the only team to knock off Buford during the regular season.
The title game will be a rematch of last year's Class AA championship game - a 45-21 Buford win.
The Buford defense put in a tremendous effort against a Purple Hurricanes offense that came into the game as the highest scoring team in the state averaging over 47 points a game.
David Petroni gave Buford a 31-28 lead with 5:23 left in the game on a 27-yard field goal.
Fitzgerald quickly began moving down the field but the Wolves recovered a fumble with just over four minutes left and Jessel Curry sealed the game scoring from 1-yard out with 28 seconds to cap a short drive.
Buford defeated Fitzgerald to reach the Class AA championship game for the third straight season on Friday night. / photo: Josh Martindale
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