Several teams take charge in region, subregion races

Flowery Branch was one several teams to take charge in their respective region or subregion after key wins Friday night.

The Falcons joined Gainesville (Region 8B-AAA), Banks County (8A-AA), North Hall and Stephens County (8A-AAA) as teams that used wins to distance themselves from the rest of the pack.

The Class AAAA fourth-ranked Falcons took control of Region 8-AAAA with a nail-biting 21-13 win over Heritage-Conyers on the road. Flowery Branch stopped the Patriots on a fourth down inside the Falcons' 10 in the final minute to preserve the win. The two teams' came in undefeated and tied for the region lead.

Gainesville whipped Monroe Area 41-21 in a battle for first place in 8B-AAA while North Hall and Stephens County both got wins in 8A-AAA and are a collision path to meet with perfect subregion records in the regular season finale.

Banks County held off Rabun County 40-28 to take a one-game lead over East Hall with the two teams scheduled to meet in the regular season finale in two weeks.

On the other end, several teams had their playoff hopes damaged with tough losses on Friday.

West Hall and White County both saw their Region 8-AAA subregion hopes dashed with losses on Friday while Jefferson suffered its first shutout in six years in a 14-0 loss to Elbert County and fell to third place in Region 8B-AA. Mill Creek's last-second loss to Collins Hill also put the Hawks in a bad position, needing a sweep of its final region games to stay in the postseason race.

And, in Oakwood, Johnson dropped to 0-7 as Walnut Grove picked up its first-ever road win as a program in a 29-14 outcome.


Here are scores from around northeast Georgia for Friday, Oct. 14:

Clarke Central 37, Apalachee 28*

Athens Academy 21, Commerce 10

Athens Christian 35, Riverside Military Academy 7

Dawson County 22, Union County 19

Elbert County 14, Jefferson 0

Fannin County 35, East Hall 19

Flowery Branch 21, Heritage-Conyers 13

Franklin County 41, Chestatee 7

Gainesville 41, Monroe Area 21

Hart County 44, Oglethorpe County 26

Lakeview Academy 49, North Cobb Christian 22

Loganville 42, Winder-Barrow 7

North Gwinnett 35, Mountain View 7

North Hall 49, Lumpkin County 0

North Oconee 57, East Jackson 3

Northwest Whitfield 28, Forsyth Central 21

Oconee County 35, West Hall 31

River Ridge 42, Towns County 6

Rome 27, South Forsyth 0

Stephens County 25, White County 14

Walnut Grove 29, Johnson 14

West Forsyth 38, North Forsyth 0

*-We apologize for an earlier error. It was originally reported by the Associated Press that Apalachee had won the game 37-28.

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