Highlights include Heritage at Ridgeland, Adairsvillle at Ringgold, Rome at Dalton
Ridgeland has beaten north georgia rival heritage for the last five years.
Even last year, after the game was postponed after the start due to lightning, the panthers got a saturday night win on the generals field.
That game was ridgleand's first win last year... this year, the panthers are winless again going into the annual matchup.
Could this be the year the generals capitalize and march all over the panthers?
Ridgeland entertaining heritage.
Panthers up 7-0 at the half.
Ridgeland quarterback chase watkins rolls out.
Perfect spiral to kesean ewbanks who got behind the defense.
Ewbanks knows he's going to score.
A 68-yard touchdown strike to make it 15-0 as ridgeland converted the two point try.
Heritage answers.
Paxton mccrary from three yards out.
It's 15-7.
Panthers from their own 15.
Give to jeremiah turner.
He breaks containment, and look out.
33 dustin mccoy is helping wind up turner.
Turner is a blur.
He goes 75 yards for the touchdown.
That made it 21-7 panthers.
Turner rushed for over 200 on teh night.
Generals don't quite.
Late fourth quarter and nick hanson bounces off the pile for the touchdown to make it 21-14.
That's where the scoring ended as ridgeland wins 21-14.
Ringgold hosting adairsville.
Tigers up 16 to 7 at the half.
Adairsville with the ball, qb connor crunkleton heaves one downfield but the tigers malachi hill is there for the easy interception.
4th and short for adairsville crunkleton finds evan smith over the middle for a nice pick up 2 plays later halfback eli agnew walks this one in from 8 yards out cutting the lead to 16-14.
Early in the 4th adairsville driving and crunkleton drops the ball and the tigers pounce on it ringgold looking to answer.
Pass is tipped, but jordan wideman still grabs it and gets the tigers inside the 20 two plays later rb price pennington bounces this one outside and takes it in to make it 23 to 13 ringgold ringgold goes on to win by a final of 23 to 17 calhoun 47 hiram 27 trion 37 se whit 6 gordon lee 21 bowdon 23 sonoraville 37 lfo 44 dalton has been saving on the light bill at harmon field this season.
After hosting calhoun on september 4th, the catamounts were back home tonight for the first time in six weeks, as they took on rome.
In the words of john denver...feels good to be back home again rome with the ball.
Jaquavious wise with the catch to put rome inside the 15 two plays later shaun nelson takes the handoff and punches it in for 6 pat good making it 7 to nothing rome next dalton drive ashton blackwell looks for luke blanchard but romes jameion leath snags the interception.
Speaking of turnovers.
Rome qb reece fountains forgets to hold on to the ball and the catamounts come away with the turnover rome led just 7-0 at the half.
They go on to win 24-8.
Rockmart 49 north murray 42 northwest whit 35 centra 56 there was a chill in the air last night with brisk fall temperatures.
But the weather didn't factor into the chilly reception a ridgeland runner got, courtesy of a rib wrecking hit from a heritage linebacker.
The panthers javier jordan barely gets the football before he's literally planted by the generals alex mixon.
Text-book tackle by mixon.
Hit'em hard... and wrap up.
Heritage could have used a few more defensive stops like the one from mixon as they lost 21- 14.
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