Middle Georgia football scores: Northeast, Bleckley County cruise to second round
Middle Georgia high schools competed in the first round of the 2020 playoffs, split across both Friday and Saturday night. Here’s how local football teams fared:
Best Game
Dublin 14, Terrell County 12
The game looked like it was going to turn into a track meet in the early going as the teams combined for 20 points in the first eight minutes of the game. Dublin held a 14-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. Neither team scored again until Terrell County drove down the field with under two minutes remaining in the game. Terrell County went for two to tie the score, but the pass was intercepted by a Dublin defensive back to seal the win.
3 Stars
Central and Northeast: The Central Chargers finished last season with a 3-8 record and missed the playoffs. What a difference a year makes as the Chargers finished as the No. 3 seed in their region and went on the road to grab a playoff win over Liberty County. Northeast is another Macon school which has long struggled to find success on the football field. This season behind a talented group of athletes, the Raiders finished as the two seed and secured a home playoff win over Toombs County to advance to the second round.
FPD and Stratford: All four Macon private schools punched their tickets to the playoffs, but all season these two teams have been the standout programs. In the opening round of the playoffs each showcased that with a pair of blowout victories. Each team will look to ride the hot streak through the playoffs in hopes of making a deep run.
Peach County: Last week this team was dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak and had to cancel its final regular-season game. It wasn’t a forgone conclusion that Peach County would be cleared in time to play this week. The Trojans responded with a shutout victory in the first round of the playoffs.
Scoreboard
1A-Private
- FPD 49, Heritage-Newnan 7
- St. Anne-Pacelli 37, Mount de Sales 3
- Stratford 42, Brookstone 21
- Trinity Christian 51, Tattnall 0
1A
- Dublin 14, Terrell County 12
2A
- Bleckley County 56 vs Vidalia 15
Dodge County 35 vs Swainsboro 0
Jeff Davis 28 vs Washington County 25
Northeast 27 vs Toombs County 14
3A
- Peach County 47, Johnson-Savannah 0
- Central 14, Liberty County 6
- Upson-Lee 31, Southeast Bulloch 13
4A
Perry 30 vs Westover 14
- Baldwin 36 vs Thomas County Central 30
- Cairo 37 vs West Laurens
- Bainbridge 42 vs Westside 0
5A
- Warner Robins 49, Union Grove 7
- Jones County 27, Wayne County 25
6A
- Hughes 27, Northside 0
- Westlake 42, Houston County 10
This story was originally published November 27, 2020 at 11:00 PM.