The Habersham Central Raiders got the win they were hunting for Friday night at Central Gwinnett. The Raiders shut out the Black Knights, 20-0. The win is the first for the Raiders since Sept. 10 when they defeated White County and marks their first region win this season. With Friday night’s shutout, the Raiders improve to 3-6 overall and 1-5 in Region 8-6A. Central Gwinnett drops to 1-8 overall and 0-5 in the region.
The Stephens County Indians lost only their second game of the season Friday night on the road in Hartwell. The Hart County Bulldogs edged out the Indians 9-7. The Indians are now 6-2 overall and 1-2 in Region 8-3A. The Bulldogs improve to 6-1;2-1.
The Rabun County Wildcats brought their high-powered play back home to Tiger for a Region 8-2A matchup against Elbert (3-4;1-1). The No. 1 Cats (8-1;2-0) defeated the Blue Devils, 45-7.
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The White County Warriors traveled to Lumpkin County on Friday and brought home their second region victory. After a scoreless first quarter, the Warriors got on the board soon into the second with a touchdown by Bryson Cronic. Things moved quickly after that with Alex Thornton putting up seven points, followed by a 48-yard touchdown run by Darius Canon. A single touchdown by the Indians led into halftime with the Warriors up 21 to 7. In the third, White County took a three-touchdown lead off a 75-yard kickoff return by Canon. Lumpkin answered nine minutes later with a TD. A 29-yard touchdown by Silas Mulligan closed out the third with White County on top 35 to 13. The Warriors held Lumpkin to those 13 points for the remainder of the game while continuing their run on the Indians’ end zone. Another touchdown by Cronic and a 29-yard run by Ryan Fowler closed out the game with the Warriors taking the win, 49 to 13. The Warriors are now 3-5 overall and 2-2 in the region. With the loss, Lumpkin drops to 2-6;1-3 in Region 7-3A.
Here are the other Northeast Georgia area games Now Hab will be keeping an eye on for you tonight:
Northeast Georgia area games (Oct. 22)
*scores final unless otherwise noted
Rabun Gap 14 – Providence Day 25
Banks County 67 – Riverside Military 6
Clarke Central 27 – Loganville 24
Dawson County 14 – Cherokee Bluff 21
Elbert County 7 – Rabun County 45
Chattooga 7 – Fannin County 42
Flowery Branch 32 – Madison County 8
Lambert 35 – Forsyth Central 3
Franklin County 0 – East Jackson 26
Gainesville 7 – West Forsyth 40
West Hall 21 – Gilmer 26
Habersham Central 20 – Central Gwinnett 0
Stephens County 7 – Hart County 9
Johnson 0 – Greenbrier 56
White County 49 – Lumpkin County 13
Greene County 63 – Towns County 36
Jefferson 41 – Chestatee 7
Lanier 0 – Buford 56
Eastside 42 – Jackson County 7
Denmark 17 – South Forsyth 14
Cedar Shoals 7 – North Oconee 42
Loganville Christian 0 – Prince Avenue Christian 55
Monroe Area 17 – Oconee County 14
Dacula 23 – Shiloh 7
Social Circle 28 – Commerce 19
Athens Academy 30 – Athens Christian 14
WRWH Radio’s Trent Crawford contributed to this report
