It’s not the ending the Habersham Central Raiders wanted but it is the end…at least for now. Central closed out its 2015-2016 high school football season Friday night in Alpharetta with a region loss to Chattahoochee, 55-21. It was the Cougar’s first win of season.
The Raiders’ went 1-9 on the season, 1-8 in region play under first year head coach Benji Harrison. Habersham racked up its only win of the season in a 21-6 win over John’s Creek at home Oct. 23rd.
South Forsyth claimed the Region 6AAAAAA title Friday night in a decisive win over Lambert, 31-6. South will host Norcross (7-3) next week in the first home playoff game for the War Eagles since hosting Elbert County in 2001.
Lambert will host Collins Hill (5-5) in the first round. This is Lambert’s third straight home playoff game and fifth postseason appearance since opening in 2009.
Season Stats Wrap
While there will be no playoff appearances for the Raiders this year the team did improve its scoring record. The Raiders offense put up 218 points this season versus 188 last year. Defense held opposing offense to 397 points, the exact same number of points scored against Habersham Central in the 2014-2015 season.
Central’s scoring stats:
2015-2016 Region Stats:
Source: maxpreps.com
