PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Lee County routs Lithia Springs

LEESBURG — The No. 2-ranked Lee County Trojans (3-0) scored 41 points in the first half of Friday night’s football game against Lithia Springs without offensive stars Ousmane Kromah and J.D. Fugerson who are injured.

When lightning delayed the game, it was called with a 41-7 final.

Braxton Honer and Devin Collier took over the rushing department with Kromah sidelined. Honer rushed for 148 yards on 19 carries while Collier rushed for 74 yards on eight carries. Four of Collier’s carries ended up in the end zone as he had runs of 33, 4, 3 and 27 yards to put points on the board for the Trojans. Honer scored the other two touchdowns on a 1-yard run and a 15-yard run.

The Trojans will now prepare for the Super Bowl of South Georgia football this coming Friday night when the Colquitt County Packers (3-0) come to town. The Trojans are ranked No. 2 in Class AAAAAA and the Packers are ranked No. 3 in AAAAAAA. Lee County and Colquitt County are arguably the strongest football programs in southwest Georgia and the two teams have not played a regular season game since 2015.

Dougherty 33, Stockbridge 30

STOCKBRIDGE — Dougherty quarterback Kameron Davis ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more and the No. 9-ranked Trojans won a see-saw battle with the Stockbridge Tigers by a 33-30 score.

Davis finished the night with 235 yards rushing on 17 carries and two touchdowns and 267 yards passing on 12/23 passing and three touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Larry Lane was his favorite target Friday night and Braylen Still was right there too. Lane caught 6 passes that totaled 121 yards and a touchdown while Still caught four passes for 103 yards and a touchdown.

The Tigers opened up a 10-0 lead to begin the game, but the Trojans answered with a Davis rushing touchdown, followed by a Davis passing touchdown to take a 13-10 lead. Stockbridge jumped ahead 17-13 at the half.

The Trojans were up 27-23 in the fourth quarter when the Tigers scored to take a 30-27 lead, but the Trojans didn’t quit and got another touchdown to go ahead 33-30. The two-point conversion attempt failed, but the Trojan defense kept the Tigers out of the end zone on their next possession and took over on downs with 1:33 remaining. Dougherty ran out the clock to take the win.

The Trojans are now 3-0 on the season and will travel to the Atlanta area again next week to play Hapeville Charter.

Deerfield-Windsor 42, Strong Rock 19

Senior running back Ethan Johnson broke through the line and raced 54 yards for a touchdown and the Deerfield-Windsor Knughts improved to 3-0 with a 42-19 win over Strong Rock Christian.

“The kids played hard and the running game is getting better,” said head coach Jake McRae. “We got to play the younger guys in the fourth quarter with a running clock.”

The coach also praised the defensive effort. Strong Rock scored early but McRae liked the way the defense “put the clamps on.”

The Knights will travel to Damascus to take on Southwest Georgia next Friday night.

Worth County 56, Upson-Lee 33

SYLVESTER — Worth County quarterback Chip Cooper passed for 197 yards and freshman running back Kaden Chester rushed for 105 yards as the Rams put on an offensive show and beat Upson-Lee 56-33. Worth County tallied 347 total yards on offense.

The Rams jumped out to a 21-6 first quarter lead and led 35-12 at the half. Three third quarter touchdowns put the game on ice for the unbeaten Rams.

The Rams will host Central of Macon Friday night at home before opening the region slate of games against Berrien the following week.

OTHER SCORES

Colquitt Co. 41, Tift Co. 13

Thomasville 36, Cairo 27

Thomas County Central 35, Bainbridge 14

Crisp Co. 41, Lovejoy 25

Calhoun Co. 48 Sherwood Christian 32

Early Co. 19, Schley Co. 17

Clinch Co. 50, Miller Co. 14

Westfield 48, Southland 14

Turner Co. 32, Randolph-Clay 6

Strong Rock 42, Deerfield-Windsor 19

Mitchell Co. at Pelham, canceled.

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