Sandy Creek

came off its second bye week in a month last Friday and blew out the Chapel

Hill Panthers 41-6.

The Patriots

jumped on Chapel Hill a little more than two minutes into the first quarter

when Calvin Johnson caught one of his two touchdown receptions. Johnson

caught touchdown passes from Dusty Bennett and Ben McKinnon and had four

receptions for 148 yards.

Sandy Creek's

second touchdown came three and a half minutes later when Phillip Hyde

ran 45 yards for a touchdown. Hyde scored another touchdown with 3:43

left in the half and a mishandled snap on the extra point made the score

27-0. Sophomore Michael Lockett provided a spark on defense sacking the

Panther quarterback twice with monster sacks.

The Patriots

added one more touchdown before the half when Jamal Lore ran the ball

in from the one yard line. They got another touchdown in the second half

and the defense kept Chapel Hill off the scoreboard until the fourth quarter.

Sandy Creek (2-1) will play at Lithia Springs (1-2) on Friday. Lithia

Springs got their first win last Friday by defeating Alexander 37-18.

Starr's Mill

improved to 4-1 last Friday by defeating Carver, Columbus 28-12. The Panthers

got two touchdowns from Johnny Edwards and touchdown runs from Chris Strauch

and Deante Battle to give the Panthers their third win in a row. The Panthers

now start a three game series against some of the region's tough competition

starting with Lovejoy (3-1) on Friday and followed by East Coweta and

Newnan respectively.

Our Lady of

Mercy got its first win of the season last week by beating Whitefield

Academy 7-3. Sam Etuk ran nine yards for a touchdown in the third quarter

to give the Bobcats the victory. Etuk rushed for 130 yards on the evening.

The defense was led by senior Terrell Shelton who had eight tackles and

two assists and Matt Gill who had four tackles for losses.

"I am

really pleased with the team's effort," said Coach Alan Gordon. "We

put four quarters together in our first region game." Gordon also

commended the play of backup quarterback Josh Flores who is the team's

leading receiver. Flores also punted, kicked off, kicked the extra point

and had an interception in the win. Senior Quentin Jones had a good game

as well with a blocked put and two solo tackles and two assists. Our Lady

of Mercy (1-3) wil play at Blessed Trinity (2-2) on Friday.

Fayette County

(1-4) lost another close game after giving up a lot of points early to

East Coweta last week. The Tigers found themselves down 21-0 early and

rallied to close the gap to 21-14 at the half. They outscored the Indians

14-13 in the second half but found themselves on the shrt end of the stick

losing 34-28. Quarterback Jeff Crisp passed for 220 yards and three touchdowns

to Josh Davis. The Tigers host Creekside (3-1) on Friday, while East Coweta

faces a tough regional opponent in Riverdale (2-1).

McIntosh traveled

to take on Newnan last Friday and lost 33-7. The Chiefs (1-4) got a one

yard touchdown run from Nick Achor in the second quarter to make the score

14-7 at the half. unfortunately, McIntosh fumbled and had a punt blocked.

Both miscues led to touchdowns for Newnan. The Chiefs will try to avoid

those types of errors on Friday night when they host Carver, Columbus

in their hoecoming game. Carver has lost two games in a row.

Landmark Christian

(4-0) had a bye last week and looks to stay perfect when they travel to

Grady Stadium in Atlanta to take on Carver, Atlanta (0-3).

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