The state football

playoffs began last Friday night and Starr's Mill and Landmark Christian

advanced to the second round with convincing wins while Sandy Creek fell

to the Ware County Gators in Waycross.

Starr's Mill

(9-2) was in control all night in their 41-7 win over Tift County. The

Panthers first drive lasted three and a half minutes and culminated in

a two yard touchdown run from Chris Strauch. After the defense held the

Blue Devils to another three ad out series, the Panthers put together

a four minute scoring drive with Johnny Edwards scoring a touchdown with

a seven-yard run. The second quarter was a little sloppy for Starr's Mill

with a number of penalties, a missed field goal and a fumble towards the

end of the first half but they would recover and put Tift County further

behind in the second half.

Seventeen seconds

into the second half, Edwards scored his second touchdown of the game

with a 74-yard run, Strauch scored his second touchdown over a minute

and a half later with a 36-yard touchdown run. Strauch wasn't done yet,

scoring four minutes later with an 85-yard touchdown run. He finished

with a school record 206 yards rushing and is also the school's first

1,000-yard rusher. Kyle McCreary added a touchdown in the fourth quarter

to give the Panthers the win.

Starr's Mill

gets another home game ths Friday when they host Northside-Warner Robins

(9-2), the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year with a

35-7 win. Northside-Warner Robins advanced to the second round with a

49-14 win over Effingham County.

Landmark Christian

(11-0) rolled over Jefferson last Friday with a 48-7 win. The War Eagles

piled up 500 yards of offense and got another huge game from quarterback

Alex Mortensen, four touchdown passes and 274 yards, and Eric Worrell,

two receiving touchdowns and one rushing touchdown. Sean Hill and Dylan

hanes added to the onslaught of offense with over 70 yards rushing each.

The War Eagles

will host Lincoln County (7-4) this week. Lincoln County advanced to the

second round with a 39-15 win over Bremen. The game will be played at

Sandy Creek High School at 7 p.m.

Sandy Creek's

season came to an end last Friday with a 42-17 loss to the Ware County

Gators. The Patriots (7-4) got a field goal from Jenna Thomason in the

first half but found themselves down 28-3 at the break. Scoing for the

Patriots in the second half were Will Judson, who ran back a kick 94 yards

for a touchdown, and Phillip Hyde, who rushed for over 160 yards on the

night and a touchdown.

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