Can you imagine telling your grand kids one day your high school football team was in the AAAAAAA playoffs, scored 61 points, and LOST!
First-round best of show: 92-61
Article and photos courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution –> Original Article Here
There weren’t many surprises in the first round in Class AAAAAAA, but 92-61 isn’t a score you see often. [See scoring summary below.]
That was the final tally of Lowndes’ victory over Hillgrove in Class AAAAAAA on Friday night. It was the highest-scoring game in state history. Consider that 50 years ago, Lowndes scored only 78 points in its entire first varsity season of 1966.
The total yards weren’t ridiculous – Lowndes led 596-582, according to Lowndes’ scorebook – but Hillgrove quarterback Hunter Arters had a night. He was 37-of-66 passing for 503 yards and seven touchdowns. But he threw six interceptions, two run back for scores in the fourth quarter to put the final score in the stratosphere.
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Lowndes quarterback Michael Barrett had a stellar night, too. He passed for 240 yards and rushed for 188 and had a hand in seven touchdowns.
‘’We’ve got an explosive offensive,’’ Barrett told the Valdosta Daily Times. “You never know when we’re going to pop.’’
The previous highest-scoring game was Douglas A&M’s 144-0 victory over Ocilla in 1922. This marked the sixth time that two teams scored 60 or more points in the same game, the first since Pierce County beat Jenkins 64-62 last season.
The only road teams to win in the first round were Woodstock at East Coweta and Pakrivew at South Forsyth.
After trailing by 27, Woodstock won 35-34. Garrett Bass threw for 356 yards, but it was a 47-yard halfback pass from Louis Hall to Noah Frith that was the winning touchdown with 2:19 left.
Parkview came from 14-0 down to beat South Forsyth 30-27. Caleb Mitchell threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Askew with 4:54 left.
Two other tight games worth noting.
Westlake’s James Miller kicked a 22-yard field goal with 3 seconds left in a 24-23 victory over Etowah.
Brookwood won a shootout with West Forsyth, prevailing 45-42 after running out the final 6:16 with a drive to the West Forsyth 6-yard line.
Highest-scoring game in Georgia high school football history:
First
L – Michael Barrett 50 run (Colton Broom kick), 11:41 [7-0]
H – A. Elder 27 pass from A. Arters (A. Pierce kick), 9:34 [7-7]
L – J.D. Lee 2 run (run failed), 6:30 [13-7]
L – Barrett 9 run (pass good), 5:25 [21-7]
H – A. Okonkwo 61 pass from Arters (Piere kick), 4:44 [21-14]
L – Tyson Harris 18 pass from Barrett (Broome kick), 2:21 [28-14]
H – A. Coker 3 pass from Arters (Pierce kick), 0:27 [28-21]
Second
H – Arters 2 run (Broome kick), 10:04 [28-27]
L – Travis Tisdale 68 run (Broome kick), 9:00 [35-27]
L – Tisdale 1 run (Broome kick), 6:41 [42-27]
L – Harris 24 pass from Barrett (run good), 6:19 [50-27]
L – Barrett 23 run (run failed), 4:09 [56-27]
H – A. Connally 16 pass from Arters (kick failed), 0:45 [56-33]
Third
H – A. McCollough 2 run (Pierce kick), 9:56 [56-40]
H – Koonkwo 23 pass from Arters (Pierce kick), 8:33 [56-47]
H – Okonko 8 pass from Arters (Pierce kick), 3:56 [56-54]
L – Tayvonn Kyle 42 pass from Barrett (Broome kick), 0:30 [63-54]
Fourth
L – Harris 59 pass from Barrett (Broome kick), 9:27 [70-54]
H – Connally 16 pass from Arters (Pierce good), 8:08 [70-61]
L – Tisdale 48 run (Broome kick) [77-61]
L – Jaharie Boone interception return (run good) [85-61]
L – Tyson Harris interception return (Broome kick) [92-61]
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Lowndes QB Michael Barrett exceeded 2000 yards passing for the season in the first half against Hillgrove and 1000 yards rushing !
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