Wednesday Scores & Georgia Elite Showcase

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WEDNESDAY SCORES

Today, we recap Wednesday's fall sports action, which includes a Region 1-AAAA football game, and the second round of the GHSA Volleyball State Playoffs.

ATTENTION MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOLL FOOTBALL PLAYERS:

There will be a Georgia Elite Classic Showcase held at Walton High School on Sunday, Nov. 4. and registration can be completed HERE . Invitations to play in this December's Senior, Junior, Sophomore, Freshman, Eighth-Grade, Seventh-Grade and the Inaugural Brain Bowl will be handed out during the showcase.

The 2018 GHSA Softball State Playoff brackets, scores & schedule can be accessed HERE . For more fall sports coverage visit ScoreATL.com .

Thursday, October 25, 2018

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WEDNESDAY SCORES

The second-round of the GHSA Volleyball State Championship continued Wednesday night with the remaining teams vying for a berth in the quarterfinals.

In Class AAAAAA, Allatoona defeated Gainesville in three-straight sets to take the match. Allatoona won the first set 25-17, the second set 25-13 and the final set 25-15 to advance to face Richmond Hill in the quarterfinals. Lakeside-Evans swept Valdosta to earn a quarterfinal berth against Creekview. Lakeside won the first set 25-14, the second set 25-16 and held on for a 25-23 victory in the third set to win the match.

Greenbrier only needed three sets to punch its ticket to the quarterfinals. The Lady Wolfpack defeated Drew 25-19 in the first set, 25-16 in the second set and 25-12 in the third set. Greenbrier will face Alpharetta, which swept Winder-Barrow on Wednesday, in the Elite 8. Glynn Academy advanced past Houston County 3-1 to earn a quarterfinal berth against Pope. Glynn won the first set 25-18 but lost the second set 25-22. The Lady Terrors bounced back and won the third set 25-16 and the fourth set 25-19 to win.

In Class AAAA, Columbus swept Cross Creek in three sets to advance to face Northwest Whitfield in the quarterfinals. Columbus was not challenged in the second-round match, defeating Cross Creek 25-4, 25-12 and 25-5. Cartersville advanced to the AAAA quarterfinals for the second-straight season following its 3-1 victory over LaFayette. The Lady Canes won the first set 25-21, before losing the second set 25-22. Cartersville bounced back with back-to-back victories (25-23, 25-18) to secure the victory.

In Class AA-A Public, Coosa swept Oglethorpe County to earn a quarterfinal berth against Thomasville. Coosa won the first set 25-4, the second set 25-8 and the third set 25-5 to overpower Oglethorpe. Harlem advanced to a quarterfinal match against Rabun County following its 3-0 sweep of Temple. The Lady Bulldogs won the first set 25-10, the second set 25-19 and the third set 25-17.

In football action, Cairo scored in all facets of the game to outclass Shaw 45-14 in a game which featured a several ejections, a slew of unsportsmanlike penalties throughout and a running clock in the fourth quarter. The game, which secured the 1-AAAA region championship for Cairo, shifted into Cairo’s favor early as it built a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and a 31-0 lead at the half.

Cairo scored first on a 9-yard run by Tay Solomon with 4:13 left in the first quarter, a play that was set up by a screen pass from Ronnie Baker to Nick Gosier. With two minutes left in the first quarter, Baker found Cameron Goosby on a 60-yard touchdown pass and Noah Jones’ PAT put the Syrupmakers up 14-0. Jones’ 20-yard field goal with 9:00 left in the first half gave Cairo a 17-0 lead. Cairo’s defense earned the next score on a blocked punt which was returned by Cam Jones for a 30-yard touchdown to put Cairo up 24-0 following Jones’ PAT. The Syrupmaker special teams wasn’t left out of the onslaught as Gosier broke free on a punt return and rushed 74 yards for the score to make it a 31-0 game at the half. Solomon found the endzone again on a 26-yard rush with nine minutes left in the third quarter to push the lead to 38-0. Shaw cut into the lead on a 38-yard rushing touchdown with a minute left in the third quarter 38-7 before Solomon scored again on a short dive with less than a minute remaining to make it a 45-7 game. Shaw added a touchdown on a 45-yard pass to bring the game to its final tally.

See the complete score list from the second-round of the GHSA State

Volleyball Playoffs below

Allatoona 3, Gainesville 0

Alpharetta 3, Winder-Barrow 0

Bremen 3, Johnson-Augusta 0

Buford 3, Grady 0

Calhoun 3, Dawson County 0

Calvary Day 3, Atlanta International 0

Carrollton 3, Loganville 2

Cartersville 3, LaFayette 0

Chamblee 3, Decatur 0

Columbus 3, Cross Creek 0

Coosa 3, Oglethorpe County 0

Creekview 3, Northgate 0

Eagles Landing Christian 3, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian 1

Elite Scholars Academy 3, Pepperell 1

Etowah 3, Kennesaw Mountain 1

Fellowship Christian 3, North Cobb Christian 2

Glynn Academy 3, Houston County 1

Gordon Lee 3, Lake Oconee Academy 0

Greater Atlanta Christian 3, Pike County 1

Greenbrier 3, Drew 0

Harlem 3, Temple 0

Hebron Christian 3, Tallulah Falls 0

Holy Innocents’ 3, Trinity Christian 0

Jackson County 3, Lumpkin County 0

Lakeside-Evans 3, Valdosta 0

Lambert 3, Norcross 0

Lassiter 3, East Coweta 1

Lovett 3, Jackson 0

Marist 3, Troup 0

McIntosh 3, Locust Grove 0

Milton 3, Mill Creek 2

Morgan County 3, East Hall 2

Mt. Paran Christian 3, Athens Academy 0

Newnan 3, Roswell 1

North Gwinnett 3, South Forsyth 2

North Hall 3, Jefferson 2

Northside-Columbus 3, Perry 0

Northwest Whitfield 3, Oconee County 0

Pace Academy 3, Islands 0

Pope 3, Apalachee 2

Rabun County 3, Armuchee 0

Richmond Academy 3, Eastside 2

Richmond Hill 3, Lee County 2

Riverwood 3, Walnut Grove 0

Savannah Christian 3, Mt. de Sales 1

St. Pius X 3, Blessed Trinity 1

Starr’s Mill 3, Harris County 0

Statesboro 3, Veterans 0

Thomasville 3, Westside-Augusta 2

Walker 3, Lakeview Academy 2

Walton 3, North Cobb 0

West Forsyth 3, Brookwood 2

Westminster 3, Savannah Arts 0

Whitewater 3, Union Grove 0

Woodville-Tompkins 3, Jordan 2

2018 GEORGIA ELITE CLASSIC

The 2018 Georgia Elite Classic is adding Seventh and Eighth Grade All-Star Games for its first-ever seven-game lineup that will be played on Dec. 27-28 at McEachern’s Cantrell Stadium. Starting with the Seventh Grade Game at 4 p.m. and the Eighth Grade Game at 6 p.m. on Dec. 27th, the Classic will conclude on the 28th with the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior games and the first-ever Brain Bowl.

“It’s amazing to go back and look to see who at a very young age played in this game and where they are going today,” said I.J. Rosenberg, president of Score Atlanta and executive director of the Georgia Elite Classic. “You can bet that the two games this season will feature some of the best players in Georgia in a few years and they will he headed to some of the best football schools in the country. We’re excited about having these kids.”

The event featured an Eighth Grade Game in its inaugural year (2013), and those rosters, which represented a seemingly distant Class of 2018, proved to be packed with some of the most talented players in the country. Florida signee Emory Jones of Heard County and UNC signee Cade Fortin of North Gwinnett led the quarterbacks in the matchup, while big names like center Warren Ericson (North Gwinnett, Georgia); wide receiver Zach Williams (Johns Creek, Arizona); cornerback Kyler McMichael (Greater Atlanta Christian, Clemson); Jamarcus Chatman (Rome, FSU); Realus George (Pace Academy, Miami) and RB Rico Frye (Cartersville, Bowling Green) also formed the rosters.

In 2014, the Eighth Grade Game featured the Class of 2019, which is representing the state as seniors this current upcoming season. This impressive group included:

OLB Owen Pappoe (Grayson, Auburn); WR Dominick Blaylock (Walton, UGA); RB Steele Chambers (Blessed Trinity, Ohio State); TE Ryland Goede (Kennesaw Mountain, UGA); OC Jakai Clark (Grayson, Auburn); CB Kenyatta Watson II (Grayson, Texas); LS Quentin Skinner (Buford, LSU); 4-stars SDE Justin Eboigbe (Forest Park), S Jaylen McCollough (Hillgrove) and 3-stars CB DJ Turner (North Gwinnett), OG Riley Simonds (Buford), QB Ross Malmgram (North Paulding), RB Paris Brown Jr. (McEachern), ATH Isiah Grant (North Paulding), CB Emmanuel Jenkings (Sequoyah), DL Derrick McClendon (Tucker) and ATH Malik Washington (Parkview)

This will be a great opportunity to get an early look at some of the state’s most promising young stars, and the same selection committees and coach-based nominations will be used to determine the rosters in each of the games. John Woods is heading up the middle school selection committee with help from Rusty Mansell of 247Sports.

Not only will these middle schoolers get a chance to play in the game, but they will get to bump shoulders with those participating in the five other games from check-in on Dec. 26 until the final game. Players will report on Dec. 26 at 9 a.m. and will have two practices that day and then one more practice the morning of the 27th before the games kick off. All players will receive a jersey and the official Georgia Elite Classic player pack.

Nominations for players in all grades and games can be made HERE

To register for the Elite Showcase at Walton on Nov. 4 CLICK HERE

2018 GEORGIA ELITE CLASSIC SCHEDULE

At McEachern High School

Friday, Dec. 27

Seventh Grade Game 4 p.m.

Eighth Grade Game 6 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 28

Freshman Game 9:30 a.m.

Sophomore Game 12 p.m.

Junior Game 2:30 p.m.

Brain Bowl 5 p.m.