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Macon Telegraph
from Lanier to Mercer: The story of Macon hometown hero Tommy Mixon
The year is 1951. A buzzing crowd of high school basketball fans are packed into the 1,800-seat Heisman Gym, home of the Georgia Tech basketball team. On this day, however, it wasn’t the Yellow Jackets taking the hardwood. It was Macon’s Lanier High School Poets. The all-boys Macon team was facing off against the heavily favored and top-seeded Brown High School from Atlanta. “Everyone was saying the Lanier High Poets were staying in the tournament on borrowed time,” The Macon Telegraph reported at the time. Many fans never expected the Poets to be in this situation, and it seemed clear to most that their run would end at the hands of Brown. It was assumed that Brown, being from the bigger city, would simply have the superior talent and would handle Macon’s team with ease. To add to the pressure, the Poets would be playing in a hostile environment that night unlike anything they had played in before, as only about 400 of the nearly 2,000 fans were there to support the boys from Lanier. “The Poets were booed lustily,” the Telegraph wrote. “Everytime they walked on the floor and every time they stepped up to make a free throw.”
courierheraldtoday.com
Trinity comes up short on road at Piedmont
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Trinity Crusaders traveled to Monticello Friday night for their penultimate contest of the regular football season. Much like last week’s game with Flint River, the Crusaders got a late first-half touchdown to keep the game close, but Piedmont broke the game open with three second half scores to pull away for the 34-13 win.
courierheraldtoday.com
FRIDAY NIGHT SCOREBOARD: Dublin edges Dodge in 100-point thriller; West Laurens picks five to rout Liberty County
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A runaway shootout in the Shamrock Bowl and an outstanding night in Hinesville for the West Laurens defense and special teams made for an eventful Friday night of high school football in the Heart of Georgia. Bleckley and Johnson counties rolled to a couple more huge wins, and others squeaked by in some late-season region tests.
Macon Telegraph
Penalties cost Stratford as Eagles fall to John Milledge 28-20 in heavyweight bout
It can be tough to succeed on the football field with a one-dimensional offense, but the John Milledge Trojans proved the exception to the rule in a crucial region game against the Stratford Eagles in Macon on Friday. The Trojans, led by tight end and Georgia Bulldogs commit Asa Wall, did just enough on offense and clamped down on defense to snuff out a fired-up Stratford team and its home crowd, escaping Bibb County with a 28-20 victory — and with a 10-0 record to finish the regular season. The Eagles (7-2) matched John Milledge better than any other team had so far this year, but Stratford shot itself in the foot a few times with penalties and missed chances — particularly on two drives that ventured inside the 5-yard line but ended with unceremonious field goals — and came up short as a result. “Right there in the second half, the penalties hurt us,” Stratford head coach Paul Carroll said. “A lot of times it comes down to fatigue, it comes down to having a lot of kids playing a lot of both ways. They don’t finish like they did in the first half, they start getting a little
Macon Telegraph
Late rally by Spalding spoils Westside homecoming as Seminoles fall 28-19
Westside High School appeared poised to pull off a homecoming upset Friday night, but a late comeback by Spalding spoiled the Seminoles’ celebration as they lost 28-19. Despite trailing 19-14 in the third quarter, the Jaguars scored 14 unanswered points to secure the 11-point victory, improving to 5-3 on the season while dropping Westside to 2-6. The Seminoles were led by an explosive performance from junior quarterback Jaiden Stephens, who made several spectacular plays with his legs to keep Westside in the game. Stephens’ biggest play came midway through the third quarter, when the Seminoles faced fourth-and-1 deep in their own territory. The junior tucked the ball, ran up the middle of the defense and broke through the middle of Spalding’s line to blast his way to a 70-yard scoring run, giving Westside a short-lived 19-14 lead. Westside head coach James Harris said Stephens’ athletic ability is special, but occasionally needs to be honed in. “Anytime you have an athlete playing quarterback, they think they can make every play,” Harris said. “He wants to make every play. He needs to determine when to make a play and when to just throw the ball away.” Before that explosive play from Stephens,
MaxPreps
Football Recap: Amauni Manning and Tresean Smith Lead the Defense for Coffee Win + How To Watch
The Coffee Trojans strolled past the Houston County Bears with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 27-13. Coffee's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Bobby Reynolds, who rushed for 136 yards and 1 touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Reynolds has averaged 121.5 rushing yards per game over his last 11 games compared to 60.4 in his first seven games last season. Another player making a difference was Tyler Dowling, who rushed for 65 yards and 1 TD.
courierheraldtoday.com
West Laurens returning to Columbus after late-inning rallies to sweep Adairsville
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You never know much for sure, any given year, about your chances going into the GHSA fastpitch softball tournament. But West Laurens can rest assured that its offense will be capable of holding its own with any of the seven other state championship hopefuls it might face in Columbus next week.
maconmayhem.com
Mistakes Prove Costly in 6-3 Loss in Athens
(ATHENS, Ga.) – The Macon Mayhem fell to the Athens Rock Lobsters 6-3 in a hard-fought battle on Friday night. The Rock Lobsters got on the board first at 4:48 with a goal from Luke Croucher, assisted by Corey Cunningham and Devyn Mayea. Both teams traded penalties throughout the period, with Athens’ Logan Acheson called for slashing and Macon’s Brandon Stojcevski assessed a holding penalty. Athens extended its lead at 14:00 on the power play, as Nikita Borodaenko found the back of the net, assisted by Hassan Akl and Brandon Reller, giving the Rock Lobsters a two-goal advantage.