Lowndes Wins Hard Fight

It wasn't a game if you like to see touchdowns, but the Lowndes Vikings took the AAAAA semifinal match against the Camden County Wildcats with a first half touchdown and a second half field goal. Final score on the rough-and-tumble game, 10-0. Lowndes will have the home field advantage next Saturday when they face the North Gwinnett Bulldogs for the 5A championship.

North Gwinnett Wins In First Dome Visit

The North Gwinnett Bulldogs are headed to the AAAAA finals next week after defeating the Walton Raiders today in the GHSA Football Semifinals. Going into the second half, the Bulldogs led the Raiders 24-0. Both teams picked up a single touchdown in the last half, for a final score of 31-7. This was the first trip the Georgia Dome for North Gwinnett.

Next week, North Gwinnett will play the winner of the Lowndes - Camden County game.

Cairo Third Quarter Surge Earns Team AAA Finals Spot

After a slow first half, the Cairo Syrupmakers beat the North Hall Trojans 42-21. The first half belonged to the Trojans, with the Syrupmakers only picking up 7 points to the North Hall's 14. Twelve seconds into the third quarter, the Syrupmaker's Reginald Bryant ran 80 yards for the first touchdown, followed quickly by another 48 and 62 yard run touchdowns by Cairo's Ronnie Wooten. By the end of the third quarter, Cairo had added 35 points. It held the lead and only allowed North Hall another 7 for the last half.

The Syrupmakers next week will face the Carver-Columbus Tigers, who pulled out a late win yesterday against the Chamblee Bulldogs, in the AAA finals.

Lovett Lions To Face Buford Wolves

The Lovett Lions bested the Cook Hornets 29-16 in second AA semifinal game this afternoon at the Georgia Dome. The first half belonged entirely to the Lions, and included a 67 yard intercepted touchdown by linebacker Campbell Wilson. The Hornets rallied in the 4th and picked up 16, but couldn't overcome the Lions lead.

The Lovett Lions will face the Buford Wolves next week in AA finals.

GHSA Football Semifinals Friday Wrap-up

Wilcox County heads to its first Class A Championship next week against the Emmanuel County Institute Bulldogs with their state touchdown record-breaker Washaun Ealey. Class AAA Carver-Columbus will be watching the match at 3 pm today to see who they will face next week after pulling out a win in the last six minutes of the game over Chamblee. The Northside-Warner Robins Eagles also pulled out a late win to play in the Class 4A finals against the Ware County in the Bulldogs first finals appearance in nearly half a century.

GHSA Football Semifinals Summary - Friday 7 December 2007
A	Wilcox County 32	Athens Academy 14
A	ECI 35	Clinch County 14
AAA	Carver-Columbus 26	Chamblee 24
AAAA	Northside-WR 31	Tucker 28
AAAA	Ware County 10	Thomas County Central 7

The GHSA football semifinals start up again today at 9 am to settle who will be headed to the Class AA finals next week. The games continue throughout the day to settle the who will face Carver-Columbus in the Class AAA finals. By midnight, we will know which of the Class 5A semifinalists have made all the way through to play in the much-watched finals next week.

GHSA Football Semifinals Schedule - Saturday 8 December 2007
9 am	AA	Buford Wolves vs. Dublin Fighting Irish
12 pm	AA	Lovett Lions vs. Cook Hornets
3 pm	AAA	Cairo Syrupmakers vs. North Hall Trojans
6 pm	AAAAA	Walton Raiders vs. North Gwinnett Bulldogs
9 pm	AAAAA	Lowndes Vikings vs. Camden County Wildcats

All games will broadcast live all day starting at 9 am on Georgia Public Broadcasting television and online at the GPB web site.