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Derrick Baker Scores Four Touchdowns as Milton Wins a 49-46 Thriller at Gainesville on a Last-Minute Field Goal
Milton quarterback Derrick Baker accounted for four touchdowns and kicker Ryan Jung hit the game-winner with 58 seconds left as Milton beat Gainesville 49-46 on Friday night in the Georgia game of the week.
Baker threw touchdown passes of 24 and 6 yards to Jordan Carrasquillo and ran for scores of 7 and 4 yards, adding a 60-yard run that set up his first touchdown pass. The Tennessee commit’s second scoring run opened Milton’s second half — two plays after Sheldon Atchison’s 80-yard run — as the Eagles erased a 30-17 halftime deficit with 32 second-half points.
Jung, who had already hit a 50-yard field goal at the halftime buzzer, drilled a 47-yarder with 58 seconds remaining to put Milton ahead 49-46. A Gainesville fumble, recovered by Milton with 11.6 seconds left, sealed it.
Gainesville lost starting quarterback Kharim Hughley to an ankle injury in the second quarter; sophomore Cooper Papka threw three touchdown passes in relief. Milton improves to 7-1; Gainesville falls to 6-3.
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Sophomore D’Andre Hennix Catches Three Touchdowns — Including the Overtime Game-Winner — as Mays Outlasts Southwest DeKalb 34-31
Benjamin E. Mays has a new star, and Friday night he owned the biggest stage in Atlanta high school football.
Sophomore wide receiver D’Andre Hennix caught three touchdown passes — including the game-winner in the second overtime — as Mays outlasted Southwest DeKalb 34-31 at William Buck Godfrey Stadium to stay perfect on the season.
The Raiders trailed 21-7 before storming back, and every time Mays needed a play, it went to No. 15. Hennix’s final catch ended it in double overtime, and he was named the game’s Robbie Hunter Most Valuable Player.
Mays improves to 8-0 — building on the program’s first 7-0 start since 2015 — while Southwest DeKalb, led by senior quarterback Braylon Carter, falls to 4-5 after pushing the unbeaten Raiders to the brink.
Hennix is only a sophomore (class of 2029), and the college attention has already arrived: the three-star receiver holds offers from Florida State and Georgia Tech. Friday night showed everybody why.
We Speak Sports names D’Andre Hennix our Player of the Game.
Final (2OT): Mays 34, Southwest DeKalb 31 · William Buck Godfrey Stadium
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