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Friday Night in Atlanta: Buford Blanks Mill Creek, Tucker Stays Perfect, Southwest DeKalb Nearly Topples Unbeaten Mays
From Buford’s shutout to a near-upset in Decatur, Friday night across the Atlanta metro delivered playoff-shaping results for the schools We Speak Media featured this week.
Buford 40, Mill Creek 0: No. 1 Buford (8-0) shut out Mill Creek (3-5) on the road in the region showdown, ending the Hawks’ turnaround run.
Milton 49, Gainesville 46: The game of the night in Georgia. Milton (7-1) trailed 30-17 at halftime, scored 32 second-half points and won on a 47-yard field goal with 58 seconds left. Quarterback Derrick Baker threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more. Gainesville falls to 6-3.
Carrollton 66, Westlake 27: The first-place fight turned into a rout. Westlake falls to 6-2; Carrollton stays unbeaten at 9-0.
Roswell 62, Riverwood 0: Roswell (7-2) posted a shutout blowout to keep pace in its region race.
Tucker 41, Banneker 2: Tucker (8-0) stayed perfect — Banneker’s only points came on a safety. Banneker falls to 3-5.
Stephenson 55, Westminster 0: Stephenson (8-1) rolled to a shutout win.
Jonesboro 21, M.L. King 19: Jonesboro (6-2) went on the road and edged King (5-4) by two in a DeKalb-Clayton crossover heartbreaker.
Mays 34, Southwest DeKalb 31: Southwest DeKalb (4-5) nearly pulled the upset of the night, pushing unbeaten Mays (8-0) to a three-point game in the Hall of Fame Game at Godfrey Stadium.
North Gwinnett 39, Peachtree Ridge 18: North Gwinnett (7-1) kept rolling; Peachtree Ridge falls to 6-2.
Grayson 52, South Gwinnett 0: Grayson (5-4) pitched a shutout.
Collins Hill 52, Dacula 40: Collins Hill (3-5) won a 92-point shootout.
Parkview 55, Norcross 21: Norcross falls to 4-4; Parkview improves to 7-2.
Miller Grove 24, South Atlanta 14: Miller Grove (4-4) picked up a home win to even its record.
North Clayton 36, Fayette County 7: North Clayton (5-3) won its third straight.
Newnan 42, Tri-Cities 6: Tri-Cities falls to 2-6.
Columbia 43, Carver (Atlanta) 0: Carver falls to 3-5.
Langston Hughes at Creekside — a meeting of 6-1 teams — is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, and Lovejoy was on a bye. North Atlanta’s game at Hillgrove and Cedar Grove’s Thursday game at McNair are being held until their scores can be verified from two sources.
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Maleek Lee’s Three Sacks Lead Palmetto’s 37-0 Shutout of Sumner for the District Title
Palmetto’s defense owned Friday night, and senior defensive lineman Maleek Lee owned the line of scrimmage.
Lee recorded three sacks as the Tigers shut out Sumner 37-0 to claim the Class 5A District 10 championship — a title-game performance from a player who arrived at Palmetto this season and immediately became the anchor of its front.
The 6-foot-3, 270-pound Lee, a four-star prospect committed to Georgia Tech, transferred from Sarasota Booker for his senior year. On the biggest night of Palmetto’s season, he played like it: living in the Sumner backfield and setting the tone for a defense that never let the Stingrays find the end zone.
District championships are won in the trenches, and Lee made sure this one was. We Speak Sports names Maleek Lee our Player of the Game.
Palmetto (FL) · Class 5A District 10 Champions · Final: Palmetto 37, Sumner 0
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