Fannin Falls to GAC

On Friday night the Rebels continued Region play with Greater Atlanta Christian. A side note from the game itself, GAC has the nicest facility of any high school I have ever seen. The place was just incredible. As the opening kick was caught the GAC returner took it to the right side of the field and found the sideline, opening the game with a 98 yard kick-off return for a touchdown. After the return, both teams had very short possessions. On the Rebels second possession, QB Brad Davis found his favorite receiver, Cooper Earls, for a 70 yard touchdown. Both of GAC’s next two possessions ended with a rushing touchdown. At the end of the first the Rebels trailed 21-7.

During the second quarter, GAC’s QB, who is rated the best QB in the entire nation and is going to Stanford, started to air it out and found his receiver for a touchdown. The Rebels would then drive the field on their next drive and kick a field goal. After the Fannin field goal, Greater Atlanta Christian started to impose their will. Scoring 17 points in the last 9 minutes of the half. 14 of which came with under a minute to go in the half, one was a rushing touchdown, the other a pick-six. Fannin trailed at half by a score of 45-10.

The second half was a rather dry affair. Neither team was able to do much. GAC would have the only score in the half, that being a rushing touchdown with 3 minutes left in the third. The final score would go on to be 52-10. Now, GAC is one of the best teams in the entire state and they have a very good chance at winning the State Championship. Fannin now finds themselves at 0-2 in the region after played two of the toughest teams in the region. There is still plenty of football to be played and this is still a good football team. The Rebels now head into a bye week, before taking on Dawson County at home on October 14th. So be sure to come out on the 14th and support the Rebels as they take on the Dawson County Tigers!

Around the Region

Dawson County: 45      North Hall: 27

Lumpkin County: 20   White County: 14

Union County: 51          East Hall:46