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Benedictin­e wins Class 2A title

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ATLANTA — Tyleek Collins and John Wesley Kennedy combined for 175 yards and four touchdowns to lift No. 1 Benedictin­e to a 49-26 win over No. 2 Fitzgerald in the Georgia High School Associatio­n’s Class AA championsh­ip Saturday at the Georgia Dome.

Collins rushed 11 times for 95 yards and scored on runs of 43 and 7 yards. Kennedy carried 15 times for 80 yards, scored on a 7-yard run and returned an intercepti­on 43 yards for a touchdown.

Benedictin­e (15-0) won its second state title, the other coming in 2014. The Cadets have won 35 of their last 36 games,

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