Shiflett ties own record in Northwest win

After throwing for a school-record five touchdowns in last week’s victory, quarterback Caleb Shiflett tied his own record in the first half alone as the Northwest Whitfield Bruins thumped Heritage, 49-7, in a subregion match-up.

Tevin McDaniel caught three of the TD strikes in the first quarter and also added a 32yard interception return for another score. Andy Whisenant added a TD reception as Northwest led 49-0 at intermission.

The 5-0 Bruins were hit with some bad news, however, as defensive lineman Cameron Atkins reinjured a knee and may be done for the season.

Andrew Chavez scored the lone TD for the winless Generals on a 5-yard run early in the fourth quarter.

Cedartown 41, River Ridge 25

Nick Chubb passes Herschel Walker on the state’s all-time rushing touchdown list, scoring on runs of 13, 21, and 28 yards. Chubb finished with 176 yards and 20 carries. Harrison Barnett went 7-of-10 in the air for 156 yards and two scores, both to Israel Battle, who caught four passes for 129 yards.

Chubb is now tied for eighth all-time in Georgia with former Randolph County standout Chris Clay.

Michael Lewis ran 15 times for 114 yards for the Knights, while Steven Spears rushed for a score and completed 9-of-20 passes for 121 yards.

Pickens 43, Cass 27

The Dragons had just 36 more yards of total offense, but took advantage of five Cass turnovers as they improved to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the subregion.

Pickens stayed mostly on the ground, rushing for 311 of their 362 yards. Shannon Brooks ran 28 times for 168 yards and one score and caught two passes for 41 yards and another score. Tanner Brumby threw for just 51 yards, but two his five completions went for touchdowns, while he added 86 yards rushing and two more scores.

Justin Reed ran for two TDs and Trevor Long passed for two scores for Cass in the loss.