East Coweta wins region after late PAT block

East Coweta, Milton, West Forsyth and Norcross came out on top of winner-take-all games in the highest classification Friday night, while New Manchester, South Atlanta and Christian Heritage won their first region championships on the final weekend of the Georgia high school football regular season.

East Coweta, ranked No. 5, won its first region title since 2001 with a 27-26 victory over No. 7 Newnan in Region 2-7A. It might’ve been the biggest regular-season game in Coweta County history as it decided a title between ranked teams in the season finale. It came down to a blocked extrapoint attempt in the final two minutes.

In another cross-county game, West Forsyth claimed Region 6-7A with a 20-10 victory over Denmark. It represents West Forsyth’s first region title since 2012.

In Gwinnett County, No. 3 Norcross beat No. 8 Archer 31-14 for the Region 7-7A title.

It completed a 10-0 regular season for the Blue Devils.

No. 10 Milton knocked off Cherokee 41-29 in 5-7A to repeat as a region champion. Milton (9-0) finishes unbeaten in the regular season for the first time since 1952.

Other teams winning de facto region-championship games Friday were Evans in 3-6A (over Alcovy 40-30), No. 2 Buford in 8-6A (over No. 5 Dacula 35-0), Creekside in 3-5A (over Woodward Academy 42-17), New Manchester in 6-5A (over Chapel Hill 33-16), No. 8 St. Pius in 5-5A (over Decatur 28-9), Perry in 4-4A (over No. 9 Baldwin 23-20), No. 8 Pierce County in 1-3A (over No. 5 Appling County 28-21), No. 5 Wesleyan in 5-1A Private (24-0 over Mount Vernon), No. 6 Christian Heritage in 7-1A Private (28-13 over No. 7 North Cobb Christian) and No. 6 Macon County in 5-1A Public (19-12 over No. 8 Chattahoochee County).

The titles were the first for New Manchester, a Douglas County school that opened in 2011, and Christian Heritage, a Dalton private school that played its first full varsity schedule in 2012.

South Atlanta, a city school that opened in 1994, broke through with a 12-0 win over Columbia that clinched Region 6-2A.

South Atlanta was among 11 teams that either needed help to clinch, or whose opponent also was not in contention. The others were Glynn Academy (2-6A), Carrollton (5-6A), Jones County (4-5A), Riverdale (5-4A), Callaway (5-2A), First Presbyterian Day (1-1A Private), Savannah Christian (3-1A Private), Trinity Christian (4-1A Private), Irwin County (2-1A Public) and Commerce (8-1A Public).

Riverdale’s title was the Clayton County school’s first since 1998. Commerce hadn’t won a region title since 2003. The titles for First Presbyterian and Trinity were the firsts in the GHSA for former GISA members.

Two more region championships were to be decided Saturday. Carver of Columbus and Troup played for the 2-4A title while River Ridge tried to clinch 7-6A with a victory over Cambridge.

FRIDAY’S SCORES

Allatoona 30, Pope 14 Bainbridge 43, Monroe 14 Beach 34, Groves 14 Blessed Trinity 49, Woodland-Cartersville 0 Bowdon 61, Armuchee 17 Bremen 28, Haralson County 14 Brookwood 35, Parkview 25 Brunswick 49, Effingham Co. 0 Buford 35, Dacula 0

Cairo 23, Westover 14 Callaway 30, Heard County 17 Calvary Day 37, Aquinas 19 Carrollton 23, Douglas County 7 Cedar Shoals 48, Chestatee 7 Chr. Heritage 28, N. Cobb Chr. 13 Claxton 34, Screven County 0 Clinch Co. 41, Lanier Co. 21 Columbus 20, Shaw 16 Commerce 17, Lincoln County 7 Creekside 42, Woodward Acad. 17 Creekview 19, Johns Creek 14 Discovery 43, Meadowcreek 32 Drew 6, Tri-Cities 0

Dublin 47, Montgomery County 7 Duluth 33, Dunwoody 3 Eagle’s Landing Christian 41, Landmark Christian 6

East Coweta 27, Newnan 26 East Paulding 14, Dalton 7 Eastside 44, Greenbrier 7 Elbert Co. 36, Banks Co. 6 Etowah 12, Alpharetta 6 Evans 40, Alcovy 30

Fannin County 55, Dade County 7 First Presb. 49, Strong Rock Chr. 7 Gainesville 17, North Forsyth 0 George Walton Academy 42, Loganville Christian 6 Georgia Military 38, Academy For Classical Education 13 Glynn Academy 28, Statesboro 0 Gordon Lee 50, Trion 13 Hampton 37, North Clayton 7 Hancock Cent.76, Crawford Co. 7 Hapeville Chart.25, Miller Grove 6 Harris County 21, Whitewater 14 Harrison 35, Hillgrove 0 Heritage-Conyers 38, Grovetown 0 Holy Innocents’ 28, Hebron Chr. 20 Howard 53, Spalding 30 Irwin Co. 46, Turner Co. 14 Jackson Co. 21, Apalachee 17 Jackson-Atlanta 46, Villa Rica 24 Jefferson 47, Madison County 0 Jefferson County 28, Laney 20 Jenkins 42, Savannah 6 Johnson Co. 40, Hawkinsville 20 Jones County 21, Dutchtown 13 Jonesboro 14, Mundy’s Mill 7 Josey 26, Glenn Hills 14

Kell 58, Lassiter 0 Kennesaw Mount. 60, Osborne 7 LakeviewAcad.35,ProvidenceChr.8 Langston Hughes 45, Morrow 6 Lithia Springs 44, N. Springs 6 Loganville 31, Walnut Grove 3 MaconCo.19,ChattahoocheeCo.12 Marietta 36, Walton 24 Marist 52, Mays 21 McIntosh County Academy 41, Jenkins County 20

Metter 44, Emanuel Co. Inst. 6 Mill Creek 40, Peachtree Ridge 3 Milton 41, Cherokee 29 Monroe Area 19, Hart County 16 Morgan County 42, Harlem 0 Mt. Paran Christian 33, Walker 7 Mt. Pisgah Chr. 49, St. Francis 17 Mt. Zion, Carroll 41, B.E.S.T. Acad. 28 New Manch. 33, Chapel Hill 16 Newton 17, South Gwinnett 13 Norcross 31, Archer 14

N. Cobb 43, N. Paulding 13 N. Gwinnett 59, Mountain View 14 North Hall 34, Dawson County 21 North Murray 49, LaFayette 42 Northeast 28, Lamar County 14 Northgate 42, McIntosh 13 NW Whitfield 29, Pickens 23 Ola 49, Locust Grove 7

Pace Acad. 42, KIPP Atl. Charter 14 Pataula Cha. 36, Baconton Cha. 8 Perry 23, Baldwin 20 Pierce Co. 28, Appling Co. 21 Prince Ave. 55, Athens Chr.9 Putnam County 28, Butler 20 Richmond Acad. 36, Burke Co. 10 Riverwood 29, Chattahoochee 6 Rockmart 35, Ringgold 6 Rome 56, Paulding County 27 Roswell 42, Woodstock 12 Savannah Christian 48, Savannah Country Day 28 Social Circle 44, Greene County 7 Sonoraville 33, Coahulla Creek 12 South Atlanta 12, Columbia 0 S. Effingham 28, Bradwell Inst. 14 SW DeKalb 48, Northview 6 Sprayberry 54, South Cobb 7 St. Pius X 28, Decatur 9 Stephens Co. 61, East Jackson 12 Stockbridge 52, Eagle’s Landing 7 Stone Mountain 53, Lakeside 12 Stratford Acad. 35, Windsor 0 Tattnall Co. 34, Long County 3 Telfair Co. 21, Dooly County 14 Terrell Co. 42, Seminole County 7 ThomasCo.Cent.42,Dougherty33 Thomson 42, Hephzibah 30 Toombs Co. 62, East Laurens 0 Trinity Chr. 28, St. Anne Pacelli 17 Union Grove 34, Woodland 14 Upson-Lee 28, Jackson 14 Vidalia 21, Swainsboro 7 Ware County 42, Wayne County 7 Warner Robins 49, Veterans 21 Warren Co. 19, Wilkinson Co. 0 Washington Co. 54, Monticello 6 Washington-Wilkes 34, Towns Co. 0 Wesleyan 24, Mt. Vernon Pres. 0 West Forsyth 20, Denmark 10 West Hall 56, Lumpkin County 13 West Laurens 47, Westside 26 Westlake 42, Tucker 7 Westside 34, Oglethorpe Co. 0 White Co. 48, Cherokee Bluff 7 Wilcox County 56, Treutlen 14 Winder-Barrow 17, Lanier 14 Windsor Forest 10, Islands 7