Ringgold bested by Coahulla Creek to end 2019 season
An injury-riddled season ended for the Ringgold Tigers on Friday night with a 23-14 loss at Coahulla Creek.
The Colts grabbed the early 7-0 lead, but two second-quarter touchdown passes would put the Tigers in front, 14-7, at intermission. However, it would prove to be the only points of the night for the Blue-andwhite, who gave up 16 unanswered points in the second half.
Individual statistics were not available as of press time.
Region 6-AAA champion North Murray will host Monroe Area, the No. 4 seed from Region 8-AAA in the first round of the playoffs on Friday. Second-seeded Calhoun will entertain Morgan County. Thirdseeded Haralson County will be tested with a trip to Hart County and fourth-seeded Sonoraville will head to Jefferson to take on the Region 8 champion Dragons.
Sonoraville, Adairsville and LFO all finished with 4-4 records in 6-AAA with each going 1-1 against the others. However, the Class 3A power ratings were used as the tiebreaker, putting Sonoraville (10.57) in as the fourth seed.
Adairsville, however, grabbing the one at-large bid in the state playoffs after having the highest power rating (10.27) between the fourth-place team of Region 1 and the fifth-place teams of Regions 2 through 8.
The GHSA finalized the at-large team around noon on Monday. Ringgold earned the Class 3A atlarge bid last year.
Adairsville will play at state-ranked Jenkins Friday night in Savannah in the opening round and could face North Murray in the state quarterfinals were they to win two straight road games.