Hughes' offensive line helped produce three 100-yard rushers – Carsyn Baker (144), Qwantavius Wiggins (141) and Jabari Jones (116) – and allowed no sacks in a 52-21 victory over south Fulton County rival Westlake.

Grace Maddox, a senior wide receiver/free safety who helped lead North Oconee into today’s Class A-4A championship game against Southeast Bulloch, is GHSF Daily’s Flag Football Player of the Week. In four playoff victories, Maddox intercepted five passes, broke up 11 passes and scored three touchdowns and an extra point.

Benedictine’s Danny Britt knows when he’s been beaten, and the coach gave Stockbridge the credit for ending his team’s 24-game winning streak and two-year reign as Class 4A champion last week in the semifinals.

Pierce County put the ball and its semifinal fate in the hands of Caden McGatha last week. Running or passing on 51 of Pierce’s 53 plays, the junior quarterback produced 388 total yards and scored his team’s five touchdowns in a 35-7 victory over Fitzgerald.

Emani Scott, a senior quarterback at Therrell, is GHSF Daily’s Flag Football Player of the Week. Scott was selected last week as the lone Georgia player to compete in the U.S. Army Bowl's first Flag All-American Game to be played Dec. 18 in Frisco, Texas.

There was a day when nobody doubted Camden County. That day is back. The Wildcats defeated No. 1-ranked Mill Creek 39-20 in the Class 7A quarterfinals last week while putting up 387 rushing yards against a defending state champion on a 20-game winning streak.

Douglas County coach Johnny White was having fun on his Facebook page this weekend talking about star junior wide receiver/defensive back James Johnson. “I’m tired of saying it. Men lie. Women lie. Numbers don’t,” White posted. The coach was referring to Johnson's season statistics, but the player's most recent game also made the point.

Rome figured it needed a complete game to beat defending Class 6A champion Hughes. The Wolves delivered that. Rome’s 42-14 victory marked the first time that Hughes has been held to fewer than 20 points in 40 games.

Wesleyan coach Franklin Pridgen called Ben Brown a superstar this week. The junior quarterback played like one in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs Friday as he passed for 356 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for a career-high 109 yards and one touchdown in a 33-26 victory over sixth-ranked Stephens County.

Parker Bridges, a junior at Loganville, is GHSF Daily’s Flag Football Player of the Week. In four games, all victories, Bridges caught four touchdown passes, intercepted five passes, returning four for touchdowns, and returned a punt for a touchdown.

If there was an award for beating the highest-ranked team in the first round of the playoffs, Cass would be the winner. For the second year in a row. Cass defeated No. 6 Kell 28-14 in the Class 5A first round last week. A year ago, it was No. 4 Jefferson in the same round.

Not even Tom Brady has led a fourth-quarter comeback like that. Upson-Lee trailed by 23 points with 11:42 left against Savannah Country Day in the Class 3A playoffs, needing three touchdowns and three two-point conversions to win.

Aaliyah Silver, a sophomore wide receiver/running back at Greenbrier, is GHSF Daily’s Flag Football Player of the Week. Silver has 44 receptions for 432 yards on offense and 49 stops and seven interceptions on defense for an 11-1 team that has shut out nine opponents and hasn’t lost since its opener.

Reed Chandley, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound senior kicker/punter at Cherokee, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Chandley has a 3.4 GPA and was the leading scorer on his team with 44 points (17 extra points and nine field goals).

Coffee is 10-0 for the first time since 1982 and ranked No. 1 this season for the first time in history. If there’s a simple reason, it’s defense. Coffee is allowing 5.4 points per game, fewest of any GHSA team. The Trojans haven’t allowed a touchdown when a game was in question since Sept. 8.

Trion’s Toby Maddux has been playing like an all-state player this season. On Friday night, he was something a little better than that. The senior running back/linebacker rushed for 261 yards, had 54 yards receiving, scored five touchdowns, made 15 tackles and recovered a fumble. He even threw a 33-yard pass.

GHSF Daily’s Offensive Line of the Week is Grayson’s unit of left tackle Walt Flynn, left guards Don Egbe and Andrew Johnson, centers Josh Threat and Bryce Hudson, right guard Alex Demesier and right tackle Chris Gardner with tight end Kylan Fox. They paved the way for 354 rushing yards and five touchdowns in a 41-14 victory over seventh-ranked Parkview.

Serenity Hickman, a junior quarterback and linebacker at Columbus, is GHSF Daily’s Flag Football Player of the Week. In leading the Blue Devils to a 10-0 start, Hickman has thrown for 1,594 yards and 31 touchdowns and scored seven touchdowns while pulling a team-leading 34 flags and intercepting nine passes.

Ashton Woods, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound senior linebacker, is the scoutSMART Student-Athlete of the Week. Woods has 90 tackles, 13 tackles for losses and seven sacks this season for the Region 5-7A champion Raiders, who are 9-0 and ranked No. 2. He has a 3.88 GPA.

Justin Rogers became Thomas County Central’s coach last season with hopes of restoring the glory days. They aren’t here quite yet. Thomas Central won five state titles in the 1990s. But the similarities are beginning to appear. The Yellow Jackets’ 31-24 victory over Lee County last week gave them their first back-to-back region titles since 2006-07.