Football Recap: Local Teams Take the Lead

By Mark Brock

High school teams from Stephenson, Stone Mountain, M.L. King, Arabia Mountain and Redan all won their respective match-ups over the weekend: 

Stone Mountain 27, Therrell 0
Freshman quarterback D’Vonn Gibbons, making his first start and throwing his first passes of the season, threw two touchdown passes in leading the Pirates to a 27-0 win over Therrell in Stone Mountain’s season finale.
 
Jahvez Mitchell, Robert Sims and Gaston Kangni all scored touchdowns to help Stone Mountain finish 4-6 on the season.

M.L. King 40, Miller Gove 22
Quarterback Roland Rivers threw three touchdown passes to lead the Martin Luther King Jr. Lions to a 40-22 win over DeKalb County rival Miller Grove.
 
The Lions (7-3) sealed the No. 4 seed for the Class AAAAA state playoffs with the win as Devin Williams and Jamel Smith both scored on touchdown runs in the win. Miller Grove finishes the year 4-6.
 
Arabia Mountain 38, Lakeside 20
The Arabia Mountain Rams rallied from a 14-8 halftime deficit to knock off the Lakeside Vikings 38-20 to set a school record of seven wins in a season. The Rams came up just one win short of the state playoffs at 7-3. Lakeside finishes the season at 2-8.
 
Redan 49, South Atlanta 13
The Redan Raiders wrapped up their season at 1-9 by thrashing South Atlanta 49-13 at Avondale on Saturday night. The win ended a 0-9 run on the season and prevented the first winless season since 1996 for the Raiders.

Week 12 Results
Thursday, Nov. 7
Stephenson (8-2) 64, North Atlanta (0-10) 6
 
Friday, Nov. 8
Blessed Trinity (7-3) 21, Cedar Grove (6-4) 14
Towers (5-5) 34, McNair (1-9) 7
Stone Mountain (4-6) 27, Therrell (1-9) 0
Chamblee (6-4) 41, Washington (6-4) 39
Clarkston (4-5-1) 40, North Cobb Christian (1-9) 7
Banneker (5-4-1) 49, Columbia (6-4) 27
Rockdale Co. (6-4) 35, Druid Hills (4-6) 24
Dunwoody (3-7) 31, SW DeKalb (2-8) 14
Grady (8-2) 25, Lithonia (4-6) 22
M.L. King (7-3) 40, Miller Grove (4-6) 22
Tucker (10-0) 16, Mays (7-3) 11
 
Saturday, Nov. 9
Arabia Mountain (7-3) 38, Lakeside (2-8) 20
Redan (1-9) 49, South Atlanta (0-10) 13