Buford forfeits two wins, falls to 4-3

Buford forfeited victories over Banks County and West Hall on Monday for the use of an ineligible player, the GHSA announced.

The player, who was not named, did not have the required units of credit to be eligible academically. Buford reported the incident to the GHSA.

Buford's record falls to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in Region 7-AAA. The forfeits put North Hall (6-1, 4-0) in the lead in 7-AAA and put five teams with 2-2 records: Buford, Dawson County, White County, Banks County and West Hall.

If North Hall loses no more than one game, North Hall will win the region. Buford has won region titles in 10 of the past 11 seasons, failing only in 2009, when the Wolves still won a Class AA state title.

The forfeits now represent 25 percent of the games lost by Buford since Jess Simpson became coach in 2005. Simpson's record, formerly 102-6, is now 100-8. 

Here are some of the top individual performances from last week:

Top five

*Colquitt County sophomore WR Javonta Woods had 13 catches for 233 yards in a 44-26 victory over Brunswick.

*Gainesville QB Deshaun Watson passed for 239 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 174 yards and one touchdown in a 49-28 victory over Clarke Central.

*Jackson PK Joe Brown kicked a 56-yard field goal in a 39-15 victory over Henry County.

*Mill Creek RB Jacorey Lewis rushed for 302 yards and six touchdowns on 26 carries in a 56-21 victory over Duluth.

*St. Pius FB Ryan Braswell set school records for rushing yards (283) and attempts (35) in a 38-28 victory over Cedar Grove.

Best of the rest

*Brooks County QB Malcolm Parrish passed for 318 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-6 victory over Pelham.

*Brookwood WR Ky Priester had seven receptions for 213 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-21 victory over Central Gwinnett.

*Brunswick QB Cory Dixon passed for 239 yards and rushed for 109 and had a hand in three touchdowns in a 44-26 loss to Colquitt County. WR Chris Trimmings had six catches for 154 yards.

*Carver (Atlanta) RB Montavious Taylor rushed for 300 yards and four touchdowns on 10 carries in a 65-14 victory over South Atlanta.

*Collins Hill QB Brett Sheehan was 17-of-19 passing for 300 yards and five touchdowns in the first half of a 56-10 victory over Meadowcreek.

*East Paulding PK Miles Hemphill kicked 9 of 9 kickoffs for touchbacks, was 7-for-7 in extra points and made a 41-yard field goal in a 52-6 victory over Rome. Through seven games, Hemphill is 43-of-43 on extra points, 5-of-5 on field goals and 53-of-56 on kickoffs for touchbacks.

*Fitzgerald RB Larry Stewart rushed for 182 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-18 victory over Berrien.

*Glynn Academy RB Jonathan Alford rushed for 168 yards on 21 carries and scored two touchdowns in a 55-0 victory over Bradwell Institute. Alford has rushed for 924 yards and 11 touchdowns in seven games.

*Grayson RB/DE Robert Nkemdiche scored four touchdowns and had a team-leading eight tackles for a defense that held South Gwinnett to 52 yards of total offense in a 41-0 victory.

*Houston County WR Myles White returned the opening kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown and then caught 13 passes for 138 yards in a 49-34 loss to Warner Robins.

*Jackson (Atlanta) DL Malik Reid had 12 tackles and three sacks in a 48-7 victory over Douglass.

*Jefferson LB Wesley Simonton had 20 tackles and broke up a pass in a 43-0 victory over Oglethorpe County.

*Landmark Christian RB Jeremiah Kirkland rushed for 216 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries in a 38-14 victory over Pace Academy.

*Lassiter QB Eddie Printz was 25-of-37 passing for 420 yards and four touchdowns in a 47-30 victory over Milton. WR Willie Police had 13 receptions for 167 yards and two touchdowns, and his 41-yard TD reception gave Lassiter the lead for good, 34-30, after trailing 23-7.

*Lithonia DE/LB David Johnson had six tackles for losses and three sacks in a 21-8 loss to Columbia. Johnson is committed to South Carolina.

*Mill Creek DL Kelsey Griffin had four sacks and returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown in a 56-21 victory over Duluth.

*Monroe Area RB Kwan Brooks rushed for 185 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-6 victory over Walnut Grove.

*Morgan County C Bailey Ross graded out 95 percent in a 36-10 victory over East Jackson. Ross, a preseason all-state lineman being recruited by Berry, LaGrange and the University of Chicago,averages 93 percent on the season.

*North Oconee RB Kawon Bryant rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries in a 27-26 victory over Elbert County. Bryant, a sophomore, has been unable to practice the past two weeks because of a high ankle sprain.

*Northview RB Terrance Upshaw scored four touchdowns, one on a punt return, another on a kick return, in a 56-0 victory over North Springs.

*Parkview RB/LB Justis Rosser rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown, had two tackles, broke up a pass and recovered a fumble in a 28-0 victory over Shiloh, Parkview's second shutout of the season.

*Ridgeland RB Darrell Bridges rushed for 248 yards and four touchdowns on 34 carries in a 35-20 victory over Northwest Whitfield. Noah Cooper (126) and Vonn Bell (90) also put up good rushing numbers as their team had more than 500 yards in total offense.

*Screven County RB Jeremy Johnson rushed for 216 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries in a 41-20 victory over Westside (Augusta). For the season, Johnson has 1,006 yards rushing and 22 touchdowns.

*Sequoyah RB Blake Ingleton rushed for 235 yards on 24 carries and scored three touchdowns in a 38-13 victory over Forsyth Central. RB Stuart Glassic also rushed for 100 yards and scored on a 69-yard pass. Ingleton has 1,301 yards rushing and 21 touchdowns in seven games.

*Telfair County FB/DE Abraham Freeman rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries, made eight tackles and two sacks and forced a fumble in a 43-24 victory over Turner County.

*Thomas County Central QB Adam Choice rushed for 188 yards on 26 carries in a 41-35 victory over previously unbeaten Lee County.

*Union Grove RB Derrick Craine rushed for 240 yards and four touchdowns in a little more than two quarters and broke 1,000 yards rushing on the season in a 42-7 victory over Mount Zion of Jonesboro. Craine has 1,048 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns on the season.

*Ware County RB Xavier Tobler rushed for 175 yards on 16 carries, made 12 tackles and forced a fumble in a 27-24 victory over Richmond Hill.

*Warner Robins RB D.D. Wright rushed for 218 yards and four touchdowns on 18 carries in a 49-34 victory over Houston County.

*Washington-Wilkes QB Buck Robinson passed for 305 yards and three touchdowns and freshman RB Jaquavious Blackburn rushed for 192 yards in a 41-12 victory over Rabun County.

*West Laurens RB Gerald Carr rushed for 170 yards on 25 carries in a 34-0 victory over Howard.

*Westside (Macon) QB Noah Grayer rushed for 171 yards and passed for 163 and had a hand in four touchdowns in a 44-26 victory over Baldwin.

*Wheeler County RB E.J. Parker rushed for 245 yards and four touchdowns in a 55-7 victory over Montgomery County.

Forfeits

The number of victories overturned by forfeits by the GHSA since 2000 is highly erratic. In 2008, only one school, Montgomery County, was flagged. There were 25 games forfeited in 2002 alone, involving five schools - Crim (1), Dunwoody (6), Riverdale (8), Southwest (6) and Wheeler (4). Common reasons are using players that are not on track to graduate or who are not living in their school district legally. Student-athletes also may violate age and semester rules. He or she must be 19 no sooner than May 1 and must have begun high school no sooner than the fall of 2009. The violations are typically administrative errors that are reported by the offending schools.

2012 - 2

2011 - 10

2010 - 10

2009 - 19

2008 - 1

2007 - 6

2005 - 3

2004 - 3

2003 - 7

2002 - 25

2001 - 13

2000 - 1

Source: GHSFHA.com

Buford has failed to win a region title just once since 2001. That came in 2009. Which team won Buford's region in 2009? (Answer Wednesday)

Answer to Monday's question: Former Atlanta Brave Marquis Grissom was the quarterback for Lakeshore's region championship team in 1985.

Answer to Friday's question: The five schools named Wildcats that have won GHSA state titles since 1948 are Camden County (3), Dunwoody (1), Valdosta (21), Villa Rica (1) and Westminster (2). Note that Valdosta won two state titles before 1948. Also, the Laney Wildcats won two state titles in the 1960s before joining the GHSA.

Region 1-AAAAA

GHSF Daily's projected playoff teams: 1. Thomas County Central, 2. Lee County, 3. Harris County, 4. Bainbridge

Region 2-AAAAA

Projected playoff teams: 1. Northside, 2. Warner Robins, 3. Jones County, 4. Lakeside (Evans)

Region 3-AAAAA

Projected playoff teams: 1. Ware County, 2. Effingham County, 3. Richmond Hill, 4. Glynn Academy

Region 4-AAAAA

Division A

Division B

Projected playoff teams: 1. Whitewater, 2. Union Grove, 3. Creekside, 4. Northgate

Region 5-AAAAA

Projected playoff teams: 1. East Paulding, 2. Allatoona, 3. Rome, 4. North Paulding

Region 6-AAAAA

Projected playoff teams: 1. M.L. King, 2. Stephenson, 3. Tucker, 4. Miller Grove

Region 7-AAAAA

Division A

Division B

Projected playoff teams: 1. Kell, 2. Creekview, 3. Pope, 4. Sequoyah

Region 8-AAAAA

Projected playoff teams: 1. Gainesville, 2. Flowery Branch, 3. Heritage, 4. Clarke Central

Note: All scores are courtesy of the Georgia High School Football Historians Association, Score Atlanta and other media outlets. If a score is not accurate, it was reported incorrectly.

* All of this week's games are Friday unless noted.