The No. 1 ranked Tucker Tigers sealed the Region 4-6A title with a 38-0 shutout victory over the No. 8 ranked Stephenson Jaguars on senior night at Hallford Stadium on Friday night.

Tucker (9-1, 7-0) earned the No. 1 seed heading into the Class 6A state playoffs rushing for 230 yards, passing for 141 and holding the Jaguars (7-3, 6-1) to just 107 yards of total offense in the game.

Tucker put 17 points on the board in the first quarter on a 30-yard field goal by Kyle Wright, a four-yard touchdown run by David Davis and a 42-yard run by Tyler Hughley. The three scores put the Tigers up 17-0 before the end of the first quarter.

Travon Ford helped make it a 24-0 Tiger lead at the half as he hit Davis in the end zone for a 28-yard touchdown pass with 4:48 to play in the second quarter. Wright hit his third PAT of the half.

Stephenson opened the second half driving to the Tucker 22 using up 7:21 of the clock before turning the ball over on downs. The Tigers needed just one play to make it 31-0 as Taurean Taylor broke the line and cut across field on the way to a 78-yard touchdown run. Wright was again good on the PAT with 4:22 left in the third quarter.

Gerry Vaughn’s one yard run up the middle with 10:03 to play in the game capped a 56-yard drive by the Tigers. Wright was good for his fourth PAT on the night.

Taylor rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries to lead the Tigers while Travon Ford was five of seven passing for 90 yards and a touchdown. Deondre Jackson accounted for most of Stephenson’s offense with 17 carries for 57 yards.

M.L. King 48, Mt. Zion 6
Jacobi Haynes was 11 of 16 passing for 298 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Martin Luther King Lions (4-6) to a 48-6 senior night victory over the Mt. Zion-Jonesboro Bulldogs (1-9) on Friday at Hallford Stadium.

Haynes opened up the scoring with a 26-yard fade pass to Antonio Kennon in the end zone for the first of his four touchdown passes. Antonio Fletcher added the point after for a 7-0 lead with less than three minutes gone in the opening quarter.

Five minutes later Rickey Brown III scored from 12 yards out to push the lead to 14-0 on Fletcher’s second PAT.

A 47-yard screen pass to Brown set up Haynes for a quarterback sneak from a yard out with 5:11 to play in the first half to push the lead to 21-0 with Fletcher’s extra point.

Zachary Usher’s fumble recovery to stop a Bulldog drive at the Lions’ two-yard line set up another big play. Marcellius Lockett took the handoff on the first play and broke off left tackle and raced 98 yards for the touchdown with 37 seconds left in the half. Lockett was good on the PAT again to make it 28-0 at the half.

Mt. Zion scored on a 51-yard touchdown run to open the second half to close the gap to 28-6.

Facing a second down and 20 at their own 15, Haynes dropped back and threw deep down the right side to Kennon for an 85-yard pass play for a touchdown and 35-6 lead with 10:28 left in the third quarter.

Fletcher who had six extra points in the game got the second of his three interceptions on the night on the Bulldogs’ next possession and returned it 42 yards to the Mt. Zion 30. Haynes hit Colin White for 27 yards to the three to set up a second and goal from the five. Haynes then hit White again for the five-yard touchdown play and a 41-6 lead with 8:41 remaining in the third quarter.

Mt. Zion turned the ball over on downs on its next possession and it took just one play for the Lions to make it a 48-6 lead. Haynes threw down the right side 36 yards to Montavious Cook for the score. Fletcher’s PAT made the final margin of 48-6.

Antonio Kennon finished the night with three receptions for 150 yards and two touchdowns and Marcellius Lockett had six carries for 122 yards and a touchdown.

The Lions loss to Charles Drew earlier in the season was the tiebreaker that kept the Lions from reaching the playoffs for the first time since the 2013 season.

Cedar Grove 73, Redan 0
The No. 1 ranked Cedar Grove Saints (10-0, 7-0) extended their consecutive win streak to 20 games with a 73-0 win over the Redan Raiders (3-7) at Godfrey Stadium.

Xavier Dennis threw for 220 yards on 12 of 16 passing and five touchdowns to lead the Saints in the win. Dennis threw two touchdowns to Jadon Haselwood in the first quarter to make it a 14-0 lead.

Israel Spivey rushed for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns on just five carries and caught one touchdown pass from Dennis. Trevon Richardson and Devon Barnes also had receiving touchdowns in the game. Mekhi Gilstrap and Quindarius Sterling also added rushing touchdowns.

Jimmy Smith’s Cedar Grove team completed the regular season undefeated for just the fifth time in program history with the last coming in the 1991 (14-1) season under Harry Newberry. The Class 3A defending state champions Saints are the Region 5-3A No. 1 seed.

Region 5-5A
Arabia Mountain (8-2) finished undefeated in region play at 5-0 with a 27-21 win over the Lithonia Bulldogs (3-7) on Friday at Godfrey Stadium.

The Rams enter as the No. 1 seed from the region for the second consecutive season while matching their best regular season mark of 8-2 set a year ago.

Southwest DeKalb (7-3) picked up the No. 2 seed in the region with a 26-12 win over the Columbia Eagles (5-5) at Godfrey Stadium on Friday night.

Miller Grove’s 44-7 victory over the Chamblee Bulldogs (1-9) upped their record to 5-5 and move the Wolverines into a three-way tie with Columbia (5-5) and Lithonia (3-7) with 2-3 records in region play. Miller Grove earned its second consecutive playoff berth and the No. 3 seed by virtue of its 3-3 (.500) record against Class 5A competition.

This put Columbia and Lithonia into a head-to-head tiebreaker which gave Columbia the No. 4 seed on the back of the Eagles’ win over Lithonia earlier this season.

Dunwoody 13, Johns Creek 10
The Dunwoody Wildcats (3-7) ended a seven-game losing skid with a season ending 13-10 Region 7-6A victory over Johns’ Creek (3-7) at North DeKalb Stadium on Saturday night.

The defense paved the way in the game for the Wildcats as Will Forth recovered a fumble in the end zone and Jordan Battle returned a pick-6 84 yards for another score in the win. Forth had six tackles in the game including three for loss while Battle had seven tackles, one for a loss, and two interceptions.

Jeremiah Collier had 12 tackles, including two for a loss and a sack, and Isaac Anderson added 11 tackles including two sacks.

DCSD FOOTBALL WEEK 12 SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 3
Arabia Mountain (8-2) 27, Lithonia (3-7) 21
M.L. King (4-6) 48, Mt. Zion-Jonesboro (1-9) 6
Cedar Grove (10-0) 73, Redan (3-7) 0
Miller Grove (5-5) 44, Chamblee* (1-9) 7
Salem (6-4) 48, Druid Hills (1-9) 0
Brookwood (8-2) 35, Lakeside (2-8) 6
Lovett (6-4) 59, McNair (3-7) 19
Westminster (5-5) 38, Stone Mountain (1-9) 0
Pace Academy (5-4) 13, Towers (4-6) 0
SW DeKalb (7-3) 26, Columbia (5-5) 12
Tucker (9-1) 38, Stephenson (7-3) 0

Saturday, Nov. 4
Douglass (7-3) 42, Clarkston (1-9) 0
Dunwoody (3-7) 13, John’s Creek (3-7) 10

Open: Cross Keys (0-6)

*-Homecoming