Forty unanswered points by the Class 3A No. 1 ranked Cedar Grove Saints led to a 40-6 high school football victory over the defending Class 7A state champions Collins Hill Eagles in Suwanee on Friday night.

An early turnover set up the home team for a quick score on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Mikey Sheehann to Isaiah Richards for an early 6-0 lead, but the Saints responded by scoring 40 unanswered points on the way to big win.

A five-yard run by Demarcus Smith tied the game and Boden Walker’s seven-yard touchdown run put the Saints ahead for good 13-6 with 26 seconds left in the first quarter. Amari Forte was good one the PAT.

Cedar Grove’s Kyle Mosley intercepted a Collin Hills pass and returned it to the Eagles’ 12-yard line to set up another Saints’ touchdown with 11:50 to play in the first half. Two minutes later quarterback Elliott Colson finished off the possession with a five-yard touchdown run for a 19-6 lead.

Smith sent the Saints to the locker room at the half with his second touchdown run, this time from 34 yards out, to push the advantage to 26-6. Forte tacked on the PAT.

The Saints (3-0) opened up the second half with an 80-yard drive capped off by a three-yard touchdown pass from Colson to Devin Carter. Forte’s PAT made it 33-6 heading into the fourth quarter.

Colson put his second rushing touchdown of the game on the board with 9:49 remaining on an 11-yard run. Forte concluded the scoring with the PAT to make the final of 40-6.

Cedar Grove continues its season long road trip this coming weekend traveling to Hoschton to take on Class 7A No. 4 ranked Mill Creek (3-0) on Friday at 7:30 pm.

Dunwoody 49, Druid Hills 0
The Dunwoody Wildcats (2-1) rebounded from their Golden Spike loss to Chamblee last week with a 49-0 win over the Druid Hills Red Devils (1-2) behind another big performance from quarterback Porter LeDoyen on Friday at North DeKalb Stadium.

LeDoyen accounted for over 200 yards of offense for the second consecutive game rushing for 93 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries and going 11-15 passing for 173 yards and a touchdown to Owen Painter (2 receptions, 49 yards).

Jordan Wade, Caden Celestine and Matt Pearch added a rushing touchdown each in the win.

Defensive lineman Luke Cole had another big game for the Wildcat defense with eight tackles including one sack and two tackles for a loss. Defensive back Reid Neel contributed five tackles, one for a loss, and an interception in the shutout for the Dunwoody defense.

McNair 43, St. Mary’s 0
Quarterback Jeremy Victor accounted for four touchdowns to lead the McNair Mustangs (2-2) to their second consecutive victory to even their record at .500 on the season.

Victor threw for three touchdowns, two to Malachi Jackson and one to Tristian Victor, and ran for the fourth in the road win. Tristian Victor also added a rushing touchdown in the victory at St. Mary’s.

The defense put together a strong team effort in the game holding St. Mary’s to 125 total yards in the game. The Mustangs also forced four fumbles and recovered three in the game.

This marks the first time since August of 2018 the Mustangs put together back-to-back wins in a season.

Clarkston 32, Cross Keys 0
The Clarkson Angoras (1-2) jumped out to an 18-0 halftime lead on the way to a 32-0 victory over the Cross Keys Indians (0-3) at Avondale Stadium on Friday night.

Rushing behind the offensive line of senior center Malachi Blue, guards sophomore Habeeb Adullahi and senior Camron Meadows, tackles junior Thomas Hagos and freshman Shane Moore and junior tight end Perry Oskaue the Angoras went over 350 yards on the ground in the win.

Sophomore safety Izaiah Lewis added a scoop and score on a fumble and junior Maung Thi Ha picked off three passes to aid the shutout.

Clarkston added 14 points in the second half to close out the win while shutting out Cross Keys.

DCSD FOOTBALL SCHEDULE – WEEK 4
Thursday, Sept. 8
Therrell (3-0) 3, Towers (0-3-1) 0
Maynard Jackson (2-1) 36, Lithonia (0-4) 8

Friday, Sept. 9
ADAMS STADIUM
Dacula (1-3) 25, Tucker (2-1) 0

AVONDALE STADIUM
Clarkston (1-2) 32, Cross Keys (0-3) 0

GODFREY STADIUM
North Springs (2-1) 19, M.L. King (1-3) 13 OT

HALLFORD STADIUM
Douglass (2-2) 21, Stone Mountain (0-4) 0

NORTH DEKALB STADIUM
Dunwoody (2-1) 49, Druid Hills (1-1) 0

AWAY GAMES
Meadowcreek (3-1) 37, Arabia Mountain (1-3) 17
Cedar Grove (3-0) 40, Collins Hill (1-1) 6
Duluth (3-1) 20, Chamblee (2-1) 14
Cartersville (4-0) 42, Columbia (3-1) 0
Osborne (3-0) 55, Lakeside (3-1) 0
McNair (2-2) 43, St. Mary’s (0-3) 0
Campbell (1-3) 34, Miller Grove (2-2) 30
Carver-Atl (3-0) 32, Stephenson (1-2) 27
Westlake (2-2) 52, SW DeKalb (1-3) 7

OPEN: Redan (1-2)