Sprayberry, Kell Clinch Playoff Spots

All three Northeast Cobb high schools’ football teams are playoff-bound.

earned its postseason berth in the game of the night Friday, knocking off at home in double overtime, 37-34.

Quarterback Jacob Chesser ran for his third touchdown of the game for the decisive points for the Yellow Jackets, the Marietta Daily Journal reported.

Sprayberry led 21-7 in the first half and 24-21 at halftime but was shut out in the second half, forcing the overtime heroics to extend the season, the Douglas County Sentinel reported.

The win over the top seed in the southern half of Region 5-AAAA evened the Yellow Jackets’ record at 5-5 (3-3 in 5N-AAAA) for the season. Their next game will be at Region-6AAAA champion (10-0) to open the Georgia High School Association AAAA playoffs Friday.

also needed to win Friday to earn one of 5-AAAA’s four playoff spots, but the Longhorns avoided any drama by building a 49-0 halftime lead on the way to a 55-21 home victory over , the MDJ reported.

Kell (8-2 overall, 5-1 in the region) will travel to Brookhaven to play 6-AAAA second-place team (9-1) to start the AAAA playoffs.

East Cobb’s , which draws students from Northeast Cobb, also is in the AAAA playoffs as the 5-AAAA champion after crushing , 49-28. The Greyhounds will be home against 8-2 in the first round.

At the AAAAA level, (7-3, 3-3) holds the fourth seed from Region 5-AAAAA after i against on Thursday night. That means the Trojans must play at Region 6-AAAAA champion (9-1) next week.

While Lassiter and Alpharetta didn’t play each other this season, they did have three common opponents:

• , which , but .
• , which , and .
• , which lost to , and to .

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