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'Glory for Christ Football League'

State Championship

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 North Georgia Falcons win

'Glory for Christ Football League'

State Championship

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In the football world, there is a saying that is often used at the end of a game, “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat”. The Glory For Christ Championship Game between the North Georgia Falcons and the Christian Heritage Lions was played in a beautiful stadium on an absolutely beautiful day and both teams had shining moments throughout the game. It was something special to behold as both teams played their hearts out. It is really unfortunate that one team came out on the short end of the score. In a game of this magnitude, the championship game, there will be the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

Trailing 16-14 and facing a fourth-and-1 on the North Georgia Falcons’ 2 with 35 seconds left in the game, the Lions set up for a Daniel Pierce 19-yard field goal. However, the snap never made it to the holder’s hands, instead going off his helmet and past him to the ground, where the Falcons recovered to earn the Glory for Christ Football League postseason championship.

“We were blessed in the fact that they had a muffed snap on their last play,” Falcons coach Roger McDaniel said. “If that doesn’t happen, the score probably doesn’t turn out this way. But the kids played hard, and I always thought the whole year that the championship game would be Christian Heritage and North Georgia.

“We’re just blessed because our kids kind of took a nap there in the fourth quarter.”

The Lions (9-2) were trying to win consecutive titles a year after going 12-0 in what was then called the Georgia Football League. Instead, the Falcons (9-3) — a home-school team based out of Canton — won their first championship since 2004.

North Georgia took the opening kickoff at the 22 yard line. Eleven plays later the Lions defense held on 4th down at the 32 yard line, taking over for the first time after the Falcons had the ball for almost 8 minutes. It only took Christian Heritage 3 plays to go 68 yards and a touchdown as QB Daniel Pierce connected with Mason Sikes who had gotten behind the Falcons defense. The extra point kick by Pierce was good and at 3:55 left in the first quarter Christian Heritage led 7-0.

The Falcons went 3 and out on their next possession and kick to the Lions. The Lions took over at the 19 yard line. Five plays later they punted and the Falcons took over at their own 35. Using a combination of passes and runs the Falcons moved to the Lions 35, then Tim Howard found his favorite receiver, Riley Davis, with a pass and Davis took it to the house for a 35 yard TD. The extra point kick was blocked, leaving the Lions in the lead, 7 to 6, with 6:31 left in the 2nd quarter.

Christian Heritage went 3 plays and then punted to the Falcons 47. Howard went to work again as he connected on 5 passes, the last going 8 yards to Elijah Hiers for the score with 56 seconds left in the first half. Kicker Brett Snyder was good on the extra point kick and the Falcons had the lead at 13-7.

With less than a minute left in the half, the Lions moved the ball from the 27 all the way to the 7 yard line, however, the clock ran out before the Lions could get off another play. Halftime score: North Georgia 1 3 Christian Heritage 7.

The Lions took the second half kickoff, but could not get anything going and had to punt. The Falcons then ran 3 plays and had to punt which only went about 15 yards giving the Lions good field position at the 32 yard line. On the second play, Drew Lee of the Falcons recovered a Lions fumble at the 30 yard line. The Falcons marched down the field on 9 plays with a mixture of passes and runs, however, they stalled at the 30 yard line and on 4th down the Falcons lined up for a field goal. Kicker Brett Snyder then booted a 46 yard field goal to give the Falcons a 16 to 7 lead with 49 seconds left in the 3rd quarter.

Both teams then traded possessions with neither team able to do much. Then the Lions took over at the 8 yard line and using the passing arm of Daniel Pierce connected on six passes, finding Ethan Turnmire for the TD of 29 yards. Daniel Pierce kick was good and the Lions were back in the game but still behind 16-14 with 3:36 left in the game.

After kicking off to the Falcons, the Lions defense bowed up and stopped the Falcons on 3 plays. The Falcons lined up to punt, but attempted a fake punt which the Lions were able to stop the Falcons short of a first down at the 43. The Lions took over and on first down, Pierce found Mason Sikes at the Falcons 11 yard line for a first down. The Falcons stopped RB Terrell Wison after a 3 yard gain, then Pierce tried a QB sneak that took it down to the 2 yard line, however, time was running down. The Lions decided to go for the win with a field goal, however, a bad snap was recovered by Drew Lee of the Falcons, giving them the victory and the GFC Championship 16-14 over the Christian Heritage Lions.

The Falcons celebrated the thrill of being victorious while the Lions dealt with the agony of defeat after coming so close to the victory. It’s been a great season for both teams and nothing should take that joy away from either of these two team!

SCORE BY QUARTERS

C. Heritage 7 0 0 7 — 14

N. Georgia 0 1 3 3 0 — 16

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter

CHR — Cody Stansell 68 pass from Daniel Pierce (Pierce kick), 3:55

Second Quarter

NOR — Riley Davis 36 pass from Tim Howard (kick failed), 6:31

NOR — Elijah Hiers 8 pass from Howard (Brett Snyder kick), 56.1

Third Quarter

NOR — FG Snyder 46, 49.5

Fourth Quarter

CHR — Stansell 25 pass from Pierce (Pierce kick), 3:36

YARDSTICK

CHR NOR

First Downs 11 9

Rushes-Yds. 25-97 31-77

Passing Yds. 260 102

Com.-Att.-Int. 11-17-0 11-14-0

Fumbles-Lost 4-2 0-0

Punts-Avg 3-38.3 3-32.3

Penalties-Yds. 5-40 6-50

Turnovers 2 0

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Christian Heritage: Daniel Pierce 11-69, Ethan Turnmire 4-17, Terrell Wilson 7-6, Cody Stansell 3-5; North Georgia: Tim Howard 14-36, Mike Jefferson 10-25, Brian Ross 4-12, Zane McDaniel 1-3, Brett Snyder 2-1

PASSING — Christian Heritage: Pierce 11-17-0 245; North Georgia: Howard 11-14-= 102

RECEIVING — Christian Heritage: Mason Sikes 5-102, Cody Stansell 2-93, Wilson 4-65; North Georgia: Riley Davis 3-52, Elijah Hiers 2-23, Snyder 4-20, Zane McDaniel 1-7, Brian Ross 1-0