FINAL: No. 7 Grayson [GA] Rams blow out North Carolina's Mallard Creek [NC] Mavericks, 63-13

Kendall Webb

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Georgia's No. 7 Grayson blew out North Carolina power Mallard Creek, 63-13, in Georgia Friday night.

LOGANVILLE, Georgia, Sept. 5 — No Travis Burgess?

No problem.

For the second week in a row, the No. 7 Grayson Rams took on a high profile out-of-state opponent without their injured senior 4-star quarterback, who's committed to Bill Belichick's North Carolina Tar Heels. And for the second week in a row, they won without him, this time in blowout fashion over the Mallard Creek [Charlotte, NC] Mavericks, 63-13, Friday night.

Burgess was ruled out for the season prior to last week's big 24-23 overtime win over the Thompson [Alabaster, AL] Warriors in The Sporting News High School Football Game of the Week. Burgess's presence was definitely missed in that game against the No. 14 Warriors who led most of the way. But Grayson's defense came through in the red zone repeatedly, forcing turnovers at crucial moments, and keeping the game close until the offense got going in the second half.

This time, Grayson's offense was rolling from the start. The Rams jumped out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead, then added 14 points in each of the remaining three quarters to run the Mavericks back out of Georgia to the Tar Heel State where Burgess plans to play college football next fall. His loss was expected to hamper Grayson's ability to make a run at the national championship – and, possibly, to defend their state title – but the Rams looked up to both challenges Friday night.

Grayson (4-0) will take a well-timed break as they turn their attention to Georgia's Class 6A region play next. They'll visit the Grovetown [GA] Warriors on Friday, September 19, and it will be all Georgia opponents from here to the finish line.

Mallard Creek (2-1) will, no doubt, be glad to return to in-state action next week, too, as the North Carolinians will take on the Myers Park [Charlotte, NC] Mustangs.

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FINAL — GRAYSON 63, MALLARD CREEK 13

Our score updates out of Loganville were unreliable tonight, but we've got the final result out of Georgia.

FINAL — GRAYSON 63, MALLARD CREEK 13

|| THIRD QUARTER ||

And the third quarter is under way.

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|| SECOND QUARTER ||

It's all Grayson at the half.

Halftime — GRAYSON 35, MALLARD CREEK 0

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Grayson piling it on their visitors from the Tar Heel State.

2nd Qtr — GRAYSON 28, MALLARD CREEK 0

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|| FIRST QUARTER ||

And that's the end of your first quarter.

1st Qtr — GRAYSON 21, MALLARD CREEK 0

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Grayson continues to pile it on early.

1st Qtr — GRAYSON 21, MALLARD CREEK 0

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We've got a score correction. It was reported that Mallard Creek scored that second touchdown, but it was Grayson.

1st Qtr — GRAYSON 14, MALLARD CREEK

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Grayson scores with under six minutes to play in the first quarter to take the lead against Mallard Creek.

1st Qtr — GRAYSON 7, MALLARD CREEK 0

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Kendall Webb

Kendall Webb is a freelance writer with The Sporting News and the former publisher of the College Football America Yearbook. He is a proud alumnus of Kilgore College (AA), the University of Texas at Austin (BJ), Middle Tennessee State University (BS), and Harvard University (ALM). Webb has attended a high school or college football game in more than 40 states during his career as a freelance journalist, and he remains an avid follower of team sports at all levels.