FRIDAY NIGHT SCOREBOARD: October 31, 2025

Dublin, Johnson County, Wheeler County and West Laurens were big winners at home as the Heart of Georgia’s week 12 action tied up remaining loose ends in the 2025 regular season Thursday and Friday night. Read on to find out how each of the area’s top games played out with region titles, top seeds and playoff spots in the balance.

Full coverage of all will follow in next week’s print editions, and later this weekend online at courierheraldtoday.com/sports.

Dublin 22, Dodge Co. 18

The Irish overcame a very slow start with an assertive second half, and hung on to clinch second place in the final region 2-High A standings, guaranteeing they’ll start next month’s state playoffs with a home game. But for the second-straight year, the Indians had control of the game for most of the first half, after dominating possession in the first quarter on two long scoring drives, both ending in touchdown passes from Kain Mincey to Jerimiah Burns and Jeremiah Carr on fourth downs from a similar distance out. Dublin reversed the momentum by forcing two turnovers in the second quarter, as QuanTavis Lovett picked off a screen pass and Jamarcus Knight scooped and scored on his own forced fumble from 44 yards to make it 13-7 Dodge at the half. Dontavius Cannon and Trav Bostic split carries on a 75-yard go-ahead scoring drive to open the second half, and Jeff Davis’ short touchdown run gave the Irish their first lead, 14-13. Great defensive plays by Deontae Walker, Kye Young, Dorian Carcamo, and Domimarkeyo Walden kept Dodge off-balance, though the Indians would capitalize as their sack forced a Dublin fumble in the red zone, and re-take the lead on a short field goal. The Irish answered with a nine-play drive, and a Knight 7-yard touchdown with 8:55 left, then ran out the clock after a fourth-down stop.

Northeast Macon 29, East Laurens 8

Bryson Hazley hit J.J. Wright on a scramble-drill touchdown pass that went 55 yards to help cut Northeast’s early lead to 15-8 in the second quarter, and that count stood to halftime. But the Falcons couldn’t find any other breakthroughs as the Raiders used a late third-quarter touchdown pass and a Maurice Wilson pick-six in the fourth (one of their four takeaways) to slowly put the game away in the second half. East Laurens, which was situated dangerously close to the cutoff line in the last set of GHSA postseason rankings, will have its fingers crossed for good news on Sunday when it finds out whether a 3-7 finish to the regular season will be enough to gain an at-large playoff spot.

Here’s a full write-up of the game from Michael A. Lough and the Macon Melody.

Johnson Co. 42, GMC 3

The Trojans finalized a 4-peat as region champion in 5-Low A with yet another drubbing on their home field. GMC drew first blood with a 35-yard Zac Koehler field goal, but was silenced the rest of the night by a JoCo defense that gave up only 129 total yards. An outsize portion of the Trojans’ 364 were passing, 136 on the part of a razor-sharp Nathan Turberville, who was 6-of-6 with touchdowns through the air to Cory King, Dazeon Devero, Jeremiah Scott and Tayshawn Norris. Jamie Wadley had JoCo’s only rushing score. Scott and Turberville combined for about 100 of the Trojans’ 220 on the ground. Jalen Daniels’ 36-yard fumble return just before the break had the home team up 28-3 at the halfway mark.

Thursday: West Laurens 27, Westside Augusta 3

The Raiders left no doubt on either side of the ball in a dominant victory to clinch their first region crown since 2019, and finish a first perfect regular season in program history. Read a full recap of the history-making performance here.

Wheeler Co. 58, Treutlen 14

After taking a slight lead of 21-14 to the half, the Bulldogs poured it on in the last 24 minutes to run away with a history-making 10th win, and their first region championship in school history.

More area finals…

Wilcox Co. 56, Montgomery Co. 6

Washington Co. 27, ACE Charter 21

Fitzgerald 45, Jeff Davis 21

Savannah Country Day 35, Vidalia 12

Northside 36, Veterans 22

Warner Robins 33, Perry 26

Locust Grove 19, Jones Co. 3

Peach Co. 42, Monroe 34

Toombs Co. 52, Savannah Christian 24

Hawkinsville 33, Dooly Co. 14

Windsor 35, Augusta Prep 8

Thursday: Bleckley Co. 49, Central Macon 0