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The East Laurens flag football team completed a perfect final lap of the regular season Thursday night as it defeated Statesboro 14-0 to finish this inaugural campaign with a 15-3 overall record.

SUNSET SACK: Kalise Williams pulls the flag of Statesboro’s quarterback for a backfield stop in front of the colorfully painted Thursday-evening sky/CLAY REYNOLDS

The Falcons had long since qualified for the state playoffs, which they’ll start next week with an expected home game, but maintained their position in the top 10 of the GHSA’s Division 1 Post Season Rankings with four wins over three days to close out on a six-game winning streak.

Victories over Wheeler County, 13-7, and Hawkinsville, 25-0, on Monday were turns 1 and 2, and East Laurens steered onto the home stretch with No. 3 in a 42-0 shutout of Statesboro’s STEAM Academy Tuesday before heading home Thursday to meet the Blue Devils for a second time, and celebrate senior night.

The East Laurens sideline reacts to a play during Thursday’s first half/CLAY REYNOLDS

Breakthroughs on their only two red zone trips of the night helped the Falcons gain separation in the slow-paced and defense-dominated battle.

Quean Washington stumbles after tightroping the sideline on a run after the catch for a first down, which extended a late first-half scoring drive on which she’d have the touchdown reception to get the Falcons on the board/CLAY REYNOLDS

Zahmaria Robinson threw to Quean Washington for the game’s first touchdown late in the second quarter, and found her center Kassidie Lovett over the middle for the second on the last play of the third.

Lovett also had the receptions to tack on an extra point to both scores.

Center Kassidie Lovett had a part in eight of the game’s 14 points with catches (left) for a third-quarter touchdown and one-point conversions (right) after both East Laurens scores/CLAY REYNOLDS

Faithful flag-pulling, including for losses on a couple by Andrea Wright and Kalise Williams, helped keep Statesboro in check offensively for the duration of the night.

Robinson, Washington, Garyunna Mitchell, Tytiuna Page and DeAndrea Lowther (with a long run after a catch to flip the field and set up the second touchdown) contributed other big plays offensively.