Published November 07, 2009 07:38 pm - MOULTRIE — While Northside was holding on to defeat Colquitt County 20-17 and claim the Region 1-AAAAA championship on Friday, Lowndes did what it had to do to take second place, scoring three second-half touchdowns to knock off Warner Robins at Martin Stadium 31-17.
Lowndes beats Demons, finishes No. 2
Wayne Grandy
MOULTRIE — While Northside was holding on to defeat Colquitt County 20-17 and claim the Region 1-AAAAA championship on Friday, Lowndes did what it had to do to take second place, scoring three second-half touchdowns to knock off Warner Robins at Martin Stadium 31-17.
Northside and Lowndes finish the regular season with 6-1 records, but the Eagles will take the No. 1 seed by virtue of their 10-7 victory over the Vikings on Oct. 2.
The Eagles will play host to Chapel Hill in a first-round state playoff game next Friday.
Chapel Hill took the No. 4 seed from Region 4 when it defeated Westlake 21-14 in overtime on Friday.
Westlake remains Region 4’s No. 2 team and will play host to Colquitt County on Friday.
The Packers finished 5-2 in the region to take the No. 3 seed.
Lowndes will play host to East Coweta on Friday.
Valdosta would take the No. 4 seed with a victory over Houston County in Saturday’s late game.
With the victory, the Wildcats would finish 4-3 in the region and would have to travel to play No. 4-ranked and 10-0 Newnan.
A Valdosta victory also would eliminate Warner Robins, which could only get in with a Valdosta loss.
Warner Robins, trying to build on its come-from-behind 21-20 victory over Northside the week before, had battled the Vikings to a 10-10 standoff late in the third quarter when Lowndes unleashed its passing game.
Vikings quarterback Cole Parker threw two touchdown passes in the final 13 minutes to put the Demons away.
Warner Robins scored quickly, recovering a Lowndes fumble on first offensive play of the game and cashing it in when quarterback Maurice Dudley hit Brian Sutton for a 32-yard touchdown pass.
It marked the first time the Vikings had trailed at home all season.
But Lowndes began to take the game over late in the third quarter when Josh Clemons took a screen pass from Parker 39 yards for the touchdown that put the Vikings up by seven.