The 2012 DeKalb County Schools middle school football season got underway on Saturday, Sept. 1 as 10 schools picked up victories to start 1-0.
Three of the games were thrillers to the end highlighted by Champion’s (1-0) 20-18 victory over Chapel Hill (0-1) at Avondale Stadium. Stephenson (1-0) pulled out a 14-8 win over Tucker (0-1) and Salem (1-0) upended McNair (0-1) by a score of 22-14.
The other seven games were all shutouts including Bethune (1-0) over Miller Grove (0-1) 28-0, Cedar Grove (1-0) over Columbia (0-1) 18-0, Chamblee (1-0) over Henderson (0-1) 16-0, Freedom (1-0) over Sequoyah (0-1) 48-0, Lithonia (1-0) over Renfroe (Decatur) 30-0, Peachtree (1-0) over Druid Hills (0-1) 28-0 and Stone Mountain (1-0) over Redan (0-1) 15-0.
Region 2 got off to the best start as Stephenson, Cedar Grove, Salem and Chamblee all picked up victories.
Week 1 - 9/1/12
Bethune 28, Miller Grove 0
Cedar Grove 18, Columbia 0
Chamblee 16, Henderson 0
Champion 20, Chapel Hill 18
Freedom 48, Sequoyah 0
Lithonia 30, Renfroe 0
Peachtree 28, Druid Hills 0
Salem 22, McNair 14
Stephenson 14, Tucker 8
Stone Mountain 15, Redan 0
Region 2 looks to continue their success on Saturday, with four out of the five teams taking victories during Week 1 of the DeKalb County Schools middle school football season.
The group is preparing to continue that success in Week 2 as they wrap up non-region action.
The headline matchup features Region 2’s Cedar Grove (1-0) against 2011 Trail to the Championship runner-up Bethune (1-0) from Region 1. The pair did not play in 2011 despite both reaching the semifinals of the Trail to the Championship. The game is set for Hallford Stadium at 9 a.m.
Other Region 2 undefeated teams Stephenson, Salem and Chamblee face off with Region 4 foes on Saturday.
Stephenson (1-0) takes on Druid Hills (0-1) at Adams at 10:30 a.m. while Salem (1-0) meets Chapel Hill (0-1) in a 10:30 a.m. game at Hallford and Chamblee (1-0) takes on Miller Grove (0-1) in a game moved from North DeKalb to Avondale and set for a 1 p.m. start.
Week 2 - 9/8/12
Bethune vs. Cedar Grove, Hallford, 9 a.m.
Columbia vs. Stone Mountain, Panthersville, 9 a.m.
Henderson vs. Lithonia, Avondale, 9 a.m.
Renfroe vs. Sequoyah, Adams, 9 a.m.
Chapel Hill vs. Salem, Hallford, 10:30 a.m.
Druid Hills vs. Stephenson, Adams, 10:30 a.m.
Freedom vs. Redan, Avondale, 10:30 a.m.
McNair vs. Champion, Panthersville, 10:30 a.m.
GAMES MOVED FROM NORTH DEKALB STADIUM
Chamblee vs. Miller Grove, Avondale, 1 p.m.
Peachtree vs. Tucker, Avondale, 2:30 p.m.
Mark Brock is the Information Officer/Statistician/Web Manager for DeKalb County Schools Athletics
