Atlanta GA, This was the second meeting between Bowdon High School Red Devils and Manchester High School Blue Devils, this season. Manchester edged out a one-point win against Bowdon High School, 21-20.
Tonight, these two teams were playing for a much bigger prize: the 2023 Georgia State High School Football 1A Division 2 Championship. Bowdon County High School 2022 won the 1A Division 2 Championship and tonight will be back-to-back State Champions.
Bowdon High School Red Devils got out to an early 14-0 lead against Manchester High School Blue Devils using up as much of the game clock keeping the Blue Devils offense off the field, going on a scoring drive for almost 9 minutes behind Jordan Beasley and Kyler Mcgrinn rushing the ball. Bowdon High School Red Devils were able to get on the scoreboard first on a Kyler Mcgrinn rushing touchdown.
Bowdon High School Red Devils Kyler Mcgrinn had 3 rushing touchdowns for the game and 1 passing touchdown to Kaiden Prothro capitalizing off a Manchester High School Blue Devils turnover.
Manchester High School Blue Devils offense was able to settle things down scoring 21 unanswered points with two touchdown passes from Daryus Bryant to Jayden Terry, and a rushing touchdown score by Qua Cooper on a Jayden Terry interception of Bowden High School QB Kyler Mcgrinn.
Bowden High School wasted no time moving the ball down the field with Kyler Mcgrinn throwing a touchdown pass to Jayden Terry to tie the game 21-21.
Manchester High School Blue Devils squandered an opportunity to score points before the half deep in the red zone being penalized moving them outside of range to kick a field goal.
Bowdon High School Red Devils came out in the third quarter with the same mindset they had opened the game using as much of the game clock as they could going on a 12-play scoring drive putting the Bowdon Red Devils up 28-21.
Manchester High School Blue Devils fought back midway into the 4th quarter to score a touchdown making the score 28-27. On the point after attempt, the Blue Devils were flagged for chop block moving them back further. Instead of kicking the extra point the Blue Devils went for a fake field goal coming up short to win the game. Bowdon High School is the 2023 Georgia State High School Football 1A Division 2 Champions.