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Swainsboro wears down Prince Avenue Christian: Live score updates, Georgia 1A-D1 football state championship

Refresh this post for constant updates as the Tigers take on the Wolverines in the Georgia 1A-D1 state championship game

Gary Adornato

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – This Georgia Class 1A-Division 1 state championship showdown between Swainsboro and Prince Avenue Christian is part of the 2023 Georgia high school football championships, which will feature nine games over three days at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Georgia Football Class A-D1 State Championship Preview: Prince Avenue Christian vs. Swainsboro

Stay with SBLive Georgia for reports from this state championship game and others as we cover all eight title games in the Peach State this week.

Below is our Live Update Feed created and updated as the contest progresses. Read from the bottom up to follow the action chronologically from beginning to end.

Live Updates:

4Q: PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 49, SWAINSBORO 32

- The clock has now expired and PAC celebrate their title.

- Causby runs for another first down. The clock is stopped for an injury. As soon as play resumes the final 38-seconds will tick off and Prince Avenue Christian will capture the state championship.

- We're under two minutes. First and 10 at the Swainsboro 42.

- TURNOVER! After a short pass, the ball is knocked loose, and recovered by Prince Avenue.

- Swainsboro has it back, with 2:30 to play, at their own 48.

- TOUCHDOWN! Philo hits Dockery for a seven-yard TD pass. He breaks Trevor Lawrence's record for all-time passing yards in Georgia high school history, while tying the Georgia record for most TD passes in a season with 56.

- The Wolverines have a first down at the seven. 3:06 left.

- Philo converts with an 11-yard run to the 21.

- It's fourth and one for Prince.

- Another play under review.

- Causby grinding out yards. It's third and one at the 31. We're under four minutes.

- Prince covers an onsides kick at its 48 with 5:59 left in the contest.

- The challenge is denied. Prince leads by 10.

- TOUCHDOWN! Qindaruis Brown makes an explosive 37-yard TD run. Jones runs for two and ruled just short. The Yellow Jackets challenge the call which is now under video review.

- LJ Morgan makes a first down grab at the Prince 37.

- The Jackets mishandle the football, back to their own 48. Under seven minutes left.

- Kason Edenfield makes a first down run at the PAC 47.

- Jordan Williams gets the lost yardage back and then some. It's third and six at the 46.

- Christian Garret records a sack for a nine-yard loss.

- The kickoff goes out of bounds and Swainsboro will start at its own 42.

- TOUCHDOWN! Aaron Philo adds his second rushing touchdown of the game, from the nine, and PAC is back in control with 8:34 left.

- Dockery takes a screen from Philo down to the 14. First down. 9:48 to play.

- INTERCEPTION! Causby makes a big defensive play, jumping a rout to give the ball back to the Wolverines. They have a first and 10 at the Swainsboro 44.

- The Yellow Jackets will face a second and nine from its own 39 when the final quarter gets underway.

END 3Q: PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 35, SWAINSBORO 26

3Q: PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 35, SWAINSBORO 26

- Swainsboro's offense is out across the 30 as the third quarter comes to a close.

- TOUCHDOWN! Philo answers with an eight-yard TD toss into the right back corner of the end zone. Kick is good.

- Philo completes a big throw down to the Swainsboro 29. Wolverines, after two runs, are down to the 12.

- Prince will start at its own 31 after the kickoff.

- TOUCHDOWN! Jones scores his fourth touchdown of the game on a two-yard run of right tackle. Jones also adds the two-point conversion a reverse. It's a two-point game. 2:39 to play in the third quarter.

- After a short run by Jones, Swainsboro faces fourth and goal from the two.

- Jordan Williams sweeps down to the six.

- Jones, on the QB draw, rambles inside the 10. First and goal at the nine.

- Swainsboro calls timeout with 5:25 left in the quarter.

- Swainsboro has something going in its first possession of the second half. Jordan Williams has two big runs and the Yellow Jackets are down to the PAC 24.

- TOUCHDOWN! Causby weaves his way through the middle of the Swainsboro defense and scores on a 20-yard run. The kick is good and the Wolverines stretch their lead to 10 with 7:43 left in the third quarter.

- Philo hits Dockey in the end zone but he can't hang on to the ball.

- Cosby converts a third down run. First and 10 at the 22.

- On third and five, Philo draws Swainsboro offsides with a nice hard county. First down at the 32 of the Jackets.

- A shovel pass to tight end Nick Hurley gains nine. Dockery then makes a short reception for a first down in Swainsboro territory.

- Prince starts from the 31 after the kickoff and gets an 11-yard run by Philo.

HALF: PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 21, SWAINSBORO 18

- Prince Avenue has out-gained Swainsboro 299-72 on offense, but Demello Wilson has single-handedly kept his team in the game with three touchdowns - a reception, a pick-six and a run.

Photo by Cecil Copeland
Photo by Cecil Copeland

2Q: PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 21, SWAINSBORO 18

- Brown loses a yard as the second quarter clock winds down. That's the end of the first half.

- The Wolverines went for it on fourth down and came up short. Swainsboro takes over on downs.

- Philo scoots down to the 11. Timeout with 45-seconds left.

- Philo to Hester for seven is followed by a run down to the 28 by Peyton Talmadge.

- On third and four, Philo finds Hester for a first down at the 35.

- Causby goes for back-to-back 12-yard runs/ The Wolverines are at the Swainsboro 45. 2:45 left in the half.

- TOUCHDOWN! Jones, on the direct snap, spins in the A gap and finds enough room to plow into the end zone for his third score. The two-point try fails. Yellow Jackets back within three with 3:37 to play in the half.

- PUNT BOCKED! Prince forced to punt and it is blocked by Bryson Tarver who scoops it and returns it to the four. First and goal.

- La'Marqus Webb tackles Causby for a three-yard loss.

- Hill makes a first down catch out to the 43.

- Causby returns the kickoff out to the 32. That's where Prince Avenue Christian will begin with 5:09 left in the half.

- Jones tries to convert the run, but is stopped short. The Yellow Jackets, however, are back in the contest.

- TOUCHDOWN! On fourth and goal from the five, Philo's pass to the left is picked off by Georgia-commit Domello Jones and he raced 98-yards for a much-needed Swainsboro TD. The two-point try is pending after a timeout.

- Causby runs for 17. First and goal at the 10. 6:04 left in the second quarter.

- Domello Jones makes a  great defensive play to breakup a TD pass at the goal line.

- Causby runs for nine down to the 31 and then catches a scrambling throw from Philo for a first down at the 27.

- Thornton Hester makes a catch and run for 28 yards. First down at the Swainsboro 40.

- Jones is dropped for a five-yard loss after scrambling all over the backfield. Swainsboro punts it away and Prince takes over at its won 32.

- Jones second down pass is nearly intercepted, but a drop keeps the ball in the Yellow Jackets' hands. Timeout with 8:32 remaining in the half.

- Jones, on the direct snap, gets around the edge of the defense and runs for a first down at the PAC 37.

- TURNOVER! The punt is muffed by Hill and Schuyler Coney covers it, at the 50, for the Yellowjackets.

- Swainsboro, facing fourth and 13, will punt it back to PAC.

END 1Q: PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 21, SWAINSBORO 6

1Q: PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 21, SWAINSBORO 6

- Jordan Williams loses four on first down to end the first quarter.

- After a squib kick, Swainsboro makes the recovery at the 34. There is a timeout with eight second on the first quarter clock.

- TOUCHDOWN! Philo rolled right and, under pressure, he cuts back for an easy four-yard TD run. The kick is good and the Wolverines grow their lead with just 11-seconds left in the quarter.

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- Causby with another big run. PAC has a third and one at the four.

- Philo scrambles for a fist down at the 12. Under two minutes to play in the opening quarter.

- On first down, Philo and Dockery team up for another nine yards.

- Causby runs for a first down at the 29.

- Another completion for Philo, to Docery for a first down at the Swainsboro 35.

- On second down, Philo fires to Thornton Hester for nine.

- On a flea-flicker, Philo fires out to Hudson Hill for a 14-yard gain at the 48.

- Brown takes a short pass for seven. The Yellow Jackets punt it down to the Prince Avenue 34.

- After a four-yard run by Qindaruis Brown, Jones is dropped for a five-yard loss.

- PAC continues to kick short in order to keep the ball away from Jones. The Yellow Jackets have it out at their own 44.

- TOUCHDOWN! Junior Mac Bradley goes the final yard for the score. The extra-point kick is good. There is 6:53 remaining in the first quarter.

- Causby picks up five more, down to the one. Second down.

- Causby runs for a first and goal at the six.

- On third and two Philo runs for 12 and a first down at the Swainsboro 45. A late hit out of bounds adds 15 more. The Wolverines are in the red zone at the 20.

- Connor Causby runs for eight on first down for Prince to open its second possession.

- TOUCHDOWN! Demello Jones catches a screen in the left flat, from Kason Edenfield, and goes to the house from 59-yards out. The point conversion is stopped. 9:17 left in the quarter.

- Swainsboro will have good starting position, at its 41, after the kickoff.

- TOUCHDOWN! Prince Avenue Christian needs just two plays to reach the end zone. Aaron Philo tosses a perfect strike to a wide open CJ Dockery for a 35-yard TD. 9:35 left in the first quarter.

- TURNOVER! Blaine Pittman gets a strip sack and Austin Head falls on it for PAC. First down at the Swainsboro 38.

- The Yellow Jacks have run it twice so far with virtually no gain.

- Swainsboro receives the opening kick and will start at its own 38.

SWAINSBORO VS. PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN

- Swainsboro is wearing gold pants, white jerseys with black letters and numbers trimmed in gold, with gold helmets with black decals.

- Prince Avenue Christian is decked in maize and blue with yellow pants, blue jerseys with gold numbers and lettings and blue helmets with the famed Michigan-style winged decals.

- We are approximately 35 minutes from kickoff. Settle in a follow along with us throughout the game.

- Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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