After holding a close lead the entire game, Calhoun pulled away from Fitzgerald late for a 31-13 win in the Georgia Class AA state football playoffs.
Dustin Christian scored on a 1-yard run to give Calhoun a 7-0 lead over Fitzgerald after the first quarter.
After Fitzgerald closed the game to 7-6, Calhoun extended the lead with 38-yard touchdown pass by Landon Curtis on the last play of the second quarter.
Neither team scored in the third quarter.
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