It wasn’t fancy, but it was plenty effective. Georgia used 10 ball carriers and pounded Tennessee on the ground to snap a three-year losing streak with a 31-21 victory Saturday night at Baylor in the annual all-star football game involving recent area graduates.
Georgia’s all-stars outrushed Tennessee 265-58, led by former Ridgeland running back Paul Walton and Hiram’s Trey Wesley, who each finished with 90 yards. Walton was named the game’s MVP and set a Tennessee-Georgia all-star record with a 47-yard scoring run.
Wesley had the game-clinching 37-yard scoring run, converting a fourth-and-8 with 3:16 left in the game.
“We had talked all week about how our state had lost three straight to them and we were tired of hearing about it,” Wesley said. “Our offensive line was great. The holes were huge and they made our job really easy to run the ball any time we wanted.
“We knew we were strong up front and had a lot of speed, and we took advantage of that.”