TRENTON, Ga. — With his top offensive weapon out of the game injured, coach Chad Fisher elected to let one play decide his team’s fate Friday night.
Gordon Central quarterback M.J. Reynolds ran in a two-point conversion in overtime to give the Warriors a 22-21 win at Region 7B-AA rival Dade County. With leading rusher Jayden Compton (19 rushes, 90 yards) out with a leg injury and his team running on fumes, Fisher decided to end the game one way or the other following Reynolds’ 10-yard touchdown pass to Lakei Whatley.
The play was a roll-out pass, but Reynolds saw an opening off right tackle and dove, the ball landing just inside the end zone.
“We wanted to win it right there,” the junior said. “I rolled out ot the right and saw it open and I went for it.”
Fisher, whose team lost to Dade last year in three overtimes, was going to kick the tying point after until Dade coach Bradley Warren called time out. The Warriors rushed onto the field, lined up and got the play off quickly.