CHATSWORTH, Ga. – Calhoun football coach Hal Lamb reminded his team after Friday night’s 34-10 win at North Murray that it has a long way to go to reach its championship potential.
For a half, though, the Yellow Jackets looked very much like a threat to repeat as GHSA Class AAA champions.
Down 10-0 at halftime to an opponent seeking to end its visitors’ nearly 17-year-old streak of region wins, the Jackets lit the fuse on a furious rally.
Calhoun quarterback Gavin Gray threw for 211 of his 270 yards in the second half, including a pair of touchdown passes to Luke Moseley. Calhoun (4-0, 2-0 Region 6-AAA) scored 27 points in the third quarter in less than seven minutes of playing time to turn around the would-be shocker.
“We had to challenge them,” Lamb said. “Nothing was going our way in the first half. We had dropped balls and our execution was just bad. They were mixing up defenses on us, which was causing some problems. Gavin settled in, and we made some plays for him and Zack started getting more running room.