MACON, Ga. --- Derrick Mathis scored points four different ways as Thomas Jefferson closed out the regular season with a 51-15 victory over Covenant on Friday night.

Mathis scored two rushing touchdowns (35 and 33 yards), scored on a punt return (40 yards), kicked a field goal (18 yards) and was 2-for-2 on PATs. He ended up with 23 points.

Logan Purdue had touchdown runs of 44 and 5 yards for the winners, and finished with 98 yards on the ground.

Mathis now has 113 touchdowns in his career.

The Jaguars enter the playoffs with a 9-1 record.

Thomas Jefferson 15 23 7 6 -- 51

Covenant 8 0 7 0 -- 15

First Quarter

TJ--Derrick Mathis 35 run (Mathis kick)

TJ--Mathis 33 run (Mason Johnson pass from Rob Swan)

Second Quarter

TJ--Logan Perdue 44 run (pass failed)

TJ--Austin Logue 34 run (Swan run)

TJ--Mathis 40 punt return (run failed)

TJ--Mathis 18 FG

Third Quarter

TJ--Perdue 5 run (Mathis kick)

Fourth Quarter

TJ--Swan 5 pass from Chase Walden (run failed)

TJ C

First Downs 15 7

Rushes-Yards 27-355 20-10

Passing Yards 73 148

Comp.-Att.-Int. 6-8-1 14-21-3

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1

Penalties-Yards 3-15 3-15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Thomas Jefferson: Derrick Mathis 5-119, Logan Perdue 5-98, Austin Dressell 5-72, Austin Logue 3-57, Taylor Barrentine 5-21, Matt Swan 1-4.

PASSING--Thomas Jefferson: Chase Walden 4-4-0 55, Rob Swan 2-4-1 18.

RECEIVING--Thomas Jefferson: Austin Logue 3-53, Rob Swan 2-12, David Lynard 1-8.

Record: Thomas Jefferson 9-1 (6-0 in Region 1-A North. Covenant 3-7. Next: Thomas Jefferson in playoffs, 7:30 p.m., TBD.

LINCOLN COUNTY 41, WARREN COUNTY 7

WARRENTON, Ga. --- A.G. Middlebrooks rushed for 118 yards and Josh Sims scored two touchdowns as Lincoln County rolled to the Region 7-A victory.

The Red Devils improved to 9-1.

Lincoln County 20 7 14 0 -- 41

Warren County 0 0 0 7 -- 7

First Quarter

LC--Bo Reed 14 run (pass failed) 11:01

LC--Stacey McClendon 51 pass from Reed (Vance Tarver kick) 5;34

LC--Josh Sims 3 run (Tarver kick) 3:36

Second Quarter

LC--Major Elam 26 interception return (Tarver kick) 7:42

Third Quarter

LC--Jafabian Green 26 run (Tarver kick) 3:14

LC--Sims 13 run (Tarver kick) :08

Fourth Quarter

WC--Antonio Benton 9 pass from Tay Erwin (Benton kick) 4:47

LC WC

First Downs 10 11

Rushes-Yards 24-238 45-143

Passing Yards 83 76

Comp.-Att.-Int. 6-13-0 4-9-2

Fumbles-Lost 0 0

Punts-Yards 3-31 4-38

Penalties-Yards 4-35 2-15

NDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Lincoln County: A.G. Middlebrooks 9-118, Bo Reed 3-40, Jafabian Green 3-16. Warren County: Kentrell Latimore 12-69, Coby Reynolds 11-47, Tay Erwin 15-39.

PASSING--Lincoln County: Bo Reed 4-9-0 57, Garrett Mohr 2-4-0 26. Warren County: Tay Erwin 4-9-2 76.

RECEIVING--Lincoln County: Stacey McClendon 2-51, Wilkes Goolsby 1-16. Warren County: Antonio Benton 2-55, Edricus Williams 1-15.

Records: Warren County 4-6, Lincoln County 9-1.

LANEY 32, SE BULLOCH 0

BROOKLET, Ga. --- Laney wrapped up a Class AA playoff berth with a dominating victory over Southeast Bulloch.

Laney finished the regular season 7-3. All were Region 3-AA games.

Eugene Moore had 114 yards rushing and scored on touchdown runs of 19 and 9 yards.

Laney led 6-0 after one quarter, then scored twice in the second period to go up 20-0 at halftime.

Laney 6 14 6 6 -- 32

SE Bulloch 0 0 0 0 -- 0

First Quarter

L--Eugene Moore 9 run (kick failed), 6:42

Second Quarter

L--Quenton Jones 12 run (run failed), 7:30

L--Moore 19 run (Leroy Jenkins pass from Cameron Stallings), 2:44

Third Quarter

L--Jones 6 run (pass failed), 5:49

Fourth Quarter

L--Tavaraez Burton 11 run (kick failed), 8:47

L SEB

First Downs 9 --

Rushes-Yards 27-274 --

Passing Yards 65 --

Comp.-Att.-Int. 4-4-0 --

Fumbles-Lost 3-0 --

Punts-Avg. 0 --

Penalties-Yards 7-105 --

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Laney: Eugene Moore 9-114, Cameron Stallings 8-61, Quenton Jones 5-66, Tavaraez Burton 2-17, Leonardo Myers 1-8.

PASSING--Laney: Stallings 4-4-0 65.

RECEIVING--Laney: Jenkins 3-33, James Bing 1-32.

Records: Laney 7-3, 7-3 Region 3-AA.

Note: Laney is the fourth seed from Region 3-AA entering the playoffs.

GLASCOCK COUNTY 40, TOWNS COUNTY 13

HIAWASSEE, Ga. --- Glascock County rolled up nearly 450 yards on the ground as three players went over the 100-yard rushing mark in the victory.

Montavious Myricks had 199 yards, Dontavias Gibson rushed for 144 and Tavaris Neal had 104.

Glascock, which is playing a non-region schedule this year, closed out an 8-2 season.

Glascock County 22 6 12 0 -- 40

Towns County 0 6 0 7 -- 13

First Quarter

GC--Montavious Myricks 6 run (Myricks run )

GC--Dontavias Gibson 3 run (Ronnie Gilyard run )

GC--Tavaris Neal 3 run (run failed)

Second Quarter

GC--Myricks 73 run (pass failed)

TC--50 pass (run failed)

Third Quarter

GC--Myricks 87 run (run failed)

GC--Gibson 26 pass from Gilyard (kick failed)

Fourth Quarter

TC--42 pass (kick)

GC TC

First Downs 18 8

Rushes-Yards 47-447 13-54

Passing Yards 26 140

Comp.-Att.-Int. 1-2-0 10-28-2

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1

Punts-Yards 2-32.5 N/A

Penalties-Yards 12-85 8-100

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Glascock County: Montavious Myricks 12-199, Dontavias Gibson 18-144, Tavaris Neal 17-104.

PASSING--Glascock County: Ronnie Gilyard 1-2-0 26.

RECEIVING--Glascock County: Dontavias Gibson 1-26.

Records: Glascock County 8-2, Towns County 7-3.

SOUTH AIKEN 28, HILTON HEAD 27

In Hilton Head Island, S.C., South Aiken scored 21 unanswered fourth quarter points to upset top-seeded Hilton Head High in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs.

Tanner Hawley scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 1:46 to play for the game-winner for the Thoroughbreds, who have three victories.

WILLISTON-ELKO 42, WHITMIRE 20

WILLISTON, S.C. --- Josh Epps and Williston-Elko came alive in the second half as the Blue Devils opened the Class A playoffs with a victory.

It was 14-14 at halftime, then Epps went to work. He scored all four of his touchdowns in the second half, on runs of 60, 8, 6 and 5 yards and ended up with 196 yards.

Dexter Staley had two touchdown runs and 121 yards on the ground. The Blue Devils rushed for 346 yards.

Williston-Elko (10-1) is at Christ Church on Friday in the second round.

Whitmire 8 6 6 0 -- 20

Williston-Elko 6 8 14 14 -- 42

First Quarter

W--P.J. Davis 6 pass from Marcus Linsday (Lance Kitchems run) 1:29

WE--Dexter Staley 9 run (run failed) :00

Second Quarter

WE--Staley 4 run (Jackson Cooper pass from Gator Garrett) 2:48

W--Lindsay 8 pass from Brandon Crompton (pass failed) 1:20

Third Quarter

W--Ray Browning 11 run (pass failed) 8:37

WE--Josh Epps 6 run (Wilbur Greene kick) 7:40

WE--Epps 8 run (Greene kick) 1:30

Fourth Quarter

WE--Epps 60 run (Greene kick) 8:42

WE--Epps 5 run (Greene kick) 2:37

W WE

First Downs 12 16

Rushes-Yards 32-105 42-346

Passing Yards 116 10

Comp.-Att.-Int. 15-29-2 3-9-2

Fumbles-Lost 0 2-2

Penalties-Yards 9-70 11-85

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Whitmire: Marcus Lindsay 19-60, Gerald Ruff-Smalls 10-45. Williston-Elko: Josh Epps 20-196, Dexter Staley 16-121.

PASSING--Whitmire: Marcus Lindsay 10-23-0 61, Brandon Crompton 5-6-2 55. Williston-Elko: Gator Garrett 2-7-1 12, Chris Johnson 1-2-1 (-2).

RECEIVING--Whitmire: P.J. Davis 7-44. Williston-Elko: Mike Wallace 1-14.

Records: Williston-Elko 10-1. Next: Williston-Elko at Christ Church, 7:30 p.m., Friday.

SILVER BLUFF 35, ASHLEY RIDGE 7

PETTICOAT JUNCTION, S.C. --- Silver Bluff had no trouble in its Class AA playoff opener, scoring all its points in the first half.

Andre Washington scored on runs of 27 and 10 yards.

Ashley Ridge 0 0 7 0 -- 7

Silver Bluff 14 21 0 0 -- 35

First Quarter

SB--KeKe Anderson 5 run (Kyle Mackey kick) 7:39

SB--Kendrick Garnett 3 run (Mackey kick) :00

Second Quarter

SB--Andre Washington 10 run (Mackey kick) 9:30

SB--Robert Green 33 run (Mackey kick) 4:50

SB--Washington 27 run (Mackey kick) 1:47

WILSON HALL 26, AUGUSTA CHRISTIAN 9

Wilson Hall Academy contained Augusta Christian quarterback William Banks and went on to win the SCISA Class AAA first-round playoff game.

Banks passed for 75 yards and rushed for 66, but he was held without a touchdown.

Augusta Christain finishes at 8-4.

First Quarter

AC--Stephen Bloedel 23 FG

Fourth Quarter

AC--Corey Kupitz 4 pass from William Banks (pass failed)

WH AC

Rushes-Yards -- 22-124

Passing Yards -- 75

Comp.-Att.-Int. -- 9-20-2

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Augusta Christian: Wiliam Banks 13-66, Cole Turner 7-18, Christian Croft 2-40.

PASSING--Augusta Christian: William Banks 9-20-2 75.

RECEIVING--Augusta Christian: Caleb Harmon 3-35, Cole Turner 2-20, Mike Robinson 1-15, Corey Kupitz 2-5.

Records: Augusta Christian 8-4, Wilson Hall 7-5.

WASHINGTON-WILKES 41, AQUINAS 6

WASHINGTON, Ga. --- Place-kicker Ethan Lapan was a bright spot for the Irish in the Region 7-A loss to the Tigers.

Lapan accounted for all of Aquinas' points on two field goals, including a 50-yarder. His other field goal was a 33-yarder.