By james art GAINESVILLE, GA – East Forsyth is in the playoffs after beating Madison County Friday night, 42-14.
Madison County scored the only touchdown of the first quarter, but the Broncos put together a flurry of long runs by Brock Sakac and DJ Haskell that led to Troy Hoover’s 1-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 7-6. After recovering from a Madison County fumble, Szakacs capped the short drive with a 9-yard rushing score to give the Broncos their first lead of the game.
East Forsyth scored again before halftime when Sakac found Chase Rhodes for a 47-yard touchdown pass that allowed Gus Martin to score with less than a minute left for a 20-7 halftime lead.
The Broncos kept the momentum going in the second half, converting a fake punt at midfield to allow Sakac to find Jackson Norman for a 1-yard scoring pass that extended the lead to 28-7 after the two-point conversion. After the Red Raiders scored early in the fourth quarter, senior offensive lineman Rick Wiggins scored a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter with a 1-yard plunge, followed by Szakacs’ 5-yard pass to Andrew Frank for the final score.
Szakacs finished the night 14-for-19 for 176 yards passing and two touchdowns while rushing for 54 more yards and a score. Kellen Moran and Michael Acevedo recovered for East Forsyth.
The Broncos will now take the third seed out of Region 8-4A and travel to the first round of the playoffs in two weeks.