Carrollton at Gainesville in Georgia Top 10 Showdown: Live score updates, Sept. 12

The No. 7 Trojans go on the road to challenge the 10th-ranked Red Elephants

Carrollton squares off with Gainesville in a Top 10 Georgia high school football showdown. / Brian Carmichael/Carrollton Football

A pair of undefeated teams, both ranked in the Top 10 of the latest Georgia High School Football Top 25 state rankings - No. 7 Carrollton and No. 10 Gainesville - are set to square off at Gainesville's Bobby Gruhn Field in City Park on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Preview

The two teams are meeting for just the fourth time with Carrollton winning the previous three contests, including a 45-16 victory one year ago. But, the architect of last year's win, quarterback Julian Lewis, is now a freshman at the University of Colorado.

Key Players

Carrollton (4-0)

• C.J. Cypher, Fr. QB & Mason Holtzclaw, Jr. QB: The duo share the duties of replacing Lewis. Cyper has exclled through the air, passing for 712 yards and eight touchdowns so far, while Holtzclaw has passed for 281 yards and rushed for 80.
• Ryan Mosley, WR: The Georgia commit has 18 receptions for 432 yards and five touchdowns.

Gainesville (3-0)

• Kharim Hughley, QB: The junior Clemson commit has passed for 587 yards and nine TDs.
• Nigel Newkirk, RB: Newkirk has rushed for 388 rushing yards and five touchdowns.
• Phil Williams , WR: Williams has 269 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
• Xavier Griffin & Jamarion Matthews: The two Alabama commits each have three sacks.

Pick'em Challenge

Tell us who you think will win the game with High School On SI's Pick 'Em Challenge.

How to Watch

If you want to follow along with our Live Updates, you can watch the game stream on NFHS Network.

Live Updates

	1	2	3	4	F
Carrollton	8	14	0	21	43
Gainesville	0	8	13	0	21

Pregame

-.

Carrollton and Gainesville getting ready to kick off in just a few minutes.

Gainesville High School has been playing football since 1892.

1st Quarter

Gainesville kicks off and Carrollton will set up at their own 35-yard line to start the game.

TOUCHDOWN: Carrollton running back Cameron Wood scores on an 8-yard run and a 2-point conversion run to give the Trojans a 8-0 lead. Wood also ripped off a few big runs on the game’s opening drive, which totaled 65 yards.

Logan Gailey misses on a field goal for Gainesville and Carrollton takes over at the 20-yard line as the first quarter comes to a close.

END OF 1st Quarter: Carrollton 8, Gainesville 0

2nd Quarter

TOUCHDOWN: Cameron Jones makes a fantastic-leaping catch in the deep corner of the end zone on a pass from junior quarterback Kharim Hughley for a Gainesville score. Hugley also connected with tight end Landon Williamson on a 2-point pass to knot the game, 8-8 with 7:33 remaining in the first half.

TOUCHDOWN: Carrollton running back Cameron Wood scores on an 11-yard run – his second touchdown of the night - to give the Spartans a 16-8 lead with 4:16 remaining in the first half. Peyton Zachary scored on the 2-point run.

TOUCHDOWN: Georgia commit Ryan Mosley hauls in a touchdown pass from CJ Cyper but the point-after kick was blocked. Carrollton increases its lead over Gainesville 22-8 with 39 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

HALFTIME: Carrollton 22, Gainesville 8

3rd Quarter

Gainesville will get the ball first to start the second half.

Gainesville punts and Carrollton takes over at their own 38-yard line with 10:07 left in the third quarter.

Carrollton punts and Gainesville takes over at its own 40-yard line with 9:32 left in the third quarter.

Gainesville junior quarterback Kharim Hughley hits Nigel Newkirk with a 17-yard touchdown pass on fourth down. Logan Gailey split the uprights for the point-after and the Spartans trimmed the Carrollton lead down to 22-15.

TOUCHDOWN: Gainesville junior defensive back Darryn Williams records an 11-yard pick-6 but the point-after attempt fails. Carrollton still leads, but just by a point, 22-21.

END OF THE 3RD QUARTER: Carrollton 22, Gainesville 21

4th Quarter

TOUCHDOWN: Carrollton senior running back Cameron Wood scores on an 8-yard touchdown run, the kick was good, and the Spartans lead Gainesville 29-21 with 9:11 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Carrollton sophomore Tyler Boyd picks off a Gainesville pass and returns it to the Red Elephants 33-yard line with 4:40 remaining in the game.

TOUCHDOWN: Cameron Wood rockets up the middle on a 7-yard touchdown run with 2:07 left in the game. The point-after kick was good and Carrollton leads Gainesville 36-21.

TOUCHDOWN: Peyton Zachary picks off a Gainesville pass and returns it 84 yards for a touchdown. Carrollton leads Gainesville 43-21 with 27 seconds left.

FINAL: Carrollton 43, Gainesville 21