The strategy for any high school quarterback changes somewhat when he knows he has Myles Butler and DJ Carter lining up on opposite ends of the line.

Trey Wallace, Blake Durham and KJ Westry helped give Pike Road a lead over Sidney Lanier in the championship game of the Coach Larry Chapman Foundation Tip-Off Classic on Wednesday, but in the end it was an unexpected source that propelled the Patriots to victory.

It hadn’t been a particularly good game for Gabby Ramirez.

There are times when Robert Johnson, the former Montgomery Academy center who has mastered the wing-T offense in 24 years of coaching, gets a few pointers on a play from James Snead, the current Montgomery Academy center who is in his first year of blocking for a wing-T offense.

Pike Road weathered a few early perimeter bombs from Prattville Christian Academy, then pulled away with a 29-point third quarter to defeat the Panthers 63-41 and advance to the championship game of the Coach Larry Chapman Foundation Tip-Off Classic at Montgomery Academy on Tuesday.

The second day brought a larger program and a more physical opponent, but the results were the same.

The much-anticipated debut of the Montgomery Academy girls’ basketball team went just about as expected.

Macon East Academy senior Colby Cox signed with Huntingdon College on Thursday, giving the Hawks a talented dual-threat player who was one of the Knights’ top hitters in addition to being their ace on the mound.

It’s arguably the biggest game in either team’s history simply because of the opponent.

CLASS AAA: Pike Liberal Arts School 38, Glenwood School 21

The Cooper brothers were simply too much for any team on Friday night.