No. 9 Marietta (Georgia) crushes Eastside Catholic (Washington) in GEICO State Champions Bowl Series

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher December 20, 2019

Marietta, fresh off its Georgia 7A state championship, rolled to a 53-14 win over Washington 3A state champ Eastside Catholic in the GEICO State Champions Bowl Series in Las Vegas Friday night.

Marietta, ranked No. 9 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings, scored on four of its first ten plays. In only one half of action, Harrison Bailey, who signed with Tennessee earlier in the week, completed 14 of 18 passes for 410 yards with six touchdowns.

Harrison Bailey out here threading needles?@MHSFBFAMILY #1Family @HBailey_05 #HB5 @Taji_Johnson8 #PoweredByTheT #WeAreBC pic.twitter.com/CAHNnzRqIb
— Who's Next (@WhosNextHS) December 21, 2019

Related: Marietta’s Arik Gilbert wins Gatorade National Player of the Year

‼️FIRST PLAY TRICK PLAY‼️

Tyler Hughes finds Arik Gilbert off the handoff to put Marietta on the board and get the game ROLLING!!@MHSFBFAMILY @Ty7er_Hughes @arik_gilbert #1Family #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/9Bw0x9kWRm
— Who's Next (@WhosNextHS) December 21, 2019

Marietta finishes 14-2, while Eastside Catholic ends 12-2.

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Jeff Fisher

Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.