Game On

Week 5 of the high school football season was a lot more of what we've come to expect: incredible individual performances (we're looking at you Coey Watson, Nick Lyles, Kaleb Crane and Clayton Dykehouse), great team wins, and stages set for intrigue in Week 6. In this week's Prep Talk podcast, AccessWDUN sports editor Morgan Lee and Katie B. look back at last week and ahead to some big region games (Union County at East Hall anyone?) this Friday Night.

Over the course of the week of Sept. 18, Class AAA’s No. 1-ranked Lady Trojans went 11-2 (the two losses coming to two top teams in Kentucky), and leading the way were DeVerter with 22 blocks and 86 kills and Tucker with 79 kills and 68 digs. For their efforts, the two North Hall seniors have been named the AccessWDUN co-Athletes of the Week presented by Coca-Cola United.

I tweeted out Saturday night that Jacob Eason would not start for Georgia again this season. Twitter's 140 characters don't allow for a lot of explanation, so I need to clear a few things up in the aftermath of saying that Eason shouldn’t or won’t start again this season.

With three wins during the week of Sept. 11, East Hall sophomore pitcher Macy Banks kept her team's winning streak alive at seven straight and helped the Vikings pad their Region 7-AAA lead. For her efforts, Banks is the AccessWDUN Athlete of the Week presented by Coca-Cola United.

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Stephens County junior pitcher Emma Whitfield earned two wins the week of Sept. 4 that put her team into a tie atop the Region 8-AAAA standings. For her efforts, which included two shutouts and 22 strikeouts combined in two games, Whitfield's been named the AccessWDUN Athlete of the Week presented by Coca-Cola United.

If you’ve ever watched sports with friends, or strangers for that matter, you’ve seen this scene play out: a nudge of a neighbor’s arm followed by a grin or head nod, but most definitely a point to a television screen, and the words, “told you.”

Aside from some eye-popping stats as a senior softball player for the Vikings, Steffanie Redmon has a most-interesting answer to what super power she'd like to have and watches, at least in the context of today's television, some old-school shows. Check out the latest installment of 10 Questions to find out more about the Brenau commit and East Hall standout.

Former West Hall star tight end Hunter Atkinson went from being a once-promising prospect at the University of Georgia, to being out of the game. Thursday night, he'll begin his second year as a starting offensive lineman for Georgia State when the Panthers host Tennessee State. Going from boy to man, revered to ridiculed, tight end to offensive lineman wasn't easy, but with every lick, Atkinson managed to keep on ticking.

Among the nuggets of knowledge to be gained by watching 10 Questions with Bryan Mavis: What's the girliest thing Mavis has done with his two young daughters? How does he feel about pineapple on pizza? What is the former army brat's (his words) favorite childhood memory?