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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.

While a crash at New Hampshire Motor Speedway inhibited many a driver from finishing how they wanted to in the second playoff race of the NASCAR season, it did not prevent editor of the Around the Track page Brandon Reed and Katie B. Davis from answering your burning questions as part of the Hard Left Turn podcast.

What a week for high school football! Those in attendance at Memorial Stadium got the privilege of seeing Jefferson and Flowery Branch do work against each other (and Colby Wood's defensive exploits), Buford was handed its first home loss in five years (and first loss to an out-of-state team ever) and among many other things, West Hall's Isreal Lopez further proved himself to be a real difference maker in the kicking game. 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 this Friday Night.

With no tropical storm bearing down, Katie B. and Brandon Reed, editor of the Around the Track page and race historian, were able to get in studio on time and chat about Martin Truex Jr.'s big win at Chicagoland and Dawsonville-native Chase Elliott's near-miss at a first series win.

In the Sept. 14 edition of the Hard Left Turn podcast (delayed recording because of Tropical Storm Irma), Brandon and Katie B. look ahead to Chicagoland Speedway and the first race of the playoffs, but also weigh in on Danica Patrick's future in the sport and all the bridges Smithfield burned by essentially calling Richard Petty a liar.

Through three weeks of the high school football season surprises abound: White County and Jackson County are complete teams, The Branch is back, Gainesville is not, and Union County is unstoppable. AccessWDUN sports editor Morgan Lee and Katie B. Davis discuss the week that was and look ahead to some key matchups in Week 3.

In this week's installment of the Hard Left Turn podcast, a look ahead to Richmond, and how the in-race strategy used at Darlington by Denny Hamlin's team kept the late-race mistake from being catastrophic. Also, did Martin Truex Jr. earn himself a Golden Ticket into playoff final at Homestead by winning the regular season Monster Energy Cup Series title?

In this week's edition of the Prep Talk podcast, among other things, East Hall's defense showed marked improvement from Week 0 to Week 1, and has White County showed itself to be a challenger to Marist and Blessed Trinity for the region title?

In the latest edition of the Hard Left Turn podcast with Brandon Reed and Katie B. there's a candid discussion about why NASCAR should stop allowing Cup drivers to compete in the Xfinity and Camping World Truck series, among other things.

In the second installment of Prep Talk with AccessWDUN sports editor Morgan Lee and Katie B., we take a look back at the first games of the 2017 high school football season and weigh in on surprise performances and outcomes, and the top players of the week.