Friday Game Night

Wanting to know just what he had coming off the program’s first-ever winning season and playoff appearance, Lanier Christian Academy coach Blake Anderson found out plenty Friday in the Lightning’s season-opener against Notre Dame Academy...

North Hall took the lead early and never looked back in a 24-14 scrimmage win over Gainesville at City Park Friday night. Gionni Williams

So, how do you follow up the most successful season in program history?

The 2019 football season finally is in full swing with fall practice under way around the state, yet one huge burning question hovers over northeast Georgia area programs like a wayward drone: who among the perennial playoff powers can get back to state prominence?

Most football fans long for football season as soon as it’s over. That’s why the build-up to a brand new season feels like an eternity.

The Mic'd Up Tour travels to Buford High School.

The Mic'd Up Tour takes us through across the Gorge to Rabun County High School.

The Mic'd Up tour travels through Gainesville to Lakeview Academy and head coach Matthew Gruhn.

The All-Access Mic’d Up Tour takes us to Valhalla where we caught up with East Hall’s Michael Perry. He enters his first season at the helm and has the Vikings on course.

The Warriors managed to get into the playoffs in 2018 for a second straight season despite a four-game drop in wins and playing in the brutal Region 7-4A. And they did it with a young roster...