Friday Game Night

West Hall got off to its best start since 2017 as they took down Franklin County, 27-13, Friday night at The Hot Gates.

Preston Bannister had a pair of rushing touchdowns and threw for nearly 200 yards, but Pickens did just enough to knock off Dawson County Friday night, 35-23.

Rabun County rushed for 270 yards on their way to a 31-9 win over Banks County Friday night.

Commerce took their first lead of the game in the fourth quarter and looked to be in control Friday night, but Athens Academy scored with under a minute left and converted the two-point conversion in a 29-28 thriller to get the win.

Union County got its second win of the season in a 21-0 shutout of North Murray Friday night.

In a duel between two of the area’s most dynamic quarterbacks, East Hall’s Jamarcus Harrison won the individual battle over East Jackson’s Drew Richardson. But Richardson and the Eagles would win the war.

The start of region play for nearly a half-dozen northeast Georgia area regions is the big story this week.

North Forsyth got Week 6 of the season under way around northeast Georgia on Thursday. For the rest of the area, we'll have 15 more games on Friday, 12 involving region contests.

Lambert remained unbeaten in Region 6-6A after taking a wild 48-43 win over North Forsyth on Thursday night at Lambert Stadium.

Gainesville superintendent Dr. Jeremy Williams pushed the guest picker back into the lead with a 12-4 finish last week.