Friday Game Night

It may be just the opening week of the 2017 prep football season, but there are already some intriguing battles for fans to sink their teeth into around northeast Georgia.

Seemingly every offseason brings turnover to the area's high school football coaching ranks. In 2017 five northeast Georgia teams will begin the campaign with new men at the top...

For the better part of four years, AccessWDUN sports editor Morgan Lee and Katie B. Davis teamed up each week for a segment on 1240 ESPN Radio's daily sports radio show Game On with Katie B. Davis about the latest news and happenings in high school sports. The show is a thing of the past, however, the high school sports conversation continues with a new high school sports podcast, debuting Wednesday on AccessWDUN.com/gameon.

Every season high school football fans thrill to watch the exploits of the area's top players -- and this year should be no different. The talent pool is once again overflowing, meaning some exciting Friday nights await us over the next few months.

Each high school football season throws up some true classics, games that will go down as wish-you-were-there moments -- whether it be wild shootouts that resemble basketball scores or hard-hitting, gritty affairs where the first defense that cracks loses...

It's GAME WEEK, and our Friday Game Night section is ready for the 2017 high school football season in northeast Georgia!

County officials have confirmed that the head soccer coach at Dawson County High School was killed Saturday morning in a car accident.

High school football fans take heed: Your Friday night games will look a little different in 2017. In fact, coaches, players and referees have already begun adapting to changes in the way the game has been taught and played for decades.

There’s a potential crisis gripping football fields throughout the state. Fans may not notice it on first inspection but a closer look reveals a front-and-center issue that threatens to change the landscape of the game itself, especially at the high school level.

The high school football season takes a big step toward reality this week when most of the area's programs engage in preseason scrimmages -- the closest thing to a real game -- with just days remaining until the 2017 campaign kicks off in earnest on Aug. 18.