Friday Game Night

There are probably few coaches that understand more the challenge of winning a state title than Jefferson’s Travis Noland.

For both Jefferson coach Travis Noland and Calhoun coach Clay Stephenson, a pair of very rare middle school home-and-home contests in 2022 and 2023 between the two programs, who are hours apart, may have been a sign of things to come.

Well, the end of the 2024 GHSA football season is almost over, and with that, the fall sports season comes to a close.

Region 6-3A announced its All-Region football team this week.

Commerce jumped in the 2025 coaching carousel on Tuesday.

Dawson County has found its next head football coach.

The Region 7-5A All-Region team was announced over the weekend. Region 7-5A houses Gainesville, along with Milton, who will be playing for a second consecutive state title next week.

When Gunner Stockton trotted out to start the second half of the SEC Championship game Saturday night for Georgia against the big, bad Texas Longhorns (yes, sarcasm), who didn’t feel a sudden case of the serious “uh ohs” about the Bulldogs’ chances?

Travis Noland is no stranger to state title games. He took a pair of Oconee County teams to the finals in 2019 and 2020.

The last ride at Tom Riden Stadium, home of the Buford Wolves since 1990, proved disappointing as No. 1 Carrollton beat No. 2 Buford 30-17 Friday night in the Class 6-A state semifinals.