Friday Game Night

The Wildcats graduated one of their best-ever senior classes following the 2015 season -- one that led them to the state quarterfinals for just the second time in program history. And they responded by going straight back to the quarterfinals in 2016. Coach Lee Shaw certainly has his alma mater rolling...

The Trojans were just two plays from perhaps an eight-win season in 2016 behind backfield stud Kyle Bacus. But after one of the best seasons in North Hall history, Bacus graduated leaving coach David Bishop and the Trojans with a huge void to fill in the backfield...

The Bulldogs underwent a coaching change for the first time in 11 years this offseason, when the most successful coach in program history, Bob Sphire, left North Gwinnett to take the same job at Camden County. In stepped Mill Creek defensive coordinator Bill Stewart...

The Raiders up and down 2016 season (4-6) still saw them with a chance on the final week to grab a playoff spot. Second year coach Robert Craft said building on that success is certainly within their grasp heading into the 2017 campaign...

The Hawks have turned potential into dominant reality the past two seasons, storming to back-to-back 13-1 records, region championships and state semifinal appearances in the largest classification in the state. Yet the 2017 season dawns with Mill Creek facing eight new starters on each side of the ball...

It was a wild ride for the Indians in 2016. They did not get a head coach until June, less than 2 months before the start of the season, yet still managed to be just one win and a few plays from making the playoffs in a rugged Region 7-AAA. Which is what’s making coach Shane Williamson show some early excitement as they get ready for the 2017 campaign...

The Longhorns took a slight step back in 2016, finishing second in Region 8-AAAAAA after two straight Region 8-AAAAA titles in 2014-15. But coach Korey Mobbs enters his fourth season in Sugar Hill at the helm of a team that expects to be right back in region and playoff contention in 2017...

Lakeview Academy was just half a point out of qualifying for its first-ever playoff spot in 2016. A seven-point loss to Athens Christian was all that kept the Lions from advancing. However, they may be looking at the same scenario again in 2017 in what is traditionally a very tough Region 8-A...

A return to a region schedule proved tough for the Knights, as they jumped into a league that included plenty of powers, including a dominant Buford, and finished 0-10. But Johnson is working hard to fire back from that campaign...

Jefferson will come into the 2017 season with one of the state’s most dynamic running backs in Colby Wood, but will also face several key questions along the always-important line-of-scrimmage after the graduation of Division I players Caleb Chandler and Dontae Wilson...