Friday Game Night

Last year represented White County's first losing season since 2011 -- coach Bill Ballard's first in charge in Cleveland. Yet 2015 also saw the Warriors start eight sophomores and two freshmen on defense -- and still miss out on going 6-4 by a measly four points.

The Spartans under Tony Lotti have gotten things turned around with three straight playoff appearances after going 11 seasons without making the playoffs. However, they will enter 2016 with several key questions...

The Panthers have posted back-to-back 9-2 seasons, including hosting two straight state playoff games, which matches the program's best-ever finishes -- but Union County also just garduated one of its best ever players in quarterback Joseph Mancuso (signed to play for Richmond University) as well as moving up to Class AAA.

John Cornett knew he would one day be a head football coach -- but he did not journey to Towns County with the express intent of taking that position. Yet when the assistant coach and son of a longtime head coach was approached about taking the vacancy this offseason it was an opportunity he could not let slip...

The Indians are one of the holdovers in Region 8-AAAA, which with the addition of Jefferson, Region 8-AAA champion Oconee County, and Region 6-AAAA champion St. Pius, may be one of the toughest in the state in any classification...

After winning a successful challenge with the GHSA to move down to Class A, and Region 8-A in particular, where the numbers are much more to their level, Riverside Military Academy may finally see a possible road to success...

The Wildcats are coming off a season that equalled their best campaign in program history -- and was yards removed from a state semifinal appearance. Yet coach Lee Shaw knows that maintaining that charge will be tough after graduating an extraordinary senior class...

The Trojans made a huge leap forward in coach David Bishop's second season in charge. The longtime North Hall assistant led his team back into the state playoffs in 2015 -- a feat he hopes to consolidate in 2016...

For the first time since 2003, and the first time in the Bob Sphire era, the Bulldogs did not make the playoffs in 2015. But the bigger concern for Sphire and the Bulldogs was the lack of competitiveness...

North Forsyth, much like Banks County, is on its third coach in six years with the addition of Robert Craft, who takes over for Jason Gault. The Raiders have won just three games since a playoff run in 2013 and battled key injuries both of the last two seasons...