Friday Game Night

If ever there was a complete game from all three phases, Mill Creek's 42-7 destruction Saturday over Brookwood in the Corky Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome was it.

Through the years Region 7-AAAAAA has been one of the most feared regions in all of Georgia high school football. So last year’s first round playoff sweep at the hands of 8-AAAAAA was shocking to say the least.

Johnson was one of several area teams to get off to a solid start Friday night in the opening week of the high school football season.

There is absolutely no secret about what Jefferson football wants to do in the early stages of the 2015 campaign: Run. The. Ball... Good luck stopping it, however.

Buford coach Jess Simpson said coming into the 2015 season his team was as inexperienced as any in recent memory. It showed at times in the Wolves’ season opener against Eastern Christian Academy out of Elkton, Md., Friday night at Tom Riden Stadium.

Lanier got its 2015 campaign off to a winning start on Friday -- showing fans just how tough its defense will be over the upcoming campaign.

Johnson held Madison County to just 19 yards rushing while pounding out 240 yards on the ground of its own in taking an impressive 17-0 victory over the Red Raiders in both teams’ season openers at Billy Ellis Memorial Stadium.

Time ran out on Lumpkin County football in the Indians' season opener on Friday in Dahlonega.

Jefferson football travels to Rabun County on Friday for a showdown between two teams with collegiate-level talent, each coming off state playoff runs and region championships in 2014. By the way it’s also the season-opener for two squads with aspirations of making more history in 2015...

Another summer gone and with that brings the start of the high school football season -- finally. Things will kick off around the area and state with just a handful of games, but what matchups they are, especially for some northeast Georgia programs.