Friday Game Night

Lanier exploded for 21 points in the final 2:29 of the first half en route to a 49-20, Region 8-AAAAA win over Heritage, Conyers Friday night.

In years past Winder-Barrow may have let this game slip away. This is not the Bulldoggs team of years past, however.

Commerce got back to its winning ways in emphatic fashion on Friday.

Riverside Military notched its first Region 8-AA victory of the season on Friday, blanking Oglethorpe County 21-0 in Lexington.

Flowery Branch got on track with its rushing game at the expense of Apalachee on Friday night.

Madison County scored 35 unanswered points in the second and third quarter to pull away for a 49-20 victory over North Hall Friday night in Region 8-AAAA action.

North Forsyth snapped its six-game losing streak with a nail-biting 14-13 win over Johns Creek Friday night in Region 6-AAAAAA.

Here are Friday's prep football scores from around the state...

Johnson scored first but East Hall answered with 28 consecutive en route to a 42-23 win at east Hall Stadium Friday night in a non-region contest.

Time is fast waning on the 2014 regular season, but there are plenty of huge contests left -- and that is most definitely the case tonight, as we get going on Week 8.