Friday Game Night

It may have been dreary and nasty outside, but a number of area football teams kept themselves warm and cozy thanks to first round playoff victories on Friday.

For all the talk of Gainesville

In search of its first-ever playoff win, things looked bleak for Chestatee in the first six minutes against Grady, trailing 13-0. But as bad as the first six minutes were, the final three minutes of the first half could not have been scripted any better for the War Eagles.

Flowery Branch coach Chris Griffin warned that Stephenson football was more than just a collection of talented athletes.

You think Dalton Whitfield was ready for this?

Buford held Sonoraville to just 26 total yards and routed the first-time playoff Phoenix 58-8 Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs.

West Hall was six inches from pulling off the biggest upset of the season in Georgia Friday night.

North Hall started strong but Ringgold finished stronger as the Tigers rallied from a pair of 14-point first half deficits to nip the Trojans 55-54 Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs.

Friday's football playoff scores