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Sid Maxwell almost retired after last season, but he wanted to stay for one more season.

Josh Niblett always wants his teams to play with an edge, a toughness, if you will. They'll need all the toughness they can muster as they already have been embarking on the toughest week the program has faced in his two-plus seasons at the helm.

The Flowery Branch boys basketball team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 63-53 win over Dawson County on the road Tuesday.

Terriah Watkins scored 24 points, and Kaylana Curry added 13 to lead the East Hall girls basketball team to a 60-52 win over North Hall on the road Tuesday.

Baye Ndongo had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Naithan George added 16 points and six assists and Georgia Tech beat Texas Southern 81-62

RJ Godfrey scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds and Silas Demary Jr. added 17 points to help Georgia beat North Florida 90-77 at the Peach State Classic

Oregon stayed on top in the second batch of College Football Playoff rankings, while the new poll shoved Georgia completely out of the bracket after its lopsided loss to Mississippi

Georgia coach Kirby Smart says he went too far when he called backup safety Jake Pope an “idiot” for appearing to celebrate with Mississippi fans following the Bulldogs’ loss to the Rebels last week

Catcher Travis d’Arnaud has agreed to a $12 million, two-year contract to join the Los Angeles Angels as a veteran backup to Logan O’Hoppe

Stuart Cunningham is not one to go on long soliloquies. But even he had a few things to say this week as he got ready to lead Chestatee to its first Georgia High School Association playoff game since 2016.