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Cherokee Bluff outscored Monroe Area by 24 points in the second half to knock off the Canes, 52-24, Friday night.

Bo Wilson finally finished atop the weekly standings for the first time this season, finishing 10-1 and gaining a couple of games on most of the field.

The 2024 Georgia High School Association softball playoffs get started on Wednesday with 15 northeast Georgia area teams looking to play their way to Columbus and a shot at a state title.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, senior defensive lineman Nazir Stackhouse and junior running back Cash Jones discussed the upcoming showdown with Texas with the media on Tuesday evening.

For three seasons from 2018 to 2021, Tommy Jones (Cherokee Bluff) and Ben Hall (Flowery Branch) coached just 3 1/2 miles apart. However, their playing and coaching journeys have been even more closely entwined than that.

If the playoffs started today, Cherokee Bluff would be the overall No. 2 seed in the Class 3A playoffs.

According to an announcement Tuesday, the 2025 game between Georgia and Georgia Tech will be played at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

With the start of the 2024 state volleyball playoffs on Tuesday, 16 northeast Georgia area teams will get under way looking to make a run to state titles.

Last week was billed as the season's biggest week, and it didn't disappoint.

Week 9's completion means we are done with three quarters of the regular season, and we know the fourth quarter is where the action really heats up.