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Christian Eckes grabbed the lead on the final restart and stole a victory in Friday night’s Round of 10 elimination race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Kansas Speedway.

A crucial stop late defensively gave East Hall their first win of the 8-4A season as they took down Chestatee, 14-10.

Cherokee Bluff forced overtime with an interception in the endzone at the end of regulation, but in overtime, the Bears had a bad snap on a point after attempt in a 27-26 loss to Madison County.

Sammy Brown might have been the engineer Friday night, but the Jefferson defense brought the fuel to power the freight train.

A touchdown late into the fourth quarter gave Creekview a 24-21 win over North Forsyth Friday night.

The Lumpkin County Indian rushing offense put up massive numbers again this week as they took down Temple Friday night, 35-0.

North Hall scored a touchdown in each quarter as they took down Walnut Grove Friday night, 28-6, to open 8-4A play.

Five Dawson County turnovers led to 28 points for Stephens County as the Indians won, 35-0, Friday night.

Union County put up 50 points Friday night in a massive 50-3 win over Armuchee.

Lanier Christian quickly ran past Rock Springs Friday night by a 56-13 final score.