Jeff Hart

Georgia will try to rebound from a road loss to Ole Miss to open SEC play, taking on No. 10 Kentucky on Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum.

It’s just the first of what Gainesville boys coach Charlemagne Gibbons hopes is “three or four meetings” on the season. But when the Class 5A eighth-ranked Red Elephants travel to take on No. 1 Milton on Tuesday in a showdown of Region 7-5A unbeatens, it could be a turning point for a program that has not won a playoff game since 2019. Or not.

Georgia Tech, fresh off a win over Boston College, travels to Syracuse on Tuesday for the first time in ACC play this season.

With schools back in full time session following the holidays, basketball teams will go on a five-week sprint to the region playoffs and possible state playoff bids beginning this week.

The Buford teams went on the road and took a pair of tough wins to sweep Discovery on Monday in Region 8-6A action.

Deshaun Watson's future as Cleveland's quarterback is more uncertain. The Browns said Monday that Watson suffered a setback in his recovery from an Achilles tendon rupture, and don't know if he'll be available in 2025.

Georgia landed two of the top players in the transfer portal with brothers Zachariah and Zion Branch announcing they would leave Southern California and join the Bulldogs.

Matthew Murrell and Jaemyn Brakefield scored 15 points apiece and ignited a decisive second half rally as No. 24 Mississippi defeated Georgia 63-51 on Saturday.

Despite a decent-sized schedule for the first Saturday of the New Year, there's only one region matchup on the docket. However, there are several intriguing non-region games.

Georgia is looking to keep its seven-game win streak alive when the Bulldogs travel to No. 24 Ole Miss on Saturday to open up both teams' SEC schedule.