Jeff Hart

What Week 8 in the high school football campaign lacks in monster showdowns, it makes up for in what should be a setup week for the stretch drive to make the playoffs for most area teams.

If anyone has been wondering if the hype surrounding Lanier senior defensive end Derrick Brown has been overblown, consider these numbers...

Buford opened defense of its Class AAAA girls state softball title with a dominating first round sweep of Woodward Academy Wednesday at home.

North Hall swept Troup County in its first round Class AAAA girls state softball best-of-three series Wednesday at home.

Union County moved into the second round of the Class AA girls state softball tournament Wednesday.

North Hall needed four sets to beat Grady in the first round of the Class AAAA girls state volleyball tournament Wednesday.

The East Hall girls volleyball team advanced to the second round of the Class AAA state tournament with a 25-5, 25-4, 25-10 sweep of Glenn Hills Wednesday.

The Jefferson girls volleyball advanced to the second round of the Class AAA state tournament with an impressive sweep of North Clayton Wednesday.

It doesn’t seem that long ago -- just one month in fact -- that people were ready to shovel dirt on the Flowery Branch season...

Once again the Buford girls softball team will headline a host of northeast Georgia area teams into the girls state softball tournament.