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Jeff Teague scored 14 of his 18 points in the third quarter, then helped the Atlanta Hawks hold on with a spectacular blocked shot in the final minutes of a 96-89 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.

While Gainesville, Buford, and Jefferson continue to try and defend their state titles, Chestatee and White County will try to continue to make history Friday in the second round of the state football playoffs.

Jefferson knows all about championship football after last season

In search of its first-ever playoff win, things looked bleak for Chestatee in the first six minutes against Grady, trailing 13-0. But as bad as the first six minutes were, the final three minutes of the first half could not have been scripted any better for the War Eagles.

Buford held Sonoraville to just 26 total yards and routed the first-time playoff Phoenix 58-8 Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs.

First-year Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer has been trying to convince Jeff Teague to go to the rim as often as possible. This was definitely a pretty good argument for that strategy.

West Hall was six inches from pulling off the biggest upset of the season in Georgia Friday night.

North Hall started strong but Ringgold finished stronger as the Tigers rallied from a pair of 14-point first half deficits to nip the Trojans 55-54 Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs.

Friday's football playoff scores

Greater Atlanta Christian scored on four consecutive posessions in the second and third quarters to blow open a close game en rout to a 34-7 win over Rabun County Friday night in the Class AA state playoffs.