Jeff Hart

Georgia Tech crashed Middle Tennessee State's 100-year anniversary party Saturday night, rolling out to a 28-0 lead before a special birthday cake was even rolled out at halftime.

Ryan Smith went low and came up big for Auburn. The backup safety stopped Chris Relf at the goal line with a leg tackle on the final play to preserve the Tigers' 41-34 win over No. 16 Mississippi State on Saturday and keep their winning streak going.

Class AA No. 3-ranked Union County split a pair of games in the opening round of the Flowery Branch-Buford Invitational Softball Tournament.

Fannin County ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown and then pulled away in the second half to beat Jackson County 28-20 Friday night in a key Region 8-AA cross-over matchup.

Four-time defending Class AA state champion Buford played the role of rude host Friday night dismantling Yulee (Fla.) 49-7 in a nationally televised game at Tom Riden Stadium.

Kevin Ellison connected with Zac Franks on a 16-yard touchdown pass with 31 seconds left to cap a wild final three minutes and give the Raiders an improbable 43-39, come-from-behind win over Salem Friday night in Region 8-AAAA.

Jefferson used a 22-point second quarter to erase an early North Hall lead en route to taking a 38-28 win over the Trojans Friday night at Memorial Stadium.

If there was any doubt about who is the best team in Class AA, No. 1 Buford put that to rest Friday night against No. 2 Carver-Columbus.

Chestatee overcame an early deficit and then used its ground attack to take a 41-14 win over West Hall friday night at Spartans Stadium.

Tyler Hubbard and Dean Ewing had three touchdowns each to lead Banks County to a lopsided 41-0 win over Riverside Military Academy Friday night.