Jeff Hart

Five northeast Georgia area teams are in the top 10 in offense and four are in the top 10 in defense in their respective classifications heading into Friday night's action around the state.

Georgia High School Association softball playoff action for northeast Georgia area teams will resume on Friday with first round action for Classes 5A, 3A, and Class A Division 1.

Most coaches and players say all they want is to be in the playoff conversation at the end of the season. If that’s the case, once again expect a noisy weekend.

The road to the Region 8-3 title has always figured to go through Jefferson. On Thursday, Cherokee Bluff put itself in position to take the first swing at the Dragons.

Fifth-ranked Georgia (5-1, 3-1 SEC), whose only three losses over the past four seasons have all been to Alabama, plays in Austin for the first time since 1958 on Saturday night.

Sid Maxwell and Dawson County are used to being in the playoffs. His first eight Tigers teams all advanced to the postseason. Chestatee, on the other hand.

You can’t get any more dominating than this. After Wednesday’s first round action, northeast Georgia area volleyball teams went a collective 15-1 in the first round Georgia High School Association playoffs.

The 2024 Georgia High School Association softball playoffs get started on Wednesday with 15 northeast Georgia area teams looking to play their way to Columbus and a shot at a state title.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, senior defensive lineman Nazir Stackhouse and junior running back Cash Jones discussed the upcoming showdown with Texas with the media on Tuesday evening.

For three seasons from 2018 to 2021, Tommy Jones (Cherokee Bluff) and Ben Hall (Flowery Branch) coached just 3 1/2 miles apart. However, their playing and coaching journeys have been even more closely entwined than that.