Jeff Hart

Excitement levels are a hard thing to measure. East Jackson football coach Frank Caputo stopped trying about two weeks.

The recent rainy weather forced several changes to an always tough Chestatee cross country course Thursday at the Hall County Championships. But they were no match for the heavily-favored Flowery Branch girls and North Hall boy’s teams, who both ran away from the field to win the team titles.

Cheyenne Bennett tossed a complete-game, five-hitter to lead Dawson County to a 5-1 win over Jefferson in Region 8-AA softball action.

The West Hall volleyball team pushed its win streak to six straight after knocking off North Hall and East Hall in Area 7-AAA action Tuesday at the Norh Hall gym.

The Johnson girls volleyball team split a pair of Area 7-AAA matches Tuesday at home.

Gainesville proved it was worthy of its new No. 1 ranking in Class AAA Friday night. Meanwhile, Habersham Central pulled off the biggest upset of the night knocking off defending Region 8-AAAA champ Loganville 31-27 at home.

Senior Mill Creek kicker Scott Morton had a game for the ages Friday night.

Winder-Barrow snapped a six-game losing streak with a tough 7-0 win over Heritage Friday night in Region 8-AAA play.

The current Jackson County football team continues to make history. The Panthers moved to 3-0 for the first time since 1981 after Friday night’s 13-3 win over Prince Avenue Christian.

Last year Towns County had its first-ever winning season in school history. The Indians made history again Friday night.