Jeff Hart

North Forsyth forced four West Forsyth turnovers, converting two into defensive touchdowns, en route to a 37-0 drubbing of its cross-county rival.

White County got a first quarter touchdown pass from Tyler Dotson and a third quarter field goal from Mark Bardenwerper and then held on in the fourth quarter for a 10-6 win over Franklin County Friday night.

Gwendale Harris scored on a 1-yard run to give Cedar Shoals a thrilling 16-13 overtime win over Habersham Central Friday night in a Region 8-AAAA game.

Washington-Wilkes scored 21 unanswered points and rushed for 432 yards en route to a 34-21 win over Banks County Friday.

Jefferson’s Darius Minor accounted for nearly 200 yards of offense and three touchdowns to lead the Dragons to a 30-13 win over arch-rival Commerce Friday night at Memorial Stadium in both teams’ season opener.

The Elbert County defense proved to be too much for Riverside Military Academy Friday night in a 40-6 loss to the Blue Devils in their season-opener at The Granite Bowl.

In 2008, both Johnson and North Hall came into their season opener against each other with high expectations for their upcoming football seasons. Not much has changed for either team heading into Friday’s 2009 season-opener at 7:30 p.m. at Billy Ellis Stadium.

As the entire state gets set to kick off the 2009 prep football season there are some interesting and exciting matchups around northeast Georgia.

Kara Perry allowed just one hit and no runs to lead the Jefferson softball team to a 5-0 win over rival Commerce Thursday.

North Hall picked up two solid wins Thursday in girls volleyball action.