Jeff Hart

Maybe now those folks at LSU can get over Nick Saban and relish what they have: a living-on-the-edge team that's still in the thick of the national championship race after another heart-stopping victory.

Andy Landers has had it up to here. If Landers has his way, there will be no more underachieving, no more soft defense in fact, no more soft anything for the Georgia Lady Bulldogs. Georgia is coming off a 27-7 season that included a second-place finish in the Southeastern Conference. Georgia played in the NCAA Sweet 16 for the fifth straight year.

It was a cat fight to the end as Banks County held on to beat Dawson County 28-21 Friday night in a key Region 8B-AA game.

It was Senior Night at Flowery Branch but it would not be the last time the senior Falcons would play at home. Flowery Branch pounded Johnson 42-13 at Falcons Field behind senior quarterback Jaybo Shaw. The Falcons' win, combined with a 40-14 Gainesville win over West Hall Friday, handed the Falcons the 7B-AAA subregion title.

Staying alive was the theme around northeast Georgia Friday night as the high school football season heads into its final week of the regular season.

Lewis Clinch scored 21 points and Georgia Tech scored 74 points in the first half on the way to beating Carson-Newman 126-86 Friday night in an exhibition game.

Here is how the Top Ten teams in The Associated Press high school football polls fared this week: