Jeff Hart

Some streaks continued while others came to a crashing halt Friday night in the quarterfinal round of the state football playoffs.

It was a defensive battle in the truest sense. And Commerce took advantage of three Calhoun County turnovers and a key bad punt to pull out a tough 10-0 win Friday night in the quarterfinals at Ray Lamb Stadium.

Fueled by a season-best double-double by Corey Green, the North Georgia men's basketball team rallied from a halftime deficit to edge Chowan, 67-60, on the opening day of the West Florida Thanksgiving Classic.

Charles Mitchell had 15 points and 12 rebounds as Georgia Tech beat Rider 61-54 Friday night in a consolation round game at the Orlando Classic.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 66-62 in the third place game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

Friday's prep football playoff scores

If things are starting to look a little like 2012, don

Casual followers of the Jefferson football team certainly can see the obvious: a light bulb-popping offense, flashy stats, blowout wins. But for the insiders, they understand that the REAL secret to the headline-grabbing offense may actually reside on the other side of the ball.

Some things to watch in the final weekend of the Southeastern Conference regular season:

Kyle Wiltjer scored a career-high 32 points and No. 10 Gonzaga beat Georgia 88-76 on Wednesday night in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals.