Jeff Hart

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets didn't like falling out of the Top 25 with their first loss, so they made a point with a lopsided victory against another ranked opponent.

North Hall proved it is still a force in Region 7-AAA Friday night pulling off a shocking 45-21 win over No. 7 Creekview on the road.

Class AAAAA No. 3 North Gwinnett overcame a sluggish first half to pull away from Mill Creek for a 30-3 Region 7-AAAAA win Friday night.

For two-and-a-half quarters Commerce was poised to pull off the biggest upset in Class A so far in 2009.

Jefferson scored 50 unanswered points after falling behind 7-0 en route to a 63-21 thumping of Union County Friday night in a Region 8-AA battle at Memorial Stadium.

East Jackson's C.J. Allen returned the opening kick off 95 yards for a touchdown and the Eagles never looked back in taking a key 48-20, Region 8-AA win over Riverside Military Academy Friday night.

Buford held a high-scoring Decatur offense to just 104 total yards in a dominating 28-0 win a key Region 6-AA matchup at Tom Riden Stadium Friday night.

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.