Jeff Hart

Despite a decent-sized schedule for the first Saturday of the New Year, there's only one region matchup on the docket. However, there are several intriguing non-region games.

Georgia is looking to keep its seven-game win streak alive when the Bulldogs travel to No. 24 Ole Miss on Saturday to open up both teams' SEC schedule.

Class 3A No. 2-ranked Cherokee Bluff opened Region 8-3A with a solid 65-53 road win over Monroe Area on Friday night.

Georgia Tech takes on Boston College on Saturday in a crucial ACC matchup for both teams.

In a battle between top 10 teams for the Region 6-3A lead, Pickens County used a fourth quarter rally to beat White County 50-46 Friday night at the White County gym.

The holiday tournament season is over. NOW, the real drive for playoff spots will resume, or for at least one region, begin on Friday around northeast Georgia.

NASCAR driver Shane van Gisbergen walked away from a multiple-car crash at a dirt track speedway meeting at Auckland in his native New Zealand on Thursday.

Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame's defense made it hold up in a 23-10 victory over No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday.

It's the debut of the TMRW Golf League, a six-team league featuring Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy among 24 players — 13 of them major champions — in fast-paced, two-hour matches to be televised in prime time on ESPN platforms.

The Sugar Bowl matchup between Georgia and Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff will kick off at 4 p.m. (ET) on Thursday.