Jeff Hart

When they needed, well, anything, White County turned to Kylie Watkins. And she did not disappoint.

Tiger Woods is returning to the PNC Championship with 15-year-old son Charlie, his first competition since the British Open in July and after having a sixth surgery on his back three months ago.

Tuesday will mark the busiest night so far on the hardwood, with 16 matchups -- 13 involving key region showdowns -- around northeast Georgia.

With the prep hoops season beginning to heat up around the state and in northeast Georgia, some area teams are receiving some early love from pollsters and the computers.

The Region 7-5A All-Region team was announced over the weekend. Region 7-5A houses Gainesville, along with Milton, who will be playing for a second consecutive state title next week.

Oregon will be the No. 1 overall seed in the College Football Playoff, with Georgia getting the No. 2 seed, followed by Boise State and Arizona State, who all received automatic byes into the quarterfinal round.

When Gunner Stockton trotted out to start the second half of the SEC Championship game Saturday night for Georgia against the big, bad Texas Longhorns (yes, sarcasm), who didn’t feel a sudden case of the serious “uh ohs” about the Bulldogs’ chances?

Travis Noland is no stranger to state title games. He took a pair of Oconee County teams to the finals in 2019 and 2020.

It’s semifinal week for the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) and two northeast Georgia teams are among the 32 programs still left scattered across the eight classifications.

All but three of Friday's prep basketball action involve region matchups as region play begins one final push before the Christmas break.