Lakeview Academy got the 2024 postseason underway last week for northeast Georgia area teams. On Friday, 16 more area teams will open their 2024 postseason around the state in the GHSA and GAPPS 11-man leagues.

The late Don Golden was the last coach to lead the Jackson County football program to an 8-2 season. The year was 1992.

Sid Maxwell almost retired after last season, but he wanted to stay for one more season.

Josh Niblett always wants his teams to play with an edge, a toughness, if you will. They'll need all the toughness they can muster as they already have been embarking on the toughest week the program has faced in his two-plus seasons at the helm.

Stuart Cunningham is not one to go on long soliloquies. But even he had a few things to say this week as he got ready to lead Chestatee to its first Georgia High School Association playoff game since 2016.