Friday Game Night

Dawson County football got its Region 7-AAA campaign off to an impressive start on Friday, as the Tigers jumped out to a three-score lead and made it stick in a 30-7 defeat of North Hall in Dawsonville.

North Gwinnett got a pair of fumble recoveries for touchdowns and quarterback Jimmy Urzua threw two touchdown passes as the Bulldogs shocked Class AAAAAAA No. 7 Mill Creek 35-21 Friday night in a huge Region 6-AAAAAAA battle...

Seven different players scored for Buford as the Wolves routed Clarke Central 45-7 in their Region 8-AAAAA opener Friday night at Tom Riden Stadium...

Brock Landis had 297 total yards and five combined touchdowns to lead Winder-Barrow to a 56-14 blowout win over Apalachee Friday night in Region 8-AAAAAA action...

Flowery Branch had to battle for it, but the Falcons ran away in the second half for a 35-21 win over Cedar Shoals in Athens.

Gainesville got its starting quarterback back in the mix but still could not notch its first win since opening night in a 39-14 loss to Marist on Friday in Atlanta.

Jefferson showed it can roll up plenty of rushing yards even without standout back Colby Wood on Friday.

Cade Ridley knew his Commerce football team had potential — the senior lineman just wasn’t sure how long it would take to manifest.

It may be only Week 6 -- and with five more weeks left in the high school football regular season there is still plenty that can happen -- but this could be the week that several regions look back and say big things were decided.