Jackson County kept its state playoff hopes intact as they rolled to a 43-0 blowout win over Johnson on Friday at Panther Stadium.

Success tends to breed success in NASCAR Cup Series Playoff races at Texas Motor Speedway. From 2012 through 2015, seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson dominated the fall race at the 1.5-mile track, winning four straight Playoff events there.

The Flowery Branch offense had been doing just fine without injured senior running back Jaizen Ellingham, who had missed most of the last three games. But with him, well, thoughts of deep playoffs runs can easily be conjured up...

Friday night represented the first week where the entire schedule around the northeast Georgia area was comprised of region games (except for Rabun County) and there were some huge results that will go a long way to determining some playoff implications...

Clark Howell and Kevin Rochester have become a fierce one-two punch for North Hall.