Defending Region 8-AAAAA champion Lanier opened defense of its title with a dominating 37-20 win over Clarke Central Friday night at Longhorns Stadium.
Caleb Brooks ran for two scores and threw for one and J’Varius Wood ran for one score and caught two touchdown passes to lead Commerce to a 35-0 shellacking of Hebron Christian Friday night.
Dawson County football picked up its first win of the Sid Maxwell era on Friday, pulling ahead for good in the second quarter of a 23-9 defeat of Gilmer in Ellijay.