Friday Game Night

Commerce closed out its best regular season record in eight years with an impressive 55-28 win over Lakeview Academy on Friday in Commerce.

The 2014 high school football regular season has flown by like so many dried leaves caught in a wind current, but there is plenty on tap to enjoy on the last Friday before postseason play -- especially for northeast Georgia programs.

On Friday night 79 years of toil will come down to 48 minutes for a shot at history.

As we

As the 2012 season unfolded, a vibe began to emerge for the Jefferson football team that coaches and players realized had the makings for something special. They rode that to the state title. The 2014 Dragons may be getting that same feeling again...

Flowery Branch's Chris Griffin has been selected as this week's Atlanta Falcons High School Coach of the Week. In his third season leading the Falcons, Griffin is coming off a 7-6 victory over Salem High School on Friday.

If you're interested in talking state football playoff scenarios, we hope you've got your calculator and a bottle of aspirin handy. All kidding aside, with the final week of the high school football season upon us, area teams are getting down to serious business as they jockey for playoff positioning, and for some, their very playoff lives.

Region championships, playoff showdowns and intense rivalries -- you couldn

North Gwinnett jumped two spots, while Lanier, Buford and Jefferson each maintained their previous positions in latest Georgia Sports Writers Association Prep Football Poll, released Tuesday.