Friday Game Night

Washington-Wilkes pounded out 379 yards rushing and held Rabun County to 40 points below its season average in a 52-7 win over the Wildcats Friday night in a key Region 8-AA battle for both teams.

Collin Pettell was a perfect 10-for-10 passing for 338 yards and five touchdowns and Raleigh Beougher caught five passes for 211 yards and three scores to lead Riverside Military Academy to a 56-14 rout of Social Circle Friday night at Maginnis Field.

Deshaun Watson grinned, the glimmer in his eye unmistakable -- he and his teammates are aching to see just how much they have grown this season. Video included...

As the regular season heads for the home stretch, several area teams are still in the running for region titles and the playoffs while others had title dreams and playoff hopes crippled or dashed last week.

A region title race, playoff implications, two outstanding teams... all the storylines are in place.

North Hall coach Bob Christmas was not quite ready to proclaim his current team the program

Gainesville moved up one spot, while the other four area teams remained in the same positions in the latest Georgia Sports Writers Association Prep Football Poll, released Tuesday.

Region 7-AAA may have two front-runners, but there is plenty of time left for upsets and re-shuffling, and this Friday Jacobs Media presents two key showdowns in the race for the 7-AAA title.

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