Friday Game Night

There is an old sports adage that says beating a team twice in one season is hard. The Cherokee Bluff football team does not subscribe to that maxim.

Top-seeded Jefferson wasted no time getting on the board Friday night on the way to a 45-6 win over Monroe in the opening round of the Class 3A playoffs.

On the surface, Jackson County’s 31-7 loss to defending Class 5A state champion Coffee Friday night in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs looks like the Panthers are still a long way from competing for the ultimate prize.

East Coweta came to play, but Buford's physicality finally caught up as the Wolves ran away to win 57-9 Friday night at Tom Riden Stadium.

Gainesville saw its season come to an abrupt end Friday night as they fell to Sequoyah, 38-28.

Chestatee did all they could to keep up but fell in a shootout at Peach County Friday night, 56-33

Commerce found themselves in a battle to open the Class A Division I playoffs Friday night as they edged out Bremen, 35-28.

Jones County took advantage of three East Forsyth turnovers to run away with a 51-21 win over the Broncos in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs on Friday night.

East Jackson had a furious comeback fall just short in a 52-49 thriller at Madison County in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs Friday night.

Habersham Central ended up on the wrong end of a 47-7 first round matchup against second-ranked Lee County Friday night on the road.