High School Sports

Playing the same team twice in one season isn’t ideal in football.

The late Don Golden was the last coach to lead the Jackson County football program to an 8-2 season. The year was 1992.

Sid Maxwell almost retired after last season, but he wanted to stay for one more season.

Josh Niblett always wants his teams to play with an edge, a toughness, if you will. They'll need all the toughness they can muster as they already have been embarking on the toughest week the program has faced in his two-plus seasons at the helm.

The Flowery Branch boys basketball team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 63-53 win over Dawson County on the road Tuesday.

Terriah Watkins scored 24 points, and Kaylana Curry added 13 to lead the East Hall girls basketball team to a 60-52 win over North Hall on the road Tuesday.

Stuart Cunningham is not one to go on long soliloquies. But even he had a few things to say this week as he got ready to lead Chestatee to its first Georgia High School Association playoff game since 2016.

Finally! It seems weeks have passed since a football game was played in our coverage area, and now it's time to start the Road to the Benz.

Boston Kersh had himself a night and was one of two players to finish with a double-double to lead the Cherokee Bluff boys basketball team past Franklin County, 76-61, on the road Monday night.

The Georgia High School Association football playoffs begin on Friday, with 15 area teams on the Road to the Benz.