Jeff Hart

Trailing 35-34 in the second overtime to Cherokee, Habersham Central football coach Gene Cathcart decided rolled the dice. Cathcart called for a two-point conversion and quarterback Bo Hatchett responded taking the ball up the middle for the two points and a 36-35 win to cap a wild night for the Raiders in their Class AAAA second round game.

For the second time in as many years, the Roswell-Peachtree Ridge Class AAAAA playoff game came down to the end with another controversial call.

he Grayson football team aveneged a 24-3 loss earlier this season to Norcross beating them when it counts most - in the playoffs.

Carver, Atlanta punched its ticket to the quarterfinal round of the Class AAA state football playoffs with a 21-7 win Apalachee Friday night.

Gainesville's Tasha Humphrey scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Georgia remained unbeaten by downing Prairie View 78-44 Friday night in the opening round of the Junkanoo Jam.

The Gwinnett Gladiators snapped a two game losing skid with a 5-3 win over the South Carolina Stingrays at the North Charleston Coliseum on Friday night.

Steve Spurrier came to South Carolina to make history. With his match against cross-state rival No. 21 Clemson looming, the coach is in line for one milestone he didn't bargain for. Should the Gamecocks' four-game losing streak continue Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium, it would give Spurrier more consecutive losses than he's ever had in his coaching career.

Joe Kennedy, a journeyman left-hander who pitched for three major league teams last season, died at his in-laws' home Friday. He was 28.

LSU's national title hopes were crushed by a Heisman-worthy performance. Darren McFadden rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another to lift Arkansas to a 50-48, three-overtime victory over the top-ranked Tigers on Friday.