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Buford coach Bryant Appling doesn't think twice when it comes to playing a brutal non-region schedule.

Several key football games across the region, including region battles starting for more than half the area's teams in Week 6. Friday Game Night checked in with coaches around northeast Georgia to find out how many ingredients are needed to get a win Friday night.

Flowery Branch coach Ben Hall and Riverside Military Academy coach Nick Garrett will be the guests on this week's chopBLOCK PlayBook high school football show live from chopBLOCK Food & Spirits on the square in Gainesville.

On this week's AccessSports Weekly, the crew takes a look back at Week 5 and the games that lived up to the hype.

Week 5 went off without a hitch last week and several athletes across the region turned in top performances.

In Kansas City's first game after manager Ned Yost announced he will retire after the season, the lowly Royals burst to a six-run lead in the first three innings and beat the NL East champion Atlanta Braves 9-6 Tuesday night behind three hits and two RBIs from Nicky Lopez.

Senior Anabel Adams' solo home run in the sixth inning was a fitting ending to Senior Night at the Buford Softball Complex.

Class 6A No. 7-ranked Habersham Central volleyball team knocked off Lanier and Dacula at Gainesville High School Tuesday night.

J Ben Haynes has made it his mission to become a dual-threat at quarterback this season.

The Georgia vs. Tennessee football game kickoff has been set for 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, in Knoxville, Tenn.