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After two playoff wins that featured excellent offense, Thursday's third round Georgia High School Athletic Association Flag Football quarterfinal centered around Loganville's pass defense.

WALNUT GROVE — University of Alabama-Birmingham Coach Casey Dunn continued the building of his program regionally by getting Walnut Grove’s Braxton Brooks’ signing Monday night at the school’s auditorium.

In its second year of flag football, Loganville coach Bran Mills said he and his staff were able to figure some things out about the new sport and how to compete.

A Saturday matinee featuring two of Walton County’s best basketball teams from 2022 lived up to its billing at Social Circle.

Ouch!

A tough season for Monroe Area ended Friday night when the Hurricanes fell 30-18 to Carver-Atlanta at Eddie Henderson Stadium in Atlanta.

“Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”

DAWSONVILLE - Monroe Area made use of good field position and a great game from reserve running back Darrion Manuel and linebacker Jakyri Jones to beat Dawson County 35-13 Saturday night in a first round Georgia High School Athletic Association playoff game.

LOGANVILLE - With two of football’s three phases dominant through three quarters of Saturday night’s AAAAA Georgia playoff game, the deciding factor would be an explosive play in the final six minutes.

Social Circle was matching Georgia High School Athletic Association’s Class A favorite Prince Avenue Christian stride for stride Friday night for the Region 5-A title.

There might have been more satisfying wins in Walnut Grove’s football history.

COLUMBUS — When all was said and done at the South Commons Softball Complex last week, the Social Circle Lady Redskins finished as the No. 2 team in the state. 

COLUMBUS - A walk-off win in the 10th inning in Saturday’s Class AAAAA semi-final game could not spur Loganville in the championship game with Columbus Northside.

Former University of Georgia football coach and athletics director Vince Dooley died Friday, just a day before the annual renewal of the Georgia-Florida football rivalry.

With the A-Division I state championship on the line, neither Social Circle nor Heard County wanted to walk away as state runners up. Both teams were on the edge of their seats in a back-and-forth battle. 

Northside of Columbus held top-ranked Loganville to three hits and made use of poor defensive game by the Lady Red Devils to win 8-4 in the second round of the Georgia AAAAA State Tournament at the Columbus Sports Plex Thursday afternoon.

Loganville, Social Circle to play final round in Columbus Saturday

Malorie Watson tossed a one-hitter to pace Walnut Grove to the Georgia AAAA State Fastpitch Tournament next week in Columbus, following an 8-0 win over Lovett.

George Walton Academy ran over, through and around Loganville Christian Academy in a GIAA Region 4-AAAA game Friday night on its way to a 62-15 win.                                                  

After a heartbreaking setback against Commerce last week, Social Circle hit the road to try and right the ship against nonregion opponent Mount Paran Christian School.

Walnut Grove is no stranger to a nail-biter of game this season, but Friday night’s 28-25 win over Cherokee Bluff was a little too close for comfort for the Warriors.

Walnut Grove is no stranger to a nail-biter of game this season, but Friday night’s 28-25 win over Cherokee Bluff was a little too close for comfort for the Warriors.