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Photos: Second round of Georgia high school football playoffs
Action from Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.
Isaac Raphael of Norcross celebrates after a touchdown catch against Grayson on Friday night. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Grayson quarterback Travis Burgess, #17, makes a pass. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Isaac Raphael, Norcross wide receiver, makes a touchdown catch. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Norcross quarterback Dillon Mohammed looks to make a pass. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Grayson quarterback Travis Burgess, #17, is tackled. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Jahsaun Clarke, #4 for Norcross, runs the ball. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Jamari Harrold, wide receiver for Norcross, goes up for a catch. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Grayson senior defensive lineman Andre Fuller, #9, tackles Norcross’ quarterback Dillon Mohammed. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Douglas County players celebrate a touchdown against North Cobb in Kennesaw, GA., on Friday, November 22, 2024. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
Douglas County quarterback DJ Bordeaux (12) scores a touchdown. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
Douglas County players celebrate a touchdown against North Cobb in Kennesaw, GA., on Friday, November 22, 2024. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
Douglas County’s Jacahi Streeter (7) is tackled. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
Douglas County’s Rah’keith Kelly (6) is tackled during a NCAA High School football game between North Cobb and Douglas County at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, GA., on Friday, November 22, 2024. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
North Cobb’s Zach Belyeu (20) is tackled. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
North Cobb quarterback Nick Grimstead (15) is sacked. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
North Cobb’s Arquevious Echols (34) is tackled. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
Douglas County’s Aaron Gregory (4) scores a touchdown. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
Douglas County’s Rah’keith Kelly (6) runs the ball. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
North Cobb players take the field before a game between North Cobb and Douglas County at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, GA., on Friday, November 22, 2024. (Photo/Jenn Finch, AJC)
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Isaac Raphael of Norcross celebrates after a touchdown catch against Grayson on Friday night. (Jamie Spaar for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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A member of a metro Atlanta Fire Department and his children place their hands on the casket of fallen DeKalb firefighter Preston Fant during a memorial service for Fant at Truist Park on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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Credit: Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com

PHOTOS: Community honors fallen firefighter

Community gathers at Truist park to salute Master Firefighter Preston Fant, who died Sept. 8 after battling a fire at a film company warehouse.

Atlanta Dream center Brittney Griner (42) fights for possession during the first half of a WNBA basketball first-round playoff game against the Indiana Fever at Gateway Center Arena on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Atlanta. 
(Miguel Martinez/ AJC)
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Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

PHOTOS: Dream defeat Fever to open WNBA Playoffs

The Atlanta Dream defeated the Indiana Fever 80-68 to take Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round WNBA playoff series on Sunday

Georgia coach Kirby Smart (center) gives Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton a play during the closing minute of the second quarter against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Jason Getz/AJC)
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Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

PHOTOS: Georgia visits Knoxville to take on Tennessee

The Georgia Bulldogs traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in an early-season key matchup in the SEC.

Georgia Tech wide receivers Dean Patterson (left) and Malik Rutherford celebrate after a successful two-point conversion  during the second half against the Clemson Tigers on Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. (Jason Allen/AJC)
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Credit: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

PHOTOS: Georgia Tech defeats Clemson on the final play

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeat the Clemson Tigers on a field goal as time ran out, 24-21.

Georgia faithful drove to Knoxville on Saturday to cheer on the Bulldogs as they play Tennessee in Knoxville. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

PHOTOS: Georgia visits Rocky Top, Tennessee, for SEC showdown

Georgia visits Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., for SEC clash with Volunteers.

Sequoyah wide receiver Brook Darling catches a pass during the first half against Sprayberry at Skip Pope Stadium in Canton on Friday, Sept. 12th, 2025. (Oscar Guevara Saenz for the AJC)
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Credit: Oscar Guevara Saenz

PHOTOS: Sequoyah vs. Sprayberry high school football

Sequoyah defeated Sprayberry, 63-20, in a football game at Sequoyah High School in Canton on Friday.

Fayetteville Firefighter Noah Maupin makes it to the summit of Stone Mountain during the annual 9/11 memorial on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.   Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Credit: Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal

PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta remembers victims of Sept. 11

Two events in metro Atlanta commemorate the 2977 lives lost in deadly terrorist attacks in on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Cobb County fire department hangs a U.S. flag from their fire trucks as a procession for fallen Dekalb County Firefighter Preston Fant arrives at West Cobb Funeral Home on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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Credit: Ben Hendren

PHOTOS: Fallen DeKalb firefighter honored with processional through metro Atlanta

Several metro Atlanta fire departments paid their respects Wednesday morning to fallen DeKalb County firefighter Preston Fant with a somber procession to a Marietta funeral ho...