Defending Class 7A champion Mill Creek won a battle between No. 1 and No. 2 teams against Buford on Friday night, Elbert County ended Rabun County’s 50-game winning streak in region games, and Archer, Cartersville, Elbert County and Pierce County also posted big wins on the ninth weekend of the football regular season.

Mill Creek won 31-24 as quarterback Shane Throgmartin hit Justin Content with a 22-yard touchdown pass with 1:20 left to break a 24-24 tie. Georgia commit Dylan Raiola quarterbacked Buford and the game was televised by ESPN2.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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