All-region teams: Brantley, Starks, Wimes earn top honors in 5-AAAAA

Here is the all-region team for 5-AAAAA, as voted by the league’s coaches: Offensive player of the year: WR Kevah Brantley, Lithonia, Sr. ...

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All-region teams: Vidalia’s Bell named 2-AA player of the year

Here is the all-region team for 2-AA, as voted by the league’s coaches: Player of the year: RB/LB Nyshun Bell, Vidalia, Sr.  Athlete of the...

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Four Questions with orthopedist Dr. Matthew Stewart

GHSF Daily is expanding its Four Questions feature this season beyond head coaches to other voices in high school football. Today's interviewee is Dr...

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List: Teams with the most first-round road wins since 1996

Westminster won a first-round playoff game on the road for the ninth time last week when the Wildcats defeated Jefferson 35-7 in Class AAA. That's the...

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Trivia: Marist graduate who coached St. Pius to a state title

Marist and St. Pius are playing in the second round of the playoffs, a rematch of a regular-season game won 17-0 by St. Pius. The coach of St. Pius' only...

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A breakdown of the Maxwell Ratings Playoff Projections after the first round

The Maxwell Ratings Playoff Projections this week suggest that Cedar Grove will be your Class AAA state football champion nearly half of the time in the...

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AA in brief: AA in brief: Round 1 playoff talk

With Round 1 in the books, it’s time to compare the results to the predictions I made prior to the start of the playoffs. As you can see, I...

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East Paulding not a typical No. 4 seed

East Paulding was one of those No. 4 seeds that may have gotten overlooked when the playoffs started. But no one is sleeping on the Raiders now after...

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Gwinnett, Region 1 still going strong heading into Round 2

Six Gwinnett County teams remain in the Class AAAAAAA football playoffs, and three of them – Grayson, Parkview and defending state champion North...

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Habersham, Effingham, Bradwell join a lot of familiar faces in Round 2

Here’s a look at this week’s second-round games in the Class AAAAAA football playoffs, with recaps of the first-round results: *Valdosta (7-4)...

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Maxwell playoff projections after Round One

Below are the current Maxwell Ratings' playoff projections for each class.  The Maxwell Ratings playoff projections are based on a Monte Carlo simulation...

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All-region teams: Haselwood named 5-AAA player of the year

Here is the all-region team for 5-AAA, as voted by the league’s coaches: Player of the year: WR/DB Jadon Haselwood, Cedar Grove, Sr.  Freshman...

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Four Questions with Hebron Christian head coach Jeff Saturday

GHSF Daily's Four Questions feature historically poses the same questions to a different Georgia head coach each issue. This season, head coaches are...

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Elbert County head coach Fritts retires

Elbert County head coach Sid Fritts, who won multiple region titles at three Georgia schools, retired on Monday. Fritts was 174-53-2 in 20 seasons as...

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List: Teams with first playoff victories in at least three years

Five teams advanced in the playoffs for the first time this season. Those were Creekview (Class AAAAAA), New Hampstead (AAAAA), Pickens (AAAA), North...

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