North Cobb clinched its first region championship in seven years and put defending Class 7A champion Marietta on the brink of elimination from the playoff race with a 28-26 victory at Marietta in a Region 3-7A game Friday night in Kennesaw.

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Playing in honor of its beloved principal, Westlake clinched its seventh consecutive region championship Friday with a 51-0 victory over Lovejoy.

Collins Hill (8-2, 4-0) captured the Region 8 title with a 28-17 victory over Mill Creek and will advance to the Class 7A playoffs as the region’s No. 1 seed.

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)