Week 8: AJC Georgia high school football scoreboard Oct. 23, 2020

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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An Atlanta resident has bequeathed WABE a $3 million donation, the largest one-time individual donation in the nonprofit media operation’s 76-year history.

Usher sues business partners over failed Buckhead restaurant plan

Atlanta singer Usher wants his money back after loaning $1.7 million to music producer Bryan-Michael Cox and others to buy a Buckhead restaurant property for $6.3 million.

Braves’ original ‘Freeze’ is retired. But you probably still can’t catch him.

As the Atlanta Braves prepare to find their next sprinting mascot, Nigel Talton is enjoying his new career coaching high school athletes at McEachern High.

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