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Gwinnett Daily Post
Buford, Mill Creek put perfect region records on the line
The last big obstacle between Buford and the Region 8-AAAAAAA football title arrives Friday night. The defending state and national champion faces a road trip to Mill Creek, the only region team to beat Buford since it joined the state’s largest classification in 2022. The Hawks won 31-24 in 2023. While this year’s Mill Creek team is young, it still boasts a 3-0 record, tied for first in the region with Buford. That’s likely enough to motivate the Wolves, who have won 18 straight region games since that 2023 loss to Mill Creek. After a tough non-region schedule, Buford has been dominant in its first three region games — a 58-0 win at Seckinger, a 48-7 win at Dacula and a 43-0 win over Collins Hill last week. The win over Collins Hill — the No. 1-ranked team’s 17th straight overall — got off to a slow start after a scoreless first quarter. The Wolves took control with three second-quarter TDs and 10 more points in the third quarter. Jameer Cantrell played a starring role in the game, breaking off a 70-yard TD run in the second quarter and returning an interception 26 yards for a score in the third
Marietta Daily Journal
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"Shaking in Their Boots": WNBA Analysts Spot a Troubling Difference Between the Dream and Valkyries
Angel Reese has become a nightmare for Golden State’s defense, bullying them into back-to-back blowouts. On Wednesday, she was bulldozing the Valkyries’ defense and taunting their bench in front of 17,000+ Atlanta fans. All they could do was watch her in utter helplessness. According to WNBA analyst Jordan Robinson, the strain was now visible in the Valkyries’ body language. “I knew this series was going to be a defensive battle. I knew it was going to be a grind. But I was not expecting two blowouts by Atlanta, where it looks like it goes back to the mentality part of it. “Angel Reese and the...
Monroe Local News
The best of the best: Walton EMC linesmen earn top honors in International Lineman’s Rodeo
Honors include world champion apprentice, at International Lineman’s Rodeo. Walton EMC apprentices, from left, Mason Byron, Hollis Lucas, Harry Ruiz, Phillip Mork and Mason Tolbert, show off their awards at the 42nd annual International Lineman’s Rodeo. Ruiz, center, was named 2026 world champion apprentice. Contributed photos. MONROE, Ga....
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WATCH: Mays, Southwest DeKalb square off in the 2026 Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame Game
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — It will be a night of admiration and celebration, and of course football, at Buck Godfrey Stadium on Friday night as the undefeated Mays Raiders take on the Southwest DeKalb Panthers in the 2026 Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame Game. The...
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Buford softball punches ticket to 22nd straight Elite Eight
BUFORD — Buford High School’s softball team is headed back to Columbus after sweeping Seckinger in the second round of the Class 7A state playoffs Wednesday, Oct. 21, securing the program’s 22nd consecutive Elite Eight appearance. The Lady Wolves defeated the Jaguars 10-2 in five innings before...
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‘This is for whites only:’ Apalachee football coach resigns amid investigation
The interim head football coach at Apalachee High School resigned Wednesday during a district investigation into racially derogatory language, and one father says the coach told a recent graduate at a junior varsity game, “This is for whites only.”
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Gwinnett Daily Post
Jordyn Ray, Brookwood softball sweep back to Columbus
SNELLVILLE — Brookwood star pitcher Jordyn Ray worked her way through a doubleheader at home Wednesday, giving up just three hits and no runs over two games as the Broncos blanked Grayson 12-0 and 4-0 in the second round of the Class AAAAAAA state fastpitch softball playoffs. The Oregon State commit helped power Brookwood to the state tournament quarterfinals in Columbus for the third straight season, delivering on the mound and at the plate. In the first game of the best-of-three series, Ray pitched a four-inning no-hitter while the Brookwood lineup exploded with five runs in the first inning and had a trio of 3-run home runs in the game. The third homer came from Ray, who hit a laser over the center field wall in the bottom of the fourth to make it 12-0 and trigger a run-rule. Ray said she wasn’t thinking about the score when she hit it, nor was she aware during the game that she had preserved her own no-hitter with a swing of the bat. “I just saw my pitch inside and stayed on top of it and crushed it,” she said. The senior added that was a nice way to play in her
Gwinnett Daily Post
Shiloh readies for important region game with Chamblee
After coming up just short against Region 4-AAAAAA frontrunner Dunwoody last week, Shiloh’s football team returns to action with another important game on Friday. The Generals, currently 30th in the PSR power rankings, can bolster their state playoff chances against a team in a similar position — Shiloh is 5-3 and 4-2 in the region and Chamblee is 4-3 and 3-2. A victory over Chamblee likely puts Shiloh in line for a 7-3 regular season with Game 10 against winless Midtown. Shiloh looks to bounce back from a penalty-plagued loss to Dunwoody that also was marked by struggles against the Wildcats’ rushing attack. The Generals trailed just 14-13 at halftime before falling behind 28-13 in the second half. Despite the loss, Shiloh running back Tyrese Dorsey had another huge game with 26 carries for 227 yards and all three of his team’s touchdowns. Through eight games, the senior has 1,427 rushing yards and 18 TDs, averaging 7.4 yards per carry and 178.4 per game. The production has been possible thanks to a Shiloh offensive line that includes Anthony Wade (25 pancake blocks), Elijah Fowlin, David Quemine, Christopher Baskin and Dillon Lowery. Chamblee Bulldogs (4-AAAAAA) Coach: Bob Swank Record: 4-3, 3-2
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Colorado College Headlines SCAC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
SUWANEE, Ga. -- In a preseason vote of the league’s head coaches, Colorado College has been selected as the favorite to win the 2026-27 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) women’s basketball championship. Colorado College (20-6 overall; 15-1 SCAC), coming off its third consecutive 20 win season, garnered six...
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Changing Times For Georgia Florida Rivalry
The Georgia-Florida rivalry is older than the people who will fill Mercedes-Benz Stadium on October 31. Whether you count the first meeting as 1904 or 1915, the series has been played almost every year since 1926, mostly on neutral ground in Jacksonville. Fans on both sides have spent generations arguing about who started it, who hates whom more, and who really owns the Okefenokee Oar.
Gwinnett Daily Post
Mill Creek lineman Tycen Murphy bound for 2-year mission, then Naval Academy football
It might take a few years, but it’s likely Mill Creek’s Tycen Murphy and his older brother Jax will one day figuratively butt heads on the football field. And the runup to this fraternal showdown will follow a very similar path. Murphy, a first-team All-Gwinnett County offensive tackle for the Hawks last season, committed over the summer to play football at the U.S. Naval Academy. But before the 6-foot-3, 275-pound Murphy heads to Annapolis, Maryland, to begin his military obligation, he’ll have a commitment of another kind to fulfill. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Murphy — who will graduate from Mill Creek in December — will go on a two-year mission trip before he joins the Midshipmen. His older brother Jax, a 2025 Mill Creek graduate who has signed with the Air Force Academy, is coming to the end of his own two-year mission experience and is expected to join the Falcons next summer. While Murphy won’t know the exact location of his church mission — where he will seek out service opportunities and share his religious beliefs — until December or January, he knows that once he completes the task, his offer from
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Angel Reese demands Dream fans ‘pull up and pop out’ for WNBA Finals Game 3 vs. Valkyries
Angel Reese delivered a clear message to the Atlanta community after the Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 79-65 in Game 2 of the 2026 WNBA Finals on Monday night. Reese is going through the third season of her career in the league, her first with the Dream. She is enjoying her best campaign to date as she reached the WNBA Finals in her first […] The post Angel Reese demands Dream fans ‘pull up and pop out’ for WNBA Finals Game 3 vs. Valkyries appeared first on ClutchPoints.