Friday night's high school football scores and boxes
Heading into its Friday night matchup, Westside held a 5-0 record. The Lee County Trojans, on the other hand, were 0-5. The outcome could have been expected.
Carror Wright suffers from memory loss after a game. The Southwest head coach just can't remember too many details from whatever he saw during the preceding couple of hours. But what happened Friday night will soon enough be ingrained in Wright's head forever.
Watching his quarterback take control of Peach County's offense Friday night, Trojans head coach Chad Campbell was thankful his first-year signal-caller at least made it look like he was a wily veteran.
Houston County gave a first-half lesson in ball control to its visitors from Tift County. After intermission, the Blue Devils proved they took good notes.
In the standings, Northside-Lowndes was just another region game. But for the 13,000 or so in attendance Friday night at Martin Stadium, it meant a little more. It was about who had the best team in Georgia and even which team could be considered among the nation's elite.
Southland was warned of a homecoming letdown. All the talk about focus and preparation during a week of school celebration, however, fell to the side Friday at Harvey Simpson Stadium in a 14-7 loss to FPD.
For a half, Perry's offense was dormant, managing only a field goal during the first two quarters of Friday's game against Crisp County before coming alive in the second half.
Windsor seniors Kent Gibson and Seth Fuller proved to be too much for Sherwood Christian as the Knights rolled to a 42-13 win over the Eagles in GISA Region 2-AA action Friday.
Any competitor hates to miss a game for a suspension, but it must be nice to have a replacement play as well as Chris Swain did in Mount de Sales' 45-14 victory over John Milledge on Friday night.
In the most deservedly hyped regular season football game in recent memory, something had to give. Ultimately, it was Northside. The Eagles didn't yield much Friday, but it was enough for Lowndes to become the first team to defeat the two-time defending state champions since 2005, 24-7.
If there was a letdown game on the Baldwin Braves' schedule, this was it: A raucous crowd on hand, the band fired up and emotions running high.
Suspended Perry physician Spurgeon Green Jr. provided sub-standard care, including prescribing and dispensing powerful narcotics, that led to the death of three patients, a medical expert testified today in federal court.
It's called the bull ring. When Michael Lemon arrived at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville this fall, it was talked about the way small children discuss the boogeyman. Do what you're told, his teammates said, or find yourself in the bull ring.
Two Georgia Democrats - who earlier this week rejected a $700 billion financial bailout - voted on Friday to approve the sweeping plan.
Call it a hook, curl or post. Call it anything but a streak.
A Kathleen man was seriously injured this morning when his bicycle was hit by a van in front of his home, a Houston County sheriff's traffic investigator says.
A few hundred mourners - including family, friends, elected officials, police officers, firefighters and other Macon city workers - gathered this afternoon at the City Auditorium to pay respects to Charles Dudley, the former City Councilman who died earlier this week.
A new restaurant is planned in the former Off-Broadway Deli spot on the corner of Cherry and Second streets in Macon.
Sens. Johnny Isaskson and Saxby Chambliss flew around the state today to make their case for the federal mortgage crisis bailout, stopping in Macon just hours before the U.S. House of Representatives passed the package by agreeing with Senate proposals.
Under intense scrutiny, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stood her ground Thursday night against a vastly more experienced Joe Biden.
Stocks surged while credit markets remained strained today ahead of an expected House vote on the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan and after Wells Fargo Co. agreed to buy Wachovia Corp. in a $15.1 billion deal. The Dow Jones industrial average rose nearly 250 points.
Ghouls and freaks come to life in downtown Macon tonight as the Underground Haunted House opens at the Georgia Childrens' Museum.
Authorities say a Spalding County Sheriffs Office helicopter searching for marijuana was hit by gunfire but sustained no structural damage and landed safely.
An Athens man didn't get to enjoy freedom for long.
Hundreds of people gathered at Wesleyan College for the dedication of the school's organ Thursday night in Porter Auditorium.
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Stocks headed for a moderately higher open while credit markets remained strained Friday ahead of an expected House vote on the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan and a key reading on employment.
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