CALHOUN, Ga. -- On a night when its usually potent offense was held in check, an often overlooked aspect of football carried the Calhoun Yellow Jackets into the GHSA Class AA quarterfinals.

NASCAR wants you to believe the Sprint Cup title isn’t a slam dunk for Jimmie Johnson as the series hits Homestead for the season finale. Mathematically, of course, that’s true. He could, as he did at Texas, get caught up in somebody else’s trouble and finish 40th or so.

CALHOUN, Ga. -- When Nash Nance decided to finish his high school football career at Calhoun, the senior quarterback understood he would be stepping into a totally different level of expectation.

When Mark Mariakis and his staff review video of Friday night's 17-14 Georgia Class AAA playoff loss to Flowery Branch, they will see a Ridgeland football team that executed its game plan to near perfection.

NASCAR faces an interesting situation with its Nationwide Series. Does it want the series to be the training ground for future Sprint Cup drivers, or do officials want the series to be more popular with fans and make more money?

The Georgia High School Association released enrollment figures for its schools for the next four years Thursday, and the numbers likely will change the landscape of prep sports in northwest Georgia beginning next fall.

TRION, Ga. -- If there were a face to put on the 2009 Trion High School football team, it would be Ryan Wilson's.

Mott Hyde and Jordan Poole have been playing baseball together since they were 10, so it was appropriate Wednesday that the Calhoun High School baseball stars secured their college futures during a joint ceremony at the school.

There is no truth to the rumor that Derrick Laney has a future in acting, despite the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School senior's penchant for the dramatic.

DALTON, Ga. -- On a night when Dalton High School celebrated its rich football tradition, it was a progam with basically none that stole the show.