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Rome back in win column at Hillgrove
POWDER SPRINGS — The Rome Wolves were looking to rebound on Friday night. And they did — although perhaps not as easily as expected. Led by running back P.J. Green, who rushed for 172 yards on 2...
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Indians blast 1st-year squad Allatoona, 55-21
Chattooga’s contest against first-year varsity squad Allatoona found the Region 7-AA North squad winning easily, 55-21, on the road. The Indians turned the game, Allatoona’s second of four varsit...
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No. 7 Pepperell runs by Cedartown, 41-14
The state-ranked Dragons ran for 332 yards as they easily downed Cedartown at Doc Ayers Field.
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West Forsyth blasts Adairsville
It hasn’t taken long for the West Forsyth football team to become an offensive powerhouse. The Wolverines, playing just their fourth-ever varsity game, steamrolled Adairsville 77-30 on Friday nigh...
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Nash Nance leads Tigers to win
Every football team hopes to develop a balanced offense with a two-pronged attack of rushing and passing. The Darlington Tigers seem to have found that perfect balance, thanks in large part to qua...
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Armuchee vs North Paulding. Ken Caruthers/RNT Armuchee starts football season with 2 wins
Armuchee senior quarterback T.C. Boyd was just a little kid the last time the Armuchee football team opened the season with two straight wins. Now, the Indians are finally off to another 2-0 start...
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Dragons run past Bulldogs
CEDARTOWN – For anyone who had any doubts about how good the No. 7 ranked Pepperell Dragons are, they erased them Friday night against their rivals, the Cedartown Bulldogs. Pepperell won the gam...
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Trion grinds out first win for Humphreys
Bulldogs edge LaFayette, 15-12
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Gordon Central takes care of Heritage
by staff reports/photos by Terry Pennington
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RINGGOLD - The sweet smell of victory is proving to be quite a pleasant scent for the Gordon Central Warriors. After losing all 10 games last year, the Warriors notched their second straight win o...
Sonoraville takes down visiting Jackson County
by John M. Willis
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The Sonoraville Phoenix wrote two more chapters in its young football history – its first home win and its first winning streak. The Phoenix (2-0) beat visiting Jackson County in a non-region game...
Calhoun football bounces back to beat Ridgeland
by Rick Winters
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The Calhoun High football team put the Dalton loss behind them Friday with a 28-9 victory over the visiting Ridgeland Panthers. The Jackets struck first in their opening drive when quarterback Mi...
Prep Central poll shows Pepperell most impressive in week one
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The results of the Prep Central poll this week show that 29% of visitors thought that the Dragons of Pepperell had the best week one performance. The poll received 183 total votes since it was c...
Bulldogs, Dragons stay focused
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Pepperell, Cedartown to meet today after coming off big football wins
Greater Rome prep football capsules
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Teams: No. 7 Pepperell (1-0) at Cedartown (1-0) Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. Series History: Cedartown leads 11-10-1 Last Meeting: 12-9, Cedartown, Aug. 31, 2007 Players to watch: Pepperell: QB Jonatha...
Ramblers to face tougher challenge from Trion
by Scott Herpst
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You have to go back to 2003 to find the last time the Ramblers opened a season 2-0, but LaFayette can achieve that with a win on Friday. However, the Ramblers figure to get a much-tougher challeng...
Panthers hoping to answer critics against Calhoun
by Scott Herpst
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Ridgeland detractors have bemoaned the Panthers’ lack of a win against a "big-time" program for the past couple of seasons, but the Black and Silver can put an end to all that talk this Friday when...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) is helped off the field by medical personnel after being hit while throwing the ball during the first quarter of their football game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Brady left the game and was taken to the locker room. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - Tom Brady went from the disappointment of a Super Bowl loss to the devastation of an injury that could keep him out for the rest of the season.


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Serena Williams, of the United States, poses with her championship trophy after defeating Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia, to win the women's finals championship match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - On the very first point of the match, Serena Williams hit a backhand so hard that her earring flew off. Turns out she was just getting warmed up. Williams kept pounding away, her shots and shouts getting louder with every stroke. And when she finished off Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 Sunday night for the U.S. Open championship and a ninth Grand Slam title, Williams really went wild.


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New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre, rear, celebrates with Alan Faneca after the Jet's second touch down in the second quarter of a football game against the Miami Dolphins Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)AP - Brett Favre hardly looked like the retiring type, raising his arms to signal a touchdown, then leaping and skipping to the bench, where he vaulted into the arms of two teammates.


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