Team of the Week

Just because a certain long-haired quarterback left Cartersville for Clemson a couple of years ago doesn’t mean the Purple Hurricanes can’t win games.

Quarterback Avaun Rucker caught fire late in the season, helping the Raiders win their last six games, including playoff wins over Cedar Shoals and NW Whitfield. But, it’s the Raiders’ defense that’s made the them special in 2020. They’ve held opponents scoreless on five occasions. Longtime Hackney assistant Max Wiltz leads that potent defense against a very tough opponent, the 4th-ranked Benedictine Cadets (8-2) on the road in Savannah on Friday night.

High 5 Sports Team of the Week is the Cambridge High School Bears.

Lakeview Academy Lions High 5 Sports Team of the Week

Lakeview Academy has only being playing football for 14 years, but the Gainesville school made a big hire this season.

Columbia vs. South Atlanta

The 6-3 South Atlanta Hornets are on the verge of claiming their first ever regional title.

The Hornets football program is in line for its first region championship in a history that dates to 1994.

The Norcross Blue Devils are undefeated so far on the 2020 season.

Norcross, a traditional power in Gwinnett, has "been under the radar a little bit throughout the year," according to head coach Keith Maloof, while Grayson, Brookwood, North Gwinnett and Collins Hill have stolen the headlines so far in 2020. While being named High 5 Sports Team of the Week is an honor, linebacker Jalen Garner echoed the Blue Devils still have work to do to be recognized. "It means a lot to me to be honest," Garner said. "Still feel like the underdog. Still want to get to that No. 1 spot."

The Norcross Blue Devils started the season unranked, but are now the third-ranked team in 7A.

Cherokee Bluff vs. Dawson County

The Cherokee Bluff Bears are 7-0 after going winless in the program's first year of existence.

Centennial vs. River Ridge, our Week 9 Team of the Week

The River Ridge Knights are 6-0 so far on the season