Highschool Scoreboard

Friday Night Football Scoreboard

Madison County was idle
Clarke Central 52 Salem 14 Final
Loganville 30 Cedar Shoals 27 Final
Apalachee 34 Rockdale 21 3rd
Prince Ave 21 George Walton 10 Final
Commerce 42 Riverside Military 0 Half
Athens Academy 48 Socal Circle 3 Final
Jefferson 48 Oglethrope 13 Final
North Oconee 56 Jackson County 0 Final
Gaineville 60 Oconee County 7 3rd
Heritage 21 Winder Barrow 0 3rd
Elbert County 28 Hart County 7 Final
Monroe Area 17 Walnut Grove 0 3rd

Dangerous Saturday For Clemson

The Clemson football team will be entering Saturdays game coming off huge wins over former top 15 teams; Auburn, Florida State, and Virginia Tech. I think this coming Saturday`s ACC matchup vs Boston College could be a dangerous game for the 8th ranked Tigers. Past history shows that times when Clemson picks up major wins or climbs high into the rankings-they fall apart. In 2003, Clemson was ranked #3 after opening the season 8-0. The very next week after struggling to defeat NC State, Clemson fell at home to Georgia Tech on a game winning touchdown pass from George Godsey with 7 seconds left. The following week the Tigers were defeated by Florida State 54-0.
On my way home yesterday I listened to The Ref radio 960 am "The Five at Five" show. This is a local sports talk show here in Athens. The guys on the show were talking about how Clemson has a good shot at running the table-finishing undefeated. All that sounds great to me but I want to avoid the jinx factor. Clemson has just 2 strong teams left -USC and Georgia Tech. I would love to see the Tigers finish unbeaten but would settle for a conference championship and a BCS bowl game. Its these teams in the next couple of weeks that Clemson will need to watch out for. The teams that the Tigers should defeat are the ones that are the most dangerous.
I`m not getting fully excited yet-dangerous Saturday is in 2 days. I'm just saying......

Prediction: I hope the Tigers roll and keep from repeating their past history of flops.
Tigers by 19 over BC.
UT by 4 over Georgia.

Locals Sign With Emmanuel

The Emmanuel College Lady Lion basketball team is a little over a month away. Newcomers joining Coach Mike Bona`s womens team will be local players such as Loganville`s Meredith Biles and and Jackson County`s Ashley Skelton.

NCAA Football Rankings

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	LSU (40)	5-0	1473
2	Alabama (12)	5-0	1435
3	Oklahoma (7)	4-0	1397
4	Wisconsin	5-0	1266
5	Boise State (1)	4-0	1248
6	Oklahoma State	4-0	1191
7	Stanford	4-0	1185
8	Clemson	5-0	1093
9	Oregon	3-1	1028
10	Arkansas	4-1	860
11	Texas	4-0	833
12	Michigan	5-0	812
13	Georgia Tech	5-0	667
14	Nebraska	4-1	555
15	Auburn	4-1	550
16	West Virginia	4-1	544
17	Florida	4-1	498
18	South Carolina	4-1	487
19	Illinois	5-0	428
20	Kansas State	4-0	349
21	Virginia Tech	4-1	341
22	Arizona State	4-1	256
23	Florida State	2-2	237
24	Texas A&M	2-2	216
25	Baylor	3-1	186