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Quarterbacks key in South-Lassiter shootout
Last Updated: 3:13 PM 11/19/09 - While any player and coach is quick to correctly point out that football is a team game, fans can afford to get caught up in matchups with two teams that have a dynamic individual. And when those dynamic players are quarterbacks, it can make that matchup even more intriguing. 0 Comments
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Old tradition meets new in second round

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Last Updated: 3:20 PM 11/19/09 - When Gwinnett County football took off in the mid 1990s, it was Brookwood that led the charge. The Broncos were the first Gwinnett County Public school to win a football state championship in 1996. (Full Story)

No chance of No. 2 North overlooking Wolverines

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Last Updated: 3:29 PM 11/19/09 - This time last year, Woodstock was on its way to becoming perhaps the biggest surprise of the Class AAAAA state football playoffs. (Full Story)

Rams in for another challenge with Roswell

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Last Updated: 3:28 PM 11/19/09 - Most expected No. 1 Grayson to win its first-round game over Marietta handily. That happened. Sort of. (Full Story)

Wildcats aim to keep building vs. perennial power

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Last Updated: 3:25 PM 11/19/09 - Owner of Barrow County’s first-ever region championship, the Apalachee football team just survived its first-ever home playoff game, 27-24 in double overtime against Starr’s Mill. (Full Story)

No. 1 Wolves expect test from speedy Red Devils

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Last Updated: 3:23 PM 11/19/09 - As soon as Kyle Karempelis broke Wesleyan’s career rushing record during the third quarter of last week’s win, the starters came off the field.
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No. 3 Buford on new ground

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Last Updated: 3:19 PM 11/19/09 - This is typically a blowout round. It’s played in the friendly confines of Tom Riden Stadium, with one of the state’s most impressive pre-game videos blaring intimidation on a large matrix board. (Full Story)

Parkview Tip-Off Classic back for 13th season

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Last Updated: 5:57 PM 11/19/09 - For more than a decade, the Parkview Tip-Off Classic has been one of the top Thanksgiving basketball tournaments in the state. The event will be back again this year, but without the same luster it’s had in recent years. (Full Story)

SPORTS IN BRIEF: Crutchfield signs with West Georgia
Last Updated: 6:01 PM 11/19/09 - Grayson senior Mitch Crutchfield has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at West Georgia. He is the son of Barry and Bonnie Crutchfield. (Full Story)

Gladiators seek to turn page in S.C.

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Last Updated: 6:04 PM 11/19/09 - Gwinnett Gladiators’ head coach Jeff Pyle saw the upside to worst loss in team history — an 11-3 beating at the hands of East Division leader Elmira on Saturday. (Full Story)

Getting to Know ... Melanie Oudin

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Last Updated: 5:47 PM 11/19/09 - Daily Post staff writer David Friedlander caught up with Oudin during a recent media gathering at the Racquet Club of the South, where she has trained for the past two years, to talk about this past summer and her future. (Full Story)

No. 18 Dayton takes down No. 21 Tech

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Last Updated: 6:06 PM 11/19/09 - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Sophomore guard Paul Williams scored seven of his 13 points in the final minute, including a go-ahead 3-pointer, in No. 18 Dayton’s 63-59 win over No. 21 Georgia Tech in the opening game of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Thursday. (Full Story)

Nesbitt leads Tech to big season

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Last Updated: 5:51 PM 11/19/09 - Quarterback Josh Nesbitt is probably the MVP of Georgia Tech’s greatest season in a generation. The No. 7 Yellow Jackets (10-1) have already clinched a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and have their sights set on playing in the Orange Bowl. (Full Story)

RBs King, Ealey have Bulldogs on the run

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Last Updated: 5:53 PM 11/19/09 - ATHENS — A midseason adjustment to Georgia’s offensive line has helped Caleb King and Washaun Ealey provide a late-season boost to a rushing attack that still ranks near the bottom of the Southeastern Conference. (Full Story)

UGA baseball player paralyzed after crash

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Last Updated: 5:42 PM 11/19/09 - ATLANTA — Chance Veazey was living out his dream. He had a scholarship to play baseball at the University of Georgia. He impressed his coach so much during fall workouts that he was already penciled in as the starting second baseman. Tragedy struck before Veazey made it to opening day. (Full Story)

Bergeron’s SO goal gives Bruins win

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Last Updated: 7:20 PM 11/19/09 - ATLANTA — Patrice Bergeron scored the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped Atlanta’s four-game winning streak, beating the Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night. (Full Story)

Super six swimming: Caroline Kenney

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Last Updated: 6:12 PM 11/18/09 - It wasn’t all that different from a job promotion.
One that came with better benefits, but also with more pressure, more responsibility and more expectations. The opportunity was there, Caroline Kenney just had to decide when and if she wanted to take it.
Just over a year ago, she did. At the suggestion of her SwimAtlanta coaches, the North Gwinnett standout swimmer moved up to the club’s Select group just prior to her junior season. (Full Story)

Georgia mascot Uga VII dies

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Last Updated: 4:42 PM 11/19/09 - ATLANTA — Uga VII, the white English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia’s football team for almost two seasons, died Thursday of heart-related causes, the dog’s owner said.
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Bulldogs’ defense grows up fast

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Last Updated: 6:13 PM 11/18/09 - SUWANEE — Having lost 13 starters to graduation who had led the program to unprecedented success in their careers, it was common knowledge there were some holes to fill at North Gwinnett coming into the season. While some of those vacancies on the offensive side were big ones, the talent coming up through the system, plus an experienced line, gave Bulldog coaches and fans confidence that unit wouldn’t miss a beat. (Full Story)

Future of Gwinnett football on display

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Last Updated: 6:12 PM 11/18/09 - If you watched a Georgia Bulldog football game between 2001 and 2004, you no doubt saw the photos. The ones of stars David Greene and Davey Pollack as youth football teammates. One has Greene, the future record-holder for most NCAA wins by a starting quarterback, under center in his Shiloh youth uniform. Behind him is Pollack, later a three-time All-American at UGA. The other is a close-up of a team photo, with the future Bulldog teammates standing side-by-side.
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Infielder Timmons returns to G-Braves

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Last Updated: 6:12 PM 11/18/09 - You can’t play in the minors forever as you chase your baseball dream. Wes Timmons knows that, but he isn’t ready to give up yet.

The 30-year-old infielder re-signed with Atlanta for a ninth season and is expected to again be a veteran leader for the Gwinnett Braves. (Full Story)

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Which quarterback means the most to his high school team's success?

	1. Kent Rollins, South Gwinnett
	2. C.J. Uzomah, North Gwinnett

"Second Round of AAAAA playoffs"

Updated: November 17, 2009