The Heritage High School cross country team traveled to Jasper on Friday night for a unique race under the lights at the Pickens & Grinnin' Invitational, hosted by their fellow Region 7-AAAA member.

The North Murray Mountaineers ran their record to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in Region 6-AAA with a 56-17 victory at LFO on Friday night.

For the first 23-and-a-half minutes of action in the second half between Northwest Whitfield and Heritage on Friday night, there were no points scored.

Imagine winning your region, expecting perhaps a somewhat easier draw in the first round of state playoffs against a No. 4 seed, only to find out that that opponent just happens to be the two-time defending state champions.

With all due respect to their opponents, the first round of the Class AAAA state playoffs turned into little more than a scrimmage for the three-time defending state champion Heritage Generals.

The two top-ranked defenses in all of Region 6-AAA squared off at Don Patterson Field on Friday night and it turned into nothing short of a heavyweight slugfest.

The Heritage Generals, down 7-6 at halftime, outscored Central-Carroll 13-7 in the second half to score a very important 19-14 win over the Lions in a Region 7-AAAA clash in Carrollton on Friday night.

The Rockmart Yellow Jackets stayed unbeaten in Region 6-AAA with a 56-0 road victory at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe on Friday night.

The LFO Lady Warriors had their final matches of the regular season in Dalton on Thursday and left Southeast Whitfield High School with a split.

Ringgold closed out the regular season on Thursday with a Senior Night victory over Dade County, sweeping the Lady Wolverines, 25-22 and 25-23.

The Ridgeland Lady Panthers and Heritage Generals concluded the regular season on Thursday night with Game 3 of their Region 7-AAAA series, and it was visiting Ridgeland nearly spoiling Senior Night in Boynton.

LFO battled with visiting Coahulla Creek in the final Region 6-AAA regular season match of the season on Tuesday.

The Ringgold Lady Tigers began final prep work for next week's Region 6-AAA tournament by sweeping a best-of-five match at Christian Heritage on Tuesday, 26-24, 25-21 and 25-20.

The Heritage Generals got big nights from seniors Madeline Stone and Riley Kokinda as they swept a doubleheader Tuesday night at Ridgeland to begin the final three-game Region 7-AAAA series of the year.

The Ringgold Lady Tigers got back to .500 overall and finished the Region 6-AAA regular season portion of their schedule with a 25-13, 25-22 victory over visiting Coahulla Creek on Monday night.

The LFO Lady Warriors made the long drive to Floyd County on Monday and fought hard to earn a split of a non-region tri-match.

The Ringgold Lady Tigers won the Class AAA state title last year after coming out of the Region 6 playoffs as the No. 4 seed and they'll have to take a similar path again this season if they are going to make it three state championships in a row.

The Heritage Lady Generals coasted to a pair of comfortable victories in a tri-match at home Saturday morning.

Coming into the 2021 season, the Ringgold Tigers knew they had some big road games to navigate if they were to have a shot at playing for, and possibly winning, the first region championship in the program's 87-year history.

The Ridgeland Panthers outgained Heritage in total yards on Friday night, 406-346, but the Generals would score touchdowns off of three first-half fumbles by the visitors and the Navy-and-Red scored a 57-28 victory at Jeff Sims Field in the Region 7-AAAA opener for both teams.

After dropping two straight, Sonoraville was looking to get back on track Friday night as they hosted Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe for Homecoming.

Even after victories over Rockmart and Adairsville in the past two days, the LaFayette Lady Ramblers still needed find a way to win at Coahulla Creek on Friday to secure an automatic berth in the state tournament.

The Ringgold Lady Tigers dropped both ends of a tri-match at (Class AAAA) No. 1-ranked Northwest Whitfield on Thursday night.

The LFO Lady Warriors improved to 10-20 on the season after a Senior Night sweep on Thursday.

The game was only a half-inning old and the Gordon Lee Lady Trojans already found themselves in a position they hadn't found themselves in very much this season.

The Heritage Generals can still claim the No. 1 seed from Region 7-AAAA for the state playoffs, but they are going to need some help.

Heritage improved to 23-10 overall with a 25-17, 25-9 victory over Coahulla Creek on Thursday.

The best-of-three championship series for the 2021 North Georgia Athletic Conference softball tournament got underway Wednesday night in Boynton and it was top-seeded Gordon Lee scoring eight times in the top of the second inning en route to a 13-3 victory over second-seeded Heritage.

It seems like such a simple thing to say, but a volleyball team that doesn't let the ball hit the floor stands a good chance of winning, and not too many balls hit on Gordon Lee's side of the court on Wednesday night.

The Ringgold Lady Tigers scored 10 times in the top of the first inning and blitzed North Murray, 16-0, in the regular-season finale Wednesday night in Chatsworth.

LFO went on the road Tuesday afternoon and handed North Murray a 25-15, 25-15 loss in a non-region match.

The Heritage Lady Generals picked up two more Region 7-AAAA victories Tuesday night with a home sweep of Cedartown and Pickens. Heritage beat the Lady Bulldogs, 25-6, 25-16, before a 25-14, 25-12 win over the Dragons.

A four-run first inning would be all the cushion the LFO Lady Warriors needed on Tuesday as they closed out the season on a positive note with a 6-2 home win over Adairsville.

Fans have waited all season long for the series between second-ranked Central-Carroll and top-ranked Heritage and that three-game set got underway Tuesday night with a doubleheader in Carrollton.

The Ringgold Lady Tigers played their last regular-season game at home on Tuesday night and crushed North Murray, 12-0, to move to 11-4 in Region 6-AAA play.