As the calendar has turned into December Oconee County High School boys basketball coach Thad Burgess finds himself in a unique predicament.

The Region 8A Private All-Region team is littered with local players. It isn’t a surprise to those who have followed Class A Private high school football over the last few years.

Athens Academy senior Graham Blanks couldn’t have seen his now even longer list of accomplishments coming two years ago.

Oconee County High School junior Liam Lewis doesn’t mind putting his body on the line for his teammates.

I’ve talked to former Oconee County High School and Prince Avenue Christian School head football coach Jeff Herron quite a bit over the last few years.

Oconee County High School head coach Travis Noland remembers where the program was when he took the reigns or the Warriors six years ago.

For the Athens Academy Spartans, it was deja vu as they suffered their third straight playoff loss to the Eagle’s Landing Christian Chargers.

I hopped out of my car in early August expecting to hear a bunch of, well, football practice noise. I pulled around the Oconee County High School fieldhouse still yawning from the early morning trek I’d made into Watkinsville.

It’s becoming a tradition. Players from the area now go to the county over to play baseball for the University of Georgia.

Oconee County High School head coach Travis Noland was asked before the game if the Warriors were going to throw or run the ball ahead of the Warriors’ second round playoff matchup against Perry High School.

Max Johnson has been a household name since the seventh grade in the world of the recruiting rankings. Oconee County High School’s senior quarterback has known expectations since then.

Two of the area’s top football players have been recognized as two of the top football players in the country.

I don’t get nervous. I’m Jeremy Johnson. I consider myself to be quite the tough guy. At least, that’s what I’ve been telling everyone for the last two years.

North Oconee High School senior Adam Weynand walked into Titan Stadium on Friday night with his mind set on being the bell cow for the Titans’ offense.