On Friday night, Hephzibah can take one giant step towards winning its first region football championship, if it can knock off Evans…and that’s a big if…WJBF News Channel 6 Sports Director Chris Kane has more.

Strom Thurmond’s Marquise Lomax is this week’s WJBF News Channel 6/Augusta Chronicle Football Friday Night player of the week.

South Carolina’s makeshift defense will face its toughest test of the year against No. 4 Mississippi. The teams meet Thursday night in Columbia.

After easily winning their first two games, we’re going to find out just how good North Augusta truly is on Friday night when the Yellow Jackets take on a very talented Strom Thurmond team. WJBF News Channel 6 Sports Director Chris Kane has more.

High school football is in the air in the CSRA. Several schools had their season openers Friday night. WJBF News Channel 6 Sports Director takes us through the opening night action.

Ole Miss QB Jevan Snead speaks at SEC Media Days on Day 2.

Ole Miss SAF Kendrick Lewis speaks at SEC Media Days on Day 2.

Ole Miss Head Coach Houston Nutt speaks at SEC Media Days on Day 2.

Mississippi basketball coach Andy Kennedy has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct in his cab driver assault case. Kennedy avoided trial and possible jail time with the plea deal Monday in Hamilton County Municipal Court in Cincinnati. He will be on probation for six months and must perform 40 hours of community service.

Meeks, Patterson lead Kentucky past Ole Miss in SEC tourney.

Terrico White scored 19 points and David Huertas added 17 to help Ole Miss run away from Georgia in the second half and post a 69-47 victory over the Bulldogs in an SEC basketball game at Oxford, Miss., on Saturday.

Football Friday Night All-Area Player of the Year Tra’ves Bush of Strom Thurmond officially signed a letter of intent to play college football for Navy on Wednesday.  Flanked by family and Rebels head coach Lee Sawyer, Bush put pen to paper at 9:30am.

On-again, off-again starter Chris Smelley threw three touchdown passes, South Carolina’s No. 1 defense held Mississippi to a field goal in the second half and the Gamecocks beat the Rebels 31-24 on Saturday for their first Southeastern Conference win.

Steve Spurrier has the No. 1 defense in college football. Now, if he could only get his trademark offense playing the same way at South Carolina. The Gamecocks coach said Tuesday he was proud of his defenders, ranked first in overall defense among Football Bowl Subdivision clubs. Spurrier says he’ll work this week to nudge his 79th-ranked offense for South Carolina’s Southeastern Conference game at Ole Miss on Saturday.