Deuce Lawrence's five-touchdown performance sparks Thomas County Central to seventh state championship. 

A big defensive effort helped Carver-Columbus and first-year coach Jarvis Jones to its second straight state championship. 

There are plenty of familiar faces among the football teams that have advanced to this week’s Final Four, but two teams who are still in contention are breaking new ground. 

These six DeKalb County football teams -- the most in history -- advanced to the second round of the state playoffs.

An additional off week before the playoffs begin leaves some teams idle for too long. Meanwhile we're ready to start the final season with predetermined state playoff brackets -- although the new Postseason Rankings are far from perfect. 

Here are some of the top high school football performances that took place around Georgia in the GHSA state semifinal games. 

For this week's Football Fridays in Georgia podcast, hosts Hannah Goodin and Jon Nelson look at the high school football semifinals. They also talk with Todd Holcomb, editor and publisher of the Georgia High School Football Daily newsletter.

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