Pick-six turns Cougars fortunes quickly, the wrong way

The football team went into last Friday’s game against defending state runner-up North Gwinnett with a chance of turning the team’s season around, but could not pull out the upset in a hard-fought game. After falling behind 7-0 to North Gwinnett, the Cougars defense responded by forcing a fumble and moving within a few yards of a game-tying touchdown. Instead, quarterback Brendan Cross had a pass intercepted and returned for a touchdown, making the score 14-0. The Cougars fought back, but fell 28-13. The lone touchdown for the Cougars was scored by Timmy Byerly on a 12-yard quarterback run. The team hosts Mill Creek this Friday, and Northview the next week. … The volleyball team had a great week of action leading up to its trip to Florida to take part in the Chiles High School Southeast Challenge. The Lady Cougars swept both Woodstock and Sequoyah in out-of-area matchups. After returning from Florida the team will prepare for the Area 6-AAAAA Tournament, which begins on Thursday.