Trinity's Wade Register joined West Laurens standouts Ty Cummings, Shannon Adkins and Grady Howell in formalizing their longstanding football commitments as the NCAA's early signing period began earlier this month.
Three out of six local games finished in overtime, and sadly none favoring the Irish or Raiders, who were both swept in the county's Tuesday-night basketball action, though East Laurens did pick up two home wins over Bleckley County.
The Raiders and Falcons both went a perfect 4-for-4 in the past weekend's basketball action.
The Crusaders kept rolling in a pair of impressive wins over the AAAA Trojans Friday night at home.
East Laurens opened region play with Southwest, West Laurens split with Howard and Dublin was swept by Northeast in Tuesday night's local basketball action.
The Crusaders drove the snakes out of Dublin in a home sweep of the Twiggs County Cobras Monday night.
The Lady Crusaders earned another pair of wins, while the Trinity boys held their own, but came up short in both games over the weekend.
The Falcons opened their new seasons with some ups and downs, but two wins out of their first three as they hit the hardwood running last week.
Some inspired defense gave the Raiders a shot, but a slight edge on offense and special teams lifted the Dragons to their second-straight state championship game in Friday's low-scoring battle.
The Irish opened their season Tuesday night at home, and suffered a couple of heartbreakers in two competitive games against the Bulldogs.
