TWENTY YEARS AGO — Two of the top quarterbacks on two of the South’s top independent teams will be on opposing sidelines when Brett Favre and Southern Mississippi take on Brian Mitchell and Southwestern Louisiana.

TEN YEARS AGO — Gandy Butler finishes with a game-high 11 points and Ramona Washington chips in with 10 points as Vidalia’s junior high girls basketball team defeats Monterey’s junior high team 46-24.

FIVE YEARS AGO — Aaron Brooks completes 23 of 30 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns and Deuce McAllister has 116 yards rushing and two scores as the New Orleans Saints rout the Atlanta Falcons 45-17.