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Moses Wright and Jordan Usher scored 18 points each and Georgia Tech rallied to a 74-60 win over Boise State on the opening day of the Diamond Head Classic.

Devonta Freeman scored two touchdowns for the Atlanta Falcons before Jacksonville took a snap, and that was enough to beat the woeful Jaguars 24-12. Matt Ryan threw for 384 yards and Julio Jones had his biggest game of the year, hauling in 10 catches for 166 yards.

Bosko Norman scored a game-high 20 points to lift Cherokee Bluff past North Oconee, 75-59, on Saturday at home.

Logan Wiggins scored 12 points and Maggie McNair had 10 to lead the Chestatee girls past Leeds, Ala., 41-26, Saturday in the Panama City Beach Bash.

Spencer Dinwiddie scored 39 points and the Brooklyn Nets overcame a 47-point performance by Trae Young and beat the Atlanta Hawks 122-112.

One night removed from their first loss and most lackluster effort of the season, the Banks County boys looked headed for a repeat performance Saturday against an East Hall team it had beaten by 21 points earlier in the season...

Lumpkin County snapped a two-game losing streak and stunned Class 2A No. 4 Banks County in an 85-67 win on the road Friday night...

Dawson County, North Hall, and Rabun County all kept win streak going while Chestatee opens its tournament in Panama City Beach with wins Friday night...

Sahvir Wheeler, a freshman from Houston, Texas, scored on a driving layup with 1.9 seconds left in the second overtime to propel the Georgia Bulldogs to an 87-85 win over the Southern Methodist University Mustangs on Friday night in Stegeman Coliseum...

NASCAR Hall of Fame member and 1960 Daytona 500 winner Junior Johnson has died. Johnson, the former moonshiner turned winning NASCAR driver and championship winning team owner, was 88 years of age.