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Class 4A No. 1-ranked Cherokee Bluff will open its Region 8-4A schedule on Monday, playing host to Cedar Shoals as the highlight of another light schedule around northeast Georgia.

Daniel Suarez edged Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch in a three-wide finish to win a crashed-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday.

The Lakeview Academy boys made the most of a week off to get ready for the GIAA Class 3A playoffs on Saturday.

Atlanta United fell 1-0 to Columbus Crew to open the MLS season Saturday at Lower.com Field.

William Byron has flourished at the reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway, winning two of four NASCAR Cup Series races since a fresh surface and higher banks provided a dramatic face-lift to the track. That doesn't mean he feels totally comfortable in Atlanta.

Michael McDowell earned his first career pole position in his 467th career NASCAR Cup Series race during Saturday qualifying for the Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Upsets were the theme for the boys during the first round of the Georgia High School Association state playoffs for northeast Georgia teams. Three of the five teams still remaining took road wins, including Region 7-3A sweeping out Region 6-3A in the opening round.

Chestatee will be hobnobbing with the Elite 8 in Class 4A for a second consecutive season.

North Forsyth girls coach Brad Kudlas’s message to his team before a mammoth Sweet 16 battle against Sequoyah: play team basketball.

Emma Lightsey scored 25 points to lead the Lady Warriors past Franklin County, 66-35, and into the quarterfinals for the first time in 40 years.