Sports

Dawsonville native Chase Elliott and Atlanta Motor Speedway are starting race month in Atlanta with a fan-friendly event at the World of Coca-Cola.

Georgia returns to the friendly – and increasingly more raucous – confines of Stegeman Coliseum on Wednesday evening to play host to SEC-leader Alabama.

The Cherokee Bluff boys tennis team opened the season with a solid 4-1 win over Hebron Christian on Tuesday.

Cherokee Bluff clinched the top seed from Region 8-4A North with a tough 59-53 win at home on Tuesday.

Cherokee Bluff used a big 18-4 first quarter to take the lead and then held off North Hall, 54-49, in a huge Region 8-4A North showdown on Tuesday.

Buford senior guard Ava Grace Watson was key in the No. 3 Lady Wolves' three wins last week.

There are more than four dozen teams in the northeast Georgia area still jockeying for positioning in the upcoming region tournaments. Seven of them can clinch spots and automatic berths in the state tournament on Tuesday.

Ashlyn Henderson scored 10 points and pulled eight rebounds to lead the Lakeview Academy girls past Furtah Prep, 65-39, on Monday at home.

Georgia Tech hopes to snap a three-game skid against No. 3 North Carolina on Tuesday at McCamish Pavilion.

The top five of the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll remained unchanged Monday, with defending national champ UConn still ahead of mighty Purdue, streaking North Carolina, defensive-minded Houston, and Tennessee.