High School Sports

It's a mess not even Rosie the Maid wouldn't want to try and sort out. The playoff scenarios for Region 8-AAAA, which enters its final week with six teams within one game of first place, would be hard to figure out even with a state-of-the-art com

Commerce can clinch second place and a home game in the opening round of the Class A playoffs next week with a win over Athens Academy Friday night at home.

The regular season in football in Region 8-AA may not be over with Friday night's season finales.

Of all the scenarios possible at the Class AAA North Sectionals of the girls softball tournament this past weekend, the one that had just one Region 7-AAA team making to Columbus was one of the least likely.

The Gainesville Red Elephants are ranked eighth in Class AAA in the latest Associated Press Georgia high school football poll released Tuesday. Buford, meanwhile, held steady again at No. 2 in Class AA.

The Buford girls softball team won three straight games behind the pitching of Jesse Groves and the clutch hitting of Melissa Higginbotham in the Class AA State Tournament to advance to Columbus.

The North Hall girl

The West Hall girls softball team

It was a typical gameplan for the Buford Wolves, Friday night, that ended in typical fashion...and with the typical reward.