High School Sports

The Flowery Branch girls basketball team is making the most of its first-ever trip to the state playoffs.

The score wasn't the same, but the result was as the No. 1-ranked Gainesville girls basketball team hammered Elbert County for a second straight year in the Class AAA tournament.

Despite starting four freshmen, the Avondale Lady Blue Devils played like veterans when it mattered most against Johnson in the second round of the Class AAA state tournament Friday night.

The Johnson boys basketball team will have to wait another year to make history. The Knights lost to Elbert County 63-56 Friday night in the second round of the Class AAA state tournament at Mt. Zion High School.

Both Johnson High basketball teams get back in state playoff action Friday night in the second round of the Class AAA tournament but four other Hall County teams will have to wait until Saturday to get back on the court.

The North Hall boys tennis team opened its 2004 season in impressive style Tuesday.

The East Hall girls tennis team improved to 2-0 after a 4-1 win over rival North Hall Tuesday.

Lakeview Academy boys basketball coach Richie Hughes was named the Region 8-A boys Coach of the Year Tuesday.

Until last week's thrilling 72-70 double overtime win over LaGrange, the Johnson Knights boys basketball team had not won a state playoff since 1978. Now, they will try to do something they've never done: win a second round game.

Benji Wood didn't think he could find a basketball team younger than his Johnson Lady Knights. He did in Avondale and the two teams will meet Friday night in the second round of the Class AAA tournament at Mt. Zion High School in Jonesboro.