High School Sports

Survive and advance is the name of the game at state playoff time. The Johnson girls basketball team took that strategy a little more literally than coach Benji Wood was hoping for.

Winning in the state playoffs is as much about timing as talent. You don't have to convince the White County boys basketball team.

For two years Flowery Branch girls basketball coach Angela Middleton has been waiting for senior Kristina Tyler to take control.

The Gainesville boys basketball team used a slow-down offense to control the tempo against a high-flying and No. 1-ranked Carrollton team to take a 50-44 upset win Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA state tournament.

The Lakeview Academy boys basketball team, making its first-ever Class A state tournament appearance, wasn't given much of a chance against No. 2-ranked Landmark Christian Saturday night.

The Gainesville High wrestling team finished sixth at Saturday's Class AAA tournament at Spalding High in Griffin.

Marqise Wright, who had missed most of the season for the Johnson Knights this year recovering from an ankle injury, had one simple statement to his teammates during the season: "Get me to the playoffs, and I'll carry us."

The Lakeview Academy girls soccer team opened its season Monday.

Both Lakeview Academy tennis teams got their seasons under way Monday at West Hall.

The East Hall boys basketball team Friday night picked up right where it left off after last year's Class AAA state playoffs.