High School Sports

What's the best basketball region in the state? In Class AAA there's no contest: Region 7-AAA.

Newnan's Santez Mays returned a fumble 55 yards for a touchdown with 7.3 seconds left to give the Cougars a 20-14 quarterfinal playoff victory over Parkview.

The Class AA No. 1-ranked Buford Wolves will be heading to the Georgia Dome for the third straight season.

The Class AAA No. 1-ranked Gainesville Lady Red Elephants go for their fifth straight win against rival North Hall Tuesday night.

The Flowery Branch boys basketball team will be looking to extend its winning streak to four straight Tuesday night when the Falcons play host to White County.

Except for Buford, it was a rough night Friday for Region 8-AA in the quarterfinals of the Class AA state football playoffs.

Dennis Wilder had his usualy good game for the Commerce High football team. The problem was that there was little else to go right for the Tigers in a 25-6 loss to Hawkinsville in the Class A state quarterfinals.

The surprising run through the Class AAA state football playoffs came to an end.

Brent Benson scored 22 points to lead the Elephants to a big win. Gainesville (7-1) never trailed and used a 19-0 run in the first and second quarters to put the game away.

The Class AAA No. 1-ranked Gainesville girls basketball team used a pair of big runs in the first half - 14-0 in the first quarter and then a 23-0 in the second - in an easy 67-30 win over Chestatee Saturday afternoon.