High School Sports

For Buford, Jefferson, Cherokee Bluff, and Towns County, Thursday’s semifinal showdowns in the Georgia High School Association girls soccer playoffs will be nothing new. Dawson County, meanwhile, is crashing the Final Four party for the first time as a program.

At times it wasn’t the prettiest of things, but it was good enough for Cherokee Bluff to sweep into the quarterfinals of the Class 4A baseball playoffs on Wednesday at Bluff Ballpark.

On the brink of elimination, Andrew Humphries drove in the game-winning run to rally Banks County to a 4-3 win over The Walker School in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs.

North Hall has hired Jacob Brown as its next boys soccer coach.

As they say, April showers bring May flowers. April and May also bring high school football.

The second round of the Georgia High School Association baseball playoffs continues Wednesday, with five area teams vying for a berth in the quarterfinals.

When they needed him most, Edgar Vazquez put Johnon’s season on his powerful right leg.

With back-to-back state titles and a loss in another state championship match over the past three seasons, it’s usually Johnson that comes in with the playoff experience.

For the first time since 2021 the Buford girls are back in the Final Four.

Dawson County continues to knock down Class 3A top-10 teams in the playoffs.