Kevin West

Lakeview Academy boys basketball coach Richie Hughes was hoping to be undefeated going into their much-anticipated matchup against East Hall on Saturday.

The Flowery Branch girls basketball team, which was the biggest surprise in Region 7-AAA last year in its first year, opened its second season with a 55-50 win over North Hall Tuesday night.

Here is The Associated Press high school football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points:

Here is The Associated Press high school football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points:

Freshman Andrew Bogut scored 15 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in his Utah debut as the Utes rallied to defeat Georgia State 46-38 Monday in the first round of the Preseason NIT.

South Carolina coach Dave Odom says his Gamecocks' struggle with Gardner-Webb, a team that went 5-24 last season in its first year in Division I, was a learning experience.

Cedrick Banks had 20 points and 10 rebounds Monday night, steadying Illinois-Chicago to a 75-64 victory over Mercer in the consolation game of the Black Coaches Association Classic.

An avid paddler has drowned in the Chattooga River which separates northeast Georgia and South Carolina.

The Winder-Barrow Bulldoggs wrestling team kicks off the season for teams in northeast Georgia with a tri-meet against Parkview and Shiloh.

The key number going into Saturday's Iron Bowl is 12, and not because that's how many national championships Alabama claims.