Jeff Hart

The Buford girls soccer team did more than just advance to the second round of the Class AAAA state playoffs with Wednesday’s 10-0 blowout win over Fayette County at home.

The Gwinnett Braves rode the pitching of starter Kanekoa Texeira and a strong performance from the bullpen to a 5-1 win over the Toledo Mud Hens Wednesday night in game two of the three-game series at Fifth Third Field.

North Hall's run in the Class AAAA girls tennis playoffs came to an end Wednesday in a tough 3-2 loss to Marist.

Dustin Pedroia had a grand slam and a solo homer, David Ortiz passed two Hall of Fame Red Sox on the extra-base hits list and Boston beat Atlanta 9-4 on Wednesday night even as the Braves ended their 15-game homerless stretch.

For all the big offensive firepower of the No. 1-ranked Johnson boys soccer team, it was the play of the Knights smallest starter that had coach Brian Shirley all a smiles Tuesday following the Knights 8-0 shellacking of Fayette County in the first round of the Class AAAA state playoffs.

The North Hall boys tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class AAAA tournament with a thrilling 3-2 win over Eagles Landing Tuesday.

The Gwinnett Braves used timely hitting and strong pitching to end a six-game slide and defeat the Toledo Mud Hens by a 3-1 score in game one of the three-game series at Fifth Third Field Tuesday night.

Buford will begin defense of its Class AAAA state title while Gainesville and Jefferson will try to equal or better last year’s state runner-up finishes in Class AAAAA and Class AAA, respectively, as the 2016 baseball playoffs get under way Friday around the area and state.

The No. 6 nationally ranked Brenau University tennis team finished second in the Southern States Athletic Conference Championship over the weekend, losing only to NCAA-bound Auburn University-Montgomery.

The 2016 Region 8-AA All-Region baseball team was announced Tuesday...