Both the East Hall girls and boys basketball teams took convincing wins Wednesday in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs at the East Hall gym.
After a less than inspiring beginning that saw the Lady Wolves trail No. 4 seed Heritage-Catoosa 3-1 in the opening minutes, Buford girls coach Gene Durden sent an early signal to his group taking out the entire starting unit.
Duane Notice and Tyrone Johnson each scored 17 points and South Carolina recovered after blowing a 21-point lead to beat Georgia 64-58 on Tuesday night.
Members of the 2014 Piedmont College softball team were on hand during halftime of Sunday's Lady Lion basketball win over Huntingdon College to receive their championship rings after having claimed last season's USA South title.
The Piedmont College softball team will have to wait until Mother Nature cooperates to start the 2015 season as icy weather in Georgia has forced the season opening doubleheader with Wesleyan College set for Tuesda and Thursday's home opener with Agnes Scott to be postponed.
Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory has tried to help his players keep faith that the season is not lost. At least for one night, nearly everything fell into place for the Yellow Jackets.
The East Hall boys and Dawson County girls made it a clean sweep for titles for the top-seeded teams coming into the Region 7-AAA Tournament Saturday night at Franklin County High School.
The Piedmont College men's track and field team hit the road for its second competition of the indoor season as they traveled to Sewanee: the University of the South for the Tiger Indoor Invitational on Saturday. Cody Parker set his second school record of the season as he ran 4:58.90 in the men's 1 mile.
The Piedmont College men's lacrosse team came up just shy of a second straight win earlier today falling 10-8 to hosting Randolph-Macon College, a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
