Jeff Hart

Jameis Winston threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns, and second-ranked Florida State held off No. 12 Georgia Tech 37-35 Saturday night to win their third consecutive ACC championship.

Former Gainesville High standout Blake Sims threw a pair of touchdown passes, T.J. Yeldon and Derrick Henry each had a couple of touchdown runs, and top-ranked Alabama pulled away in the fourth quarter to win its 24th Southeastern Conference championship with a 42-13 rout of No. 14 Missouri on Saturday.

Flowery Branch used a 25-15 run to end the game and rally for a 56-52 win over North Hall Saturday in girls basketball action at home.

One night after a heartbreaking loss to East Hall, the Chestatee girls rebounded with a solid 47-17 win over Lumpkin County on Saturday.

Riverside Military Academy scored the first basket of the game on a 3-pointer by J.J. McCalston but it was all Wesleyan the rest of the way Saturday.

Ty Greene is not one of the five Georgians on USC-Upstate's roster, but the senior guard looked like the most excited Spartan Saturday after scoring 13 of his game-high 16 points in the second half as USC-Upstate stretched its winning streak against ACC schools to two with a 59-54 win at Georgia Tech.

Phillip Leonard and Ike Nwamu each had 18 points as Mercer finished strong to knock of VMI 90-81 in a Southern Conference battle Saturday night.

With a huge Region 7-AAA opener against Dawson County looming next week, East Hall girls coach Justin Wheeler found out his Lady Vikings are a resilient bunch.

Buford advanced to its eighth straight state championship game with a 27-3 win over Cartersville in the Class AAAA semifinals. Commerce, however, lost in its bid for its first trip to the state finals in 14 years in a 28-7 loss to Irwin County in Class A Public.

The North Forsyth girls stayed perfect on the season and unbeaten in Region 6-AAAAAA play after taking a 53-44 win over rival West Forsyth Friday night.