Jeff Hart

Lakeview Academy's John Jacobs qualified for the state tournament after firing an 84 Thursday at Athens Country Club in the Region 8-A tournament.

Joey Terdoslavich

The North Georgia Christian girls soccer team opened the ICSGA playoffs with a 4-3 win over New Creation Christian on Thursday night.

The Lakeview Academy boys tennis team advanced the Elite 8 with a 4-1 win over Mt. Paran Thursday in the Class A tournament.

After going toe-to-toe with North Hall junior Clay Hoffman over the final four holes of regulation, White County senior Eli Crumley made par on the first playoff hole to edge Hoffman for the Region 7-AAA individual boys golf title Wednesday at the Par 70, 5,985-yard Mossy Creek Golf Course.

Adam Kelly struck out nine and tossed a one-hitter in leading North Hall to a 10-0, five-inning win over Banks County Wednesday in Region 7-AAA action.

Omar Poveda turned in another fine performance for the Gwinnett Braves (10-11), pitching into the eighth inning and leading the G-Braves to 7-3 win over the Louisville Bats (10-10) on Wednesday night at Louisville Slugger Stadium.

Gwinnett dropped Game 3 of its Eastern Conference Semifinal series with the Cincinnati Cyclones 5-0 Wednesday night at US Bank Arena.

The Jefferson baseball team closed out its regular season with a 7-0 win over arch-rival Commerce Wednesday.

The North Georgia women's softball team remained third this week in the Southeast Region rankings as the top three spots did not change with No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic State University still first and 14th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne University second.