Jeff Hart

The Flowery Branch girls tennis team dropped just one set in taking a 5-0 win over Buford Wednesday.

Manchester opened the game with a 20-11 run and then cruised to a 95-76 win over East Hall Wednesday in the second round of the Class AA state tournament.

Jefferson coach Bolin Dubose knew the Dragons had a tall task in the Sweet 16 round of the boys Class AA tournament Wednesday night against No. 1 Greater Atlanta Christian.

It was a game that easily could have been taking in place in Macon next week in the Final Four. Instead, two of the top teams in the state -- third-ranked East Hall and fifth-ranked Lovett

Spencer owned the first eight minutes of its Class AA first round playoff game against Buford Saturday night.

East Hall used a 7-0 run to start the game and then cruised to a 90-73 win over Dade County on the road Saturday in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs.

Lakeview Academy was hoping its schedule of playing top-ranked teams would pay off come playoff time. Unfortunately for the Lions, No. 10 Aquinas was too much to overcome Saturday in the opening round of the Class A boys state tournament.

For more than two decades, the Atlanta Braves relied on their rotation to become a contender. From Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, all the way to Tim Hudson and Tommy Hanson, starting pitching has been the team's one constant.

Freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 18 points, Gerald Robinson Jr. added 15 and Georgia snapped No. 12 Florida's three-game winning streak with a 76-62 victory Saturday.

Hartley Carter scored three goals while Liza Carpenter and Elizabeth Fischer each scored once to lead the Gainesville girls soccer team to a 5-0 shutout of Stephens County Friday night in Region 8B-AAA action at City Park Stadium.