Jeff Hart

The Flowery Branch girls could not hold on to an early first quarter lead and then faded in the fourth quarter in a 62-45 loss to Rome in the first round of the Class AAAA basketball playoffs Friday night.

Max Ford tossed a one-hitter over four innings with five strikeouts to lead Jefferson to 5-0 shutout of rival Commerce Thursday in baseball action.

West Hall swept the doubles matches in en route to a 4-1 win over Duluth in boys tennis action Thursday at the Bobby Bailey Tennis Center.

Gainesville used a sweep of the doubles to pull out a 3-2 win over rival Johnson Thursday in Region 8B-AAA girls tennis action.

The Chestatee boys tennis team remained perfect in Region 8A-AAA after sweeping Franklin County 5-0 Tuesday night.

Lakeview Academy and Pickens County played to a 1-1 tie Wednesday night in boys soccer action.

The Lakeview Academy girls soccer team got its first win of the saeason with an 8-0 victory over Pickens County Wednesday night.

Riverside Military Academy swept doubles play to pull out a 3-2 win over East Hall Wednesday in boys tennis action.

The Gainesville girls soccer team routed Athens Academy 11-1 Wednesday night at City Park Stadium.

The West Hall boys dropped their first match of the season falling 3-2 to Oconee County in Regfion 8B-AAA tennis action.