Jeff Hart

Flowery Branch won its second straight game to open the season in impressive style with an 11-1 win over North Hall Thursday.

Jefferson pounded out a 12-2, six-inning win over Clarke Central Thursday in baseball action.

It went down to the final point as Max Wilson won the final five points in a second set tiebreaker at No. 2 singles to cap West Hall's 3-2 come-from-behind win over Gainesville Thursday in boys Region 8B-AAA action.

A pair of freshmen led the Gainesville girls golf team to a match win over North Hall Thursday at the Chattahoochee Golf Course.

The Johnson girls tennis team took a 4-1 win over Lanier Thursday in Region 8B-AAA action.

The Flowery Branch girls tennis team beat Heritage, Conyers 3-2 Thursday in Region 8-AAAA play.

Humble is how Gainesville baseball coach Jeremy Kemp described his group Wednesday in the their season opener at Ivey-Watson Field.

The opener for Flowery Branch was everything first-year coach Scott Myers hoped it would be and more.

North Hall opened its baseball season with a 5-3 win over Habersham Central at home Monday.

Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray has sustained a sprained right ankle in a pickup soccer game. He should be recovered in time for spring practice.