Jeff Hart

For North Hall coach Benjie Wood, there is no place like home. The Trojans used two big first half runs and forced 11 first half turnovers en route to a 70-42 win over Central-Carroll Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA state tournament at the North Hall gym.

Jermaine Beal scored a career-high 28 points and No. 16 Vanderbilt overcame a five-point deficit in the final 33 seconds of regulation and went on to a 96-94 overtime victory against Georgia on Thursday night.

Ashley Houts scored 21 points, making all seven of her shots from the field, and No. 24 Georgia rebounded from its monthlong slide with a 65-49 victory over South Carolina on Thursday night.

The North Hall girls tennis swept the doubles matches to pull out a tough 3-2 win over Lumpkin County Thursday in Region 7A-AAA action.

The North Hall boys tennis team stayed perfect in Region 7A-AAA play after beating Lumpkin County 5-0 Thursday.

Chestatee did not drop a set in beating Pickens 5-0 Thursday in Region 7A-AAA boys tennis action.

The Johnson girls tennis team fell 5-0 to West Forsyth Thursday in a Region 7B-AAA match.

As far as baseball season-openers go, North Hall coach Trent Mongero could not have been more pleased after his Trojans held on for a 7-6 win over Buford Wednesday at North Hall Field.

No one on the current North Hall roster was even born the last time the Trojans won a region title in basketball. What they didn’t know didn’t hurt them Tuesday night.

The Gainesville High girls basketball team dominated early and late en route to their third straight Region 7-AAA title on Tuesday night at Flowery Branch.