Jeff Hart

Westminster scored the first 12 points of the game and then held off two second half runs by North Hall in taking a 65-48 win Saturday in the first round of the Class AAA girls state playoffs at the North Hall gym.

Senior Joshua Fields collected two hits including a home run and then struck out the side in the ninth for a save as Georgia defeated top-ranked Arizona 9-7 in the season opener.

Did Tom Glavine really pitch for any team other than the Atlanta Braves? Was he really gone for five seasons? Except for a few gray hairs and an extra pound or two around the middle, he just picked right up where he left off in 2002.

Blessed Trinity used a huge fourth quarter to pull away for an 81-48 win over Chestatee Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA boys state basketball playoffs.

For one quarter Dawson County led Class AA No. 2 Greater Atlanta Christian 13-11 in the first round of the state playoffs Friday night.

With the memories of its first-ever Region 7-AAA title last week not yet faded, the Flowery branch boys basketball team pulled off another first Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA tournament.

Ryan Newman snapped an 81-race winless streak Sunday, using a huge push from teammate Kurt Busch to give car owner Roger Penske his first Daytona 500 victory.

Gilmer won five individual titles and placed 13 of 14 wrestlers in the top four of the Area 7-AAA Traditional Meet Saturday at Gilmer High School. The Bobcats won the team title going away piling up 264 points to second place Lumpkin County's 145.5 points. Pickens was third with 138.5, Flowery branch fourth with 121, and White County fifth with 111 points.

Playing in his final game in Hall County, Chestatee senior Parker Smith gave the fans one last show. Smith poured in a game-high 35 points, including eight straight in a pivotal 13-0 fourth quarter run, to lead the War Eagles to a 66-52 win over Gainesville Saturday in the third-place game in the Region 7-AAA Tournament.

Chestatee coach Russ Triaga says it