Jeff Hart

It only took eight games for the West Hall girls basketball team to do something it couldn

Trailing West Hall by four points late in the third quarter Gainesville needed a spark. Sophomore Ty Redmon gave it to them. Redmon scored five straight points to give the Elephants the lead and then hit a 30-foot 3-pointer at the end of the quarter to propel Gainesville to a 79-66 win in the consolation round of the Jackson EMC Lanierland boys basketball tournament at the Johnson High gym.

The semifinals are set for the 48th annual Jackson EMC Lanierland basketball tournament. The tournament will resume Tuesday at Johnson High School with the consolation brackets for both the boys and girls tournaments. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday at the East Hall gym and offer compelling matchups in both the girls and boys brackets.

North Hall High School student Elizabeth Collins was named the "Belle of the Ball" Saturday night at the 56th annual Junior League Charity Ball held at the Chattahoochee Country Club.

The Pickens girls basketball team won its third straight game Saturday night after knocking off rival Fannin County 51-38.

The New Orleans Saints already rallied once this season. They'll have to do it again to get back to the playoffs. Coming off a devastating loss to division rival Tampa Bay, the Saints find themselves in a most precarious position, probably needing to win their last four games to send their season into January for the second year in a row.

Six straight points by Terrance Woodbury early in the second half helped break open a tight game and boost Georgia to a decisive 72-50 win over Wake Forest in a non-conference basketball game Saturday afternoon.

Maurice Leggett's end zone interception with less than a minute left preserved Valdosta State's 28-24 victory over previously unbeaten California University of Pennsylvania in an NCAA Division II semifinal Saturday.

Michael Puckett scored 15 points to lead Winston-Salem State to a 67-61 victory over Georgia State on Saturday night. Darius Floyd had 14 points and Jamal Durham finished with 11 points for the Rams (2-5), who shot nearly 45 percent in snapping a four-game losing streak.

Chestatee boys basketball coach Russ Triaga is not one for sentimentality. Despite his team