Jeff Hart

Ryan Harrow scored 33 points to lead George State to a 79-73 victory over Old Dominion Saturday.

Lorenzo Smothers caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Justin Eckert in the fourth quarter, and Marion County won the Georgia Class A Public School football championship with a 12-3 victory over Charlton County on Saturday.

In the end, it was just too much power, too much speed, too much old-fashioned Buford football.

In 2007, second-year head coach Bob Sphire guided North Gwinnett practically out of nowhere to its first-ever state championship game. Six years later, Sphire and the Bulldogs are headed back to the title game. As far as Sphire is concerned, 2007 might as well have happened in an alternate universe.

The Buford boys basketball team knew East Hall was coming to town Tuesday to set the tone for what figures to be a war for the Region 7-AAA boys title. Instead, the Wolves made a statement of their own.

The Green Bay Packers finally found a way to win without injured quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

Buford coach Jess Simpson has said all season that legacies are born in the playoffs.

C.J. Leggett ran for 289 yards and two touchdowns to lead North Gwinnett to a 27-21 win over McEachern in the Class AAAAAA semifinals Friday night.

Chestatee grabbed a quick first quarter lead and then held on for a skinny 48-47 win over River Ridge Friday night.

Friday's semifinal playoff scores