Jeff Hart

At 10-1 on the season after a nail-biting 52-50 win over Chattahoochee Friday night, a young Gainesville girls basketball team is showing it is good enough to win. Imagine what they could do when they mature.

In their final home game in 2013, the Gwinnett Gladiators picked up where they left off the night before, scoring early and keeping up the offense for a full 60 minutes as they defeated the Wheeling Nailers, 4-1, at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Friday.

North Forsyth exploded on offense in taking a 62-47 win over Cherokee Friday night.

Chestatee was held to just 13 second half points in a 53-36 loss to Hiram Friday in the Lake City Classic at Allatoona High School.

The Dawson County girls opened the Battle of the States Tournament with a dominating 63-26 first round win over Union County Thursday.

Jeff Teague scored a career-high 34 points, including a 20-foot jumper at the buzzer in the second overtime, to give the Atlanta Hawks a 127-125 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.

Two massive Antoine Corbin blasts were the difference on Thursday night at the Arena at Gwinnett Center, as the Gwinnett Gladiators knocked off the South Carolina Stingrays 3-2 in the third straight match between the two squads.

For Johnson coach Jeff Steele and the Knights, the Lanierland basketball tournament has been their big, white whale.

Johnson coach Jeff Steele has always asked his players to take a leap of faith that his run-and-gun system will take them places.

Waiting seven years between titles, it took one of the best finals performances in recent memory by freshman Taylor Hawks to propel the Gainesville girls back onto the Lanierland championship podium. (VIDEO)