Jeff Hart

You know Carver, Columbus has been waiting for this almost exactly one year to the day. When last the Tigers saw Buford, they watched a sea of green and gold march off the Memorial Stadium grass with a ticket punched to the Class AA state title game.

Johnson continued its strong start to the season with a 61-58 win over Lakeview Academy Tuesday in boys basketball action.

The Chestatee girls ran out to a quick lead over Pickens and then held off a third quarter rally by the Lady Dragons to take a 45-40 win Tuesday night at the Chestatee gym.

Gilmer led 39-33 at halftime and then held off a third quarter charge by White County to hand the Warriors thier first loss of the season, 64-56 at the White County gym.

Tavia Sykes had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the Flowery Branch girls to a 63-52 win over Salem in their season and Region 8-AAAAA opener Tuesday night.

The Dawson County girls basketball team opened its season in impressive style with a 49-26 win over Lumpkjin County Tuesday night.

Chestatee used a 20-12 fourth quarter to pull away from Pickens for a 74-65 win Tuesday in boys basketball action.

The West Hall girls basketball team suffered its first loss of the season in a 50-19 loss to St.Pius on the road.

The East Hall wrestling team won a thrilling 42-38 match over Winder-Barrow Tuesday that went down to the final individual match.

Aaron Murray threw two touchdown passes, Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall each ran for a pair of TDs, and No. 3 Georgia stayed right in the thick of the national championship race with a 42-10 rout of Georgia Tech on Saturday.