Jeff Hart

Jamaad Stephens scored 18 points but it wasn't enough to carry Flowery Branch to a win in the Deep South Classic Friday night.

Chris Gaston scored 23 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Fordham beat Georgia Tech 72-66 on Thursday night.

North Hall improved to 9-3 with a solid 65-43 thumping of North Forsyth Thursday in JHS Holiday Shootout.

Chestatee used a 22-10 third quarter to rally from a frist half deficit to beat South Paulding 59-56 Thursday in the Lake City Classic tournament at Allatoona High School.

The Johnson boys basketball team pushed its win streak to three with a 55-48 victory over Forsyth Central Thursday night in the JHS Holiday Shootout.

Towns County hit 14 of 16 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold on for a 68-57 win over Dawson County in the girls third place game of the Battle of the States Tournament.

Gunnar Armstrong scored 11 points to lead Dawson County to a 43-31 win over Polk (Tenn.) Thursday night in the third place in the Battle of the States tournament.

The Buford girls basketball team finished a stretch of seven games in 10 days against several nationally ranked teams Thursday night with a 48-35 loss to top 10 Hoover, (Alaa.) in the Peach State Jump Off Classic at Holy Innocents.

Isaiah Williams poured in 17 points to lead the Buford boys to a 73-46 rout of Harrison Thursday in the Converse Invitational at Columbia High School.

Through two games, the Atlanta Hawks have not trailed, they've displayed impressive scoring balance and they've won in back-to-back days by a combined margin of 54 points.