Jeff Hart

The Dawson County girls used a huge first half to rout Gordon Central 71-45 in the Pickens County Classic Wednesday.

The Riverdale (Tenn.) girls did what no other team in Georgia has been able to do thus far: stop Class AA two-time defending state champion Buford.

Lance White poured in a season-high 17 points to lead Class AA No. 2 North Hall to an 82-68 win over Loganville Tuesday in the semifinals of the Hooch Holiday Classic at Chattahoochee High School.

East Hall fell to host Dorman 80-61 Tuesday night in the Upward Basketball Classic at Dorman High School.

Travis Leslie scored 15 points and Georgia won its seventh in a row Tuesday night, defeating Charleston Southern 70-55. The victory marked only the third time in the last 30 years that a Georgia team has gone unbeaten in December.

The Class AA No. 1-ranked Buford girls advanced to the championship game in the inaugural JumpOffPlus.com Holiday Invitational at Duluth High School Tuesday.

Sidney Crosby might be creating an intriguing subplot for the Winter Classic: He's riding one of the NHL's longest scoring streaks in the last 20 seasons.

Buford advanced in the McDonalds Invitational at Tift County High School with a nail-biting 56-53 win over host Tift County Tuesday night.

Dawson County rallied from a five-point halftime deficit to knock off Lumpkin County 58-42 Tuesday in the Pickens County Classic at Pickens County high School.

The Class AAA third-ranked Chestatee girls hammered Alexander Tuesday 45-13 in the Lake Allatoona Classic.