Jeff Hart

Union County's 23-game win streak came to an end Wednesday in the second round of the Class AA girls softball playoffs.

White County will make its first-ever trip to the Elite 8 in Columbus after the Lady Warriors swept St. Pius Wednesday in their best-of-three Sweet 16 series, 6-4 in eight innings in the first game and then 9-1 in five innings in the deciding game.

Despite a slow start, the Class AA No. 1-ranked Buford softball team had little trouble moving into its sixth straight Elite 8 after sweeping Dade County 12-3 and 8-0 in five innings Wednesday in the Sweet 16 round.

Most area softball coaches will tell you that the weeding out of challengers takes place in the opening round and doesn

North Hall advanced to the Sweet 16 of the Class AAA girls volleyball playoffs with an impressive three-game sweep of Shaw Saturday on the road.

Carlton Thomas ran for the first two touchdowns of his career, Aaron Murray passed for two touchdowns and Georgia welcomed new mascot Uga VIII by beating Vanderbilt 43-0 on Saturday.

White County didn

Alex Ross tossed two first quarter touchdown passes and Darrian Smith ran for two scores in the second quarter as Class AA No. 3 Buford hammered outmanned Avondale 48-2 Friday night at Tom Riden Stadium.

Martin Sanders scored on an 11-yard run with just over one minute left to give Athens Academy a 28-21, come-from-behind win over Commerce in a battle for first place in Region 8-A Friday night.

Class AAAA No. 3 Clarke Central scored 28 unanswered points en route to a 42-21 win over Apalachee Friday in a key Region 8-AAAA match-up at Death Valley Field.