Jeff Hart

Franklin County desperately needed a win to stay in the playoff hunt in Region 8-AAA and had its ace, Georgia-signee John Taylor, on the mound against No. 6 Gainesville Wednesday at Ivey-Watson Field.

Chris Stevens tossed a complete game yielding seven hits with and striking out nine to lead North Hall to a 6-4 win over Lumpkin County Wednesday in Region 8-AAA action.

Johnson took advantage of 11 walks to go with eight hits in an 11-1 rout of Monroe Area Wednesday in Region 8-AAA.

East Hall

The North Hall girls track team outlasted Lumpkin County and White County Tuesday in a tri-meet.

The North Georgia men's golf team fired their best round of the tournament of Tuesday afternoon, but stayed in 11th place overall at the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Championships at Savannah Quarters Country Club.

The North Georgia women's golf team put a lid on their season on Tuesday afternoon, taking 11th place at the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Championships at Savannah Quarters Country Club.

A new era of Gainesville girls basketball was put into motion Monday night. The Gainesville City School Board officially approved Brenda Hill-Gilmore as the new head coach of the Lady Red Elephants.

Gainesville baseball coach Jeremy Kemp said the key to winning Region 8-AAA lies in the No. 10.

The North Georgia softball team clinched the program's third straight Peach Belt Conference regular season title on Sunday afternoon with a pair of games still remaining on the conference schedule.