Jeff Hart

Weslyan opened with a 25-10 first quarter and Flowery Branch never recovered in a 65-35 loss for the Falcons in the first-round of the Jared Cook Holiday Classic at North Gwinnett High School Monday night.

Andraya Carter poured in 23 points and Class AA No. 1 Buford remained unbeaten after a 66-37 thumping of Sequoyah Monday night in the Pickens Holiday Classic.

Joe Cox threw two touchdown passes, Caleb King added two rushing scores and Georgia beat mistake-prone Texas A&M 44-20 on Monday in the Independence Bowl.

Georgia coach Andy Landers has seen his stellar program lose its edge the past few seasons. The Lady Bulldogs have done a good job so far of gaining it back.

Growing up in Los Angeles, Christopher Owens enjoyed watching television when Terrell Owens would catch touchdown passes for the San Francisco 49ers.

Coach Jim Caldwell pulled Peyton Manning and a handful of other starters for the previously unbeaten Colts in the third quarter, and the Jets took advantage by rallying for a 29-15 victory that ended the NFL's longest regular-season winning streak at 23 games.

Tony Romo threw for 286 yards, Jason Witten had a career-long 69-yard reception to set up a score, and the defense pitched the rivalry's first shutout in six years in a 17-0 win over the Redskins.

No school. No high school basketball, right? Wrong. All but two local schools - Johnson and Riverside Military Academy - will be participating in various holiday tournaments or scheduled regular season games this week.

Gainesville coach Todd Cottrell said he was hoping the experience of Blake Sims and A.J. Johnson and their return to the boys basketball team would have a quick impact for his Red Elephants. Cottrell liked what he saw Friday night.

Gainesville used a 19-2 third quarter to rally past and then pull away from West Hall in a 46-23 win Friday night in Region 7B-AAA girls basketball action.