Jeff Hart

Apalachee beat Chestatee 2-1 in penalty kicks to take a 4-3 win over the Lady War Eagles Tuesday night to advance to the finals of the Northeast Georgia Mountains Tournament Cup.

North Georgia scored a pair of runs in the fifth and seventh before leaving the bases loaded in the ninth and falling 5-4 at the hands of Carson-Newman Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action.

Josh Wright provided the arm and K.J. McAllister provided the big bat as North Hall opened its Region 7-AAA schedule with a 9-0 win over Lumpkin County Wednesday at Jody Davis Field.

K.J. McAllister hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to propel the North Hall baseball team to a thrilling 2-1 win over Buford Monday night.

The Dawson County girls golf team had four players shoot under 53 Monday in taking an 89-134 win over East Jackson at the Sandy Creek Golf Course.

Senior Tyler Goodwin fired a 38 to lead Dawson County to a 170-178 victory over East Jackson Monday in boys golf action at Sandy Creek Golf Course.

West Hall swept the doubles matches and got two singles wins to take a 4-1 win over Forsyth Central Monday in boys tennis action.

Johnson took a 5-0 win over Lakeview Academy Monday in boys tennis action.

Chris Lofton scored 28 points, including six 3-pointers, and No. 4 Tennessee routed South Carolina 89-56 on Sunday. JaJuan Smith fouled out with 17 points and four 3s, receiving a hearty standing ovation from the crowd on his and Lofton's final home games as Volunteers.

Jeff Gordon, bouncing back from a hard crash in Las Vegas, felt a whole lot better Friday night after winning the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Dawsonville's Bill Elliott did not make the field during qualifying.