Jeff Hart

It will be hard for area baseball teams as a whole to top the 2013 campaign, highlighted by North Hall's run to the Class AAA finals and Gainesville reaching the Elite 8 before dropping two heartbreaking one-run games.

The Region 8-AAAA champion Johnson boys got over last year's nightmare first round loss to Shaw by rallying to beat Stone Mountain at home and the East Hall boys continued Region 7-AAA's dominating run in the playoffs with a buzzer-beating win over Ringgold on the road Saturday night.

No one wanted to say it, but the first 16 minutes of Johnson

The 2013 state finalists picked up where they left off Saturday night. The Dawson County girls went on the road and came away with an impressive 58-48 win over Cartersville in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs.

On a night when area teams were dropping like flies in the state tournament, both Buford teams made sure quickly they would not be on the list in the Class AAA playoffs.

Region 6-AAAAAA champ North Forsyth had three players in double figures in taking a 63-49 victory over Central Gwinnett Friday night in the first round of the Class AAAAAA state playoffs.

After a sluggish first half, the Jefferson boys exploded in the third quarter en route to a 69-44 thrashing of Lovett in the first round of the Class AA state playoffs Friday at the Jefferson gym.

Johnson High School Principal Stan Lewis and Athletic Director Matt Stowers have announced that the school is making a change in the Head Coach for Girls Basketball for the 2014-2015 school year.

The East Hall boys soccer team traveled to Central Gwinnett Thursday night and came away with a 0-0 tie.

The Chestatee girls soccer team knocked off rival North Hall 3-1 Thursday night and secured a spot in the third-place game in the NE Georgia Mountains Cup.