Jeff Hart

The Lakeview Academy boys made the most of a week off to get ready for the GIAA Class 3A playoffs on Saturday.

Atlanta United fell 1-0 to Columbus Crew to open the MLS season Saturday at Lower.com Field.

William Byron has flourished at the reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway, winning two of four NASCAR Cup Series races since a fresh surface and higher banks provided a dramatic face-lift to the track. That doesn't mean he feels totally comfortable in Atlanta.

Michael McDowell earned his first career pole position in his 467th career NASCAR Cup Series race during Saturday qualifying for the Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Flowery Branch opened the Houston County Invitational with a nail-biting 6-5 win over Mary Persons on Friday.

Upsets were the theme for the boys during the first round of the Georgia High School Association state playoffs for northeast Georgia teams. Three of the five teams still remaining took road wins, including Region 7-3A sweeping out Region 6-3A in the opening round.

True freshman Drew Burress dialed up his ACC-leading fifth double on the season in the seventh inning on a two-out bases-loaded missile to left center, clearing the bases and giving Georgia Tech baseball the lead in a 9-6 victory over Cornell on Friday night at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Home Sweet Home proved to be valuable for several northeast Georgia area girls basketball teams on Friday night.

Chestatee will be hobnobbing with the Elite 8 in Class 4A for a second consecutive season.

In the first-ever Hall/Whitfield County Showcase, the East Hall boys held on for a thrilling 2-1 win over Northwest Whitfield on Friday night at The Dungeon at Johnson High School.