Jeff Hart

The bottom half of the Georgia High School Association football playoffs will be the home team in the upcoming semifinal round after the GHSA held its coin flip...

Montrezl Harrell had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Lou Williams added 16 points and a season-high 11 assists, and the Clippers rallied past the struggling Atlanta Hawks 127-119 on Monday night to win their fifth straight game...

Rayshaun Hammonds scored a career-high 31 points, Nicolas Claxton had 22 points, 11 rebounds and four assists, and Georgia beat Illinois State 80-68 on Monday in the second game of the Cayman Islands Classic...

Atlanta Braves catcher Kurt Suzuki is heading back to the Washington Nationals after agreeing to a $10 million, two-year contract, a deal pending a successful physical...

Chestatee dropped a close game to T.L. Hanna (S.C.) in the finals of The Banker's Classic at Jackson County High School. Meanwhile, Lumpkin County and Cherokee Bluff both took wins on Saturday...

Lakeview Academy opened its season with a thrilling 56-55 win over Class 5A No. 8 Starr's Mill Saturday in the Keller Williams Raider Classic at North Forsyth High School...

Freshman Justin Fields threw two scoring passes and ran for another touchdown, Tyler Simmons had rushing and receiving scores, and No. 5 Georgia protected its playoff hopes by overwhelming UMass 66-27 on Saturday...

Wesley Wells kicked his fourth field goal of the game, a 40-yarder in overtime, and Georgia Tech won its fourth straight when Virginia's Brian Delaney missed his attempt from 35 yards to give the Yellow Jackets a 30-27 victory Saturday...

The Seth Thompson era got off to a good start Friday night for East Hall as the Vikings used a big fourth quarter rally to knock off Banks County 62-58 in both teams' season openers at the Banks County gym...

The Johnson, West Hall, and Chestatee girls all collected their first wins of the season Friday night in action around the area...