Jeff Hart

Six northeast Georgia teams moved on to the Sweet 16 Friday night in the first round of the 2017 state basketball playoffs...

The Gainesville boys routed Creekview while the Lady Red Elephants dropped a heartbreaker to River Ridge Friday night in a Class AAAAAA first round doubleheader at the Gainesville gym...

Anna McKendree poured in 33 points to lead the West Hall girls to a 78-54 thumping of Troup County Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA state playoffs at the West Hall gym.

Chapel Hill used a big fourth quarter run to pull away from Chestatee in a 51-36 victory in the first round of the Class AAAA state tournament.

Courtney Newton-Gonzalez said her Flowery Branch girls needed a reset after a disappointing loss to Buford in the Region 8-AAAAA championship last week...

Dawson County opened the game with a 13-5 run and then held on for a 72-61 win over Lovett Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA girls state tournament.

The Truett McConnell baseball team swept a Friday twinbill against Trinity Baptist, winning game one, 5-2, and game two, 12-3...

The Flowery Branch girls soccer team knocked off Central Gwinnett 3-0 at Falcons Field.

The Atlanta Falcons have hired Dave Brock as an offensive assistant, Kyle Flood as the assistant offensive line coach, Bush Hamdan as the team’s quarterbacks coach, and Charlie Jackson as a defensive assistant.

Carmen Wagner scored five goals to lead the Lakeview girls soccer team to an 8-1 victory over West Hall Thursday.