Jeff Hart

For all the offensive firepower of the Gainesville boys basketball team, it was their defense that had coach Benjie Wood smiling after a 53-32 win over Lanier Thursday in a key Region 8-AAAAA contest.

The Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball team used suffocating defense and a dominant final three quarters to cruise past Auburn by a 63-30 final score on Thursday night at Stegeman Coliseum.

Class AAAA No. 1 Buford routed Stephens County 70-24 Thursday night in a Region 8-AAAA make-up game.

Monta Ellis scored 25 points and Myles Turner added 20 in his first NBA start to lead the Indiana Pacers past the Atlanta Hawks 111-92 on Thursday.

The 2016 track and field season will be full of new experiences for Piedmont College with the program beginning its first season in quite some time with more than a distance-only program.

In the month of January only, the East Hall wrestling program will be hosting USA wrestling open mat on every Thursday of the month.

With the team duals behind them, area wrestling teams now are turning their focus to the traditional tournaments...

The Flowery Branch girls and Gainesville boys took big Region 8-AAAAA victories Tuesday night at the Gainesville gym...

North Hall outscored Johnson 20-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 58-49 win over the Knights in Region 8-AAAA play Tuesday night.

The North Hall girls pushed their win streak to three after a 49-35 victory over Johnson Tuesday night at home.