Jeff Hart

Things are definitely looking up for the Leopards after a solid 5-5 season that saw them be just 13 points for an 8-2 record. The offense should be even more potent in 2015 with eight returning starters.

Edwin Jackson has been told to use the final few weeks of the season as an audition for 2016.

The Gwinnett Braves broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the top of the seventh inning and beat the Columbus Clippers by a 6-4 score Saturday night in game three of the four-game series at Huntington Park.

Buford split the final two games Saturday in the “rumble in the ridge” tournament at Peachtree Ridge High School.

North Hall, Flowery Branch, and Gainesville kicked off the local 2015 prep football season Friday night as part of the Northeast Georgia Fall Classic at The Brickyard.

East Hall took the final of seven lead changes to beat Chestatee 7-6 Friday Vikings Varsity outlasted Chestatee on Friday after seven lead changes, squeaking out a 7-6 win at East Hall Park.

Senior Kennedy Kotula capped a six-run fifth inning with a grand slam home run to help lead Buford to a 10-3 win over Peachtree Ridge in the Lady Wolves' softball season opener Thursday in the Peachtree Ridge Invitational Tournament.

The Charlotte Knights got a strong effort from right-handed starting pitcher Erik Johnson and beat the Gwinnett Braves by a 4-2 score on Thursday night to split the four-game series at BB&T Ballpark.

The Gainesville girls volleyball team swept a quad-match at East Hall Thursday.