Jackson County powerhouses Jefferson and Commerce are making a return to Macon to try and defend their State Duals titles beginning Friday at the Macon Centreplex. Those two teams will headline a solid group of northeast Georgia teams making the trek to Macon.
Both the Gainesville boys and girls basketball teams took lopsided wins Saturday night over arch-rival East Hall in the first of a pair of home-and-home games over the next two weeks.
Despite already owning a state duals title, the Buford wrestling team did something Saturday no other Wolves team had been able to accomplish: they brought home their first-ever Area Duals crown.
Quinton Stephens, Adam Smith and Nick Jacobs each scored 16 points and Georgia Tech won its biggest ACC game under fifth-year coach Brian Gregory, a 68-64 upset of No. 4 Virginia on Saturday.
If area wrestling teams get their way, northeast Georgia should once again be well represented at the State Duals Meet in Macon next week. But first, they must get through what figures to be a grueling Area Duals weekend.
Thomas Dimitroff is safe for another year as the Atlanta Falcons general manager after owner Arthur Blank said Friday he likes the new management team of coach Dan Quinn and the GM.
