Bo Wilson

Heading into the quarterfinals of the Georgia High School Association basketball tournament on Wednesday, there were 7 northeast Georgia teams left. After Wednesday, only three were still on the road to Macon.

Saturday's Class 3A girls basketball semifinal game will be the biggest game to date for the North Hall Lady Trojans, and even though a trip of the state title game is on the line, coach Kristi House says her team is made for this moment.

John Collins scored 33 points and had a double-double, Cam Reddish added 26 points, and the Atlanta Hawks used a big night beyond the arc to beat the Brooklyn Nets 141-118.

The Lakeview Academy girls soccer team captured its first game of the season with a 3-1 win over Habersham Central on Friday in a tournament at Lumpkin County High School.

The Flowery Branch and Buford boys and girls tennis teams earned win on Thursday.

Fourth-ranked Georgia faces No. 17 Georgia Tech starting Friday at 5 p.m. at a sold-out Foley Field. The three-game set will continue in Atlanta Saturday and conclude Sunday at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville.

Lanier Christian Academy's Faith Wasden and Reece Montgomery were named to the GAPPS AA All-Region and All-State teams.

Freddie Freeman hopes to return to the Atlanta Braves lineup next week after his surgically repaired right elbow swelled and forced him out of action a few days ago.

Evan Fournier scored 28 points, Aaron Gordon added 25 and the Orlando Magic pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 130-120 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The Magic solidified their hold on the final playoff spot in the East, putting the Hawks away with a 14-5 spurt.

Alanzo Frink had a career-high 22 points, Jermaine Couisnard had five foul shots in overtime and South Carolina rallied past Georgia 94-90.