Jeff Hart

The Chestatee boys basketball team won its second straight game in as many days holding off Lakeview Academy 51-42 Saturday night at the Lakeview gym.

The Buford football team erased four years of frustration Friday night knocking off Charlton County 21-14 in the quarterfinals of the Class AA state playoffs. The win moved the Wolves into the semifinals at The Georgia Dome next week. They will take on Dublin, who was a 27-13 winner over Pepperell, next Saturday at 9 a.m.

Ware County

North Gwinnett scored 21 consecutive points in the second half and then held off a furious rally in the final minute to beat Newnan 38-35 and advance to the Class AAAAA semifinals at the Georgia Dome next week.

Joe Horn insists that the Atlanta Falcons have far more at stake than building momentum for 2008. Conventional wisdom might dispute Horn's positive spin. The Falcons (3-8) were outscored by a combined 42 points in home losses the last two weeks, due mostly to injuries that have worn down the offensive line.

The New Orleans Hornets lost a crown or two but they're still playing like kings of the road. Center Tyson Chandler missed the second half after losing two crowns, but the Hornets still continued their road success, beating the Atlanta Hawks 92-86 on Friday night as David West had 22 points and 17 rebounds.

Cook County defeated Greater Atlanta Christian 34-20 Friday night to advance to the Class AA semifinals next week in the Georgia Dome.

The Gwinnett Gladiators could not use two assists by Jeff Campbell to get past the Texas Wildcatters in a 3-2 loss on Friday night at the Ford Arena. The loss was the Gladiators first on the road this season.

For the first time in its history the North Hall football team advanced to the semifinals in any classification after holding on for a thrilling 12-10 win over Perry Friday night in the Class AAA state playoffs.