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- Sunday, May 26, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Bill Murphy
Two sets of Lady Wolves, both state ranked, face off tonight
Buford High girls basketball coach Gene Durden has deliberately tried to create a little chaos during practice this week. The Class AA fourth-ranked Lady Wolves' (14-2) third-year coach has done his best to test his team's attention to detail. Whether it be full-court press on defense, seven defenders to try to disrupt the flow of the offense or loud noise with whistles and constant instruction, it's all a ...
Prep basketball: Spartans rout West Forsyth
OAKWOOD - This week certainly proved to be a welcomed change of pace for the West Hall High boys.
Partrick prepping to not just be a tennis star
Grant Partrick is enjoying his life like never before. The former tennis phenom from Gainesville High is finding time to do some of the things that have never had a place in his life. Now, as a freshman on the tennis team at North Georgia College & State University a he's able to do things more like a normal college student - he's active in the school's Campus ...
Prep basketball: Big Red stomped
The East Hall and Gainesville boys basketball teams appear to be ships headed in different directions.
Owings honored by alma mater
BY BILL MURPHY bmurphy@gainesvilletimes.com Micah Owings would rather avoid the public spotlight for his individual accomplishments. But Gainesville High's most decorated baseball player in school history was front and center of a packed house at Gainesville High's gym to have his baseball jersey retired Saturday night during halftime of the boys' basketball game against East Hall. Owings' jersey was retired during basketball season ...
Prep wrestling: Gilmer rolls through first day of duals
ELLIJAY - It's all shaking out just as anticipated at the Area 7-AAA wrestling duals. The mountain schools are clearly the cream of the crop this season. Gilmer, Pickens, Lumpkin County and West Forsyth all advanced unbeaten to the semifinals of the 7-AAA Duals with wins Friday night at Gilmer High. The top two teams in the two-day area duals advance to the Class AAA state duals ...
Wrestling: Local schools get shot a state berth
The Flowery Branch High wrestling team has a golden opportunity of making history again. Fresh off the Falcons' first Hall County Duals title last weekend, they have a shot this weekend at the Area 7-AAA Duals to earn the school's first berth in the state duals. The top two finishers at the Area meet advance to face the state's best teams in Class AAA Duals next weekend at ...
Building champions: Stars past and present started as Wildcats
East Hall High freshman Chaz Cheeks rarely sees the floor this season with the Vikings varsity team, but still has more basketball game experience than many high school players in Hall County.
Prep basketball: Gainesville girls topple North Hall
GAINESVILLE - If the Gainesville High girls basketball team got graded for its performance this week, the Red Elephants certainly earned an "A" after picking up two wins over top 10-ranked Class AAA opponents.
Prep wrestling: 2007 Hall County Duals have a new format
Hall County's wrestling coaches found a problem after last year's Hall County Duals at West Hall High. After some tinkering to the tournament format, they hope that the problem is now just a thing of the past. At the time, it became apparent among the group that a better way could be implemented to crown the individual champions. In the past, coaches simply voted at the end of the meet ...
Home for the Holidays: Wren in the right place
Bo Wren was at the right place at the right time this season.
MURPHY: Living legend's last call
I had a sinking feeling after a phone call Friday morning.
Reed plays early for Wofford
Devin Reed has a mature outlook on his freshman year at Wofford College. This Flowery Branch High graduate and freshman wide receiver for the Terriers football team used his first season as a learning experience to be ready next season to compete at a high level of college football.
Football: Area athletes become All-Stars
Gainesville High senior receiver Gerald Ford was in for the surprise of his life when he met with Red Elephants coach Bruce Miller recently. He wasn't in trouble. In fact, quite the opposite.
Football: Christmas leads Trojans to Dome
North Hall football coach Bob Christmas got the Trojans over the hump this season. The Trojans (13-1) made their first appearance in the Class AAA state semifinals - a welcomed change of pace after the school's first two appearances in the state quarterfinals in 2004 and 2006 yielded less favorable results. But something other than the Region 7-AAA championship and a trip to the semifinals linger ...
Articles By Author - Bill Murphy
North Hall swept by Cartersville 4-2, 2-1 in state title series
Leading up to Saturday's Class AAA state championship baseball series, North Hall always found a way to come through with the big hit or play in the field when it needed it most. However, down one game in the best-of-three series against Cartersville, it was the Purple Hurricanes that found a way to win the close one in Gainesville.
North Hall ready to battle Cartersville for baseball state title
As North Hall pitcher Preston Graham puts it, now's the time to seize the moment. His Trojans teammates - and their fan base for that matter - would wholeheartedly agree.
5 North Hall seniors lead charge to baseball championship series
Looking out over Jody Davis Field, it all comes into focus for North Hall's Griffin Olson.
Trojans split with Blessed Trinity in baseball semifinals, force Game 3
North Hall enters the deciding third game of its state semifinal series against Blessed Trinity with a pretty positive outlook on things, even though it dropped the second game of the series 8-5 Monday at Jody Davis Field in Gainesville.
Spring football gives a taste of what's to come in the fall
Spring football is just as important as a high school coach wants it to be. Even though it's good to get as many players in uniform for evaluation as much as possible, it's up for debate whether it has to be done at the end of the calendar school year to yield any better results.
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