Cason Thurmond enjoys the added expectations his family name carries as a wrestler in the Jefferson High program.
Gainesville High's basketball games with Buford on Saturday have been rescheduled and will start earlier than the original states.
Mick Shannon's final fourth-quarter field goal looked doomed from the very beginning. The Johnson guard shot the ball off balance in the lane with a defender in his face. The shot appeared to have a better chance of getting blocked than going in.
The North Hall High girls basketball team upset Class AAA's fifth-ranked Gilmer 55-40 Tuesday night in Gainesville.
The national recruiting sweepstakes for Buford High defensive tackle Omar Hunter came to an end Tuesday as the 6-foot-1, 310-pound prospect gave a verbal commitment to Florida. Hunter made his decision following his visit to the Gainesville, Fla., campus last weekend.
The following basketball games will not be played on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 because of concerns about weather conditions:
Make or break for the Trojans
Jaymee Carnes feels like she's settling right in.
Last year the North Hall boys had what would be considered a solid team.
Basketball Buford Jocelyn Danley scored 21 points in Buford's 66-47 win against Decatur last Tuesday night. Chestatee In Chestatee's 47-38 win against White County last Tuesday, freshman forward Peyton Robertson scored 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Freshman guard Chelsea Wilson scored 17 points in Chestatee's 49-38 loss to Gilmer last Friday. <p ...
Unseasonably warm, that's the proper description for Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, but Josh Barrett proudly wore his Flowery Branch letterman jacket.
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 ...
OAKWOOD - This week certainly proved to be a welcomed change of pace for the West Hall High boys.
The West Hall High girls defeated Pickens 52-47 in overtime thanks in large part to some clutch free-throw shooting. The Lady Spartans (8-7, 2-1 Region 7B-AAA) hit 6-of-8 from the line in the closing moments of the game.
GAINESVILLE -- It takes more than one strong smack to create a hole in a cement wall. It's the consistent chipping away of one area that does the trick.
It was a defensive battle, and although West Hall's boys soccer team had a number of chances to score, the Spartans couldn't capitalize in a 2-0 loss to Oconee County in the second round of the Class AAA state tournament on Wednesday in Oakwood.
FLOWERY BRANCH - The Flowery Branch girls aren't the first soccer team to discover that no lead is safe in the second round of the state playoffs.
BUFORD - After starting slow offensively against Decatur in the first round, the Buford Lady Wolves made sure Tuesday night that they attacked, and turned opportunities into goals.
The Union County baseball team advanced to the second round of the Class AA state tournament with an 8-1 win against Bowdon in the third game of its first-round series on Tuesday in Blairsville.
Gainesville's second-round playoff series, beginning with a doubleheader against the winner of the Creekview/Lakeside-Dekalb series has been moved to Thursday starting at 4 p.m. at Ivey-Watson field in Gainesville.
At first glimpse, a boys state playoff matchup between Class AAAA soccer powers Johnson and Dalton would be expected in the championship game, or at least the semifinals.
Johnson's girls golf team placed sixth and Lumpkin County's girls took 11th at the Class AAAA sectionals on Monday at Applewood Golf Course in Waynesboro.
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