Johnson cruises past Bulldoggs

GAINESVILLE - The first Knights' goal was scored eight minutes into the game, the final goal by Johnson with eight minutes to go in the game and in between was complete domination as the Johnson boys soccer team beat Winder-Barrow 8-0 in the Northeast Georgia Mountains Cup on Tuesday at the Allen Creek Soccer Complex.

Johnson boys win first Hall County title

FLOWERY BRANCH - The Johnson boys golf team has done a lot of things on their home course at Royal Lakes in South Hall. But on Tuesday, the Knights were able to do something they've never been able to do before - celebrate a Hall County Championship.

Prep scoreboard: Miller leads Vikings to near upset

The Vikings fell one run shy of an upset on Tuesday, falling Class AAA's No. 8 ranked Stephens County 7-6 in Toccoa.

Holloway: Real games start Wednesday

No subregions. No postseason region tournaments. There's only one way to reach the baseball state playoffs from Region 7-AAA: at the end of the 22-game region grind you've got to be one of the four best teams. So all those things coaches love to say about the most important game of the year being the next one - in this case, it's true. All ...

Prep golf: Johnson boys, Gainesville girls hold lead in county championships

FLOWERY BRANCH - Anyone looking for a champion to be crowned during the opening day of the Hall County championships will have to wait another day. It's very close with individual and team titles still completely up for grabs in the two-day, 18-hole event that began on Monday at Royal Lakes in South Hall.

Prep scoreboard: Trojans' walk-off home run stuns Buford

North Hall's K.J. McAllister hit a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs to defeat Buford 2-1 on Monday night at Jody Davis Field in Gainesville.

Prep soccer: Wolves open Cup with rout

GAINESVILLE - If their first game is any indicator, Buford will have no problem repeating as the Northeast Georgia Mountain Cup champions.

Prep golf: North Hall takes third in tourney

In wintry conditions Saturday, North Hall's boys golf team took third place in the Coal Mountain Classic played at the Hampton Golf Village in Cumming. South Forsyth won with a 169, followed by North Forsyth at 171 and the Trojans at 174.

Davis: Who says it was a down year?

For years a basketball goal given to me by my parents for my eighth birthday stood upright, embedded in concrete, next to the house I grew up in.

Times 2008 Wrestling Coach of the Year: Flowery Branch's Shane Lancaster

Times 2008 Wrestler of the Year: West Hall's Colby Yates

Colby Yates never cuts himself any slack. The pursuit of perfection always makes him work to get better.

Times 2008 All-Area Wrestling teams

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Local prep games cancelled

Today's varsity soccer matches between Chestatee and West Forsyth have been cancelled due to the weather. The games have been rescheduled for Monday, March 31 with the boys game beginning at 5:55 p.m. and the girls game beginning at 7:30 p.m. All prep baseball games scheduled for play this afternoon and evening have also been cancelled. No ...

Prep soccer: Lady Trojans rout Flowery Branch

GAINESVILLE - Not even a rain-soaked field could slow down North Hall.

Gainesville grad gets head coaching job at Berkmar

As a third grader at Enota Elementary, John Thompson says he spelled out three life goals in a paper: play football for legendary Gainesville High coach Bobby Gruhn, play football at Georgia, and become a head coach.

West Hall soccer stumbles in second-round loss to Oconee County

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 girls soccer outdueled by Pope in second round

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 girls stroll past Oconee County 5-0 in 2nd round of soccer 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.

High school scoreboard: May 7

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 baseball second round games moved

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.