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Was it a preview of what’s to come in Region 8-3A? If so, what a battle for the region title that should be.

Desmond Bane scored 23 points and the Memphis Grizzlies, without star player Ja Morant, beat the skidding Atlanta Hawks 128-112

After several recent frustrating trips to the annual Lanierland Tournament, the Chestatee girls are Lanierland champions again.

Jaydon Blue ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns, the last a 77-yard burst in the fourth quarter, and Texas beat Clemson 38-24 on Saturday in the first round of the expanded College Football Playoff

The North Hall wrestling team stormed through the competition to capture the Hall County Wrestling Championship on Saturday.

Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns and Penn State toyed with mistake-prone SMU in a 38-10 victory in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.

Kon Knueppel scored 18 points, Cooper Flagg celebrated his 18th birthday by chipping in 13 and No. 5 Duke romped to an 82-56 victory over Georgia Tech. The Blue Devils improved to 10-2 and led by double figures much of the game against the 5-7 Yellow Jackets.

How bad did we miss it?

The finals for the 65th Lanierland tournament are set. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Davis-Hill gym at Gainesville High School. Below is everything you need to know.

Jeremiyah Love tied the Notre Dame record with a 98-yard touchdown run, Riley Leonard added two more scores and the Fighting Irish shut down the highest-scoring team in the College Football Playoff, overwhelming Indiana 27-17 on Friday night