Jeff Hart

Shunquez Stephens connected with Rodney Gibson on a 31-yard touchdown pass with 1:29 left in the game to propel West Hall to a thrilling 28-27 come-from-behind win over East Jackson Friday night.

Darius Minor passed for 128 yards and ran for another 106 to lead Jefferson to a 35-14 win over arch-rival Commerce friday night in both teams' 2008 football openers.

Riverside Military Academy won its first game in GHSA since 2002 with a thrilling 21-20 win over Elbert County Friday night to open its 2008 season.

If Flowery Branch girls softball coach Valerie Lancaster had any lingering doubts about whether her Lady Falcons were ready to contend for the Region 7-AAA title in 2008, they were erased Thursday afternoon.

The North Hall girls volleyball team split a pair of matches with Buford and Hebron Christian Thursday.

The East Hall girls volleyball team dropped a pair of matches to Buford and Jefferson Wednesday.

The combination of Megan Rogers and Brittany Smith were too much for Gainesville Wednesday night against North Hall in Region 7-AAA girls softball action. Rogers struck out 12 and allowed just one hit while Smith went 3-for-3 with a double and four RBI to lead the Lady Trojans to a 9-1 win in six innings.

The Class AA No. 1-ranked Buford girls softball team split a pair of games Saturday in the Hawk/Bulldog Invitational Tournament at South Forsyth High School.

China's haul of 51 gold medals was the largest since the Soviet Union won 55 in Seoul in 1988. But the Americans did break their own mark for total medals in a non-boycotted Olympics; they won 110 in all, two more than their previous high set in 1992 and 10 ahead of China's overall.

Order is restored in international basketball. The United States is back on top, but not by that much anymore. Culminating a three-year mission to end years of embarrassment, the U.S. Olympic team survived a huge challenge from Spain, winning 118-107 Sunday in the gold-medal game.