Jeff Hart

You can’t get any more dominating than this. After Wednesday’s first round action, northeast Georgia area volleyball teams went a collective 15-1 in the first round Georgia High School Association playoffs.

The 2024 Georgia High School Association softball playoffs get started on Wednesday with 15 northeast Georgia area teams looking to play their way to Columbus and a shot at a state title.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, senior defensive lineman Nazir Stackhouse and junior running back Cash Jones discussed the upcoming showdown with Texas with the media on Tuesday evening.

For three seasons from 2018 to 2021, Tommy Jones (Cherokee Bluff) and Ben Hall (Flowery Branch) coached just 3 1/2 miles apart. However, their playing and coaching journeys have been even more closely entwined than that.

With the start of the 2024 state volleyball playoffs on Tuesday, 16 northeast Georgia area teams will get under way looking to make a run to state titles.

Carson Beck passed for a career-high 459 yards and three touchdowns and No. 5 Georgia withstood Mississippi State's second-half comeback bid for a 41-31 win Saturday.

Jamal Haynes ran for 170 yards and two touchdowns, including a go-ahead 68-yard score in the final minute, as Georgia Tech stunned North Carolina 41-34 on Saturday at Kenan Stadium.

It was a record-setting night for Towns County on Friday. The Indians secured their first winning season since 2008 with a 21-14 win over Spartanburg Christian (SC) at home.

Flowery Branch snapped a four-game losing streak with a crucial 32-23, Region 8-4A win over Madison County on Friday night at Falcon Field.

Twice within a month, Gainesville has had a chance to show it could win the games that matter most. For the second time, however, the Red Elephants were left pondering just what is needed to clear that final championship hurdle.