Bo Wilson

University of North Georgia women's basketball player Caroline Martin was named the Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year by the league Friday afternoon.

In two of the three basketball state tournament games, the Lumpkin County girls had to battle back.

Only one game stands in the way of the Georgia High School Association's state basketball finals for two northeast Georgia area teams.

The Commerce girls joined the Towns County boys and Lumpkin County girls as the only three northeast Georgia area teams to advance to the semifinals of the Georgia High School Association basketball playoffs.

The Lakeview Academy track team had a good showing in the tri-meet at Wesleyan on Wednesday.

The Commerce girls rallied past Turner county, 55-47, in front of a packed house at home.

The Gainesville girls and boys tennis teams beat Rabun County on Wednesday at Longwood Park.

The No. 6-ranked University of North Georgia women stormed past Clayton State, 106-81, in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament semifinals at the UNG Convocation Center on Wednesday.

The No. 4-ranked Flowery Branch baseball team rolled past George Walton Academy, 13-3, on Wednesday at Hog Mountain Sports Complex.

It was a night that saw the state's perennial powers go down in the quarterfinals and for two other programs, their Cinderella seasons continue.