Bo Wilson

Saturday's Class 3A girls basketball semifinal game will be the biggest game to date for the North Hall Lady Trojans, and even though a trip of the state title game is on the line, coach Kristi House says her team is made for this moment.

John Collins scored 33 points and had a double-double, Cam Reddish added 26 points, and the Atlanta Hawks used a big night beyond the arc to beat the Brooklyn Nets 141-118.

The Lakeview Academy girls soccer team captured its first game of the season with a 3-1 win over Habersham Central on Friday in a tournament at Lumpkin County High School.

The Flowery Branch and Buford boys and girls tennis teams earned win on Thursday.

Fourth-ranked Georgia faces No. 17 Georgia Tech starting Friday at 5 p.m. at a sold-out Foley Field. The three-game set will continue in Atlanta Saturday and conclude Sunday at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville.

Lanier Christian Academy's Faith Wasden and Reece Montgomery were named to the GAPPS AA All-Region and All-State teams.

Freddie Freeman hopes to return to the Atlanta Braves lineup next week after his surgically repaired right elbow swelled and forced him out of action a few days ago.

Evan Fournier scored 28 points, Aaron Gordon added 25 and the Orlando Magic pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 130-120 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The Magic solidified their hold on the final playoff spot in the East, putting the Hawks away with a 14-5 spurt.

Alanzo Frink had a career-high 22 points, Jermaine Couisnard had five foul shots in overtime and South Carolina rallied past Georgia 94-90.

Kell sophomore phenom Scoota Henderson's 6-0 run that ended with an earth-shattering dunk late in the fourth quarter was just enough to close the lid on Buford's rally in a 57-45 win in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A tournament at Buford City Arena on Wednesday.