If the rest of the high school lacrosse season is anything like Tuesday night's matchup between the defending state champion Milton Eagles and the Northview Titans, it's going to be a very exciting season.The Titans and the Eagles played head to head for all four quarters of their season opening game.  After the first quarter, Milton and Northview were all even at 2-2.   The Eagles knew that they had a fight on their hands but managed to gain a one goal advantage over the visiting Titans by the end of the first half at 5-4.The flow of the game appeared to be going in the Eagles favor as they …

Chattahoochee junior forward Kevin Hady scored two goals to help the Cougars to a 4-2 win over Northview Monday night. However, the Lady Cougars weren't as fortunate as Northview's Kelsey Hughes scored two goals to lead the Lady Titans to a 3-1 victory.   In the boys game, Northview opened the scoring five minutes into the match when midfielder Steve Marion crossed the ball in front of the Cougars' goal to teammate Erik Wein who tucked it into the net to give the Titans an early 1-0 lead. Chattahoochee got the equalizer with 25:10 left in the first half when Hady scored the first of his two …

It was only a week ago that Chattahoochee star Jaron Blossomgame committed to Clemson. If anyone from Clemson was watching Blossomgame Friday night, they're probably drooling now. Thanks to 20 points from the Cougar junior – including a three-pointer that broke a 45-45 tie with 1:45 left in the game – Chattahoochee was able to outlast Cass 48-47. The win means the Cougars will host a first-round state tournament game on Feb. 26 while Cass will start on the road. For the Colonels, it was a game of missed opportunities, including their final shot. Down 48-47, Cass inbounded the ball with 2.7 …

For the first time in two and half months, UGA signee Erika Ford was on the court for Chattahoochee and, of course, she came up big. The Lady Cougar senior hit six fourth-quarter free throws to help ice Chattahoochee's 52-45 win over Sequoyah Friday in the Region 7-AAAA semifinals. Ford finished with 12 points in the game. "That's why she's going to UGA," Sequoyah coach Rick Bragg said after the game. "[Erika's] instant offense," Hooch coach Eric Herrick added. "The energy she brings is contagious." The fifth-seeded Lady Chiefs gave the 24-2 Lady Cougars all they could handle. Sequoyah's Lisa…

For three quarters on Friday, the Northview Lady Titans basketball team led the No. 1-seeded Alpharetta Raiders in the 6AAAAA Region semifinal game.Both teams came out cold in the first quarter with Northview opening a 12-7 lead over the Raiders. At the end of the first half, the Lady Titans maintained their five-point spread at 20-15.In the second half, the Raiders began working the ball inside and slowly began to cut into the Northview lead, closing to within three points, 31-28, by the end of the third quarter.Alpharetta's inside game continued to work and the Raiders pulled away in the …

Junior forward Jaron Blossomgame scored 20 points to lead the Chattahoochee Cougars (22-3) to a 50-42 win over Forsyth Central Wednesday night in the second round of the Region 7AAAA tournament at Creekview High School.      The first quarter was evenly played as the Bulldogs were able to stay with the Cougars. Seniors Nolan Herslebs and Austin Gilliam did much of the scoring for the Bulldogs. However, Blossomgame, along with sophomore point guard Markus Terry, were able to score from the outside and through dribble penetration.  However, Forsyth Central senior guard Brock Ragsdale nailed a …

For the first quarter of play, it seemed that neither Northview nor Roswell could get their offenses on track in their first round GHSA Region 6AAAAA tournament game on Wednesday.  At the end of the first period, the score was knotted at 8-8.The Roswell Hornets ended the first half with a slim four-point lead over the Titans, 19-15.  Northview battled the Hornets in the third quarter, closing to within two points at 34-32 by the end of the period.But as the final quarter progressed, Roswell began to break away from Northview, posting a 58-48 victory, which moves the Hornets into the semi-…

The Johns Creek Boys varsity basketball team came oh so close to pulling off possibly the biggest upset in Georgia high school basketball this year. However, the undefeated Chiefs of Sequoyah escaped with a 48-46 victory Wednesday night in the second round of the Region 7AAAA Tournament held at Creekview High School.          Johns Creek senior center Valiant Hed gave a valiant effort as he led the Gladiators in scoring with 20 points.  The Chiefs came out flat to start the game, missing their first three shots and turning the ball over.  Hed scored the Gladiators' first six points of the …

The Northview Lady Titans won their first round GHSA Region 6AAAAA basketball tournament matchup against the Centennial Knights on Tuesday 58-40.The Titans led the game throughout, taking a 15-5 advantage after the first quarter and growing it to 23-11 at the half.With the victory, the Lady Titans advance to the second round of the Region 6AAAAA tournament on Friday and take on the top-seeded Alpharetta Lady Raiders.  All games are being played at Milton High School.

The Stars of Providence Christian Academy spoiled Senior Night for Mount Pisgah Christian as Providence defeated the Patriots 44-36.  "I'm at a loss for words. I think this was our worst game of the year," Mount Pisgah Head Coach Douglas Byrd said. "We had good intentions for the first three minutes of the game, but we just had the rug pulled out from us, and it seemed as if we were just running through the motions.  It's a really tough pill to swallow." What was particularly disappointing to Byrd about his team's performance was the lack of offensive rebounding. "We had five offensive …

For Johns Creek senior guard Robert Overholt, it was a game he and his teammates will never forget. Overholt launched an 80-footer from the free-throw line that went in the basket at the end of the third quarter. Then with one second left and the Gladiators down 60-58, Overholt did it again as he nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Johns Creek a 61-60 win. "Exciting, it was back and fourth. The last time we played them a week ago, it was the same score except the one point was in their favor," Johns Creek Head Coach Pete Goggin said. With 36.6 seconds left and the score tied at 58, …

A tenacious Northview Titan boys basketball team gave the visiting Centennial Knights all they could handle on Tuesday.Centennial jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter, but Northview scrambled back to trail by only two, 16-14, at the end of the quarter.The contest remained close throughout the second period with Centennial taking a 31-29 lead into the locker room at half time.At the end of the third period, Northview had closed to within one at 46-45, but Centennial slowly pulled away in the final quarter to take a 67-58 win over the Titans.

The Northview Lady Titans were hitting on all cylinders Tuesday as they took on Region 6AAAAA rivals, the Centennial Knights.After one period of play, Northview led Centennial 20-10, largely on a string of three-point shots.  At half time the Lady Titans had increased their lead to 13 points, 36-23. By the end of the third quarter, Northview was in complete control of the game leading the Knights 62-27.Both teams emptied their benches in the fourth quarter as Northview went on to post the 73-30 victory.The Northview Lady Titans are now 15-8 on the season and 6-5 in the region.

It was a tough night Friday for the Mount Pisgah Christian girls and boys basketball teams as both fell to Wesleyan. One team was heavily overmatched while the other fell in an overtime thriller. For the Mount Pisgah Christian Lady Patriots, the second meeting with the Lady Wolves went much like the first. Wesleyan used its defensive pressure early and forced turnovers,  turning them into baskets time and time again on their way to a 73-16 win over the Lady Patriots.  Wesleyan juniro forward Holli Wilkins and senior guard Grace Leah Baughn spearheaded the early pressure as they forced several…

For the second game in a row the Mount Pisgah Christian School boys basketball team battled back to win a game in double overtime. But Tuesday’s 67-63 win over Pinecrest was different as the Patriots (15-6) had to play the last 1:20 with only four players on the court. “Maybe we should play with four all the time,” head coach Douglas Byrd said. “They [Pinecrest] were confused and looked like they didn’t know what to do.” Pisgah trailed by six in both regulation and in the first overtime, but Pinecrest struggled from the free throw line allowing the Patriots back into the game. Kyle Sloter hit…

Mount Pisgah Christian (14-6, 1-3 5B-A) ended Druid Hills’ (9-10, 5-3) five game winning streak in an 84-77 double overtime thriller Saturday night. In a game that went back and forth with both teams dominating for various stretches, the Patriots wound up outlasting the Red Devils in the second overtime thanks to a 10 to five run. “This is a big win for us, a real big win. I’m just excited for the kids. I think this is going to help us out,” Douglas Bird, Mount Pisgah Christian head coach, said. The Patriots, a Single-A school in a tough region, have gone through a lot this season. They …

Johns Creek Gladiators point guard Reynaldo Pol drove coast-to-coast with the score tied 53-53 and was fouled with 4 seconds left in the game. He made both ends of the one-and-one to give the Gladiators the lead 55-53, which ended up as the final score before an excited crowd at Johns Creek High School Friday night. The Forsyth Central Bulldogs were unable to connect on their final desperation shot as the Gladiators held on to even the series between the two teams. Back on Friday, Jan. 7, the Bulldogs were the ones to hold on in overtime to defeat the Gladiators 65-62 after the Gladiators …

The Mt. Pisgah Lady Patriots hit the road for cross-county rival St. Francis High School on Friday, but it was a road trip they probably would rather have skipped. The visitors fell to the Lady Knights by a 29-point margin, 63-34.

Johns Creek High's Lady Gladiators may have won only one game this season, but you would not have known that Friday night early in the first period against the Forsyth Central girls team which has a 17-win 3-loss overall record in Region 7-AAAA. The young and inexperienced Johns Creek team is loaded with freshman and sophomore players, but head coach Barney Marchhand has found a way to keep his squad positive and looking forward. This showed in the first five minutes of the game as the Gladiators raced out to a 6-point lead and forced  Bulldog head coach Andy Martin to call a timeout to avoid…

The (3-17) South Forsyth War Eagles came to Chattahoochee on Friday night and for two and a half quarters gave the Cougars all they could handle.At the end of the first period South Forsyth led 11-9. The War Eagles stretched their lead to 8 points at the half, 25-17.But an invigorated Chattahoochee team came out in the second half. The Cougars tied the game with 3:45 left in the third quarter and seconds later on a slam dunk by forward Jaron Blossomgame, took the lead for good.From that point on South Forsyth could not match the play of the Cougars. Chattahoochee went on to win the game 61-41…