Pickens baseball chasing another region crown

The pride for those in North Georgia communities runs as deep as the valleys amid the Blue Ridge mountains, and bleeds onto the baseball diamond. The approach has yielded state playoff berths every year but one in the last decade for Pickens High School, which is focused now on defending their Class 3A, Region 7 title from a year ago.

Hawks look to younger players to carry load amid injuries

Bruno Fernando, who had a career night Saturday in that 41-point win, was part of a Hawks reserves group that was responsible for 60 points off the bench – a very encouraging sign that head coach Quin Snyder said is credit to his staff continuing to develop two-way players like Fernando.