Like another Cinderella, Harrison, Alpharetta entered the state tournament as a No. 3 seed and is participating in the school’s first final four. But the Raiders may have been even more of a longshot to get to Gwinnett, as they were seeded fifth going into the Region 6-AAAAA tournament. But coach Fredrick Hurt’s squad made the best of its tough-luck regular season.

“It’s exciting,” said Hurt. “I’m not sure when the tournament began that many would have put us in the Final Four.”

And despite the team’s 14-11 regular season record, the Raiders have played like champions thus far in the playoffs. Where did this all come from? Hurt says it was there all along, but several close losses muddied his team’s reputation.

“Our record is kind of misleading,” said Hurt. “We lost six games that came down to the last play of the game.”

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If local fans of girls prep basketball were hungry last week, surely they enjoyed a few sweet pieces of upside-down cake. In just one week, three local girls teams fell from the top spot in the AJC’s rankings.

In Class 5A, Hillgrove tumbled to 10th after losing three times to other ranked Cobb County rivals: Campbell, McEachern, and North Cobb. Read more >

In this week’s edition of the top 44 senior football players in Georgia, the effects of playoff losses are being felt. North Gwinnett’s Brandon McGowan and White County’s Ashely Lowery have been replaced by Lowndes’ Troy Braswell and Collins Hill’s Jeff Glover. Read more >

Now that the playoffs are upon us, we are switching things up on the Score 44. We are still honoring all of the outstanding seniors from the 2010 season, but we will weigh playoff performances into our list for the next few editions. Several seniors stood out and are making the list for the first time. Congrats! Read more >

And THAT is why they play the games.

As I sat in the Collins Hill press box calling the Georgia Public Broadcasting: Game of the Week last Friday, I could not believe my eyes as I continued to follow the Score Atlanta Flash Scoreboard: Whitewater was up 28-0 on Northside? Seriously? Read more >