Jeff Hart

The Lakeview Academy girls soccer team advanced to its first-ever Final Four in any classification on Friday, beating Holy Spirit Prep tonight in a slugfest, 7-5, in the GIAA Class 3A playoffs.

Daniel Trujillo may be one of the smaller Johnson players, but he has been looming large for the Knights in the 2024 playoffs.

Georgia native RJ Godfrey, a two-time first-team All-State player at North Gwinnett High School in 2021 and 2022, has signed a letter-of-intent to join the Georgia Bulldogs next season. Godfrey will be a junior after playing two seasons at Clemson.

The Johnson boys will continue their quest for a third consecutive state title and fourth in the last six seasons on Friday night.

It was not how No. 3 Cherokee Bluff hoped its season would end.

For Buford, Jefferson, Cherokee Bluff, and Towns County, Thursday’s semifinal showdowns in the Georgia High School Association girls soccer playoffs will be nothing new. Dawson County, meanwhile, is crashing the Final Four party for the first time as a program.

At times it wasn’t the prettiest of things, but it was good enough for Cherokee Bluff to sweep into the quarterfinals of the Class 4A baseball playoffs on Wednesday at Bluff Ballpark.

When they needed him most, Edgar Vazquez put Johnon’s season on his powerful right leg.

With back-to-back state titles and a loss in another state championship match over the past three seasons, it’s usually Johnson that comes in with the playoff experience.

Cherokee Bluff girls soccer coach Heath Padgett will tell you they are more than just Bristol Kersh.