Laney girls basketball coach Otis Smart has won more than 700 games and coached his team to the state title game this year.

Facing fatigue and a more complex opposing offense, Laney coach Otis Smart said the Lady Wildcats experienced a test in the second round of the Class AA State Playoffs.Laney passed the test...

...The Spartans will play Bleckley County for the state championship."You learn so much in a short period of time," Laney coach Jerry Hunter said. "They had a chance to see the fruits of their labor. They just didn't taste it."Laney, the...

...Centreplex. The Lady Wolves have now won a statetitle in six consecutive seasons."I don't feel bad as a coach," Laney coach Otis Smart said. "I'm proud of them. It was a tremendous run."A year after the boys team won its first GHSA...

...was no more; a rout was just starting."They had a tremendous trap in the second half and we lost our composure," Laney coach Otis Smart said. "We lost composure, and that was it."Frerking had 11 steals in the game, barely missing a triple-double...

...close ones, with Cross Creek edging Hephzibah in a region semifinal and Laney holding off Dublin for the region title.Laney coach Otis Smart welcomed the Dublin game ? chances are, there are more of those on the way in the chase for a state championship...

...that defeat, a young Wildcats team has strung together three consecutive state playoff wins by an average of 22.3 points."Sometimes it's hard to teach after losses," Laney coach Jerry Hunter said. "But they believe right now."

...promising. She signed with two-time national champion Baylor back in November.The start of that process surprised even Laney coach Otis Smart initially. When Baylor first contacted him, Smart said he thought it was an imposter pulling a prank...

...won the GHSA crown."This is why I coach, to see young people elevate their level of skill, to go to college," Laney coach Otis Smart said. "This is great for them, the community and the school. I think the kids are hungry."A Laney...

After leading the Laney girls basketball team to a 30-1 record, coach Otis Smart will be honored as the Bobby Cremins Girls Georgia High School Coach of the Year.