Sports

Gwinnett holds off a 9th inning rally to end 14-game losing streak

Madison Bumgarner struck out a season-high 11 over seven innings, Gregor Blanco entered in the fifth as a pinch hitter and drove in four runs, and the San Francisco Giants routed the Atlanta Braves 10-1 Saturday.

West Hall

East Hall kept the flag flying high indeed for area boys soccer teams and made history in the process on Saturday.

Over the past two seasons Curtis Granderson has hit 84 homeruns with the New York Yankees. Friday night, in his second game in a rehab assignment in Triple-A, he proved his homerun stroke is still there.

Matt Hagan raced to the No. 1 qualifying position in Funny Car for the first time since November 2011 on Friday at the rain-delayed Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.

Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory says junior guard Brandon Reed plans to transfer to another school to complete his eligibility.

The Buford girls soccer team may be undefeated and ranked No. 2, but the Lady Wolves still feel like they need a statement win for the program.

White County's Jenna Gearing just missed out on a distance double on Friday, while the North Hall girls maintained their position at the top of Class AAA at the girls GHSA track and field championships in Albany.

The University of North Georgia softball team dropped their first game of the 2013 NCAA Division II National Tournament to Anderson University 7-2 on Friday afternoon at Bears Field.