Sports

The East Hall girls volleyball team continued its strong start to the season taking two out of three wins Thursday in a quad-match at the East Hall Community Center.

Jefferson opened Region 8-AA/A play with a pair of volleyball wins Thursday at the Lakeview Academy gym.

The Buford girls volleyball team put up a good fight against Class AAAAA teams Peachtree Ridge and Mill Creek Thursday.

Flowery Branch lost a pair of volleyball matches Thursday, including one in Region 8-AAAA play.

Johnson dropped a pair of tough best-of-three matchs against Winder-Barrow and Clarke Central Thursday in girls volleyball action.

The North Hall girls volleyball team split a pair of matches Thursday at West Forsyth High School.

Jackson County improved to 3-0 in Region 8-AA after taking an 8-0 win in five innings over Elbert County Thursday in girls softball action.

Brian McCann homered twice and the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 8-3 Thursday.

If Kanler Coker has any moments of doubt or panic on Friday night all he needs to do is take a deep breath, focus... and pretend he's playing X-Box.

Braves RHP Tommy Hanson has returned to Atlanta to have his right shoulder re-evaluated by team doctors.