Sports

As if Jake Bunette's 2011 wasn't already the stuff of dreams, the recent Buford High graduate added another memorable chapter on Tuesday when he learned he was the seventh-round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Major League Baseball draft.

Tim Howard smothered a shot near the edge of the 6-yard box, but his American teammates couldn't clear the ball. It eventually bounced over to Canada's Ali Gerba, who was only a few feet from the goal.

Terrelle Pryor's career at Ohio State, which started with so much promise and potential, came to an abrupt and scandal-ridden end.

Tommy Hanson pitched six innings and the Atlanta Braves won with only two hits Tuesday night when they sent the Florida Marlins to their sixth consecutive loss, 1-0.

The Gwinnett Braves defeated the Toledo Mud Hens by a score of 4-1 at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio on Monday night.

North Georgia baseball catcher Troy Snitker has been selected in the 19th round with the 596th overall pick by the Atlanta Braves in the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Two current Bulldogs and six members of Georgia

Eight small private colleges across the South are forming a new athletic conference.

With the announcement that Georgia Tech's Sept. 10 road game at Middle Tennessee State will kick-off at 7 p.m., game times for one-third of the Yellow Jackets' 2011 schedule have been set.

The colder months of winter actually proved red hot for a number of prep sports programs, as area teams won three state championships during the 2010-11 season.