Sports

Carter Newman birdied the first playoff hole Saturday to beat Oklahoma State's Sean Einhaus and lift defending champion Augusta State into an all-Georgia final round at the NCAA men's golf tournament.

Jack Snodgrass pitched so well the last two weeks that Austin Peay coach Gary McClure decided to start him in the first game of the Atlanta Regional. Good move.

The Gwinnett Braves lost the opener of a four game series against the Buffalo Bisons 3-2 at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville on Friday night.

Eric Hinske came into the game after a scary injury to rookie Jordan Schafer and later hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning Friday night that sent the Atlanta Braves over the New York Mets 6-3.

The Georgia men

Jonas Dufek threw a five-hitter and Scott Thornburg and Anthony Bemboom had consecutive RBI singles in the seventh inning in Creighton's 2-1 victory over Georgia on Friday in the opening game of the NCAA Corvallis Regional.

The Southeastern Conference has capped football signing classes at 25, a move coaches voted against and one school presidents hope will be adopted across college football.

Riverside Military Academy announced on Friday that Mike Hutch will take over the Eagles baseball program.

This week, Gresham Motorsports Park has been a popular place to test for NASCAR Cup teams and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East drivers and teams.

With little downtime left in the high school football schedule, the summer has already gotten off to a flying start for area programs -- including Flowery Branch, which impressed on Thursday at one camp.