College Sports

With runners on the corners and one out in the ninth, the game tied at three, shortstop Nick King delivered a single to right field to propel Georgia to a 4-3 victory over Wright State on Friday night at Foley Field.

The 13th-ranked North Georgia softball team used a solid all-around day at the plate and great outings from Courtney Poole and Macy Watkins to sweep Virginia-Wise, 8-0 and 10-2, in a pair of run-rule victories.

The 16th-ranked North Georgia Nighthawks baseball team lost its third consecutive Peach Belt Conference game as they dropped a 5-1 decision to Georgia College Friday evening.

After Courtney Hayward won her second individual title of the 2016 NAIA Swimming & Diving National Championships on Friday night, the Brenau junior raced over to her teammates on the pool deck and said, “That’s what I’m talking about!”

Kenny Gaines scored 20 points, J.J. Frazier hit the go-ahead basket and Georgia rallied in the final four minutes to defeat South Carolina 74-72 on Thursday night.

Basketball season may be over at Piedmont College but the accolades continue to roll in as Trae Gaines earned USA South Play of the Month for February with his game-tying 3-pointer against Greensboro in the regular season.

Brenau junior Courtney Hayward’s theme song is “Eye of the Tiger.”

The USA South Athletic Conference released its winter update of the President's Cup Standings for the 2015-16 academic year, and Piedmont College now sits in third place out of the 13 member institutions -- and in a tie for first overall in the women's standings.

Georgia’s Lee McCoy, a former Habersham Central standout, has been named the Southeastern Conference Golfer of the Week, according to an announcement Wednesday from the league’s office.

The long awaited home opener for the 13th-ranked University of North Georgia softball team did not disappoint a great weekday doubleheader crowd at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium as the Nighthawks earned two shutout victories over Lincoln Memorial, 6-0 and 4-0, Wednesday.