Kevin West

Despite an opening match win by Emily Randall at No. 1 singles, the North Hall girls tennis team fell 3-2 to Fannin County Tuesday in Region 7-AAA action.

The Jacksonville Jaguars signed cornerback Juran Bolden, who played for Atlanta last season, his second stint with the team.

Lionel Chalmers scored a career-high 31 points and Dedrick Finn added 22 Sunday, helping seventh-seeded Xavier upset Southeastern Conference regular-season champion Mississippi State 89-74 to reach the semifinals of the Atlanta Regional.

Two Georgia teachers, one of them from Hiawassee, have received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Scores from Friday's games in college basketball tournaments.

The Flowery Branch boys and girls tennis teams took wins over Lumpkin County Thursday.

The Lakeview Academy girls tennis team dropped just one game combined in the first four matches in taking a 4-1 win over Rabun Gap Thursday.

The Lakeview Academy boys team won its second match win of the season Thursday beating Rabun Gap 5-0 in its Region 8-A opener.

LSU carries itself with a confidence matched by few other college baseball teams. South Carolina, says outfielder Brendan Winn, comes close.

The state's Medicaid program ran out of money to pay hospital, doctor and nursing home bills Thursday as a legislative stalemate over the midyear budget dragged on.