Jeff Hart

Irving Salgado knocked home a goal in the 78th minute and the Nighthawk defense would preserve the shutout as the University of North Georgia men's soccer team defeated Shorter, 1-0, on Tuesday evening at the UNG Soccer Complex.

The Flames of Lee University held off a charge from West Georgia to claim the 2nd Annual LeeAnn Noble Memorial Golf Tournament team title by a single stroke on Tuesday afternoon on the par 72, 5,887 yard Achasta Golf Course. Lee's Caroline Moore earned individual medalist honors with a one-under 72-71-143.

Marshall Morgan, who missed from 26 yards about 4 minutes earlier, kicked a 34-yard field goal with 1:44 remaining and Georgia edged Missouri 9-6 on Saturday night in a game with no touchdowns.

Kevin Ellison rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown and threw for 64 yards and a score to lead Georgia Southern to its 11th straight Sun Belt Conference victory, a 56-26 decision over New Mexico State before a crowd of 23,551 Saturday night in Paulson Stadium.

Nate Peterman threw three touchdown passes and Chris Blewitt kicked a 56-yard field goal in the closing minutes to help Pittsburgh beat Georgia Tech 31-28 on Saturday.

Former Jefferson High standout Bryant Shirreffs threw for 365 yards and one touchdown for Connecticut but it wasn't enough as the Huskies fell 28-20 to South Florida Saturday.

In the final regular season competition of the fall, the Piedmont College men's cross country team finished 10th of 13 NCAA Division II, III and NAIA teams at the Berry College Invitational. Junior Cody Parker finished as the Lions top competitor in 46th overall running a 28:35.60.

On a night when teams atop their respective regions were supposed to begin tuning up for the playoffs, the memos to everyone else apparently got lost in the mail.

East Hall is peaking at just the right time...

Class AAAA third-ranked Buford held Monroe Area to just nine yards of total offense and just one first down in a 51-0 shutout in Region 8-AAAA play Friday night at Tom Riden Stadium.