Jeff Hart

Flowery Branch jumped out to a quick lead and then Cody Ackerman made it stand up as the Falcons beat White County 11-6 in a Region 7-AAA game Wednesday.

The Gainesville baseball team is developing a flare for the dramatic. Two days after getting a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to beat North Hall, the Elephants rallied for six runs in the final two innings to beat Lumpkin County 6-5 Wednesday in a key Region 7-AAA game for both teams.

West Forsyth won its third straight game Wednesday beating Chestatee 5-1 in Region 7-AAA baseball action and moved within two games of fourth place in the region standings.

Rock Racing was added to the 15-team lineup for the Tour de Georgia on Wednesday, after a lawsuit filed by the team against the race organizer was settled out of court.

Chris Redman was out of the NFL for three long years, time spent getting an idea of life in the real world. He found out it was a lot more fun playing football than going door to door trying to sell property and casualty insurance to major corporations.

Atlanta Braves left-handers Tom Glavine and Mike Hampton threw bullpen sessions before Wednesday's game at Florida and came away encouraged they're on the mend.

The Class AAA second-ranked and undefeated North Hall girls tennis team qualified for the state tournament on Wednesday, as did the Pickens, Gilmer and West Forsyth squads at the Region 7-AAA tournament.

The strategy was simple for the North Hall baseball team in a critical Region 7-AAA game Monday against Gainesville: make someone other than senior and Georgia-signee Robbie Hefflinger beat them. Zach Bennett obliged.

East Hall high school junior Tyler Brown set American Powerlifting Committee state and national records in the squat and bench press for his age group and weight class on his way to two State Championship plaques in the Bench-Only and Full-Power classifications Saturday.

Clemson's Cullen Harper, who led the Atlantic Coast Conference last season in passing efficiency, completed 13 of 18 passes for 142 yards while playing just the first half. Harper's Orange squad defeated the White squad, 16-7, in the Tigers' annual spring football game Saturday.