Jeff Hart

North Hall unleashed a 16-hit attack en route to an 18-0, three-inning win over East Hall Friday in both teams' regular season finale.

The Lakeview Academy baseball team closed out its regular season in solid fashion taking a 12-1 win in five innings over Towns County Friday.

White County snapped a two-game losing streak with a 7-2 win over West Hall Friday in both teams' regular season finale.

Cornerback Robert Alford was too good for the Falcons to pass up in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night, even though Atlanta also selected a cornerback in the first round.

Anibal Sanchez struck out 17 in eight marvelous innings for Detroit, confounding the Atlanta Braves in a dazzling performance Friday night and leading the Tigers to a 10-0 victory.

Beaten up and blown out in the first two games of their opening-round series against the Indiana Pacers, the Atlanta Hawks were pondering lineup changes heading into Game 3 Saturday night.

The Gwinnett Gladiators evened their best-of-seven series with the Cincinnati Cyclones Friday night, with a 4-2 Game 4 win at US Bank Arena.

Another game, another quality start for the G-Braves

A late surge of nine runs between the seventh and eighth innings by Columbus State led the Cougars to claim a 12-3 win at home Friday night over North Georgia in Peach Belt Conference action.

Hall County and northeast Georgia will be well-represented this weekend when the state track-and-field Sectionals get underway across the state.