Jeff Hart

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.

Lakeview Academy's John Jacobs qualified for the state tournament after firing an 84 Thursday at Athens Country Club in the Region 8-A tournament.

Joey Terdoslavich

The North Georgia Christian girls soccer team opened the ICSGA playoffs with a 4-3 win over New Creation Christian on Thursday night.