Jeff Hart

The Lakeview Academy girls volleyball continued its strong play Saturday, taking three of four matches at the Lakeview gym.

Light-hitting Paul Janish sparked a tying rally, and kept things going in the 11th inning with his third hit of the night before pinch-hitter Juan Francisco won it with a two-out single, giving the Braves their fourth straight win, 4-3 over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

Angel McCoughtry scored 25 points to lead the Atlanta Dream to an 86-76 win over the Chicago Sky on Friday night in the teams' return from the Olympic break.

Errors plagued Jefferson in a 7-4 loss to Effingham Friday in the Mill Creek softball tournament.

Norfolk designated hitter Luis Exposito hit a solo home run off Gwinnett reliever Ryan Buchter to lead off the top of the 10th, propelling the Tides to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the G-Braves in the series finale at Harbor Park on Friday night.

Class AAA No. 1 Buford remained unbeaten after holding off Wesleyan 2-0 in six innings in the GADC Leadoff Classic tournament Friday.

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and the Falcons' Matt Ryan each directed a pair of scoring drives before Cincinnati's reserves held on for a 24-19 preseason victory over Atlanta on Thursday night.

Chipper Jones homered twice on a night when a big crowd turned out to get his bobblehead, and the Atlanta Braves won their 15th straight game with Kris Medlen as a starter, beating the San Diego Padres 6-0 on Thursday.

The Gainesvile girls volleyball team sweep a tri-match with Rabun County and Class AAA No. 5 West Hall Thursday night.

The North Hall girls softball team christened the new North Hall Sports Complex with a 9-0 win over rival Chestatee Thursday.