Jeff Hart

Last season continued the strong tradition of softball amongst north Georgia high school programs.

Dawson County girls softball coach Jeff Pruett said before the Lanier Point Invitational Tournament he wanted to use the two-day event to see what kind of team he had.

Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves sent a struggling Johan Santana to another early exit. Freeman had five RBIs in the first two innings and the Braves battered Santana in his return from the disabled list, routing the sluggish New York Mets 9-3 on Saturday night.

The Johnson girls volleyball team won the Silver bracket of the East Hall Spikefest Tournament Saturday.

Jefferson opened its 2012 season Saturday on a strong note going 3-1 at the East Hall Spikefest Tournament and finishing in the semifinal round of the Gold bracket.

Rain interrupted play at the 11th annual Lanier Point Tournament Friday.

Paul Maholm made David Ross' fill-in night behind the plate a pleasurable one. The left-hander pitched a three-hitter in his second start for Atlanta and the Braves got two-run homers from Jason Heyward and Dan Uggla to beat the New York Mets 4-0 on Friday.

Forty-six of the best professional bass anglers from all over the world continued their four-day battle for a top cash award of $500,000 at the Forrest Wood Cup presented by Walmart, the world championship of bass fishing, on Lake Lanier on Friday.

Through 11 hours of relentless wind, with gusts up to 30 mph that turned the Atlantic Ocean choppy with white caps, about the one thing that looked vaguely familiar was Tiger Woods making one putt after another. He had a 1-under 71, one of only four rounds under par on the Ocean Course, to share the lead with Vijay Singh and Carl Pettersson going into the weekend.

The Gwinnett Braves lost to the Louisville Bats, 3-2, in the opener of a four-game series on Friday night at Coolray Field.