Jeff Hart

Despite heavy rain overnight, and more expected throughout the day on Wednesday, northeast Georgia area baseball teams will try to get their games in as scheduled today.

On Tuesday, the Cherokee Bluff boys snapped a three-match losing streak and earned their first Region 8-4A win of the year.

Slate Alford’s grand slam capped a six-run ninth inning as Georgia beat Georgia Southern 7-2 Tuesday in front of a crowd of 5,685 at SRP Park.

The Great White Shark is waving the white flag when it comes to LIV Golf being recognized by the Official World Golf Ranking. Greg Norman, the CEO and commissioner of the Saudi-funded league, has told his players that LIV has withdrawn its application.

Due to inclement weather in the forecast, Georgia Tech baseball’s Tuesday night matchup against Northeastern has been moved to Wednesday, March 6 at 4 p.m., it was announced today.

National League MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. is expected to be ready for opening day with the Atlanta Braves after a more thorough examination of his sore right knee found no serious issues.

The threat of rain has already forced the Region 7-3A openers for Lumpkin County and White to move to Wednesday.

Three northeast Georgia area teams will take No. 1 ranking into key region matchups on Tuesday in prep soccer action for both boys and girls. In all, a dozen boys and girls teams combined are ranked in their respective classifications coming into Tuesday.

Despite 10 strikeouts from Gainesville starter Branson Crawford, Habersham Central was able to take a 5-0 shutout win over the Red Elephants on Monday in both teams’ Region 8-6A openers at Ivey-Watson Field.

Both North Hall tennis teams stayed unbeaten in Region 8-4A play after taking 5-0 wins over Johnson on Monday.