Jeff Hart

There would be no letdown this year for Buford in the quarterfinal round of the Class AA state playoffs. The Wolves dispatched a scrappy Pierce County team in a two-game sweep of their best-of-three series Tuesday with 11-8 and 12-1 wins at Gerald McQuaig Field.

Even the scouts were in early-season mode when it came to the end of spring football practice for most area schools Friday.

Several area athletes had a big day at Day 2 of the Georgia High School Association's girls track and field championships at Hugh Mills Stadium.

Raul Ibanez snapped a tie with a run-scoring single in the eighth inning, Ryan Howard hit a three-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Friday night.

Just as White County coach John Brown feared, the pitching depth of Allatoona proved to be too much for the Warriors Thursday in their deciding Game 3 matchup in the second round of the Class AAA playoffs.

Buford stormed into the third round of the Class AA playoffs after pummeling Calhoun 12-1 and 15-3 Wednesday in the two teams

White County coach John Brown said he needed a great outing from senior Luke Crumley to keep the Warriors season alive in their Class AAA second round, best-of-three series with Allatoona Wednesday.

The experts' consensus on the strength of Region 8-AAA baseball depended on, well, whichever expert you happened to be talking to on that particular day.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it is what I say." That was Gainesville High School Athletic Director Wayne Vickery's sentiments following Tuesday's contentious Georgia High School Association's Executive Committee 26-24 vote to rearrange the state's 433 member schools into six classifications from the five they have been organized under since 2000.

Julio Teheran showed he's got the stuff to pitch in the majors. Teheran (0-1) gave up three runs and four hits in 4 2-3 innings in his big league debut and the Atlanta Braves lost 3-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.