Jeff Hart

Slow starts in spring training mean nothing to Dan Uggla. Mostly quiet in his first few games, Uggla hit a long double and hard single Friday for a split squad of Atlanta Braves in a 7-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Porsha Phillips had 12 points and 15 rebounds as fourth-seeded Georgia beat fifth-seeded South Carolina 66-34 on Friday in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals.

Preston Graham tossed a no-hitter to lead North Hall to a 12-0, five-inning win over West Hall Friday in Region 8-AAA action.

No. 3 Gainesville remained perfect in Region 8-AAA after a dominating 8-0 win over Franklin County Friday night.

Despite being down 10 players due to an early red card on Johnson forward Chandler Steele, the Lady Knights rallied to defeated West Hall 4-2 Friday night in Area 8-AAA action.

Ceely Coker and Katie Garth scored one goal each to lead the Buford girls to a 2-0 win over Mountain View Friday night in girls soccer action.

Pitching guided the 3rd-ranked North Georgia softball team to another win on Friday evening, but this time a 19-strikeout performance from junior Jessica Coan baffled Lenoir-Rhyne in a 2-0 victory to open the Mid South Classic.

Franklin County's Tyler Freeman fanned eight and allowed just five hits in leading the Lions to a 11-1 win over Johnson in Region 8-AAA baseball action Friday night.

Sidney Morrow booted in a penalty kick in overtime to lead Gainesville past Franklin County 1-0 Friday in Region 8-AAA action.