Jeff Hart

Jonny Gomes wasn't surprised Jon Lester was on top of his game against Atlanta.

The Gwinnett Braves used a seven-run top of the seventh inning to beat the Syracuse Chiefs by an 11-8 score Saturday night in game three of the four-game series at NBT Bank Stadium.

Probably no team in northeast Georgia was hit harder by injury in 2014 than North Forsyth. The Raiders had four players suffer season-ending ACL tears and at one point played 28 underclassmen that were second-string or lower on the depth chart.

Even with 155 years ofhistory, the British Open can still serve up some strange twists at St. Andrews. Dustin Johnson gave Saturday some semblance of order.

Former Gainesville High standouts dominated the opening round of the Gainesville City Championship Friday at Chattahoochee Golf Course.

Eury Perez drove in two runs with a bases-loaded, tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves overcame Kyle Schwarber's three hits to beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Friday night.

Mill Creek has been one of the most-feared offensive teams in the state the last few years. But after graduating half-a-dozen Division I prospects on offense from last year’s team, coach Shannon Jarvis and his staff are going to go a little retro in 2015.

The grand pursuit of Jordan Spieth, redemption for Dustin Johnson, the mystery that has become Tiger Woods. It all came to a momentary halt Friday in the gloaming of St. Andrews when Tom Watson said goodbye to the British Open.

Lumpkin County snapped a 12-year playoff drought last season under first-year head coach Ty Maxwell, a former Indians' graduate. Now, they are looking for more as they prepare for the 2015 season.

Lanier will go from the hunter to the hunted in 2015. And the Longhorns and coach Korey Mobbs seem just fine with that.