Jeff Hart

Adam LaRoche kept up his torrid stretch with two hits and two RBIs, and the Washington Nationals essentially put to rest any thought that there is still a serious race for the NL East title with a 6-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.

The East Hall girls volleyball team continued its solid play sweeping three matches Tuesday at Jackson County High.

East Hall scored seven runs in the first inning and then held off a late Dawson County surge to take a 9-5 win Tuesday in Region 7-AAA action.

The Jefferson girls volleyball team improved to 16-8 with a straight sets win Tuesday over George Walton Academy.

North Hall beat Johnson 7-1 Tuesday in girls softball action.

The North Hall girls volleyball team dropped a match to Buford Tuesday.

The Chestatee girls softball team held off Rabun County 4-3 Tuesday.

The Lakeview Academy girls volleyball completed a perfect 5-0 day Saturday to win the Lakeview Invitational volleyball championship. Jefferson and Johnson each took two wins in the tournament.

Evan Gattis hit a leadoff homer in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.

Buford used a four-run sixth inning to break open a tie game and then cruised to a 7-2 win over Heard County Saturday in a matchup of ranked teams at Kennesaw State.