Jeff Hart

The Lakeview Academy girls volleyball team went 2-2 at the Battle of the Branch Saturday in the opening weekend of the 2014 season.

The East Hall girls volleyball team opened its season with a perfect 5-0 afternoon in a tournament at Eastside.

The Jefferson girls volleyball team went an impressive 4-1 Saturday at the Battle of the Branch tournament at the Flowery Branch gym.

The opening day of the 2014 high school softball season got off to a wet start Friday.

One year ago, the Falcons' 0-4 preseason record set the stage for coach Mike Smith's first losing record in six seasons in Atlanta. Smith was more than ready for a positive start to Atlanta's 2014 preseason.

Justin Upton and Freddie Freeman hit two of Atlanta's four homers off Stephen Strasburg, and the Atlanta Braves snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 7-6 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.

Unlike Thursday night, the Gwinnett Braves could not overcome an early deficit and fell 5-3 to the Norfolk Tides in game two of the four-game series on Friday night.

Before it has even officially begun the upcoming 2014 softball season around northeast Georgia already is being highlighted by change.

Rookie Tommy Medica had a career-high five hits, including two two-run home runs, and left-hander Eric Stults and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as the San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 10-1 on Friday night.

The new wide bodies on the Atlanta Falcons' defensive line are difficult to overlook.