Jeff Hart

Franklin Hale scored on a passed ball to give East Hall the lead and the Vikings went to beat Banks County 9-7 in Region 7-AAA baseball action Monday.

Georgia Southern has named former Virginia Tech assistant Mark Byington as coach of the Eagles men's basketball team.

The Atlanta Braves have placed left-hander Jonny Venters on the 15-day with a sprained elbow and purchased the contract of catcher Evan Gattis as they set their opening day roster.

Freshman guard Nik Stauskas scored 22 points including six 3-pointers and Michigan is going to the Final Four for the first time since the Fab Five era after a 79-59 rout of Florida in the South Regional final Sunday.

Jasmine Hassell scored six of her 13 points in the final 3 minutes and fourth-seeded Georgia beat top-seeded Stanford 61-59 on Saturday night to reach the NCAA women's regional finals for the first time since 2004.

Jefferson rallied for two runs in the seventh to pull out a 4-3 win over rival Commerce Saturday in baseball action.

Ivan Johnson came off the bench to score a season-high 21 points and added 10 rebounds as Atlanta beat Orlando for the 10th straight time, 97-88 in Philips Arena, in a game between short-handed teams.

Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred Van Vleet bounced in a big basket with 1 minute left, and Wichita State earned its first trip to the Final Four since 1965 with a 70-66 victory over Ohio State on Saturday.

Jim Boeheim calls this year's Syracuse team his best defensive group ever. Hard to argue, based on the suffocating performances that put the Orange in the Final Four.

The North Georgia baseball team dropped game three of the three-game series against 18th-ranked North Carolina-Pembroke 5-3 on Saturday at Bob Stein Stadium.