The Jefferson girls softball team continued its strong play at the end of the season taking a pair of impressive wins over Social Circle Saturday in the Region 8-AA Tournament.
Buford and Dawson County both advanced to the Class AAA state tournament after taking a pair of wins each Saturday at East Hall Park in the Region 7-AAA Tournament.
Mike Minor pitched 6 1/3 sharp innings to win his fifth straight decision, Martin Prado and Jason Heyward each had an RBI and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 2-0 on Saturday night.
Todd Gurley ran for three touchdowns and Keith Marshall added two as No. 5 Georgia recovered after blowing a 17-point lead to beat Tennessee 51-44 on Saturday in the highest-scoring game ever between the SEC rivals.
A few Georgia Tech players refuted the suggestion that they carried a hangover into Saturday's 49-28 loss to Middle Tennessee State as a result of a stunning overtime loss a week earlier to Miami.
Jerick McKinnon took over at quarterback in the second quarter and carried 13 times for 162 yards to lead Georgia Southern to a 35-16 Southern Conference win over Samford on Saturday night.
North Hall was looking to get the bad taste out of its mouth from its crushing loss to Jefferson two weeks ago. They did more than that after taking a shocking 47-14 win over Dawson County Friday night at Tiger Stadium.
Rabun County used a 21-point second quarter to blow open a close game en route to a 49-23 win over Social Circle Friday night in both teams' Region 8-AA openers.
