Jeff Hart

The St. Louis Cardinals closed the first month of the season with thrilling back-to-back late-inning comebacks. Gerald Laird's ninth-inning triple capped a late rally to give the Cardinals a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.

The Atlanta Falcons selected South Carolina defensive end Cliff Matthews and Fresno State guard Andrew Jackson in the seventh round of the NFL draft on Saturday.

The Brenau women

The Brenau women

Jeff Teague, it's time to shine. All he'll have to do is hold his own against the NBA's expected MVP, the guy who led the Chicago Bulls to more wins than any other team.

With North Hall having already won, the objective for Gainesville was simple Friday in its season finale against Chestatee: beat the War Eagles and the Red Elephants would take second place in Region 8-AAA. Lose, and they finish third.

White County lost the battle against Franklin County Friday but still won the war in 8-AAA. The Warriors fell 8-6 to the Lions in both teams' season finale but still won the Region 8-AAA title.

North Hall finished the season with a 15-0 blowout of Johnson in three innings Friday but it wasn't could goods to win Region 8-AAA.

It may not have been his sharpest outing, but senior David Sosebee was good enough to help propel White County to a big Region 8-AAA win over Lumpkin County Wednesday.

Last week Gainesville boys tennis coach Barrett Lingenfelter said his group would face its biggest test of the season against perennial power and fifth-ranked St. Pius Tuesday in the second round of the Class AAA state tournament.