Jeff Hart

For the third time this spring the North Georgia women's golf team improved on the first round score as they dropped 14 strokes. shooting a team total of 313 on day two en route to winning the 2012 North Georgia Spring Invitational contested at Achasta by Reynolds.

The Gainesville lacrosse team earned its first victory of the season Tuesday with a 13-4 thumping of MLK.

The defending champion Gainesville boys leads North Hall by six strokes after the opening day of the Hall County Championships at Royal Lakes Golf Club.

A year ago, Brandon Brown came to Chattahoochee Golf Club looking to break out of a prolonged winless streak on the NGA Pro Golf Tour. This year the former Eastern Kentucky golfer returns for the Milton Martin Honda Classic as one of the favorites.

West Hall dropped just three total games in taking a 5-0 win over Walnut Grove Monday in Region 8B-AAA boys vtennis action.

Ryan Marcano recorded his first hat-trick of the season in leading Riverside Military Academy to a 5-1 win over East Jackson Monday in boys soccer action.

Gainesville's Morgan Reece fired a season-low 37 Monday at Royal Lakes Gold Club to help give the Lady Elephants a seven-stroke lead over West Hall Monday after Day 1 of the Hall County Championships.

Georgia coach Mark Richt has agreed to a new five-year contract that will carry him through the 2016 season. Georgia also announced a new three-year contract for defensive coordinator Todd Grantham.

Atlanta starter Brandon Beachy issued five of the Braves' 12 walks in a 5-4 loss Monday in Jupiter, Fla. Atlanta is 1-10 this spring.

Georgia cornerback Branden Smith has been arrested and charged with marijuana possession in Alabama.