Jeff Hart

Week 5 of the high school season saw two teams finally break into the win column and two others continue to separate themselves from the pack Friday night.

Chipper Jones, Dan Uggla and others knocked around Stephen Strasburg a bit in a three-run first inning, and Atlanta beat the Washington Nationals 7-4 Friday night to increase its lead in the NL wild-card standings to three games.

Kevin Ellison was a one-man wrecking crew for Habersham Central Friday night.

Junior quarterback Ted Reynolds scored on a 26-yard run with 47 seconds left to lift Lakeview Academy to a thrilling 10-7 win over rival Hebron Christian Friday night in a Region 8-A battle.

After a sloppy first half with more penalties than points against No. 6 Lovett, Buford coach Jess Simpson expected his team to prove it was worthy of its No. 1 ranking.

Tangela Smith scored 25 points to lead the Indiana Fever to an 82-74 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Thursday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

The White County cross country teams finished second behind Athens Christian Thursday in a five-team meet on Thursday.

The Johnson girls volleyball team split a pair of matches Thursday night at Lakeview Academy.

Tony La Russa insisted his playoff-hopeful team wouldn't be crushed after blowing a four-run cushion in the ninth inning and watching the New York Mets rally for an 8-6 win Thursday.

Class AAA No. 9 West Hall swept a pair of matches Thursday against Class AAAAA South Gwinnett and Class AAAA Winder-Barrow.