Jeff Hart

White County coach John Brown said he needed a great outing from senior Luke Crumley to keep the Warriors season alive in their Class AAA second round, best-of-three series with Allatoona Wednesday.

The experts' consensus on the strength of Region 8-AAA baseball depended on, well, whichever expert you happened to be talking to on that particular day.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it is what I say." That was Gainesville High School Athletic Director Wayne Vickery's sentiments following Tuesday's contentious Georgia High School Association's Executive Committee 26-24 vote to rearrange the state's 433 member schools into six classifications from the five they have been organized under since 2000.

Julio Teheran showed he's got the stuff to pitch in the majors. Teheran (0-1) gave up three runs and four hits in 4 2-3 innings in his big league debut and the Atlanta Braves lost 3-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.

North Hall was down to its last strike Saturday in the deciding Game 3 of its Class AAA first round series against LaGrange.

John Velazquez won the Kentucky Derby by a broken nose. An injury to Animal Kingdom's regular rider, Robby Albarado, cleared the way for Velazquez to pick up the mount on the 20-1 long shot. Once he took the reins Saturday, he rode his good luck all the way to the winner's circle.

East Hall's Kerry Mata brought home the only gold medal for Hall County athletes Saturday at the Georgia Games at the Jefferson Memorial Stadium.

Dunwoody eliminated Flowery Branch Friday in the opening round of high school baseball playoffs while North Hall will play a deciding game in its series with LaGrange Saturday.

Hunter Anglin saved his best for just the moment Gainesville needed it.

Buford pitchers allowed just one hit and no earned runs in leading the No. 3 Wolves to an easy sweep of Fannin County Friday in the first round of the Class AA playoffs.