Jeff Hart

Junior Mark Pope pitched his third complete game of the season, scattering one earned run on four hits to lead No. 6 Georgia Tech to a 9-2 win over Dukein the series opener Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

The Georgia Bulldogs defeated 24th-ranked Mississippi State 4-1 Friday in front of a Foley Field crowd of 2,071.

The Flowery Branch girls soccer team clinched the top seed in Region 8-AAA with a 1-0 win over Class AAAA No. 7 Heritage Friday night on the road.

The Bulldog football team practiced for 90 minutes under clear skies at the Woodruff Practice Fields on Friday afternoon, marking the team

The North Georgia baseball team was deadlocked in a pitcher's duel with Columbus State on Friday evening, but the Cougars plated an eighth-inning run to sneak away with a 1-0 victory over the Saints at Bob Stein Stadium in Peach Belt Conference action.

Chestatee scored seven goals in a 22-minute span in the first half en route to an 8-0 win over Monroe Area Friday night in Area 8-AAA girls action at War Eagle Stadium.

The North Hall girls tennis team took a 4-1 win over Franklin County Thursday in final Region 8-AAA regular season match.

The West Hall boys tennis team closed out one of its best seasons ever with a 5-0 whitewash of Monroe Area Thursady at the Bobby Bailey Tennis Center.

North Hall pounded four home runs in a 15-hit attack in a 22-7 thumping of Johnson Thursday in Region 8-AAA baseball action.

Johnson scored five unanswered goals in the second half to beat Walnut Grove 7-1 Thursday in Region 8-AAA girls soccer action.