Jeff Hart

With seven teams within two games of fourth place in Region 7-AAA, West Forsyth coach Byron Orr told his team they needed to treat every game the rest of the way like it was a must-win...

The ending of the 2009 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships came down to the final event, but the Georgia Lady Bulldogs came up short of their fifth school championship as they finished in second place at the national meet Saturday.

Slava Kozlov scored the only shootout goal, and goalie Johan Hedberg stopped all three Tampa Bay tries in the tiebreaker in the Atlanta Thrashers' 4-3 victory over Tampa Bay on Saturday night.

Joey Lewis and Lyle Allen homered and Georgia pitchers combined to throw their fourth shutout of the season in a 4-0 win over in Mississippi State Saturday in front of 4,461 fans, the largest crowd in Foley Field history.

The opening day of the girls NE Georgia Mountains Cup tournament saw defending champion Buford fall and a wild shootout between Chestatee and Stephens County Saturday at the Allen Creek Soccer Complex.

For the Chestatee boys soccer team, the Northeast Georgia Mountains Cup Tournament may be the only playoff atmosphere they see this season. After Saturday’s 5-2 win over Buford, the War Eagles may have wished they had scheduled the tournament earlier in the season.

Former Gainesville High baseball coach Wayne Vickery is living the dream. No, not coaching a collection of the state’s best talent, or evaluating said talent for a Major League team. No, he’s not relaxing on some exotic South Pacific Island or Deep Sea fishing for record-sized Swordfish, either.

Good teams find a way to win even on days when they don’t play their best. The Gainesville baseball team may be ready to take on the mantle of a good team after blowing a three-run lead and then rallying in the bottom of the seventh for a 7-6 win over East Hall Friday at Ivey-Watson Field.

K.J. McAllister didn’t call his shot but the North Hall junior shortstop knew he needed a home run to hit for the cycle Wednesday against West Hall in a key Region 7-AAA game for both teams.

With four losses already in Region 7-AAA, Gainesville faced as close to a must-win game as you can get just one-third of the way through the schedule Tuesday against North Hall...