Jeff Hart

Mikhail Grabovski's tip-in 39 seconds into overtime gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 victory over Atlanta on Thursday night, damaging the Thrashers' playoff hopes.

Da'Sean Butler kept playing after hurting himself midway through the second half and scored 14 points while Kevin Jones added 18 and eight rebounds in leading the second-seeded Mountaineers over the 11th-seeded Huskies 69-56 Thursday night.

Butler became the latest mid-major team to knock off a top seed in the NCAA tournament. Willie Veasley scored five of his 13 points during an 11-0 run down the stretch, and the Bulldogs rallied to upset No. 1 seed Syracuse 63-59 on Thursday night in the West Regional semifinals.

Gainesville baseball coach Jeremy Kemp said whichever team could get its running game going would win. He proved prophetic as his Elephants stole a school-record 10 bases in taking a thrilling 6-5 win over North Hall Wednesday in a Region 7-AAA matchup at Jody Davis Field.

Luke Crumley was a one-man wrecking crew for White County Tuesday against North Hall in a key Region 7A-AAA baseball game at Jody Davis Field.

Jefferson scored in all but one inning an taking an 8-3 win over Oglethorpe County Tuesday in Region 8-AA action.

The Chestatee boys tennis team improved to 4-3 in Region 7A-AAA with a 5-0 sweep of Pickens Tuesday.

East Hall's Drew Adams smacked a first inning, two-run home run and then the Vikings held on for the next six innings in taking a 2-1 win over Flowery Branch Tuesday in Region 7B-AAA baseball action.

After a superb day at the Georgia MathFest competition at Drew High School Saturday, you could make the argument that the Sardis Enrichment School could be the math capital of the state.

Playing with poise down the stretch and getting another big 3-pointer from Farokhmanesh, Northern Iowa pulled off one of the biggest NCAA upsets in years by knocking No. 1 overall seed Kansas from the bracket with a program-defining 69-67 win on Saturday.