Jeff Hart

Georgia erased a nine-run deficit to storm past Arkansas 15-11 Saturday to gain a split in the series in front of a Baum Stadium crowd of 6,796.

John Smoltz has been to spring training since 1988 and he says he has never taken any approach different than the one that started him on the way to 207 career wins. He allowed five runs - three earned - in 4 2/3 innings as the Braves lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, 11-10, in a split-squad game on Saturday, but he wasn't fazed.

Clemson's dubious basketball history has drawn chuckles for years, and the depth of its futility - try 0-53 at North Carolina - is difficult to comprehend. Well, this Clemson team is starting to shed the image that it's a football school in a basketball league. The Tigers stunned No. 7 Duke 78-74 Saturday to advance to their first Atlantic Coast Conference final in 46 years.

Pitcher Matt Fairel only allowed one run in eight innings to help lead Florida State to a 11-2 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday.

The setting resembled a Pee Wee league game, with seats reserved for family and friends. Most everyone else headed for home while a Southeastern Conference tournament like no other ad-libbed its way through the weekend, trying to pick up the pieces from a devastating storm.

Georgia Southern set an NCAA record for all divisions Saturday by hitting 14 home runs in a 26-8 victory over Columbia. Chris Shehan and Griffin Benedict each homered twice for Georgia Southern, which had 12 players hit home runs.

The tradition-filled Atlantic Coast Conference tournament has taken an unfamiliar twist: Clemson is sticking around for the weekend. James Mays scored 15 points on Friday and Clemson overwhelmed Boston College with its full-court press, cruising to an 82-48 win to reach the semifinals for the first time in 10 years.

The SEC will take the unprecedented move and have a team play twice in one day in order to conclude the storm-delayed conference tournament in Atlanta before the NCAA tournament selection announcement Sunday at 6 p.m.

The Dawson golf teams swept a match against Buford Wednesday at Chateau Elan.

Habersham Central picked up a huge win over region foe Dacula Tuesday night knocking off the Falcons 2-1 on the road.