Jeff Hart

Gainesville High golfers Davis Weaver and Ryan Hogan sit in first and second on the leaderboard after the first round of the UGA Junior Classic Monday at the University of Georgia Golf Course.

It was a rough second round of the 17th annual Players Amateur at Berkeley Hall Golf Club’s South Course for Gainesville's Spencer Ralston.

It was literally a powerful start for local strength athletes at the first day of the American Powerlifting Committee (APC) National Championships in Jefferson at the Jefferson Civic Center as they came home with National titles and in some cases, National and World Records.

Jose Quintana bested countryman Julio Teheran, Todd Frazier hit his 25th homer and the Chicago White Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Saturday.

Gainesville's Spencer Ralston fired a 4-under par 68 Friday and is just one shot back of the leaders after the opening round of the 17th annual Players Amateur at Berkeley Hall Golf Club’s South Course.

Freddie Freeman, Tyler Flowers and Nick Markakis all homered off Chris Sale to lead the Atlanta Braves to an 11-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

North Hall standout Bartley Forrester won the Athens Junior Classic golf tournament after shooting an 8-under 136 total for the two-day event at the Georgia Club.

Nick Markakis homered twice, including a tying solo shot in the ninth inning, and Tyler Flowers' two-out single in the 11th early Friday morning gave the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 victory over the slumping the Chicago Cubs.

Georgia sophomore Keturah Orji left the field behind on her first attempt in the triple jump to qualify for the Olympics at the U.S. Track & Field Trials on Thursday.

Al Horford ended the waiting game with a simple tweet: "Celtic Pride," it said, followed by 18 shamrocks.