Jeff Hart

Tiger Woods is on the sidelines. A bunch of brash Augusta rookies are eager to fill his shoes. And the last two dozen majors have been divvied up among 21 winners. Good luck making sense of it all with the Masters beginning Thursday.

For the first 11 batters Wednesday, White County

Harley Pruitt knocked in Luke Martin with a single in the 10th inning to propel Dawson County to a 3-2 win over Buford Wednesday in Region 7-AAA action.

Chandler Newton fanned four and allowed just two hits in a complete-game effort to lead the Gainesville baseball team to a 12-2, five-inning win over Clarke Central Wednesday at Ivey-Watson Field.

Caleb Jameson tossed a complete-game, seven-hitter to lead Chestatee to a 5-4 win over Monroe Area Wednesday in Region 8-AAAA action.

Ervin Santana allowed only three hits over eight scoreless innings, Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs and the Braves held off the New York Mets 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Kyle Korver was concerned that the Atlanta Hawks were about to squander another chance to beat a struggling opponent.

Run-scoring singles by Phil Gosselin and Christian Bethancourt in the top of the eighth inning propelled the Gwinnett Braves to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Norfolk Tides in game two of the three-game series on Wednesday night at Harbor Park.

Jake Franklin and Hanon Price had three hits each to lead Jefferson to an 8-6 win over Wesleyan Wednesday in a battle of Class AA teams in a game played at Georgia Gwinnett College.

One day removed from a lackluster loss to Heritage, the Flowery Branch baseball team rebounded with a 9-4 win over Apalachee Wednesday in Region 8-AAAAA.