Jeff Hart

Class 5A No. 2 Jefferson scored four runs in the top of the seventh to escape with a 7-3 road win over Flowery Branch in a big Region 8-5A matchup on Wednesday.

Paul Goldschmidt, Masyn Winn, Willson Contreras and Nolan Gorman went deep as the St. Louis Cardinals hit four home runs for the second straight game and beat the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves 11-6 Wednesday night to take the first two games of the three-game series.

Rams backup quarterback Stetson Bennett and receiver Cooper Kupp will miss Los Angeles' season opener in Seattle on Sunday because of injuries.

Prevailing thoughts coming into the season had North Oconee as an overwhelming favorite to repeat as Region 8-4A champions. From there, it seems to be a wide-open field.

Caroline Stanton was perfect and No. 1 Buford stayed perfect on Tuesday.

Tyler O'Neill and Nolan Gorman hit two-run homers to spoil Michael Soroka's promotion to Atlanta and the St. Louis Cardinals held on to beat the Braves 10-6 on Tuesday night.

Reese Olson had the longest outing of his career Saturday night in picking up his third win of the season.

Deion Sanders had Colorado ready for prime time after all of the hype and attention in the nine months since Coach Prime was hired.

Joe Milton III threw two touchdown passes and ran for two other scores as the 12th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers routed Virginia 49-13 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams and the Cavaliers' first game in 294 days.

Ray Davis ran for two touchdowns while Devin Leary passed for one in their Kentucky debuts, and Kentucky's defense made several big plays to rout Ball State 44-14 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday.