Jeff Hart

Jim Boeheim calls this year's Syracuse team his best defensive group ever. Hard to argue, based on the suffocating performances that put the Orange in the Final Four.

The North Georgia baseball team dropped game three of the three-game series against 18th-ranked North Carolina-Pembroke 5-3 on Saturday at Bob Stein Stadium.

Dan Uggla's three-run homer cleared the left-center fence by a good 15 feet. A few pitches later, Chris Johnson's no-doubter sailed even farther, landing under the scoreboard and bouncing between fans.

North Hall kept pace with Buford in Region 7-AAA with a 5-2 win over White County Friday.

Flowery Branch played long ball Friday in a five-inning, 15-3 win over Salem in Region 8-AAAAA play.

East Hall used a six-run fourth inning en route to taking an 11-1 win over Banks County Friday in five innings.

Buford held West hall to just four hits in taking a 7-0 win in Region 7-AAA action Friday.

Quarterback Aaron Murray sees no reason why Georgia's offense can't surpass the big numbers it posted last year.

The sixth-ranked North Georgia softball team dropped both halves of a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader to fourth-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State on Friday at Haines and Carolyn Hill Stadium.

The North Georgia baseball team dropped a pair of games to North Carolina Pembroke Friday, 7-4 and 6-1 at Bob Stein Stadium.