Jeff Hart

Freddie Freeman and Alex Gonzalez homered on back-to-back pitches during Atlanta's four-run third inning, helping the Braves score as many runs as they had in the previous five games combined.

The Gwinnett Braves completed a four-game sweep of Toledo Friday night with a 4-3, 14 inning win over the Mud Hens.

Jair Jurrjens is all the Atlanta Braves needed to come up with a rare sweep of the Marlins in Florida. Jurrjens threw seven solid innings and drove in a run as the Braves handed the Marlins their eighth straight loss with a 3-2 win Thursday night.

Julio Teheran matched his career high in innings pitched and fanned a season-high 11 batters in leading the Gwinnett Braves to a 2-0 win over the Toledo Mud Hens Thursday.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 29 points, driving for the go-ahead dunk with 2:45 remaining, and the Mavericks beat the Heat 112-103 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 series lead.

The awards continue to stack up for junior pitcher Jessica Coan, as the right-hander has been named an Easton All-American following a record-breaking season for the Saints.

The pace of change at North Georgia Technical College has picked up again. This fall, along with the transition from quarters to semesters, new building openings, and adjustments to HOPE, NGTC takes another giant step forward entering into college athletics with an inaugural Cross Country team.

Two area baseball players will be part of the junior Team Georgia squad that will be playing in a national tournament beginning Friday.

Derek Lowe took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, loaded the bases and departed with his team up by two runs. Then the real excitement began. The Atlanta Braves survived that scoring threat, gave up the lead one strike from victory, went ahead again in the 10th and escaped another jam to beat the Florida Marlins 3-2.

Todd Redmond allowed just one run in seven innings to lead the Gwinnett Braves to a 10-5 win over the Toledo Mud Hens Wednesday.