Jeff Hart

West Forsyth pounded out 15 hits and took advantage of 10 walks from Chestatee pitchers to take a 13-6 win over the War eagles in Region 7-AAA baseball action.

White County took advantage of five Flowery Branch errors en route to an 11-5 win over the Falcons Thursday in Region 7-AAA action. The win for the Warriors moved them into a four-way tie with Flowery Branch, North Hall, and Gainesville atop the region standings.

Zach Bennett hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the first inning, to propel Gainesville to an 11-2 win over Lumpkin County Thursday in Region 7-AAA baseball action.

Tennessee came up short of a Southeastern Conference double, and the Volunteers may have to do without a top seed in the NCAA tournament. Steven Hill hit a turnaround jumper with 5.3 seconds remaining for his only points of the game and Arkansas knocked off fourth-ranked Tennessee 92-91 Saturday night in the semifinals of the SEC tournament.

Georgia erased a nine-run deficit to storm past Arkansas 15-11 Saturday to gain a split in the series in front of a Baum Stadium crowd of 6,796.

John Smoltz has been to spring training since 1988 and he says he has never taken any approach different than the one that started him on the way to 207 career wins. He allowed five runs - three earned - in 4 2/3 innings as the Braves lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, 11-10, in a split-squad game on Saturday, but he wasn't fazed.

Clemson's dubious basketball history has drawn chuckles for years, and the depth of its futility - try 0-53 at North Carolina - is difficult to comprehend. Well, this Clemson team is starting to shed the image that it's a football school in a basketball league. The Tigers stunned No. 7 Duke 78-74 Saturday to advance to their first Atlantic Coast Conference final in 46 years.

Pitcher Matt Fairel only allowed one run in eight innings to help lead Florida State to a 11-2 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday.

The setting resembled a Pee Wee league game, with seats reserved for family and friends. Most everyone else headed for home while a Southeastern Conference tournament like no other ad-libbed its way through the weekend, trying to pick up the pieces from a devastating storm.

Georgia Southern set an NCAA record for all divisions Saturday by hitting 14 home runs in a 26-8 victory over Columbia. Chris Shehan and Griffin Benedict each homered twice for Georgia Southern, which had 12 players hit home runs.