Bo Wilson

Junior left-handed pitcher Connor Thomas needed just 93 pitches to throw a two-hit, complete-game shutout on Friday night, powering No. 6 Georgia Tech baseball to a Coastal Division Championship with a 2-0 win over Pitt at Russ Chandler Stadium.

The seventh-ranked University of Georgia baseball team beat Alabama 12-2 for its school record-tying 20th SEC win Friday night in front of a Foley Field crowd of 3,093.

Max Fried allowed two hits in six scoreless innings, Dansby Swanson hit a drought-breaking, three-run homer and the Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 12-8 Friday night in a matchup of second-place teams.

When Atlanta Braves utility man Charlie Culberson was called to the mound to pitch, he wasn't nervous at all.

Three area soccer teams will play for the state championship this weekend and the coaching carousel continues to turn in northeast Georgia.

Austin Riley went 3 for 4 and drove in a run, Julio Teheran pitched five-plus scoreless innings, and the Atlanta Braves won for the fifth time in six games with a 10-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.

The Atlanta Falcons announced that Scott Pioli is stepping away from his role as assistant general manager on Thursday afternoon.

North Forsyth girls basketball coach Eric Herrick was approved as Dawson County's next boys coach Tuesday night at the board of education meeting.

Six area soccer teams and one baseball team entered Tuesday's semifinal round of the GHSA state playoffs with the hopes of advancing to the finals.

St. Louis hit four home runs, including three-run shots by Marcell Ozuna, Yadier Molina and Kolten Wong, and the Cardinals beat struggling right-hander Mike Foltynewicz and the Braves 14-3 on Tuesday.