Jeff Hart![]() Recent Articles by Jeff HartEvan Gattis just keeps coming through for the Atlanta Braves. The rookie hit a two-out, pinch-hit homer in the ninth to send the game to extra innings and Freddie Freeman won it in the 10th, sending the Braves to their fifth straight win, 5-4 over the slumping Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night. Preston Graham and the rest of the North Hall seniors had dreamed for most of their lives for the opportunity to play for a state title. They’ll get that chance after the Trojans dispatched Blessed Trinity 4-0 Tuesday in the deciding Game 3 of their best-of-three Class AAA semifinal series at Jody Davis Field. (Video added) With a chance to win the season series in their final meeting of the year against the Louisville Bats, the Gwinnett Braves managed just two runs on six hits in a 6-2 loss on Tuesday night at Coolray Field. East Hall Athletic Director George Morgan announced Tuesday that Justin Wheeler has been named the new girls basketball coach. You knew something would have to give between Blessed Trinity and North Hall in their best-of-three Class AAA semifinal series Monday at Jody Davis Field. The Flowery Branch boys basketball team has a new head coach -- again. Trailing 4-3 and the Trojans down 1-0 in the series, North Hall senior Preston Graham saw what looked to be a sure double denied by a great diving catch in the bottom of the seventh inning in Game 2 of their quarterfinal series against Pierce County. Things definitely appeared bleak. Before their first-ever Class AAA state semifinal match against Woodward Academy Wednesday, East Hall boys soccer coach Chris Horton said he had no doubt his Vikings could pull off their biggest upset yet. Ernesto Mejia continued his offensive surge on the G-Braves’ road trip through the northeast, as the first baseman drove in four runs with a homer, double and a sac fly, pacing Gwinnett to a 6-4 win over the Pawtucket Red Sox in game two of the four game series at McCoy Stadium. Tim Hudson threw Eric Chavez a steady diet of cut fastballs and sliders Wednesday and the Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman feasted. Chavez drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt hit three doubles and the Diamondbacks beat Hudson and the Atlanta Braves 5-3. It was a bad day to have a bad day if you were the Gainesville baseball team... Patrick Corbin allowed three hits in seven innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks turned an infield double into two runs to beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 Tuesday night. West Hall will have a new girls softball coach for the first time in more than a decade. The history of the moment was not lost on the North Hall baseball team last week when the final out was made to wrap up a tidy sweep of Franklin County in the second round of the Class AAA playoffs. Madison Bumgarner struck out a season-high 11 over seven innings, Gregor Blanco entered in the fifth as a pinch hitter and drove in four runs, and the San Francisco Giants routed the Atlanta Braves 10-1 Saturday. West Hall’s Maia Caldwell-Booker brought home the gold Saturday in the Class AAA 100-meter dash at the girls state track meet. White County’s Jenna Gearing picked up her second state title of the school year Thursday after winning the Class AAA 3200-meter run at the girls state track meet. Despite the Trojans’ business-like approach Wednesday in the second round of the Class AAA state playoffs, the historic implications of North Hall’s two-game sweep over Franklin County could not be taken lightly. You knew something would have to give Tuesday when Class AAA No. 8 Oconee County battled with No. 2-ranked Buford in the second round of the girls state soccer playoffs. The mood around the Buford dugout at the end mirrored the recent weather: gloomy. Previous |1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | Next |
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