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Baseball: Busy Friday brings key region battles all over NEGa
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (360+ words) TRAFFIC (Hall Co.): Crash blocking Thompson Bridge Road (Ga. 60) Northbound north of Enota Avenue Region 8-3A will be the epicenter on Friday, as the top four teams in the region all will stage doubleheaders against each other, with all four teams…...
Baseball round: GVL clinches 7-5A for good; Dawson knocks off No. 1 Pickens in wild finish
15+ hour, 34+ min ago (1063+ words) ALPHARETTA, Ga. " NOW it's official! Gainesville beat Chattahoochee 9-7 on Thursday, to sweep their three-game series and clinch the Region 7-5A title at the same time. It's the first outright region title for the long-storied program since 2016. "This is a HUGE deal…...
Baseball: Region 6-3A is focus around northeast Georgia on Thursday
22+ hour, 24+ min ago (84+ words) Buford (Region 8-6A) and Gainesville (Region 7-5A) clinched region titles, while Habersham Central in Region 8-5A claimed the No. 2 spot in the upcoming playoffs on Wednesday. Once again, Region 6-3A will be the spotlight around Northeast Georgia on Thursday, with four series continuing. But…...
Chris Sale shakes off illness and turns in another dominant start for the Braves
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (568+ words) No such worries for the top guy. Shaking off an illness that hampered his velocity, Sale allowed only one base runner in six innings of another dominant start to lead Atlanta past the Athletics 5-1 on Wednesday. Sale (2-0) didn't even mention…...
Drake Baldwin, Chris Sale lead the Braves to a 5-1 win over the struggling Athletics
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (324+ words) Baldwin had a two-run single off Athletics starter Luis Severino (0-1) in the second and added a two-run double in the fourth to give Sale (2-0) some breathing room after Shea Langeliers hit his fifth homer of the season " the lone base-runner…...
Baseball: GVL, Buford clinch region titles
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (478+ words) GAINESVILLE, Ga. " What a way to win your first outright region title in 10 years. After battling back from an 8-2 deficit in the fifth, Cohen Miller doubled in Dawson Vaughn in the bottom of the seventh to give the Red Elephants…...
Shea Langeliers homers again as the A's snap a skid with 5-2 win over the Braves
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (159+ words) No. 5 starter Aaron Civale (1-0) allowed four hits and a walk and struck out three over five innings in his first start of the season. Justin Wilson and Andy Iba'ez each went 2 for 4 with two RBIs for the A's, who had…...
Baseball: Jefferson tops Monroe Area; EHall, Lumpkin, Banks win; EaFo, Branch, Dawson, Bluff lose
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1234+ words) MONROE, Ga. " Monroe Area built a four-run lead, but Jefferson stormed back with a pair of big innings to claim a huge 7-5 win Tuesday in a wild back-and-forth battle. The Hurricanes (14-8, 7-3 Region 8-3A) struck first in the second inning on a…...
Ken Clay, who pitched on Yankees' world championship teams in 1977-78, dies at age 71
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (328+ words) Ken Clay, who won World Series championships with the New York Yankees in 1977-78 to highlight his five-year major league career, has died at the age of 71. Dr. Jim Warner, executive medical director for the Centra Heart & Vascular Institute in Lynchburg,…...
Baseball: Team stat leaders heading into Week 8
3+ day, 6+ min ago (874+ words) As the high school baseball regular season heads into the final three weeks, below are team stat leaders. Stats provided by area coaches....