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News became official last week that Geor-gia would open their 2016 football season

inside the Georgia Dome against North Caro-lina. It has been over 40 years since these two have played against each other and 2016 will be their 31st meeting. The Bulldogs have the edge in the all-time series with a 16-12-2 record. The last time these two teams met was back in 1971 down in Jacksonville, Florida. Georgia took that game 7-3 in the Gator Bowl. The Tar Heels haven’t beat Georgia in over 50 years, with their last win coming back in 1963. This matchup will be part of the annual Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game that is played inside the Georgia Dome on the opening weekend of

college football. The Peach Bowl runs the game and their CEO Gary Stokan is excited to get these two teams back on the same field. “This will undoubtedly be one of the best games of the 2016 opening weekend and a long-overdue renewal of an old ACC vs. SEC rivalry,” Stokan said in comments released by UGA. “Both programs have a rich tradition, devoted fan base, top-notch players and elite coaches- all elements of a blockbuster-type game that we can’t wait to host.” A game of this type was expected to be announced sometime, when Georgia J Reid Parker Director of Athletics Greg McGarity said as much earlier in the year. Now it has been made official and he’s ready to get the

state’s university back to the capital city. “It’s great to have the opportunity to be back in Atlanta for the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game,” McGarity said in comments released by UGA. “It will also be a special time to re-kindle a long-ago rivalry with North Carolina, a team we have not played since the Gator Bowl game in December, 1971. Georgia and North Carolina have played 30 times especially throught the fifties and sixties and I’m sure it will be a very popular game among fans of both institutions.” Atlanta is indeed a city that houses a ton of alumni from both state universities. In fact, the two institutions are only about 330 miles apart from each other. Georgia head coach Mark Richt and team says all the time that their first goal of the sea-son is to win the SEC East and play in the SEC Championship. The Georgia Dome is always a destination for the program. He’s ready to get them back there. “I know our team, coaches, and fans will be looking forward to playing a quality oppo-nent like North Carolina in Atlanta,” Richt said in comments from UGA. “It will be a national stage for a season opener and generate a lot of excitement for fans not only of both schools

but college football fans around the country.” The Bulldogs last visit to the Dome ended in heartbreak back in 2012, when they came up just short against Alabama in the SEC Championship. They have played in the Chick-Fil-A Kick-off before, when they took on Boise State to start the 2011 season. The Tar Heels are also making their second appearance in this game, after losing to LSU back in 2010. Larry Fedora will be entering his fifth sea-son at North Carolina, when they open the year against the Bulldogs. Like Richt, he’s also look-ing forward to coaching his team in this game.“The Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game is a tremen-dous opportunity for our team to kick off the college football season on national television against an outstanding Georgia Program,” Fe-dora said in comments gathered by UGA. “This is also an exciting opportunity for our fans to travel to Atlanta and watch us play in an elec-tric environment.” This game will also be special for the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, because it will be the final Kick-off Game inside the Georgia Dome. In 2017, the event will move to the new Falcons Stadium. Photo courtesy of Rob Saye.

Global Warming is defined as: a gradual in-crease in the overall temperature of the

earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants. If you’re like me, you probably don’t know exactly what that all means other than the weather being screwy. With the GHSA State Basketball Tournament in full-swing and spring sports such as baseball, soccer, and lacrosse all opening up play, the ever unpredictable Georgia weather has decided to drop snow, sleet, and ice to hinder the play, but once that snow melts the full blossom of what Georgia High School sports has to offer will be on full display. BASKETBALL ... Many games have been pushed back and

postponed but we have still managed to make it to the quarterfinals. There have been major upsets and Cinderella stories which fans love to follow. In Class AAAAAA boys, four-seed New-ton has turned heads by knocking off defending state champ Tift County and Dacula along the way. They now face the unenviable task of play-ing Wheeler in the Elite Eight. Three-seeds have been all the rage in AAAAA with Dutchtown, Gainesville, and Stephenson all punching their tickets to the Elite Eight on the girls side. Four-seeds Cairo and Upson-Lee have stolen the show in AAAA boys action. Class AA and AAA have been the closest to coming up ‘chalk’ as seven of the eight number one seeds in the boys brackets have advanced to the quarterfinals. The exciting conclusion to the state tournament will come to a head next weekend.

BASEBALL ... Football and basketball in the state of Georgia holds some of the best talent in the nation, but don’t turn a blind eye to the tal-ent on the diamond. Lambert enters this year as the No. 1 ranked team in the entire nation according to such baseball outlets as Perfect Game and MaxPreps. The Longhorns won state after ripping through a 36-2 season and will return many of the same stars that brought home the title a year ago. Class A Private also has a potential national power in King’s Ridge Christian. Much like Lambert, the Tigers are loaded with division-one signees. Former MLB journeyman Dallas McPherson takes the reigns of the defending state champs. Other interest-ing storylines this year include Carrollton and Benedictine. The Carrollton Trojans won their first title since 1962 and will try to remain prominent in the state of Georgia. Defending AA champion Benedictine has come out of the gates slowly at 1-2 after going 32-7 a year ago. The slow start might be a good thing however, as the Cadets started 0-2 last season before putting together a championship run. SOCCER ... Four schools will look for three-peats in boys soccer as state champs. Dalton, McIn-tosh, St. Pius, and Paideia have all dominated their respective classifications. In AAAAAA,

Walton and Collins Hill have vied for the top spot in years past, but Berkmar and last year’s champion Brookwood have emerged as powers. Walton looks poised to return prominence this season, fielding one of the most talented teams in the state and will push Brookwood and others to the brink. Marist and St. Pius have combined for nine girls championships in the past seven seasons and both will look to win their third consecutive state championship this year. LACROSSE ... The sport of Lacrosse became a sanctioned sport with a state championship in the GHSA in 2005 and is one of the fastest growing sports in America. The Lovett boys won three of the first five titles when there was no class restric-tion. Since 2010, Classes A-AAAA competed for a title while the then largest classification, AAAAA, had its own title. With the introduction of AAAAAA in 2013, the tournaments consist of A-AAAAA and AAAAAA competition, thus giving the state of Georgia two champions as it has been since 2010. Northview and Roswell both won their first titles last season and will look to remain atop of the field. On the girls side, Milton has been a dynasty, winning nine of a potential 10 state titles, including five straight. Kell won its first title last season breaking West-minster’s streak of four consecutive. Photo courtesy of Andrew Brooks Photography.

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The girls took center stage on Tuesday as the state quarterfinals tipped off. St. Pius

superstar Asia Durr and the Golden Lions had ended Buford’s previous two playoff runs be-fore the Wolves were able to return the favor Tuesday night with a 59-55 home victory. St. Pius topped Buford in the Elite 8 in 2013 before posting a 48-45 win in last year’s Class AAA state championship and in order to leave with a victory, Buford would need a career performance from its own star, Camille Anderson. The N.C. State signee carried Buford with a timely 33-point performance to balance a 39-point night from the Louisville-bound Durr. Her 39 points surprisingly dropped her scoring average this postseason and she fin-ishes with an astonishing 45 points per game. In Class AAAAA, Stephenson beat the buzzer to pull off another huge road victory, this time shocking Sequoyah 55-53. The three-seeded Stephenson Jaguars (26-5) are no stranger to playing the role of the spoiler thus far this postseason. After knocking off previ-ously undefeated Brunswick last round 80-70, they were faced with the tall task of visiting the

War Lodge to do battle with No. 1 Sequoyah (27-4). In the end, the Jaguars survived on a Chloe Culpeper lay in with 0.4 seconds re-maining. It was a back-and-forth game the en-tire way as Sequoyah jumped out to an 11-10 lead after one. The Lady Chiefs’ leading scorer this sea-son Kelley Hartman was anchored with foul trouble early and finished with seven points. Stephenson trailed 43-40 entering the fourth, before Davion Wingate took over. Wingate fin-ished with 16 points, 12 in the second half. Ter-rianna Cave also had a big game for Stephen-son with 16. After a Lauren Hartman free throw tied the game with 45.8 seconds left, Stephen-son held for one shot. Coach Dennis Watkins told Wingate before the final possession, “If we are going to lose, we are going to lose with you. If we are going to win, we are going to win with you.” Wingate slashed through the lane with the clock ticking and found a wide open Chloe Culpeper for the game-winning basket. Lauren Hartman led Sequoyah with 15 points and 13 rebounds in the loss.

CLASS AAAA… No. 1 seed Carrollton scored a 56-51 victory at No. 1 Americus-Sumter on Tuesday. Carroll-ton led 14-7 in the opening quarter, but the host Panthers tied it at the half 24-24 after outscor-ing Carrollton 17-10 in the second. The Trojans took a 42-40 lead into the fourth quarter and closed the door in the fourth with a 14-11 scor-ing edge. Carrollton’s Alecia North (18), Emily Waters (15) and Erial Daniel (12) combined for 45 of the team’s 56 points. A’tyanna Gaulden’s game-high 25 points and an 11-point outing by Timia Swanson led Americus-Sumter. No. 1 Veterans (30-1) shook off an ice cold second quarter and exploded in the sec-ond half for a 47-31 win over Marist. The War-hawks netted just two points in the second quarter, before outscore visiting Marist (23-5) 34 to 10 in the second half. Kya Cochran, Car-rington Kee, and Khayla Owens all scored 10 points. Marist was led by Dominique Oden’s game-high 22. In a matchup of No. 2 seeds, Fayette County advanced with a 58-50 win over Monroe to play Buford in the semifinals. Fay-ette County was led by Kayla Smith with 26 points on 8-of-13 shooting, six steals and five rebounds. Teammate Daryl Langford added 11 points and six rebounds while Christa Jones scored eight points with six assists. In a battle of Class AAA No. 1 seeds, Laney had three players in double figures and ended Dawson County’s bid for a perfect season with a 70-64 victory. Laney took advantage in the second half, outscoring Dawson 44-30 to put away the game. Laney was led by Aubri-ana Vonner with 23 points. She was helped by teammate Desha Benjamin (22) and Aaliyah Collier (14). Dawson County was paced by Sheyenne Seabolt, who scored 22 points while Karlie Bearden added 14 points and Haley Bur-gess put in 10.

WELL-REPRESENTED… Region 6-AA sent three teams into the semifinals and proved once again to be one of the most talented regions in the state, regard-less of classification. Third-seeded Lovett trailed No. 1 seed Model 22-20 after the first quarter but used a 17-6 scoring differential in the second quarter to build a 37-28 lead and hold on for a 65-51 victory. Lovett freshman Jenna Brown netted a game-high 25 points while adding eight as-sists and senior Te’Erica Eason finished with 23 points, 11 rebounds and five steals. Quinn Barry flirted with a double-double with nine points

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and nine rebounds and Carrie Mutombo added eight rebounds. Freshman Victaria Saxton led Model with a team-high 17 points and added 14 rebounds and seven blocks from the post. Region 6’s No. 1 seed Holy Innocents’ used a 14-0 run in the third quarter to improve to (30-0) and top Vidalia 80-65. Holy Innocents’ was led by Khayla Pointer and Kaila Hubbard, who both finished with 20 points. Erika Cassell added 19 and Sydney Long pitched in 12. Chyn-na Hodge scored 17 points for the Lady Indians. Nikki McDonald’s 15 points and 10 boards led second-seeded Wesleyan past Brooks County 71-36. Cairo Booker finished with 11 points to help pace a balanced Wesleyan at-tack. The Trojans were led by Alicia Gertman who finished with a game-high 22 points while Samantha Ryles netted 10. In Class A-Private, No. 2 seeded South-west Atlanta topped Eagle’s Landing Christian 68-52 and made its return to the semifinals after last year’s championship run in Class A-Private. Southwest Atlanta had five players in double figures in the win: Shakyna Payne (15), Elizabeth Gibbs (14), Tiamya Butler (14), Dom-inique Banks (12) and Nicole Martin (10). A strong first half (37-19) in Southwest Atlanta’s favor sealed the game. Eagle’s Landing’s Pey-ton Lewis had 17 points, Sydney Spence added 14 points and Abigail Rogers finished with 10. Photos courtesy of Ty Freeman.

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The Panthers have won four straight including eight of their last nine and find themselves in a three-way tie atop of the Sun Belt. Ryan Harrow has re-turned after a concussion and R.J. Hunter may be coming out of his season long slump after games of 28 and 22 points. Coach Ron Hunter’s team could be a sleeper in March if they make the tourney.

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Class 6A boys teams did not fare well in their meet-ings with the Metro Atlanta schools. Defending champ Tift County was bounced by four-seed Newton in round one. Valdosta dropped by four in its first round game and Lee County fell by 26. The worst of the bunch was Lowndes, who after beating Lovejoy got beat 102-59 by Norcross.

The Hawk big man did a little bit of everything on Sunday as he bullied his way to a 23 point 16 rebound performance in a 97-86 win over Milwaukee. Millsap showed his versatility by canning a three, recording two blocks, collecting a steal, and dishing out three assists. He has been a stalwart de-fensively for Atlanta and has helped key the Hawks’ best season ever.

Yes. The weather has most definitely been the opposite of hot. Ice and snow have wreaked havoc on the peach state and has rendered nearly all schools and sporting events to come to a stand-still. Make sure you get your milk and bread for this week’s storm!

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FLORIDA DOMINATIONThe Hawks will look to have a successful weekend when they face Orlando and Miami. Both teams have struggled to get anything going, but they will be on their A-game when they face the No. 1 team in the East. The Hawks shouldn’t, and won’t screw around with either team, and they’ll come away with wins.

The Braves have reported for spring training and the 2015 season is just right around the corner. There will be a lot of questions that have to be answered as spring training rolls on. The Braves signed a lot of older veterans that have seen and done a lot. But can they help the Braves get back to the playoffs?

FLORIDA TRAINING

NEW UGA HELMETNo, there is not a new Bulldogs helmet in the mix, but Deeyung Entertainment came up with a new design that makes the current UGA helmet look ordinary. The helmet is all red with the secondary logo cemented on the top and the side. It’s really crazy if you ask me, but I would not mind if the Bulldogs wear it for one game.

SPRING PRACTICE BEGINSThe KSU football team will hold its first spring practice starting Monday. The team will have 14 practices before they host their inaugural Black and Gold Scrimmage on Mar. 28 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. I can’t wait to see the Owls back in action, and the spring game is probably going to be one of my highlights in March.

FINAL FOURIt’s getting closer. The high school basketball playoffs are down to semifinals and these schools are one step away from playing in Macon next weekend. It’s been a crazy playoff season to say the least, but the semifinals are only going to get crazier. Make sure you go to scoreatl.com for all the latest scores and recaps from this weekend’s action.

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The Greater Atlanta Christian boys, ranked No. 1 in Class AA, have won four state

championships—including three since 2007. But they are currently in the midst of some-thing they had never previous accomplished. The Spartans have won 26 games in a row after rolling over Dunwoody 8-1 on Monday. Their 3-1 victory over Marist earlier this month eclipsed their previous best-ever mark of 24 wins in a row. Greater Atlanta Christian is 3-0 this season, a record that also includes a 4-1 defeat of Parkview. In the record-breaking performance against Marist, Greater Atlanta Christian got goals from Nate Ream, Jonathon Tesfave and Benny Harris. Ream also had two assists. In ad-dition to his stellar work in front of the net, goal-keeper Jake Doiron assisted on Ream’s goal. Class AAAAAA’s defending champion is also off to a strong start in its 2015 cam-

paign. Brookwood, ranked No. 1 in the highest classification, is 4-0 after edging fifth-ranked Lambert 2-1 on Tuesday. The Broncos boast additional wins over John’s Creek, Collins Hill and Pope. In the 4-1 success at Pope’s expense, Samaan Williams notched two goals and one assist. Topher Marshall and Ekow Annan also found the back of the net for Brookwood. Not to be outdone by the Greater Atlanta Christian boys, Harrison’s girls have also won 26 games in succession. The Hoyas, who have not lost since the 2013 season, lifted the state trophy in 2014 with an unblemished record and are 4-0 so far in 2015. Their latest victory came last Friday in the form of a 3-0 shutout against Peachtree Ridge. Treva Aycock scored two goals for Harrison. Sarah Alexander also tallied a goal, while Brook Colangelo and Trinity Pominville contributed assists in support of goalkeeper Kelsey Daugherty’s four-save shutout.

Rivals Blessed Trinity and Westminster are back in the same classification (AAA) and are expected to battle for the girls’ title. They already have one common opponent checked off the schedule, with both teams having ham-mered Riverwood 6-0. Blessed Trinity fol-lowed up that result with a 1-0 loss to Chatta-hoochee. Westminster is 2-0-1 on the season after playing Walton—the No. 5 team in Class AAAAAA—to a 2-2 deadlock last Friday.

PLAY BALL… On the diamond, Lambert enters the sea-son as the number one ranked team in not only Class AAAAAA, but in the entire nation. Perfect Game and MaxPreps are two of many baseball outlets that have recognized Lambert as their number one ranked team after winning the state championship going 36-2 last season. After losing to Houston County in the state championship last season, Whitewater looks poised to make another deep run into the state tournament this year. Through three games the Wildcats have outscored oppo-nents 28-3. In an 8-0 win over Griffin, pitchers Ethan Gillis (KSU-commit) and Jake Lee (GT-signee) combined to strike out 14 batters. Carrollton won its first state title since 1962 and will try to replicate its success. Roury Glanton, Jackson Hesterlee, Mitch McLendon, and Cooper Criswell were all named Pre-Sea-son First Team All-Region. After going 26-9

last season, Veterans has started off slow dropping three of its first four games, each loss by one run. AAA’s defending champion Blessed Trin-ity shutdown West Forsyth on opening night this Monday. Brad Spinner, Francis Sugrue, and Cody Roberts combined for a 1-hit shutout of the Wolverines. Roberts along with Jake Bo-gosian plated the lone two runs scored. Pierce County has come out of the gates strong after a successful season saw the Bears make it to the quarterfinals a year ago. Every starter returns this year with great postseason experience. In AA, Lovett shutout Appling County 1-0 on opening day. UGA-commit Aaron Schunk pitched well and also hit the eventual game-winning homerun. Defending champ Benedic-tine sits at 1-3 after losses to Woodstock and Glynn Academy. Former Major Leaguer Dallas McPherson leads defending Class A Private state champ King’s Ridge into another season with lofty ex-pectations. Much like Lambert, the Tigers have a plethora of college talent. Georgia Tech-signee Brandt Stallings anchors the offense after hitting .545 with 10 home runs and 41 RBIs. Ace Aus-tin Higgenbotham (Austin Peay), Adam Moore (Mercer), and Tarez Miller (Georgia Southern) all star on the diamond and make the Tigers the odds on favorites to repeat. Photos courtesy of Glenn Martin Photogra-phy, Heidi McClure, Marist and Whitney Reddin.

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1............................ Wheeler2..................... Pebblebrook3.........................Tift County4........................... Norcross5................................Shiloh

1............................ Osborne2...........................Parkview3..................Mountain View4....................North Forsyth5................... South Forsyth

6................................Tucker7...................................Pope8............................ Hillgrove9.............. Langston Hughes10........................Alpharetta

6.........................Woodstock7................................Archer8..................... West Forsyth9.............. Langston Hughes10..........................Norcross

6.....................South Atlanta7...................Blessed Trinity8.................................Butler9.............................. Rutland10.......................... East Hall

6................................ Beach7........................... Jefferson8...........Washington County9......................Westminster10................Morgan County

6.. Greater Atlanta Christian7...............................Harlem8.................................Model9.......................Thomasville10.................Greene County

6.......................Thomasville7..................Putnam County8....................... Manchester9..........................Darlington10...................Union County

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Class AAAAAA Class AAAAAA

1...................... Miller Grove2...........................McIntosh3...........................Allatoona4........................ Gainesville5...........................M.L. King

1.........................Brunswick2..................................Mays3............. Effingham County4..........................Sequoyah5.......................Stephenson

6.........................Brunswick7............. Carver-Columbus8.................. Warner Robins9...........................LaGrange10.....................Stockbridge

6......................... Grovetown7.............Southwest DeKalb8........................Forest Park9.........................Greenbrier10............ Woodland-Henry

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1................................ Laney2............................. Jenkins3......................Cedar Grove4................. Morgan County5..........Johnson-Savannah

1.................Dawson County2.................... South Atlanta3........................... Kendrick4............................. Decatur5................................ Laney

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1.........................Jonesboro2........ Johnson-Gainesville3..............................St. Pius4.............................Lithonia5..........................Carrollton

1.........................Jonesboro2............................... Buford3............................Veterans4..............................St. Pius5............ Americus-Sumter

6.................... Burke County7.............Americus-Sumter8............................... Albany9...................Liberty County10......................... Columbia

6....................Mary Persons7.........................Bainbridge8................................ Marist9................................ Griffin10........ Northwest Whitfield

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1..................Pace Academy2.............. Seminole County3.................Holy Innocents’4...............................Vidalia5...............Crawford County

1.................Holy Innocents’2..............................Pelham3.......................... Wesleyan4................................ Model5...............................Vidalia

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1.........................St. Francis2.........SW Atlanta Christian3.................... Taylor County4..................Tattnall Square5.....Savannah Country Day

6................Hancock Central7.................Calhoun County8..............................Treutlen9..........................Greenville10..................Turner County

6...............................Claxton7....................Turner County8....................... Calvary Day9............Stratford Academy10..............Atkinson County

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Wide receiver Chris Conley was one of five UGA alums that went to Indianapolis to

prove they deserve to be drafted by an NFL team. When the scouting combine came to an end, he was one of the more talked about play-ers with his performance. Presentation and interview skills have never been an issue for Conley. For that fact, neither have the athletic accomplishments on the field. That said especially in 2014 the passing game took a backseat to the running part of the offense. Most of the football world might not have been completely familiar with Con-ley the player. Their eyes were opened pretty quickly. Conley finished his on-field work as a top performer in four categories up in Indianapo-lis. Those were the 40-yard dash, bench press, vertical jump, and broad jump. He led the wide receivers in all of those categories. The Dallas, Ga. native ran the 40 in 4.35 seconds, threw up the bench press barbell with 225 lbs. 18 times, jump vertically 45 inches, and broad jumped 139 inches. These numbers plus his production at Georgia might have vaulted Conley into the

Four games remain on Georgia State’s basket-ball schedule and it looks like the battle for

Sun Belt supremacy will come down to the final game. Currently, the Panthers (19-8, 12-4) are in a three-way tie for first place with Georgia Southern (19-6, 12-4) and UL Monroe (18-9, 12-4). After trips to UALR and Troy on Thurs-day and Saturday, the season concludes with the Panthers visiting UL Monroe on March 5th and welcoming Georgia Southern on the 7th. In Georgia State’s previous meetings, they thumped UL Monroe 65-45 in the conference opener and lost at Georgia Southern 58-54 on the road in early February. The Panthers’ latest victory came this past Saturday as they walloped the visiting Appalachian State Mountaineers (9-16, 6-10) by 44 points, 87-43. It was sweet revenge after dropping to the Mountaineers 74-69 earlier in the year. GSU’s trademark suffocating defense was once again on display as App State shot just 29 percent. The Panthers have now held six consecutive opponents to under 30 percent shooting and have won four straight games in

Headed into last Monday night’s home game against the Louisville Cardinals, the Yellow

Jackets were coming off of a 29-point blow-out loss at the hands of the North Carolina Tar Heels, 89-60.Georgia Tech had just three conference wins headed into the game, but were looking to get back in the win column against a team des-tined for an NCAA March Madness berth. With just under eight minutes left in regu-lation and the Jackets up 10 points, Louisville’s Terry Rozier took matters into his own hands, leading the Cardinals on a 14-2 run to cut the Yellow Jackets lead to 43-42 with two minutes to play. With Less than 30 seconds go to and no timeouts for either team, Georgia Tech’s Marcus Georges-Hunt tied the game at 48-48. But, just four seconds later, Rozier banked in a lay-up to give the Cardinals the go-ahead bucket with 20 seconds remaining. After a turnover on the other end by the Yellow Jack-ets with just seconds remaining, the Cardinals were able to hold on to win 52-51 behind Ro-

The baseball team is starting the 2015 sea-son on the right foot. After defeating Mer-

cer 8-2 last Wednesday, the Owls traveled to Jacksonville, Ala. this past weekend and took two of three from the Gamecocks. In the first game on Friday, the Owls beat Jacksonville State 14-8, and eight of the nine starting KSU batters recorded at least one hit. Kal Simmons hit a homer while Jeremy Howell added two extra base hits. Pitcher Mason Ward earned his first win of the year as he worked three innings and gave up three hits and allowing two runs. This was the first appearance for Ward this season. The Owls faced the Gamecocks again in a doubleheader on Saturday. They won the first game 4-2, but lost the second contest 11-4. The Owls won Game 1 and the series with the help of pitcher Travis Bergen who went seven inninsg and did not give up an earned run. On offense, it was Howell and Morgan who put in the work as they went a combined 4-for-6 and

second night of the draft. Those would be rounds two and three.

WELCOME BACK… Just a little under two weeks ago, Georgia announced they had hired former running back Thomas Brown as their new head coach. The move came after former wide receiver’s coach Tony Ball decided to make the move over to LSU. Brown takes Ball’s spot on the coaching staff and that moves Bryan McClendon over to coach the wide receivers. He returns to a place he loves very much. “Once I left this place I wanted to put myself in a position that if the job did become available,” Brown said to reporters on Mon-day. “When I left I kind of built my resume and showed what I could do at other places outside of here that I thought would make it easier to get me back (to UGA).” Brown coached Heisman runner-up Mel-vin Gordon last year at Wisconsin. He was pre-viously at Marshall and Chattanooga before joining the Thundering Herd. Spring football practice starts for Georgia on March 17.

OUT THE GATES… The baseball Bulldogs are enjoying the be-ginning of their 2015 season, with a 6-1 record out of the gate. The last three wins have come in very impressive fashion. Over the last weekend, Georgia welcomed 12th ranked Florida State into Foley Field. They lost the first game 7-5, before sweeping the Saturday double-header 4-1 and 10-5.The Bulldogs followed that up with a 3-0 mid-week win over Presbyterian.Now they’ll hit the road this weekend for a three game series with Georgia Southern.

the process. Ryan Harrow returned to action after missing three games due to concussion-like symptoms. Harrow scored 20 points while R.J. Hunter poured in a game-high 22.

DIMINUTIVE ANDREWS HAS BIG CAREE ... The women’s team ripped off two consec-utive wins after beating South Alabama 69-54 and App State 80-70. The Panthers now sit at 12-13 overall and 7-9 in conference play. Brit-tany Logan scored 18 points and Gabby Moss (18) and Kennesha Nichols (16) both finished with career-highs as Georgia State defeated App State. In the process of snagging the victory, senior guard Alisha Andrews accom-plished quite the feat. She collected her 300th career steal to make her the second active NCAA women’s player with 1,000 points/500 assists/300 rebounds and 300 steals.

ROSE IN BLOOM ... On Sunday, Matt Rose continued his on-slaught at the plate blasting two more hom-ers for the Panthers (4-4), but they were not enough as Georgia State fell to UMass Lowell 9-2. Rose, the junior infielder and Preseason All-American, leads the nation in homeruns with five. Garrett Ford struggled in the second inning after an error helped lead to six runs. Junior catcher Joey Roach was bright spot however, going 9-for-19 with two homers, two doubles, and nine RBIs in five games. The Pan-thers visit Georgia Tech on Wednesday at 4 P.M. before returning home next weekend to host Ohio in a three-game series.

zier’s 18 second half points. Six of the Yellow Jackets’ last seven defeats have been by a total of 16 points. The Yellow Jackets will look to rebound as they travel to play Clemson this Saturday at 12:00 ET.

GOOD BEGINNINGS… It’s that time of year again as the smell of college baseball permeates through the air. The Yellow Jackets have managed a 5-3 overall record after playing eight games in 11 days to start the season. After posting a 2-1 record at the Caravelle Resort’s Baseball at the Beach tournament, the Yellow Jackets traveled to Auburn, suffering their worst defeat of the year, 7-1. The Yellow Jackets struck out 13 times on the night while managing only six hits offen-sively. But, it wasn’t all negatives for the Yellow Jackets on the night. Georgia Tech’s Thomas Smith extended his hitting streak to six games with a 1-for-4 effort, but freshman Kel John-son’s hitting streak was halted at seven. Georgia Tech head coach Danny Hall told wramblinwreck.com that, “We’ve got to bounce back with a big series at home this weekend against Indiana State.” The Yellow Jackets will now begin an eight game home streak which will see In-diana State come to town as well as Notre Dame, March sixth.

two RBIs in the win. Game 3 did not go so well for the Owls as the Gamecocks jumped to a 2-0 lead to start the game, and they never looked back. Morgan did hit a home run for the Owls, and he finished the day 3-for-7 with two homers and three RBIs. The Owls will be back in action this week-end as they face UConn for a three-game se-ries starting on Friday at Stillwell Stadium.

SPRING PRACTICE BEGINS… It’s finally here. The 2015 football season is official as the football team will start spring practice on Monday. The team will have 14 practices during the month of March before hosting the first annual Black and Gold scrim-mage which will take place on Mar. 28 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. For anyone who was at the fall practices last year, expect the same tempo again during the practices coming up. Head coach Brian Bo-hannon wants his team to be able to run and to be able to hit when the season begins. Bohan-non will also need his players to become more leaders like offensive lineman Lorenzo Adger who signed with the Owls in 2014, and has certain goals for him and his team. “My expectation is to be a dominant starter that my team can depend on and trust to give good input and output for the team,” Adger told KSUOwls.com. “As far as team ex-pectations, go out there and win games.”

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Atlanta got back to its winning ways on Sun-day as the Hawks (44-12) downed host

Milwaukee, 97-86. Paul Millsap had a monster game to lead the way scoring 23 points while pulling down 16 rebounds. Six Hawks finished in double figures including Dennis Schroder’s 12 points and nine assists off the bench. At-lanta got off to a hot start and held a 22-13 lead after the first period and extended its lead to 48-35 at the half. The Bucks (31-24) did not go away and tied the game at 64 with 49 seconds left in the third quarter. It would be as close as Milwaukee would get to taking the lead as At-lanta opened up 24-9 run to start the fourth quarter and put the game at a comfortable distance. “We had that third quarter where it got tight,” Coach Mike Budenholzer said. “It was good for our group to have it get tight and then respond and find a way (and) get ... bet-ter defensively.” The Bucks received 19 points apiece from Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton in the loss.

A change has come for B.J. Upton off the field. Now the entire Atlanta Braves orga-

nization and its fans hope a change comes on the field. Previously known as Bossman Junior after his father, the Braves’ much-maligned center fielder will now go by his official name—Melvin Upton Jr. That is how it showed up on Atlan-ta’s spring training roster last weekend and he confirmed the switch upon arriving at training camp in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on Monday. “This has nothing to do with starting a new chapter,” the team’s website reported Upton as saying. “I just wanted to. My father thought enough to give me his name, so why not? It was the name that was given to me as a kid, so I felt I wanted to go by my real name. Most of my friends call me Mel or Melvin. No-body really calls me B.J. except at the stadium.” Nobody will care what he goes by as long as Melvin is far more productive at the plate

The Atlanta Falcons today announced Mon-day that they have signed fullback Patrick

DiMarco and defensive end Cliff Matthews to contract extensions. The club has also signed wide receiver Nick Williams. DiMarco was originally signed by the San Diego Chargers as a college free agent out of South Carolina following the 2011 NFL Draft. He spent the 2012 season with the Kansas City Chiefs before being signed to the Falcons prac-tice squad in 2013. In two seasons in Atlanta, DiMarco has played in 30 games with 14 starts while logging 17 receptions for 111 yards and one touchdown. His season ended with a key drop that would have been a touchdown in the Falcons embarrassing loss to the Panthers. Matthews, 6-4, 275 pounds, was selected by the Falcons in the sixth round (230th over-all) of the 2011 NFL Draft. In four seasons with the Falcons, he has appeared in 32 games, primarily on special teams. Last season, Mat-thews saw action in seven games while totaling

Fort Wayne (35-12-1-3) handed Gwinnett (16-31-3-1) another tough loss, 3-2 on Sat-

urday. It is the third time this season the Kom-ets managed to slip by the Gladiators by one goal. Gwinnett came out hot receiving goals from Zach Yuen and Garry Nunn just over 10 minutes into the game to give goaltender Mark Guggenberger a nice lead to defend. It was the first time since February 6th that the team jumped out to a multi-goal lead. That lead however, was too slippery for Gwinnett to hold onto. The scoring for host Fort Wayne began at the 18:27 mark of the first period when Brock Higgs broke through for his fifth goal of the season on a power play blast. The second period was totally controlled by the Komets as they sent a barrage of shots at the Gwinnett net. Fort Wayne outshot the Gladiators 18-to-2 in the second period. Gug-genberger allowed a goal 1:12 minutes into the second period on a Christian Ouellet power play goal assisted by Matt Krug and Brett Perlini.

OPENING ACT ... Last Friday, the first game after the All-Star break was one to forget. Toronto came to Philips Arena and handed Atlanta a 105-80 beat down. Former South Gwinnett standout and Atlanta Hawk Lou Williams set the High-light Factory ablaze, draining seven 3-pointers en route to 26 point performance. The seven 3-pointers were a career high for the high scor-ing sixth man. Atlanta trailed by just four at the half before the Raptors outscored the Hawks 56-35 in the second half. Paul Millsap, Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver all scored 11 points. At-lanta managed to shoot just 33 percent from the field and was hounded into 22 turnovers. With the win, the Raptors take the season se-ries 3-1. No other team this season has two wins over Atlanta.

UP NEXT ... The Dallas Mavericks (39-20) are set to visit Philips Arena this Wednesday at 7:30 P.M. With Atlanta scheduled to receive anywhere from one to five inches of snow, the Hawks’ hometown advantage may be neutralized de-pending on how the weather cooperates. On Friday, the Orlando Magic visit before Atlanta leaves for warmer weather in South Beach. The Heat welcome the East-leading Hawks at 7:30 P.M. on Saturday.

than B.J. was in his first two seasons with the Braves after signing a five-year, $75 million contract—the largest free-agent deal in fran-chise history. Since the start of the 2013 cam-paign, Upton is hitting .198 with 21 homers and a .593 OPS (worst in the majors among quali-fying batters in that span). He has hit better than .246 only twice in eight full seasons (six with Tampa Bay. “[Those years] are over with,” Upton as-sured. “They’re gone and I can’t change them. So I just need to work to the future and get ready for this year.”

MARKAKIS CLEARED ... This year’s campaign may or may not be-gin with newcomer Nick Markakis in right field. The former Baltimore Oriole signed a four-year, $44 million contract last fall and had to undergo surgery for a herniated disk in his next shortly thereafter. Markakis was cleared for spring training activities last week but it is not yet clear if he will be ready for Opening Day. “Opening Day is a goal,” the nine-year veteran told reporters. “It’s one of those things you work for and try to get there. It’s not some-thing you want to rush. Neck surgery is pretty serious so you don’t want to rush it. I will have six weeks to do my thing and try to get ready for Opening Day.”

six tackles (four solo) on defense and adding three special teams tackles. The competition will be open for playing time on defense and special teams this offseason with a new coach-ing staff in place and Matthews will be a player looking for a fresh start. Williams adds depth to the wide receiver position and was originally signed by the Wash-ington Redskins as college free agent out of the University of Connecticut following the 2013 NFL Draft. He played in five games as a receiver and returner during his rookie campaign in 2013. Williams played in 42 games at UCONN where he caught 43 passes for 588 yards and two touchdowns. He set a school record for career kickoff return yards (2,045) and ranks second in yards per return (25.9). Additionally, Williams is the only player in UConn history with at least two kickoff returns and two punt returns for touchdowns in a career.

WHAT TO DO… The Falcons’ draft needs were discussed among the national media at the 2015 NFL Scouting combine and the answers shared similar themes. Defense was the most com-mon answer and more specifically finding an edge rusher to boost the pass rush was con-sidered a priority. However, media also agreed that the answer to the Falcons’ defensive struggles could be helped in free agency more than the draft and acquiring a big-name player like Ndamukong Suh is not out of the realm of possibilities.

Guggenberger was up to the task the rest of the period sending back 17 shots while the Gwinnett offense sputtered to create any opportunities. Cody Sol ended up breaking Gwinnett’s hopes of pulling out the victory as he sent home his fifth goal of the season at the 11:36 mark to give Fort Wayne the lead for good. The Glads man-aged to send just 21 shots at opposing goalie Pat Nagle while the Komets took 36 attempts. The Gladiators will next head on to Toledo, Ohio to take on the Walleye for the fourth and final time this season at 5:15 p.m.

HERE COMES THE CAVALRY ... Dan O’Donoghue has been assigned to Gwinnett after a stint in the AHL with the Portland Pirates. The 24-year-old is now on his third assignment with the Gladiators. O’Donoghue played collegiately at Mercy-hurst University where he scored a total of 45 goals and 74 assists for the Lakers. The Gladi-ators announced on Tuesday that they have acquired defenseman Patrick McEachen from the Florida Everblades, retroactive to Saturday. Also 24, McEachen appeared in 21 games with the Florida Everblades this season. Before the 2014-15 season began, McEachen spent time in the Carolina Hurricanes prospect camp and played for the Hurricanes in the Traverse City Prospects Tournament in September. Both McEachen and O’Donoghue will join the Gladi-ators ahead of their next game, a 7:30 p.m. meeting with Florida on Wednesday.

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