BA sweeps doubleheader

Bulloch Academy won both convincingly and dramatically Monday as the Gators swept a doubleheader from Curtis Baptist High School.

Monday Mouthoff, 3/17

First off, don't kiss me, I'm not Irish. I'm in no mood for slobbering's from green T-shirt wearing hooligans whose real ancestry traces back to Scotland. You've only been Irish since it's been cool. You ain't foolin' me.

Host Gators take 3rd at Relays

Hundreds of high-school athletes and their supporters filled the Georgia Southern University track and field complex as 21 boys' teams and 20 girls' squads competed in Bulloch Academy's ninth annual Gator Relays Saturday.

SCD baseball tops Portal

PORTAL - Savannah Country Day got a complete game out of starter William King (1-1) and used a two-out, four-run, sixth-inning rally to knock off the Portal Panthers (1-5, 0-2 Region 3-A) 8-3 Thursday in region play.

BA baseball drops a squeaker

For the second time in three days, the Bulloch Academy baseball team lost a heartbreaker.

Evans soccer gets by Statesboro

Quinten Wilson's bender in the third minute of extra time gave Evans a 3-2 win over Statesboro Thursday at the Recreation Activities Center on the campus of Georgia Southern.

Local Roundup: Diamond Eagles host Columbia for four

From staff and GSU AMR reports

SEB, Conner shut down Laney

BROOKLET - Matt Conner pitched five shutout innings, allowing just one hit and striking out 10 in the span, as the Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets (5-4, 1-1 Region 3-AA) got their first region win of the season, knocking off the Laney Wildcats (3-2-1, 0-2) 5-0 Friday night.

Gator Relays to be showcased at Georgia Southern

Over 20 track and field teams from around the state will converge on Statesboro Saturday for the ninth annual Gator Relays.

Local Roundup: SHS track and field finishes second at Greenbrier meet

The Statesboro track and field team competed at four-team meet at Greenbier on Tuesday, both finishing in second place behind GHS.

FMB AOTW: McCarthy leads SEB staff

David McCarthy's dad often reminds him who's the better pitcher in the family. The younger thinks it may be time to reevaluate.

Pinewood nips BA in extras

Pinewood Christian Academy scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning to nip Bulloch Academy 9-8 at a soggy Gator Alley Tuesday.

Screven shocks Southeast in soccer

SYLVANIA - For the first time in the program's young history, the Screven County Lady Gamecocks beat the Southeast Bulloch Lady Yellow Jackets (4-2, 0-2 Area 3-AA/A). Despite just 10 shot attempts, the Gamecocks got a 3-1 win in a rain-soaked home contest Tuesday.

2008 E-Z-GO Schenkel field announced

Eighteen of the nation's strongest intercollegiate golf programs will converge into one place this weekend to compete in the 29th Annual Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational. Regarded as one of college golf's premier intercollegiate tournaments, the 54-hole tournament will run March 14-16, at the par-72, 6,962-yard Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga.

BA wins baseball opener

Sophomore Taylor Burke hurled a complete game and added a couple of hits to help Bulloch Academy take a 7-4 season-opening win over St. Andrews of Savannah Monday.

Playoffs: So far, so good, so let's expand

Midway through the first College Football Playoff, one thing really stands out.

Big Ten striking back with bowl success

The Big Ten is starting the new year with a new sense of pride.

SEC getting roughed up

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - It was bound to happen.

Ducks vs. Bucks for title

Ohio State is looking for its first national title since 2002. Oregon is seeking its first, period.

Sweet as Sugar: Buckeyes upset Alabama 42-35

NEW ORLEANS - Urban Meyer had barely sat down after the Sugar Bowl when someone told him the score from the other semifinal game.

Oregon routes FSU

PASADENA, Calif. - Marcus Mariota and Oregon turned an avalanche of Florida State mistakes into a mountain of points and the Ducks rolled past the defending national champions 59-20 Thursday to turn the first College Football Playoff semifinal into a Rose Bowl rout.

Bowls: Badgers down Auburn

Gordon loose on Auburn, there was no stopping the nation's leading rusher.

NFL Wild Card teams — trust hard to come by

The main question for the NFL's weekend of wild-card games is who will advance, of course. The next big query: Who do you trust?

Brave new world

Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Florida State

An ode to 2014

A year in golf: Tales from the Tour

Harbaugh gets big reception as he returns to Michigan

Falcons fire Mike Smith after 2nd straight losing season

ATLANTA - Mike Smith was fired as the Atlanta Falcons' coach Monday, one day after the end of his second straight losing season and a 34-3 rout by the Carolina Panthers before booing fans at the Georgia Dome.

Photo gallery: One Season, One Title

Grab a cup of coffee and spend some time re-living the Georgia Southern Eagles sweeping the Sun Belt Conference through the eyes of Herald Staff Photographer Scott Bryant.