Former Greenbrier star Brandon Cumpton carried a perfect game into the seventh inning, and Chase Burnette went 6-for-6 with three home runs and three doubles to lead No. 10 Georgia Tech (31-11-1) to a 23-3 win over Presbyterian (10-34) Sunday afternoon.

No. 17 Florida scored six runs in the top of the ninth highlighted by a go-ahead three-run home run by Preston Tucker to complete a sweep of No. 6 Georgia with a 10-8 win Sunday at Foley Field.

DeAngelo Mack tallied his second two-homer game of the season on his way to a career-high
four hits as South Carolina belted its way to a 14-5 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday evening at Carolina
Stadium.

Ken Raborn became USC Aiken’s all-time leader in hits in No. 7 USC Aiken’s 14-2 victory over Pfeiffer on Thursday evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.

Continuing the record-breaking weekend, Ken Raborn became the all-time leader in home runs in school history and 14th-ranked USC Aiken captured its third consecutive Peach Belt Conference series sweep with an 11-6 victory on Sunday afternoon before a school record crowd of 1,316 fans at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.

A story in the New York Times links former Evans star Todd Greene to a doctor who was indicted for illegally prescribing steroids and human growth hormone to major league baseball players, though the article states “Greene has never been identified as using steroids.“ 

Friday’s high school school basketball scores as reported to the WJBF Sports department.

Wednesday, February 4th is National Signing Day for high school football players to sign letters of intent to play college football for their chosen school.  Here is the complete list of CSRA signees as reported to the WJBF Sports department.

Friday’s CSRA High School Basketball scores as reported to the WJBF Sports department.

It is the most talked about runoff this year.  Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss and his opponent Jim Martin will soon hit the polls to see who will take the Georgia Senate seat which is up for grabs.  Saturday Senator Chambliss came through Evans in an effort to get more voters.  WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop had a chance to talk with him and has more.

State Representative Ben Harbin, plead guilty today to reckless driving charges stemming from a May 2007 car crash in Atlanta.

Despite all the trouble on Wall Street and with our banks the brick and mortar continues to go up in Columbia County.  Leaders say they have been responsible with taxpayer money and they offer a quality of life that attracts business to their community.