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Sun burned

February 7, 2012

Steve Nash celebrates his birthday early, dropping in 24 points to lead the Suns past the Hawks, 99-90, Monday night in Atlanta.

Hancock signs with Tide

Deerfield-Windsor’s Reed Hancock, one of the most prolific pole vaulters in the nation, signs with Alabama on Monday.

PREP HOOPS PACKAGE: Includes Fab 5 poll, Quote of the week, By the numbers, schedule, and top games of the week.

Westover’s history-making Lady Patriots are still unbeaten and on top of the girls Fab 5, while Albany High’s top-ranked boys win three games to close in on the top seed in Region 1-AA. Monroe’s boys move up to No. 2 and meet Westover tonight at Darton. Dougherty’s girls swap places with Monroe at No. 3 after beating the Lady Tornadoes. (includes, schedule, By the numbers, Quote of the week, and top games of the week.)

Darton gets off to slow start

Darton’s high expectations hit a wall as the Cavaliers struggle in the opening two rounds of their first golf tournament of the spring season, sitting in fifth place.

ASU Lady Rams swept in opener

ASU’s Lady Rams drop a doubleheader to West Georgia to start their softball season.

Darton swimmers dominate region meet

Darton's swimmers sweep a pair of meets over the weekend, including the Region XVII championship.

Herald No. 3 Monroe hangs on to beat Terrell County, 55-51

Terrell County led by six points in the closing minutes of the third quarter, but the Tornadoes play well down the stretch to improve to 17-5.

Prep basketball roundup: Randolph-Clay downs Calhoun County in big Region 1B-A game

Randolph-Clay sweeps Calhoun County in two crucial boys and girls Region 1-B-A games. (ADDS items on Bainbridge-Cairo, Pelham-Mitchell County and Baker-Miller County).

LOCAL COLLEGE ROUNDUP: ASU hoops split with Tuskegee

The Rams knock off Tuskegee, the No. 1 team in the conference, behind 15 points from Justin Wilcox. (ADDS: Items on ASU women basketball, Darton women's basketball, Darton softball, GSW baseball and GSW women's basketball).

Hawks lose at home to 76ers, 98-87

The Hawks fall at home for just the third time this year, in large part because of the 76ers’ bench, which scored 54 points and had four players in double figures to defeat Atlanta, 98-87.

Branch: Time to ‘finish the job’

On the eve of Super Bowl XLVI, Albany native Deion Branch is confident that come Sunday night, he and the Patriots will all be wearing rings — and in Branch’s case, possibly his third in what’s become a remarkable NFL career.

Take that, Thomasville!

Tim Pierce scores 27 points and Herald No. 1 Albany High avenges a tough loss to Thomasville and takes over the top seed in the Region 1-AA race with a 56-48 win on the road.

Westover girls cruise past Crisp, improve to perfect 23-0

The Herald No. 1 Lady Patriots are now just two wins away from the first perfect season in Westover history after dismantling arguably its biggest threat, Crisp County, 57-42, on Friday.

Cavs edged by P-Cola in 2012 home opener

Darton pitchers Matthew Aldrich and Tyler Oglesby were nearly unhittable Friday, but it still wasn’t enough to beat Pensacola ace Danny Davis, who showed the Cavs why he has already committed to Central Florida.

Ex-Lee County star Seay, two others dismissed from UGA football team

The inaugural Albany Herald People's Choice Player of the Year, Sanford Seay of Lee County, is booted off the football team early Friday morning by coach Mark Richt, along with two other freshman, Nick Marshall of Rochelle and Chris Sanders of Tucker.

PREP ROUNDUP: DWS boys, girls win region

Sam Shellhaas scores 15 and Miranda Phillips has 14 points to lead the Deerfield teams to a pair of wins against Westfield. (ADDS: items on Terrell Academy girls, SGA girls, Pelham girls, Miller County girls, Bainbridge boys, Bainbridge girls, Seminole County girls, Baker girls, Westwood boys, Westwood girls, Calhoun County boys, SGA boys, Terrell Academy boys and Sherwood boys and girls)

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Ex-UGA star Moreno arrested for DUI

Former University of Georgia star running back Knowshon Moreno was arrested by Denver police Wednesday on a drunken driving charge.

Darton golf eyes success in first spring under Jones

The nationally-ranked No. 7 Cavs begin their spring season today in Melbourne, Fla., and first-year coach Bill Jones III says his team is “definitely ready to go.”

Albany’s Branch on 4th-quarter drop: ‘I still got to catch the ball’

]Albany Herald Super Bowl correspondent Josh Weinfuss catches up with Deion Branch after the Patriots' fall just short of another title.

Lady Rams ready to climb back to top of conference

The Albany State softball team had won two conference championships in a row before losing in the quarterfinals last season, but coach Robert Skinner is ready to reclaim that title despite a new pitching staff and a team full of underclassmen.

Super Giants!

MVP Eli Manning leads the New York Giants to their second Super Bowl win against the Patriots in four years — this time by directing the Giants’ game-winning drive in the final minutes to take home a 21-17 victory.

Journey to the top

Deion Branch, who has run an incredible, inspiring route from Albany and Monroe High to NFL stardom, is back in the Super Bowl, where he won an MVP award seven years ago, and his heart is always in Albany, where those who know him best cherish his long ride and what he means to the Good Life City.

In command in the clutch

Albany’s Tim Pierce and Larry Sanford combine to score 18 points in the fourth quarter to help the Indians dominate Early County down the stretch in Saturday night’s matchup in the Civic Center between The Herald’s top-ranked teams, which AHS won, 66-51. (ADDS: Items on Albany girls beating Early County, and Monroe's girls beating Terrell County).

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