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Hammers hand Panthers second straight loss

What started out as a dream beginning to their title defense season has turned into a nightmare as of late as the two-time defending champion Albany Panthers loses their second straight game Saturday night, this time to the Alabama Hammers, who take over sole possession of first place in the PIFL.

NCAA Tournament: South Region Breakdown

Kansas faces potential roadblocks in Georgetown, Michigan.

NCAA Tournament: East Region Breakdown

Second-seeded Miami offers a big test to No. 1 Hoosiers.

LOCAL COLLEGE/PREP ROUNDUP: Darton baseball wins fifth straight; Lee County loses again, starts season 0-3

John Harman picks up the win and a host of Cavs swing big bats Friday in a 16-4 rout of Lake Michigan. (ADDS: roundup items on Lee County baseball; GSW softball)

Ex-Seminole County, UGA Rambo likely to be drafted by fourth round

Former Seminole County and Bulldogs football star Bacarri Rambo has a solid showing at the recent NFL Combine, but it's unclear how his off-the-field issues will affect his status in April's NFL Draft, which could end with Rambo being picked in the top four rounds.

LOCAL COLLEGE/PREP ROUNDUP: GSW baseball downs ASU in first meeting of season between SW Ga. rivals; Darton softball splits

Former Deerfield star Justin Lott was dynamite Thursday -- striking out seven --- as he picks up his first win of the season on the mound for GSW in a 7-4 win against neighboring Division II rival Albany State. (ADDS: roundup items ASU basketball falling to Morehouse; on Darton softball; Dougherty baseball; and Sherwood girls soccer)

PREVIEW: UGA, Georgia Tech, FSU baseball teams open season today

Georgia squares off vs. Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech will face Akron and FSU takes on Rhode Island to kick off the 2013 season today.

LOCAL COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Darton softball sweeps ABAC; Cavaliers baseball rolls

The Lady Cavs get a huge home run from Bree Wells to win Thursday's opener against ABAC and then cruise to an 11-0 win in Game 2 to improve to 6-2. (ADDS: Darton baseball, ASU men's, women's basketball, Albany Tech men's, women's basketball)

FRIDAY'S PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Life Christian boys win NACA state title; nationals up next

The Life Christian boys basketball team is headed to Tennessee in a few weeks for the National Association of Christian Athletics nationals after the Warriors won state Friday night at Turner Gym. (ADDS: roundup items on DWS-Tiftarea boys, girls; Bainbridge-Cairo boys; Crisp Academy-Fullington girls; Randolph-Clay-Webster boys, girls; Seminole County-Miller County boys, girls; Calhoun County-Stewart County boys, girls; and Terrell Academy-Sherwood boys, girls).

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY: Westover, Sherwood send one each to college

Westover's Josh Burton chooses Morehouse, while just up the road a little later Wednesday, Sherwood big man Quan Cameron picks West Georgia Tech.

COLLEGE HOOPS: Arkansas men stun No. 2 Florida, 80-69;

Arkansas stuns No. 2 Florida on Tuesday in Fayetteville, sending the Gators to their first SEC loss. (ADDS: FSU-Georgia Tech recap from late Tuesday)

TUESDAY'S PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Randolph Southern boys come one point from first win of season; Americus girls crush Albany, hold No. 4 region spot

Randolph Southern's boys basketball team, which has been two or three points away from its first win all season in so many tough defeats, comes within one point Tuesday night in a loss to Georgia Christian, dropping the Patriots to 0-21. (ADDS: roundup items on Dougherty-Cairo boys, girls; Miller County-Early County boys; Deerfield-Brookwood boys, girls; Americus-Sumter-Albany boys, girls; Seminole County-Quitman boys, girls; Terrell Academy-Valwood boys, girls; and Pelham-Fitzgerald boys, girls).

LOCAL COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Cavs baseball wins wild road game; Darton golf ends 5th in 2013 opener

After falling behind 5-0 early in Tuesday’s game against Southern Union (Ala.), the Cavs fight back and win, 11-10, with a wild ninth inning. (ADDS: item on GSW guard Arnett named PBC Player of the Week)

OUTDOORS: Weekly fishing reports

Find out where the fish are biting --- or not biting --- around Southwest Georgia this week.

FRIDAY'S PREP HOOPS ROUNDUP: Crisp girls prevail in double OT

Crisp Academy finishes 2-0 in its home Christmas tournament thanks to a double overtime win Friday against Mount de Sales. (ADDS: items on Deerfield boys; Terrell Academy girls, boys; Randolph Southern girls, boys; and Westwood girls, boys)

FRIDAY'S PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Albany loses ‘heartbreaker’ in 2012 season opener, 20-18

Albany's bid to start the season 1-0 falls short Friday after a failed two-point conversion with under a minute to play on the road at Greenville. (ADDS: roundup items on Sherwood, Deerfield, SGA, Crisp County, Crisp Academy, Terrell Academy, Randolph Southern, Americus, Southland, Mitchell County, Terrell County, Miller County, Pelham, Baconton Charter and Randolph-Clay).

Westwood sees 27-game win streak end

Westwood’ 27-game winning streak ends Friday night in a shutout loss to a bigger Class AAA Stratford program.

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GDOT plans guardrail maintenance

Construction crews with the Georgia Department of Transportation will be doing guardrail maintenance in the median of the U.S. Highway 82 business route near Piney Wood Creek in Dougherty County on Monday.

Farm Bureau fighting hunger

Dougherty County Farm Bureau is collecting donations today through March 2 to feed hungry residents of Dougherty County and to provide food assistance for Ronald McDonald House in Macon. Half of the money collected will be used to assist the hungry in Dougherty County. The other half will go to Ronald McDonald House in Macon.

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