Jeff Hart

The Atlantic Coast Conference has cleared the way for Stanford, California and SMU to join the league next year, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday.

As we descend upon Week 3, the most important game of the week in the Northeast Georgia area will be East Forsyth’s showdown at Broncos Stadium against Cedar Shoals.

Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a grand slam to become the first player with 30 homers and 60 stolen bases in a season, and the Atlanta Braves held on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 on Thursday night.

North Hall moved within one-half game of fourth place in a rugged Region 8-4A with a 10-3 win over Madison County on Thursday on the road.

Atlanta United fell 2-1 to FC Cincinnati Wednesday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff met Wednesday for the first time since a wave of realignment tore apart the Pac-12, raising the possibility that the number of automatic bids in the 12-team postseason format to be implemented next year could be tweaked.

Class 4A third-ranked East Forsyth remained atop the Region 8-4A standings after routing East Hall 13-1 at East Hall Park on Wednesday.

There’s comfortable, and then there’s COMFORTABLE.

Chestatee opened its Area 8-4A volleyball schedule with a solid sweep of North Hall and East Hall on Tuesday at North Hall.

North Forsyth opened Region 8-6A in impressive style, sweeping Gainesville 15-0 and 19-0 on Tuesday.