The Georgia Southern men’s basketball team overcame a nine-point deficit with six minutes left in the game to defeat Chattanooga 78-74 Saturday evening at Hanner Fieldhouse.

Lady Eagles Handle Lady Mocs, 66-65, handing Chattanooga its first Southern Conference loss of the season and snapped a 27-game SoCon win streak by the Mocs.

Georgia Quarterback Matthew Stafford leads the Bulldogs to a come-from-behind win in the Capital One Bowl over Michigan State.  Stafford threw for 3 touchdowns, all in the second half.

Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks lose for the third straight time to end the season with a 7-6 record.  Iowa’s Shonn Greene rushed for 121 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Hawkeyes to the 31-10 win in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida.

Former Georgia Southern coach Paul Johnson and his Georgia Tech Yellowjackets fall to LSU 38-3 in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl in Atlanta.

The calendar may say it is nearly Christmas, but the most wonderful time of the years is still a few months away for players in the Savannah Adult Baseball League.

Uriah Hethington’s dunk with four seconds remaining put a final exclamation point on the 2008 AASU/Chatham Orthopedics Holiday Basketball Classic on Saturday evening at Alumni Arena, clinching a 65-61 win for the Pirates over Lenoir-Rhyne in the finale.

Day one of the 2008 AASU/Chatham Orthopedics Basketball Classic wrapped up with the host Armstrong Atlantic State men’s basketball squad picking up an 83-64 victory over Concordia Selma on Saturday evening at Alumni Arena.

Washaun Ealey and the seniors at ECI will move on with a state title to their names, but finish as Class A runners-up.

Benedictine Military School’s (BC) Bob Herndon resigns as head football coach. Herndon will continue teaching at BC for the remainder of the 2008-09 school year.

Will continue at Savannah Country Day School as Athletics Director.

The Armstrong Atlantic State women’s basketball team knocked off its first ranked team of the season

Saturday’s high school basketball scores

Bulldogs to face Michigan State January 1, 2009 at 1 p.m.

Pacers beat the Pirates 73-68

The Lady Pirates win 63-55.

Scores from the Coastal Empire and the Lowcountry.

The Bulldogs and Wildcats win their semifinal games in the Georgia High School Association state playoffs.

10 & Under team is ranked number one in both national polls.

Armstrong Atlantic loses to Grand Valley State 3-0.