THURSDAY

Baseball

Pope 8, Houston County 2

          The Bears were in a hole early and couldn't climb, a 4-run sixth the knockout punch by Pope, which doubled up Houston County in hits in the series' deciding game. Houston County ended the season 27-10.

 

Soccer

GISA

Girls

Augusta Prep 6, Trinity Christian 2

          TCS couldn't slow the four-time defending champs in a GISA quarterfinal.

         

WEDNESDAY

Baseball

FPD 10, Providence Christian 0; FPD 15, Providence Christian 2

          Five in the third led to the 5-inning win fo the Vikings, who got a no-hitter from Noah Takac, a Davidson signee who struck out 8 with no walks. Garrett West went 3-for-4, and the Vikings got 2-hit games from Gavin Blodworth and Chet Thompson, Bloodworth and Rob Cunningham driving in 2 each.

Flowery Branch 3, Veterans 0; Flowery Branch 3, Veterans 1

          Visiting Flowery Branch got enough with 2 in the first, Veterans managing only 2 hits against Andrew Armstrong. Both teams had 3 hits in the nightcap, but Flowery Branch's counted more and it survived 8 LOBs to eliminate the Warhawks at home.

Tiftarea 8, Gatewood 5; Tiftarea 8, Gatewood 7

          Tiftarea scored three in the bottom of the seventh on a two-out walk-off homer to take the opener of the GISA series. Cody Kauffman went 3-for 3 and Reid Sasser and Josh McMillian had 2 hits each for Gatewood. It was 6-5 Tiftarea after one in the nightcap, but Tiftarea got one more in a game of 7 errors. Brayden Hill, McMillian, and Luke Haley had 2 hits each for Gatewood, which stranded 8.

Heritage 6, West Laurens 1, 10 inn.; Heritage 6, West Laurens 1

          The Raiders couldn't get any offense going, stranding 14 runners for the day and 10 in the nightcap on 11 hits in two games. A 4-run fifth sealed the opener. Nolan Daniel had half of West Laurens' 4 hits. The oddity was the nightcap, tied at 1 after 9 only for Heritage to explode for 5 in the 1oth, 3 on a 2-out single. West Laurens got a pair of 2-out runners in the bottom of the 10th. Daniel had 3 hits and Jacob Floyd 2 for the Raiders.

Pope 5, Houston County 1; Houston County 4, Pope 2

          The Bears trailed 3-1 after one and couldn't score after that while being held to 2 hits. Cam Jones gave up only 6 hits in the loss.

The Bears took little advantage of 4 errors in the nightcap, getting RBI singles in the fifth from Dylan Tabor and Jacob Profit for the win. Logan Morris had 3 hits and Logan Morris 2 for the Bears. Chandler Ring fanned 10 in the complete-game win.

 Game 3 is at 6 p.m. Thursday

Tattnall 11, Wesleyan 1; Tattnall 11, Wesleyan 4

          Tattnall advanced to the Class A private semifinals with a 5-inning first-game win and a romp in the nightcap. The Trojans' 3-run fifth made the opener shorter, as did 6 Wesleyan errors. Dawson Brown went 3

-for-3 with 3 RBI in the first game, with Logan Fink and Austin Marchman belting homers. Fink also had 3 RBI for Luke Laskey, who fanned 7 and walked 1. A 9-run fifth put the Trojans in control of the nightcap, although the Wolves battled hard with 3 in the bottom half, albeit not enough as they were outhit 16-4. Brooks Gorman and Mike Morris had 3-hits for the Trojans, with 2-hit games from Logan Simmons, Fink, Trey Ham and BJ Spears. Simmons, Fink, Ham, and Morris each drove in 2 runs. Gorman went all 7 with 7 Ks and 3 BBs for the 4-hitter win.

 

TUESDAY

Baseball

Charlton County 6, Taylor County 2

          Charlton County got enough with 3 in the second to win the series. Ezra Cummings had 2 of Taylor County's 5 hits, the Vikings stranding 7.

 

Soccer

Girls

Class AA

St. Vincent's 6, Lamar County 1

Oglethorpe County 3, East Laurens 2

          Oglethorpe County stunned the No. 2 Falcons in East Dublin. OC was 8-3-1 and ranked eighth, the Falcons' season ends at 19-2-1.

Class A

FPD 5, Calvary Day 0

          The Vikings advanced to the championship game behind 2-goal games from Karsten Herron and Jansyn Samples, and one from Sadie Frame. The second-ranked Vikings improved to 22-0

 

Boys

Class AAAA

Chestatee 2, Upson-Lee 0

 

Class AA

Putnam County 3, Model 2

 

MONDAY

Baseball

Class A public

Charlton County 6, Taylor County 1; Taylor County 4, Charlton County 2

          Small ball by Taylor County evened the series, the Vikings getting 4 in the fourth of the nightcap. Taylor County pieced together a Gunnar Watson double, Ezra Cummings single, two walks and two errors, finishing the game with 4 hits.  Ryan Tharpe, Evan Hinton, and Watson hadnled the pitching. Charlton County led 4-0 after three in the opener, in which the Vikings had 3 hits and 5 errors.

 

Tennis

Boys

Class A private semifinal

Stratford 3, Athens Academy 0

 

LAST WEEK

Soccer

GISA Girls

Holy Spirit Prep 1, Gatewood 0

Trinity Christian at Brookwood

GISA Boys

Heritage 4, Gatewood 0

Trinity Christian 7, Valdwood 2

Holy Spirit Prep 4, John Milledge 3

Next, Friday-Saturday

TCS at Heritage

 

SCHEDULE

            Email info, including team records, to centralgasports@gmail.com as soon as its finalized.

            Teams should send updates as soon as possible to centralgasports@gmail.com. This will be updated Thursday.

            Baseball schedule is, unless noted, a doubleheader with third game the next day, time in parentheses.

 

FRIDAY

(Game 3s on Saturday unless otherwise noted)

Baseball

GISA

Second round

Class AA

Brentwood at Terrell, 4:30 p.m. (11 a.m.)

Windsor at FPCA, 2 p.m. (12 p.m.)

Crisp at Piedmont 1 p.m. (12 p.m.)

Class AAA

Gatewood at Tiftarea, 3 p.m. (1:30 p.m.)

John Milledge at Frederica, 6 p.m. (2nd game, 12 p.m.)

Trinity Christian winner at Westfield, 3 p.m (12 p.m.)

 

Soccer

Finals

At Mercer

Boys

Class AA

2:30 p.m.: Putnam County vs. Benedictine

Finals at Mercer

12 p.m.: Class AA girls, Oglethorpe County vs. St. Vincent's

5 p.m.: Class 5A girls, McIntosh vs. Whitewater

7:30 p.m.: Class 5A boys, Johnson-Gainesville vs. McIntosh

 

GHSA Track

State meet

Albany (Classes 3A, 2A, and A public), Berry College (Classes 7A, 4A, and A private), and Carrollton (Classes 5A, 6A and wheelchair)

 

 

SATURDAY

Soccer Finals

Girls

At Mercer

Class A

12 p.m.

FPD vs. Athens Academy

Finals at Mercer

2:30 p.m.: Class A boys, Atlanta International vs. Paideia

5 p.m.: Class 4A girls, St. Pius vs. Martis

7:30 p.m.: Class 4A boys, NW Whitefield vs. Chestatee

 

Tennis

GHSA State Championships

Rome Tennis Center

Berry College

Girls, 10 a.m.

Class AA

Bleckley County vs. Benedictine

Class A Public

Trion vs. Taylor County

Boys, 2 p.m.

Class AA

Bleckley County vs. Berrien

Class A Public

Trion vs. Taylor County

Class A Private

Stratford vs. Paideia

 

GHSA Track

State meet

Albany (Classes 3A, 2A, and A public), Berry College (Classes 7A, 4A, and A private), and Carrollton (Classes 5A, 6A and wheelchair)

 

 

TUESDAY

Baseball

Class A Private

FPD at Tattnall, 5 p.m. (6 p.m.)