Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Interesting semifinal doubleheaders lead to Game 3s; Upson-Lee eyes championship
          First pitches are at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Tattnall and Bleckley County for their respective Game 3s after splitting on Tuesday.
          Upson-Lee needed every play and finally got it to beat Druid Hills and advance to the GHSA Class 4A boys soccer finals, on Friday or Saturday, at some time, at McEachern or Mercer. The semifinals ended Tuesday night, but the GHSA had yet to announce pairings and times except for Class A.
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Middle Georgia State stays alive

          Middle Georgia State won two games Tuesday to stay alive in the Macon Bracket at Luther Williams Field of the NAIA national baseball tournament.
The Knights beat Huntingdon 11-2 in one elimination game and then British Columbia 8-0 in another one.

Braves Report

          Another poor starting pitching performance put the Braves in a big hole and the offense had no shovel to help dig out in Atlanta’s 14-3 loss to St. Louis.
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Next: vs. St. Louis, Wednesday, 7:20 p.m.; vs. St. Louis, Thursday, 7:20 p.m.MLB/FSSE; vs. Milwaukee, Friday, 7:20 p.m., FSSO
Inciarte leaves early

Around/about Central Georgia

FPD’s Ochs and Stratford’s Thompson win Dooley scholarships

          In The Latest Coverage.

On Campus

Golf regionals

          Georgia leads, Georgia Tech is in third, Georgia Southern is in fourth.

Mercer falls to Georgia Tech

          Sixth-ranked Georgia Tech waited until the fifth for the bats to get going, and that’s when the Yellow Jackets took control en route to a 7-1 win over Mercer in non-conference baseball.

Kennesaw State knocks off Georgia Southern

Around/About Georgia

Hawks get two in the top 10

Column: It’s not so bad for the Hawks

Column: But New Orleans?