Wednesday's Central Georgia Scoreboard (final edition, with details)
High school coaches should send box scores and/or game information to centralgasports@gmail.com within 30 minutes of completion for expanded coverage. The more info provided, the more info to give people.
Scoreboard
High School
Baseball
Bleckley County 13, Bremen 2; Bremen 7, Bleckley County 1
The Royals ended the opener in five with a 10-run fifth, getting all with no outs or one out. Lane Kitchens had a bases-loaded triple and Brody Little a two-run double in the inning. Little drove in four runs on two hits and Kitchens three on two. Steven Knighton and Matthew Bland had two hits each, and Jack Fernandez had two RBI. Tripp Purser threw an efficient 55-pitch five innings, with five hits, one strikeout and no walks. Bremen’s four-run fifth broke open the nightcap. Carson Waters had two of Bleckley County’s seven hits.
Denmark 9, West Laurens 1; West Laurens 10, Denmark 6, 8 inn.
The opener was rolling along as a pitchers’ duel, Denmark up 2-1 through five innings. Then the visitors got four in the sixth and three in the seventh to pull away. The Raiders were outhit 15-5, and Denmark stranded 14 runners. The Raiders took a 3-1 lead in the second game of the 4A series, getting three in the second on two walks, a single, error, single, and a walk. They added three in the sixth, but the Danes got rolling for a game-tying five runs in the sixth, Bradley Wilson getting an inning-ending strikeout with the bases loaded. West Laurens managed a two-out runner in the top of the seventh, but stranded him. The Danes got the leadoff batter on in the bottom half, but then went down 1-2-3. West Laurens loaded the bases to start the eighth, and promptly got two outs. But Tyler Franks delivered a two-run first-pitch single to center, and Parker Woods followed two pitches later with a two-run double to right. Wilson gave up a leadoff walk, then sat down the Danes in order on 11 pitches to finish it. Denmark gave up eight earned runs, thanks to four errors, and West Laurens survived giving up nine walks.
Harrison 8, Houston County 1; Houston County 4, Harrison 1
The Hoyas scored in the first five innings to pull away, throwing a one-hitter along the way as the Bears went down nine times on strikes. Houston County answered with a four-hit performance from Cameron Jones in the nightcap of the 6A series, Jones needing 88 pitches for the complete-game, eight-strikeout, no-walk win. He also went 3-for-3 with two RBI at leadoff, Chandler Dawson adding two hits and two runs from the bottom of the lineup.
Tattnall 8, Strong Rock 4; Strong Rock 7, Tattnall 0
Tattnall struck for two in the first and took a 4-1 lead after four. Strong Rock scored three in the fifth to make it 4-3, but Tattnall put it away with four in the sixth, on a RBI singles from Brooks Gorman, Hunter Alexander and Brett McHugh, plus a wild pitch and error coming into play. B.J. Spears, Gorman, and McHugh had two hits each, Gorman and Miles Morris driving in two runs apiece. Gorman whiffed seven and walked one in a five-hit complete-game win. The Patriots pulled off the very rare shutout of the Trojans at home in the nightcap, holding Tattnall to four hits and walking only two batters, the home team stranding seven to five for the Patriots. Strong Rock took a 4-0 lead after three and added six in the sixth.
Soccer
Girls
ACE 4, Lake Oconee 1, Class A Public semifinal
Boys
GMC 2, Atkinson County 1 (6-5 in PKs), Class A Public semifinal
Lake Oconee 4, ACE 2, Class A Public semifinal
Upson-Lee 3, Blessed Trinity 0, Class 4A quarterfinal
The top-ranked Knights stayed undefeated in a physical 4A matchup, advancing again to the Final Four. A year ago, U-L beat Blessed Trinity 4-3 in a quarterfinal. The Knights got goals from Berklei Rakestraw, Brandon Martinez, and Chase Winters.
College
Baseball
Jacksonville State 9, Georgia 8, 11 inn.
Kennesaw State 8, Mercer 5
Softball
Coastal Carolina 2, Georgia Southern 1, Sun Belt Tournament
ETSU 5, Mercer 1, SoCon Tournament
Mercer next plays Thursday night at 8 p.m.
Georgia Tech 8, Virginia 0, 5 inn., ACC Tournament
Georgia vs. Arkansas, SEC Tournament, ppd. to Thursday, 11 a.m.
Pro