Saturday, May 8

Kelcey Butts and the defense came up big to lead Central to a 6-5 win to take the GHSA Class AA baseball series from Fitzgerald.

In GISA baseball action, FPD and pitcher Nick Mullis stormed past CFCA 16-2 to clinch, while Westfield and pitcher Caleb Weaver did the same 6-1 over Pinecrest.

John Milledge bounced back from a 19-9 loss to sweep Stratford  11-3 and 2-1

FPD scored four goals in the first 20 minutes to hammer John Milledge 11-0 in GISA Class AAA girls soccer playoff action. Westfield’s season ended with a 1-0 loss to Young Americans

Mercer’s Jacob Tanis ranks in the top 25 in national college baseball in RBI, homers, total bases, RBIs per game, homers per game, hits, and runs, while batting .374

The newly opened NASCAR Hall of Fame includes Junior Johnson’s rebuilt moonshine still

AP’s Tim Dahlberg writes Tiger Woods may never be the same. “He’s playing so bad right now that even the tabloids can’t dig up enough new dirt to shift the conversation away from golf”

Atlanta fell into a 3-0 hole against Orlando with a 105-75 loss behind 21 points and 16 rebounds from Dwight Howard

 

Sunday, May 9

Georgia College lost to USC Aiken and Columbus State to be eliminated from the Peach Belt baseball tournament

Oakland’s Dallas Braden threw MLB’s 19th perfect game, sitting down Tampa Bay 4-0

Michael Turner dispelled talk of him being overweight with a solid three-day minicamp with the falcons.

 

Monday, May 10

Georgia College gets an NCAA Division II baseball tournament bid for the ninth time in school history and is sent to Francis Marion

Orlando ends Atlanta’s season in sweeping fashion with a 98-84 win in Atlanta, winning the four games by an average of 25 points

Georgia Tech gets an NCAA men’s golf regional, while Georgia is sent to Texas A&M and Augusta State to California

An investigation begins immediately into the sudden death of 25-year-old LPGA Tour golfer Erica Blasberg

 

Tuesday, May 11

The Braves will retire Tom Glavine’s jersey and induct him into the team’s Hall of fame in August

Hank Haney has called it quits as Tiger woods’ swing coach after six years

Ben Roethlisberger may have worn out his welcome in Pittsburgh, the Steelers and fans still dealing with his being accused of sexual assault in the bathroom of a bar in Millledgeville a few months earlier

Former Georgia College men’s basketball standout Earl Grant has a nice new job, joining the staff of new Clemson men’s head coach Brad Brownell

 

Wednesday, May 12

Jones County showed versatility in beating Harlem 9-4 and 6-2 in the GHSA Class 4A second-round series, the Greyhounds sparked in part by Terrance Gore.

Pierce County had too much bat and arm, and ended Howard’s season with 14-3 and 12-5 wins

Stratford starts the official process of looking for a permanent head baseball coach. Billy Sellers served as interim head coach after the preseason resignation of Jeff Treadway

Logan Gray announces that despite going into fall camp as the No. 2 QB behind Aaron Logan Gray announces that despite going into fall camp as the No. 2 QB behind Aaron Murray, he’s staying at Georgia

Georgia College is looking for a softball coach after the promotion of Ginger Chaffinch to assistant athletics director to go with her senior women’s administrator duties. She’s the program’s winningest coach at 189-121 with four NCAA trips

LeBron James, sore elbow or not, took the blame for Cleveland’s 120-88 loss in Game 5 to Boston to fall behind 3-2