Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Georgia College; UGA, Tech women/ NCAAs; Pickens hurt; Tech's spring delayed; Hawks; Rush Propst; and more
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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High School
Baseball
GMC 15, Twiggs County 5
Jones County 12, Dutchtown 3
The Greyhounds took control with three in the third and put it away late. Aiden Payne, Keagan Baxter, Jacob Thompson, Conner Bass, and Dawson Harris each had two hits for Jones County, Thompson driving in three runs. Thompson whiffed eight with no walks in 6.2 innings.
Northside 10, Rutland 2
Rutland had more errors than Northside’s Levi Walker had hits, 5-4. Cam Staten had three this and DC Coney two for the Eagles, who had seven in the hit column. Walker went 6.2 innings in relief and struck out 11 with no walks and a hit.
West Laurens 4, Baldwin 0
Colton Scott and Jace Clark teamed for the no-hitter, Scott with 11 strikeouts in five innings. Tyler Franks had two of the Raiders’ seven hits, scoring twice, while Eli Floyd drove in two runs.
Upson-Lee 10, Whitewater 5
Both teams had nine hits, but five pitchers kept Whitewater from doing much with its hits. Jeremiah Hill struck out seven in a four-inning start for the Knights. Jordan Wainwright and Logan Spivey had two hits each, while Beau Ellington scored three times and drove in two runs.
Tennis
G-Bleckley County 3, Jasper County 2
B-Bleckley County 4, Jasper County 1
College
Basketball
Baseball
West Georgia 13, Georgia College 7
Soccer
W-Georgia College 1, Lander 0, 2 OT
Pro
NBA
Around/About Central Georgia
Georgia College falls to West Georgia
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Shooting slump dooms Georgia women against Oregon
Twin tower Ducks were tough
Third quarter was the difference
Tech’s women try to retain shooting touch
Georgia’s Pickens suffers ACL injury,
Georgia Tech pushes back start of spring practice
Georgia Southern gets spring football going
Third quarter leads to Hawks loss
Sitting and talking with Freddie about many things
Nub, Rush, a tape, money, and ol-fashioned cheatin’
Former UGA two-sporter takes over Oglethorpe County hoops
Kennesaw State football game Saturday postponed
Men’s NCAA Tournament
Seniors, at some big places, making a difference
Bama leaves the bubble … for the zoo
Women’s NCAA Tournament
A massive freshman showdown awaits: Bueckers vs. Clark
Louisville mounts massive comeback
Missouri State rolls into another Sweet 16
The Pat Summitt Tree is pretty strong
Missed call stopped Troy from history?
College Basketball
Love and basketball: He’s at Oral Roberts, she’s at Texas A&M
Hate and sports: Ohio State’s Liddell talks about threats
Sports and racial/social issues
Colorado coach: We've got to figure out a way to stop this stuff
High school team uses anti-Semtic terms, game canceled
And the coach was quickly fired, consultant hired
NFL
A hero that has nothing to do with football
Former Falcon now with the Jets
Adding to the sad legend of Isaiah Wilson
NBA
Knicks fan booted for “Ban Dolan” shirt
College Football
Freshman QB putting up big numbers
Around the nation/world
‘Darkness’ leads to resignation