Saturday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Tech-USC NCAAs; Mercer football, baseball, more; FVSU, Mayhem, Georgia College; Braves; NCAAs; NASCAR; more
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Scoreboard
High School
Baseball
ACE 10, FPCA 0
FPD 12, Locust Grove 10
Harlem 9, Washington County 3
Piedmont 9, Brentwood 1
Savannah Christian 4, Stratford 0
College
Baseball
Georgia Tech 3, Duke 0
Mercer 13, Wofford 7; Wofford 12, Mercer 2
Middle Georgia State 5, Blue Mountain 4; Middle Georgia State 8, Blue Mountain 7
Young Harris 8, Georgia College 6
Football
Fort Valley State 36, Shorter 18
Soccer
M-Mercer 3, Wofford 1
Softball
GMC 7, Spartanburg Methodist 1; GMC 19, Spartanburg Methodist 3
Savannah State 7, Fort Valley State 4
Volleyball
Augusta 3, Georgia College o
Pro
SPHL
Macon 4, Pensacola 2
Saturday’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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Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer racks up win over ranked Chattanooga and weather delays
Mocs sat nearly every starter to focus on fall, not totally well received
Fort Valley State finally pulls away to top Shorter in Flowers’ first game
Georgia College loses lead, rally falls short
A good senior day for Mercer men’s soccer
Mayhem take down Pensacola again
Bone bruise may sideline ex-Mercer OF Lewis for Seattle
Around/About Georgia
Tech ready with a “why not us?” outlook against South Carolina
Fortner and Staley go way back
Men’s NCAA Tournament
Arkansas survives ragged offense with winner in the final seconds, ends ORU dream
Baylor D wears out Villanova in second half
Oregon State in rare air now in Elite Eight
A look back at Florida Gulf Coast’s “Dunk City” run, and ORU’s attempt
Loyola’s Moser already getting hit about other jobs
Oral Roberts the talk of the tournament
Column: And get used to seeing the Golden Eagles
Women’s NCAA Tournament
Movement toward tournament equality grows: “I assumed they were … treating us fairly”
UConn pops Iowa in battle of freshman phenoms
McDonald’s 13 leads Arizona to first Elite Eight
Baylor clutch in overtime to survive Michigan
Tournament, sports a mental and physical boost for the battles of Maryland’s Frese and family
Sacrifices paying off for foreign players
Familiar faces get some new company
College Basketball
Pac-12 commish Scott won’t see the benefits of this year’s men’s tournament run
NIT: Peach Stater leads Memphis over Colorado State
Northwest Missouri State repeats as Division II champ
NBA
Harford inactive for the rest of the season for development reasons
Sports and social/racial awareness
Sports and COVID-19
College football
Alabama back could have a 65-game career
NFL
The potential impact of the 49ers activity
Baseball
Around the nation/world
Wisconsin legend Alavarez expected to announce retirement soon
Rain cancels qualifying at Bristol; lineup
And rain is a threat for Sunday’s race