Tuesday's Central Georgia Scoreboard
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High School
GHSA Playoffs
Soccer Semifinals
Boys
A Public-GMC 2, Towns County 0
Ethan Tolentino broke his 2019 school record of 22 goals with his 23rd to help the 11-6 Bulldogs back to the finals, which they won in 2019.
A Public-ACE Lake Oconee
The Gryphons avenged a 4-2 loss in the 2019 semifinals to Lake Oconee, which prevented ACE from a championship date with GMC, which then nipped Lake Oconee 2-1 in the championship. ACE led 3-0 at halftime, and scored twice in the final 10 minutes to seal it.
Baseball
GHSA
6A-Houston County 12, East Paulding 0; Game 2 stopped, Wednesday, 1 p.m.
The Bears took control with five runs in the first two innings of the five-inning game, Brodie Chestnutt throwing a one-hitter with four strikeouts and a walk. Coleman Willis drove in five runs on a homer and double, and Andrew Dunford added three hits, and Drew Burress two hits and two RBI. The second game was stopped in the third inning by lightning, the Bears up 1-0.
4A-Marist 7, West Laurens 6; West Laurens eliminated
The Raiders will feel this one for awhile, after leading 6-4 entering the seventh, and giving up five hits and three runs to lose despite Marist’s seven errors and three unearned runs. Marist scored three in the top of the seventh on two singles, a two-run double, groundout, and single to left. then stranding runners at second and third. The Raiders’ Carson Estep reached on an error to open the bottom half, but Marist got three outs on 10 pitches to advance. Eli Floyd had two of West Laurens’ five hits.
AA-Bremen 1, Bleckley County 0; Bleckley County eliminated
Bremen pieced together a single, a bunt single, error, and one-out fly to center for the lone run. The 24-8 Royals stranded seven runners, one more than Bremen, and stranded a runner in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings after falling behind. J.R. Fordham went the distance in the loss.
College
Baseball
Mercer 7, Georgia State 4
Golf
W-NCAA Regional, second round, Mercer, tied for ninth
W-NCAA Regional, second round, Georgia, first
Pro
MLB