Central Georgia Sports ReportFebruary 26, 2022Comment

Saturday's Central Georgia Scoreboard

Central Georgia Sports ReportFebruary 26, 2022Comment

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High School
Basketball
GISA

Championships
Girls
AA-Brentwood 54, Piedmont 30
The War Eagles controlled from tip to buzzer, holding a whopping 30-16 lead at halftime and 46-20 after three quarters. Brentwood repeated, beating Westwood 46-33 in last year’s final. Westwood had eliminated Piedmont 61-49 in a semifinal.
Boys
A-Thomas Jefferson 51, Twiggs 33
          Thomas Jefferson avenged its 70-61 loss to Twiggs in last year’s semifinal with the state championship win.
AAA-St. Andrew’s 49, John Milledge 47
          The Trojans were blanked in the second quarter and trailed 25-21 at halftime, and it was tied at 35 after three quarters, and at 43 with a little more than two minutes left. John Milledge beat Creekside Christian 60-55 in last year’s final, after knocking off St. Andrew’s in the second round.

GHSA
Girls
Class 6A
Sequoyah 49, Houston County 39
Class 3A
Central 44, Ringgold 28; Next: Central at Pierce County, R1/1
          TaNiya Pryor had an afternoon, with 23 points and four steals to lead Central. Taliah Grier added 13 points and Trazur Cooper six rebounds.
Class AA
Chattooga 54, Lamar County 48
Class A Public
Taylor County 57, Screven County 53; Dublin, R4/2, at Taylor County
Class A Private
Galloway 48, Stratford 35
          The Eaglettes led 23-17 at halftime and 29-28 after three, but gave up the lead amid a scoring drought in the first minutes of the fourth quarter.
Boys
Class 5A
Hiram 69, Warner Robins 63
Class 4A
Druid Hills 72, Perry 44
Jefferson 64, Westside 62
The Seminoles led 12-11 after one, 22-16 at halftime, and it was tied at 51 in regulation, the hosts coming back to force the extra period. Jefferson took the lead on a putback of a missed free throw and accompanying free throw with 2:32 left.
Class AA
Washington County 49, Heard County 25; Next: Butler (R4/2) at Washington County
          The Golden Hawks held the visitors to a hair more than only a dozen points. Javecckio Thomas led the way with 14 pints and eight rebounds, plus four steals. Tra’Vonte Byrd added 10 points and four assists, Caleb Moore six steals, and Willie Henderson seven rebounds.
Class A Public
Drew Charter 64, Dooly County 60
Dublin 70, Commerce 41; Next: Warren County, R7/1, at Dublin
Calhoun County 97, Macon County 65
Wilkinson County 55, Portal 54; Next: Wilkinson County at Drew Charter, R6/1
Class A Private
FPD 58, Mount Vernon 48; Next: St. Francis, R6/4, at FPD
          Jay King led a balanced Vikings attack with 16 points, Jakhari Williams adding 14 and Darius Patterson 13.
North Cobb Christian 83, Stratford 46
          Khalil Green led the Eagles with 18, Stratford held to its second-lowest point total of the season in only its second game with less than 50 points.

GAPPS
Championship
G, D-I AAA: Central Fellowship 63, Sherwood Christian 34
The Lancers defended their championship and finished with another perfect season after their 50th straight win.

Baseball

Crawford County 16, Peach County 6
Big innings in the second, fourth, and sixth lifted the Eagles, aided by five Trojan errors. Caleb Carr and Griffin Parker had two hits each for Crawfrod County, with two-RBI games from Trace Hodges, Parker, Blake Bishop, and Bubba Taylor. Bryce Harrelson had three of Peach County’s seven hits.

FPD 7, ACE 5
FPD won the first inning 3-2 and the sixth inning 4-3. Gavin Spillers had three hits for the Vikings, with two-hit games form Coleman Cauley, Micah Henley, and Chandler Cawley. Gavin West and Jack Corrigan had two hits for the Gryphons.

Jones County 3, Eastside 0
Landon Califf and Brody Gordon teamed for eight strikeouts in the two-hitter, the Greyhounds winning with small-ball.

Lamar County 12, East Hall 1; Lamar County 12, Clarke Central 3
Lamar County put the first one away with all the scoring in three innings, East Hall helping with six errors. Caden Dewitt and Rhett Blount teamed for a five-inning one-hitter, with seven strikeouts and three walks. Huston Traylor had two hits and three RBI, while Tidwell and Ayden Hollis had two RBI each. The Trojans led 7-3 after two in the second game, and added four in the sixth, aided by five errors. Cam King had four RBI on one hit, and Rhett Blount three on one.

Oconee County 6, Perry 0; Perry 4, Lovett 0
The Panthers were held to two hits in the first game. Carson Bryant returned the favor in the second game, going all seven and striking out nine with a walk on 89 pitches in the small-ball win.

Pierce County 6, Bleckley County 3; Bleckley County 11, Heard County 0

Putnam County 12, Baldwin 1; Putnam County 5, Social Circle 3
The 5-0 War Eagles were in control of the opener early, leading 11-1 after three innings. Gerald Kilgore’s lone hit was a grand slam. Hunter Holder and Mark Winslette each had three hits, with two from Thad Griffin. Winslette, Chase Lupton, and Dakota Jones had two RBI each. A three-run fourth put Putnam County ahead in the second game, six War Eagles with a hit. Ashton Jones and Lupton teamed up on the mound.

Tattnall 9, East Coweta 1; Pacelli 15, Tattnall 6

The Trojans topped No. 9 in 7A with a six-run first and athree-run third, with multiple-hit games from Russ Miller and Charlie Morris. Cooper McMullen threw a five-hit complete-game win, with eight strikeouts.

Veterans 8, Peach County 6, 10 inn.; Veterans 6, Crawford County 1
The 5-2 Warhawks won the first game on two walks, a hit batter, error and groundout, plus a steal of home by Hunter Dryden. Both teams had four errors. Brennan Mercer had three hits and three RBI for Veterans, Drew Bailey two for Peach County. Veterans charged out to a 4-0 lead after two in the second game. Tanner O’Neal had three hits and two RBI, and Jarrett Pierce and Brennan Mercer added two hits each. Brennen Hudson had three of Crawford County’s hits.

West Laurens 7, Hebron Christian 4; Hebron Christian 6, West Laurens 1
A six-run first set the Raiders up in the opener, despite being outhits 9-5. Matthew Thigpen belted a grand slam, and William Kellam had two hits. Raider batters walked 12 times. The Raiders had a 10-5 hits advantage I the nightcap, but also three errors and struck out 11 times. Kellam had three hits and Jace Thompson two.

College
Basketball

(Box score links to come)
W-Columbus State 70, Georgia College 57

M-Fort Valley State 62, Tuskegee 59

M-Florida 84, Georgia 72

M-Georgia College 84, Columbus State 82, OT

W-Georgia State 76, Louisiana-Monroe 65

W-Louisiana-Lafayette 56, Georgia Southern 54

W-Liberty 63, Kennesaw State 57

W-Mercer 64, Samford 55

M-Notre Dame 90, Georgia Tech 56

M-Wofford 74, Mercer 47

Baseball