Saturday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Washington County/Allisha Gray, Perry/Casey Hayward, Mercer/NCAAs, Mercer/Georgia College BSB; Falcons/Patterson, Braves, UGA; NCAA Tourney HQ, NASCAR, NFL, MLB
Saturday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Allisha Gray is celebrated at home in Sandersville and Washington County; Mercer has a tough day with UConn
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College
Basketball
Baseball
Georgia 12, Mississippi State 11
Georgia College 9, USC Aiken 5; GC 5, USCA 0
Talladega 6, Middle Georgia State 5
Wake Forest 27, Georgia Tech 7
Softball
Georgia Southwestern 5, Georgia College 0; GSW 8, GC 0
Mercer 10, Dartmouth 2
Pro
SPHL
Roanoke 6, Macon 2
MLS
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Alumni Update
Atlanta makes it official with Perry’s Hayward
Around/about Central Georgia
BSB: Mercer evens series at South Florida
BSB: Georgia College sweep USC Aiken
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
WBKB: Georgia looks to break Sweet 16 slump
Falcons lock down Patterson, and he’s happy
Braves lose WS hero Soler to Marlins
BSB: Georgia wins slugfest over Mississippi State
BSB: Wake Forest hammers Georgia Tech
Sports and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Stanford’s VanDerveer: $10 for every 3-pointer in women’s tournament to Ukraine
Federer sends $500K donation to Ukrainian children
Portion of Billie Jean King tournament to Ukraine
Sports and social/racial awareness
Column: Can you support transgender rights and argue against them?
NCAA Tournaments
Men’s scores and boxes and schedules
Women’s scores and boxes and schedules
(Note: annoying video at the start)
M-St. Peter’s keeps on rocking
W-Princeton stuns SEC tourney champ Kentucky
M-North Carolina survives blowing a 25-point lead, tops Baylor
M-Gonzaga rallies to edge Memphis
W-UCF gets first win over Florida
M-Kansas holds off Creighton for another Sweet 16
M-Arkansas back in Sweet 16, too
W-Tennessee stays perfect in home openers
More
Notes: You’re going to miss Krzyzewski when he’s gone
M-St. Peter’s: ‘We are finally on the map’
Oregon’s Prince, who sparked improvements, speaks out
College Basketball
ESPN steps it up for women’s tournament
Florida hires San Francisco coach
Payne ready for Louisville challenges
Tough for Cinderella’s to make NIL money on weekend
Sean Miller heading back to Xavier
NBA/WNBA
LeBron now second on scoring list
Auto Racing
NASCAR ready for wild day at Atlanta
NFL
Bucs add ex-Falcon Gage, get Mason
Column: Watson scenario shows no bottom for the NFL
KC gets Pittsburgh’s Smith-Schuster
Column: League’s shaky punishments to be tested with Watson
Stafford gets four more years
College Football/South
QB Jones leaving Florida after two spring practices
Baseball
Dodgers ready for ‘ridiculous’ lineup with Freeman
Bryant, Rockies come to big terms
Golf/Tennis
Rileys sets Valspar record, has lead
Around the nation/world