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March 25, 2022 Central Georgia Sports Report

Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

High School

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Bleckley County 5, Lamar County 2

Dawson Chapman drove in two runs on two hits to lead Bleckley County. Kale Bryan had two hits for Lamar County.

FPD 17, Howard 2

Blake Cohen went 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBI to lead the Vikings, who were aided by a whopping nine Howard errors leading to eight unearned runs.

Jones County 4, Dutchtown 1

The Greyhounds got all they needed in the first inning. Dawson Harris had three hits, with two each from Aiden Payen and Austin May. Brody Gordon struck out eight with two walks in 5.2 innings.

Houston County 3, Mosley, Fla., 2

The Bears got a walk-off in the 13th inning to beat the defending Florida Class 5A champs.

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

Girls
Westfield 6, Robert Toombs 1

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Around/About Central Georgia

Georgia College’s baseball team got a visit from the Atlanta Braves World Series trophy on Thursday.

Braves World Series trophy is in Central Georgia

It spent three hours in Milledgeville at Georgia College, did the well-traveled Atlanta Braves World Series trophy.

Up next is Little League Southeast Park in Warner Robins on Friday from 3-6 p.m. It heads north on Saturday for an afternoon at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, from 12-4 p.m.

After a day off, it heads to Alabama for six stops, and returns to Georgia – including stops in Athens at UGA’s spring football game as well as a Georgia baseball game - with trips to Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi and Florida also on the schedule, which currently runs through early August.

Around/About Georgia

The latest cap update, post-Ryan trade

New closer Jansen gives Atlanta a deep bullpen

Predicting the opening-day roster

Ex-UGA TE Lynch arrested for felony sexual battery

UGA’s Milton hungry for more

Friday
Women
7 p.m., ESPN, South Carolina vs. North Carolina; ESPN 2, Texas vs. Ohio State
9:30 p.m., ESPN, Stanford vs. Maryland; Iowa State vs. Creighton
Men
7:09 p.m., CBS, Purdue vs. St. Peter’s
7:29 p.m., TBS, Kansas vs. Providence
9:39 p.m., CBS, UCLA vs. North Carolina
9:59 p.m., TBS, Miami vs. Iowa State
Saturday
Women
11:30 a.m., ESPN, NC. State vs. Notre Dame
2 p.m., ESPN, UConn vs. Indiana
4 p.m., ESPN 2, Louisville vs. Tennessee
6:30 p.m., ESPN 2, Michigan vs. South Dakota
Men
6:09 p.m., TBS, Villanova vs. Houston
8:49 p.m., TBS, Arkansas vs. Duke