Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Perry's West retires; HR Derby at Ed DeFore; Hawks, Tech/UGA🏈, Falcons; College 🏀, NFL, more
Wednesday'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: From the military to law enforcement to coaching, Perry’s West is now ready for time off
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High School
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Howard 14, Rutland 6
Seven errors led to 11 unearned runs, making it easy for Howard. Andrew Garnett whiffed 14 and walked two in 5.2 innings for Howard, to go with two hits. Trevor Grimes and Jerami Johnson had three hits each for the Huskies, Johnson driving in three runs and Grimes scoring three times. Jackson Grieser added two hits, three RBI and two runs.
Jasper County 4, GMC 2
GMC pitchers struck out 10 batters with no walks, but Jasper County managed a little more offense. Chevy Sands, Myles Proctor, and Ethan Lynch had two hits each for the Hurricanes.
Jones County 16, Woodland 0
Chase Milton led the Greyhound three-inning barrage with a 4-for-4 game, three runs and four RBI. Keagan Baxter had three hits and three runs, Dawson Harris two hits and Quin McManmon three RBI.
Putnam County 6, Banks County 5
Banks County took the lead with two in the top of the seventh, but Putnam County walked it off with three in the bottom half. Jacob Grimes drove in Ashton Jones with a double, Drennan Vaughn came in on Chase Lupton’s infield single, and then Grimes scored the game-winner on a passed ball. Lupton and Grimes had two hits each for the War Eagles.
Strong Rock 5, Mount de Sales 3
Jared Diaz and Cayden Pugh had two hits each for the Cavaliers.
West Laurens 5, Bleckley County 2
The Raiders clinched it with three in the sixth, holding on despite three errors. Camden Thomas had two hits, and Tucker Brown and Ian Anderson two RBI for West Laurens.
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Girls
East Laurens 8, Vidalia 1
Madison Johnson, Madison Cheek, and Zamani Williams each had two goals, Serenity Sparger and Emily Brown with one each.
Boys
Vidalia 4, East Laurens 0
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
Girls
ACE 3, Bleckley County 2
Boys
Bleckley County 5, ACE 0
College
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
Georgia College 12, Newberry 6
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Georgia 12, Georgia Southern 7
Mercer 7, Florida A&M 1
Pro
NBA
Atlanta 136, Oklahoma City 118
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Around/About Central Georgia
Home run derby at Ed DeFore this weekend
Around/About Georgia
Young’s Oklahoma City homecoming a good one
FB: Georgia Tech snags former UGA assistant Chaney
Blank: Watson talks were only preliminary
Column: Blank’s explanations don’t add up
FB: Putting the ‘Pop’ into UGA LBs
Blank on Miami tanking allegations: ‘couldn’t be anything more serious’
NCAA Tournaments
Men’s scores and boxes and schedules
Women’s scores and boxes and schedules
(Note: annoying video at the start)
M-UNC-Duke rivalry “means nothing” now
W-Hotbed for hoops in Minnesota goes beyond Bueckers
W-Final Four can be windfall for players
M-Madness paying off for players under mishmash of rules
W-Louisville rides Van Lith’s energy to Final Four
W-Bueckers refused NIL deals in March to focus on Madness
More
M-St. Peter’s reflects grit, determination of student body
College basketball tournaments
College basketball
W-Florida State promotes assistant and former player Wyckoff
As expected, Holloway leaves St. Peter’s for Seton Hall
M-Chattanooga to hire VMI’s Earl
NBA/WNBA
WNBA players break silence on Griner
McCollum gets huge ovation in return, helps beat Portland
Baseball/MLB
Pujols debuts with concerns of wife’s brain surgery
Dodgers’ Roberts expects MVP talk for Betts
NFL
Tampa Bay’s Arians suddenly resigns
Did Arians resign to boost Bowles?
Browns GM wishes he had communicated with Mayfield
Public tab for Bills stadium will pass $1 billion
Thome’s wife catches grief, hears from one of the victims
Solid veteran DB Jenkins retires
College Football/South
Neal takes center stage at Alabama’s pro day
College Football
Kaepernick honorary captain for Michigan spring game
Soccer
More than 91,000 watch women’s game in Barcelona
US loses, but qualifies for World Cup
Around the nation/world