Saturday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Russell Henley/Masters, Mercer/Georgia College ⚾; Braves/WS rings, UGA, United; basketball, MLB, NASCAR, NFL, football, MLB
Scoreboard
High School
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
FPD 8, Tattnall 7
The Vikings won the series, clinching the third game with three in the fifth after Tattnall scored five in the third for a 7-5 lead. Griffin Green belted a two-run homer and Coleman Cauley added an RBI single in the key fifth. Green drove in four runs on two hits, Gavin Spillers went 3 for 4 with three RBI, Cauley had three hits and Colton McDonald two. Russ Miller and D.J. Willis each had two hits for Tattnall. FPD improved to 16-5/9-3 and hosts Stratford on Tuesday.
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
Girls
FPD 3, South Effingham 1
Jones County 3, Tattnall 2
Bryann Scott scored twice for the Trojans.
Boys
South Effingham 2, FPD 0
College
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
Florida State 9, Georgia Tech 6
Georgia Southern 13, Texas State 11
Georgia Southwestern 13, Georgia College 10; Georgia College 6, GSW 4
Georgia State 7, Coastal Carolina 6
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Georgia Tech 14, Boston College 2
Mercer 1, Furman 0; Mercer 3, Furman 2
Middle Georgia State 9, Mobile 8; Mobile 10, Middle Georgia State 2
North Georgia 9, Georgia College 1
Pro
SPHL
Pensacola 3, Macon 0
MLB
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Around/about Central Georgia
BSB: Mercer takes series with The Citadel
SB: Bears win first SoCon games
BSB: Georgia College splits with Georgia Southwestern
Wright sharp in Braves’ pitchers duel win
FB: Bennett sharp in Georgia scrimmage
FB: RBs Milton, McIntosh ready to work
United’s Martinez out for two months after knee surgery
College Basketball
Izzo: Portal is hard on the game
M-Edert leads St. Peter’s exodus, headed to Bryant
Basketball/NBA/WNBA
Morant returns, helps Grizzlies to rout
Auto Racing
Byron leads most of the way en route to second win
Pre-race: Recipe at Martinsville is beating and banging
NFL
Steelers’ QB Haskins killed on Florida highway
‘A beautiful kid,’ remembers Meyer
Schefter criticized, Gil Brandt hammered
College Football/South
Finley facing challenges at QB for Auburn
Rebel D all over QBs in scrimmage
Clemson staff is different, standards the same
Former Auburn QB Klein fighting for life
College Sports
Swinney predicts ‘complete blowup’ in college sports
MLB/Baseball
Foreign layers in MLB steady at 28 percent
Freeman helps grieving Iglesias
Dazzling D in 10th lifts Royals
Stanton has bombed the Red Sox in six straight games
Golf/Tennis
Big servers Isner and Opelka set up American final at Houston
Jabeur, Bencic in Charleston Open final
Soccer
Ronaldo apologizes for outburst
Around the nation/world