Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard; Players of the week: Mercer, Middle Georgia State, GMC; Bleckley County’s Mims, Mercer; Braves, Heat, UGA, Tech; MLB, NFL, NBA
Monday'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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ACE 12 Covenant 2
The Gryphons broke a 2-2 tie after one with five, and rolled in 4.5 innings, helped by five Covenant errors. Trevor Derrick and Owen Cannon teamed for a shortened no-hitter, striking out six with a walk. Ashton Donaldson had two hits and four RBI for ACE.
Calvary Christian 25, CFCA 6
Deerfield-Windsor 8, Stratford 1
Gatewood 10, Briarwood 2
Glenwood 12, Piedmont 2
GMC 14, Glascock County 2
Christian Black drove in four runs on two hits, with two and two from JJ Hines, and two hits and two runs from Tyler Saunders, plus two hits and three runs from Bryce Smith. Trey Woods belted a homer and had three RBI and three runs.
Perry 11, Howard 1
Two early four-run innings led the Panthers, who got two hits from Alex Scarborough and Price Massey, the pair teaming for five RBI.
Andrew Garnett had two hits and a homer for the Huskies.
Rutland 18, Westside 14
Thomas Jefferson 11, Brentwood 3
Westwood 6, Windsor 0
West Laurens 12, Spalding 0
The Raiders combined 10 hits with six walks. William Kellam, Kaden Baggett, and Camden Thomas had two hits each for West Laurens, with two RBI from Matthew Thigpen, Gunnar Jeffers, and Jace Thompson, plus three from Baggett.
Lacrosse
G-Stratford 17, Dutchtown 1
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Girls
GHSA Playoffs, second round
5A-Decatur 8, Veterans 1
3A-Mary Persons 6, Monroe Area 2
Stratford 8, Mount Vernon 2
A Public- Screven County 7, GMC 1
Metter 5, Crawford County 1
ACE 2, McIntosh County Academy 0
A Private-Stratford 8, Mt. Vernon 2
Pro
MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Atlanta 4
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Alumni Update
Bleckley County’s Mims changes mind, leaves portal
Players of the Week
Southern Conference baseball: Mercer’s DiSpigna
Southern States softball: Middle Georgia State’s Back and Eddins
GCAA softball: GMC’s Griffith and Shellhorse
Around/About Central Georgia
BSB: Mercer takes 12-game win streak to Tech
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
FB: Dawgs in love with those championship rings
GLF: UGA’s Haack, ex-Dogs explain PGA Tour (‘UGA Tour’) success
BSB: Tech hosts Mercer after second straight ACC series win
BSB: Southern ranked for first time since 2013
Baseball/MLB/College
Reds’ Greene brings plenty of 100+ heat
College notes: Southern Miss hot, polls, LSU quiet
Half dozen Oakland players on COVID list
NBA/WNBA
Boston’s Smart is defensive POTY
Dallas hot from 3 to beat Jazz
Curry drops 34 off the bench for Warriors
Irving flips off, then sounds off
Football/NFL/USFL
No indication Snyder will give up Washington voluntarily
Washington sends later to FTC denying improprieties
Kaepernick: Give me a shot, and cut me if I earn cutting
Cleveland confident in tanking investigation
Cut for picking pizza over chicken salad?
Butler puts SB 52 benching behind him in rejoining Pats
Auto Racing
Column: Bristol was messy, unusual, and predictable
College Football/South
Clemson still atop the ACC, but the gap is closing
College Basketball/South
Around the nation/world