Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; GMC softball, Upson-Lee’s Walker, Mercer/SoCon, Georgia College; Braves, UGA/JT Daniels, Hawks, Ga. Southern; college ⚾ tournaments, The Feud, colleges
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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College
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Alabama 5, Georgia 3, SEC Tournament
Lipscomb 12, Kennesaw State 10
Louisiana-Monroe 8, Georgia State 5, Sun Belt Tournament
Houston County grad Cam Jones went 3 for 5 for the Panthers, and gave up two runs in an inning of relief pitching. Bears alum Chandler Dawson threw a shutout inning in relief.
Pitt 12, Georgia Tech 6, ACC Tournament
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Florida Southwestern 5, GMC 0, NJCAA National Tournament
Pro
MLB
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Sports world upset about Texas elementary school shooting
Signings
Central’s Jeremy Gray signed to play men’s soccer at Lindsey Wilson College.
Perry’s Victoria Martin will continue playing golf, at Piedmont.
Washington County’s Willie Henderson and Omari Brown signed with Morris for men’s basketball.
Alumni Update
Upson-Lee’s Walker off to a good start in Jacksonville
Honor Roll
Mercer puts five – including HoCo’s Hughes - on All-SoCon baseball teams
Georgia College tennis tops PBC sportsmanship
Around/About Central Georgia
GMC falls in opener to No. 1
Florida Southwestern only outhit GMC by three, but the Bucs did more with those hits and took advantage of two errors for an 8-0 win in six innings Tuesday afternoon in the NJCAA national tournament in Yuma, Ariz.
GMC’s top four batters got hits, but the rest of the lineup went 0 for 10. Lily Griffith went 2 for 3 for the Bulldogs. Jana Shellhorse regrouped after FSW got two in the bottom of the first, and then after giving up two in the third and one in the fourth, keeping the Bucs from a big inning.
GMC (38-22) takes on Southern Idaho, a 5-0 loser to Chattanooga State, at noon Wednesday in an elimination game.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Contreras finishes rough night at the plate with game-winner
Former UGA backup QB Daniels a good fit at WVU
Hawks keeping an eye on Bulls’ LaVine?
FB-A lookahead for Georgia Southern
FB-Eagles to play Nevada in 2024
Writer who covered Walker in Dallas & Minnesota didn’t see this coming
Blank talks football at spring meetings
BSB-Upcoming upgrades excite Stricklin
WGLF-Georgia falls to Stanford in NCAA quarters
College baseball postseason
Conference tournaments get things going
Big sixth from Pitt topples Tech
Rain delays inevitable for slumping Bulldogs
Southern Conference Tournament
NBA/WNBA
Kerr angrily addresses murderous shooting rampage in Texas
Tight Celtics-Heat series isn’t really too tight
Golf/Tennis
Tsonga emotional in French Open finale
Osaka’s mental health discussion resonates at French
PGA champ Thomas elbows in on Saban-Fisher
Football/NFL/USFL
Wilson will just play in return to Seattle
Mac Jones bringing less to the table, and it’s a good thing
Jacksonville working to heal after the Meyer Era
Watson accuser felt ‘scared’ and threatened
College Football/South
Column: Of course Saban likes that ol’ parity
South Carolina state HOF QB Ellis amped about Beamer
College Football
Sarkisian battling for Manning, and just for improvement
Nebraska ending balloon release after first TD tradition
College Sports
NCAA survey shows mental health still a concern for athletes
High Schools
Texas and the great unknown of NIL
Around the nation/world