Wednesday's Report: Middle Georgia College title reunion, Bacon, Alums-FPD, GMC; Shaw coach dies, Braves, UGA, Georgia State; SEC meetings, NCAA regionals, more

Wednesday's Report: Middle Georgia College title reunion, Bacon, Alums-FPD, GMC; Shaw coach dies, Braves, UGA, Georgia State; SEC meetings, NCAA regionals, more

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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Coastal Plain

Macon 8, Lexington County 3Pro

MLB

Arizona 8, Atlanta 7, 10 inn.

 

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40 years after a national title, Middle Georgia College reunites on that Colorado field

Alumni Update

GMC, FPD grads help North Greenville to D-II championship tournament

          North Greenville is part of the eight-team NCAA Division II championship tournament, and a pair of Central Georgians is a big reason.

          GMC’s Cory Bivins and FPD’s Noah Takac have been in the middle of North Greenville’s 50-10 season.

          Takac signed with Davidson and pitched in six games as a freshman, and didn’t play in 2020.

          The right-hander is 6-0 with a team-leading 1.72 ERA, striking out 48 with 22 walks in 62.2 innings, second on the team. Opponents are hitting a feeble .150 against him.

          Bivins is fifth on the team with a .328 average and 49 RBI, and tied for fourth with 11 homers. He also has 10 stolen bases. The shortstop is fielding at  .940 clip.

          North Greenville took two of three from Columbus State in the Southeast Super Regional to advance.

          Takac went seven innings and allowed a run in the middle game, an NGU loss but no decision for him. Bivins went 3 for 12 with three runs and an RBI in the three-game series.

          Top seed North Greenville opens with West Chester on Monday in Cary, N.C.

Around/About Central Georgia

Macon wins second straight with Jones in charge

          Kyle Bork went 4 for 6 to lead Macon to an 8-3 win over host Lexington County in Coastal Plain action.

          Assistant coach Kianna Jones again filled in as interim head coach, giving her a 2-0 record in that position.

          The team has given no public explanation for head coach Kevin Soine’s absence.

          Macon finishes off its road trip Wednesday at Florence, and returns home to host Savannah on Thursday.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Shaw High football coach, AD dies on vacation

Bullpen gives up two in bottom of the 10th, Braves lose

Strider has good outing, but has tough luck

No suds in Samford for 2022

Stetson Bennett, ignored and underrated again

MBKB: UGA’s Ingram gets NCAA waiver

MBKB: Georgia State to open new arena with round-robin

United lose Hernandez for three months

 

SEC meetings

Nick has more to say about what he said

‘I have no problem with Jimbo’

Kirby on Nick and Jimbo

Smart on NIL, transfers, The Feud

NIL has become ‘a runaway train’

UGA’s White happy with Oquendo’s return

Saban was right 10 years ago, still is, on schedules

An orderly first day of meetings

 

NCAA Baseball/WCWS

Kennesaw State will be in a sellout regional

Georgia Tech at home of the national favorite

Takeaways on selections

Selection committee emphasis a surprise, opportunity

Regionals schedule/TV

Interactive bracket

S-Is Oklahoma’s Alo best ever?

College Baseball

Arkansas radio host suspended for unhinged rant about Razorback player

Why NC State was snubbed

Rutgers has a complaint with snub

Clemson fires Lee after seven seasons

NBA/WNBA

Green sarcastically fires back at Haslem

Boston’s run a product of coach’s vision

Title-free season a waste for Heat

Vandersloot leads Sky in WNBA Finals rematch

Baseball/MLB/College

Pederson’s homer lifts Giants over sliding Phillies

Pujols drills 22nd walk-off

Pham calls out Trout … as bad fantasy commish

Every Met hits in rout of Nats

Reds get first win at Fenway since ’75 Series

Auto Racing

Racing notes: NASCAR to St. Louis, Indy to Detroit

Golf/Tennis

Nadal tops Djokovic in quarterfinal thriller

Gauff, Trevisan reach first slam semi in Paris

French Open update

Johnson defies PGA Tour, joins Saudi series

Football/NFL/USFL

Watson sued by 23rd woman

Rypien’s former partner charges abuse

College Football/South

Column: Of course Saban likes that ol’ parity

NIL not part of Rattler’s move to South Carolina

Harsin happy with signing-limit change

Hockey

Colorado wins goal-fest in finals opener

Around the nation/world

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games