Central Georgia Sports ReportJune 10, 2022Comment

Friday's Report: Honor Roll; FPD, GMC alums in championship, Northside's Nelson; Braves, Falcons; NCAA WCWS & ⚾, NBA, MLB, NFL, golf

Central Georgia Sports ReportJune 10, 2022Comment

Thursday'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 League

Savannah 9, Macon 3

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MLB

Atlanta 3, Pittsburgh 1

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Honor Roll/Alumni Update

Central Georgia trio at Covenant College earns academic honors

Three Central Georgia alums from Covenant near Chattanooga made the USA South academic All-Conference team: Heidi Hall, senior, Perry, women’s soccer; Camden Lashley, sophomore, FPD, men’s tennis; Mary Elaine Mitchell, sophomore, Stratford, softball.

Alumni Update

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

A pair of Central Georgians are doing their part toward steering North Greenville to an NCAA Division II baseball national championship.

GMC’s Cory Bivins and FPD’s Noah Takac have helped the Crusaders into the championship game on Saturday, North Greenville eliminating West Chester with an 8-5 win Thursday night.

The semifinals of the double-elimination tournament in Cary, N.C. were Thursday, with Point Loma-Rollins in the afternoon followed by North Greenville-West Chester at 6 p.m.

Point Loma suffered its first loss on Thursday, 12-4 to Rollins, and those two will play again Friday at noon. The national championship is Saturday at 7 p.m., with an “if” game time to be determined.

Southern Arkansas, Angelo State, Southern New Hampshire, and Southern Arkansas have been eliminated.

North Greenville led 8-1, but West Chester cut it to 8-4 in the fifth. Bivins went 0 for 2, but had a sacrifice bunt that advanced two runners who scored, and another successful sac bunt later.

The top-seeded Crusaders opened the tournament with a 3-1 win over West Chester (Pa.) on Sunday. Bivins had a hit and RBI.

North Greenville set records with its 18-3 win over Angelo State on Tuesday, setting a tournament record in Cary since 2009.

Bivins had two hits and scored three times, pushing his average up to .329. Takac – who started his college career at Davidson - got the start and went five efficient innings, throwing 76 pitches and striking out two and walking two with only one hit, improving to 7-0 and dropping his ERA to 1.60.

Northside grad Nelson ready for leadership role in Houston

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Fried, bullpen sharp in edging Pirates for eighth straight W

Swanson beats Braves, Braves beat Duvall

Olson compares new team to old team

Carter knows eyes are on Falcons’ edge rushers

NCAA Baseball/WCWS

S-Texas’ good start overwhelmed as Oklahoma rolls to title

S-Alo best ever? More than just power

S-Dealing with Alo has been lose-lose

B-Super Regional schedule

B-UConn representing rarely repped Northeast