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June 12, 2022 Central Georgia Sports Report

Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.

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Coastal Plain

Macon 15, Catawba All-Stars 2

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MLB

Atlanta 10, Pittsburgh 4

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Alumni Update

GMC, FPD grads getting national championship rings

Soon enough, Cory Bivins and Noah Takac will have some jewelry to show off when they come home to Milledgeville and Macon.

Both will at some point have some national championship rings to show off after helping North Greenville to the NCAA Division II national title.

The Crusaders held off Point Loma 5-3 on Friday night, avoiding a winner-take-all third game in the double-elimination tournament in Cary, N.C.

Bivins went 1 for 4 with a run in the final, North Greenville watching Point Loma rally with two in the top of the ninth.

Bivins went 0 for 2 in the 8-5 win over West Chester in the semifinal, but dropped two successful sacrifice bunts, one leading to a run.

The top-seeded Crusaders opened the tournament with a 3-1 win over West Chester (Pa.) last 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.

That’s how Takac’s season ended statistically, with Bivins finishing with a .324 average, 15 doubles and 54 RBI.

Around/about Central Georgia

Bacon roll in non-league game

Macon scored nine runs in the first two innings and cruised to a 15-2 win over the Catawba Valley Stars in a non-league game that went seven innings.

Grant Smith went 5 for 5 with three runs, three doubles and five RBI for Macon, accounting for half of the Bacon’s hits. Pitchers Tyler Rigot, Rane Pfeiffer, and Marcus Cashman teamed for 11 strikeouts against one walk and four hits.

Macon visits Forest City on Monday, and the teams play at Luther Williams on Tuesday.

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Albies belts grand slam in huge eighth, Braves win 10th straight

Documentary on Georgia Interscholastic Association airs Monday

Mariota working with Smith, remembering how to ‘play free’

Smart happy with Bobo as OC, and golf partner

How busy will the Hawks be on the trading block?

Long journey back for United’s Hyndman

NCAA Super Regionals

A&M the first to make CWS, wins second straight one-run game

Auburn gets early lead, holds on at Oregon State

Texas comes back, and then walks it off