Sunday's Report: FVSU signs locals, Mercer honor, Bacon; state/NCAA baseball, Braves, UGA, Falcons; NCAA regionals/WCWS, SEC meetings, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, colleges
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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College
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Georgia Southern 8, UNC Greensboro 0, Statesboro Regional
Georgia Tech 13, Alabama State 4, Knoxville Regional
Georgia 24, Hofstra 1, Chapel Hill Regional
Houston County grad Coleman Willis threw an inning of shutout relief.
Notre Dame 6, Georgia Southern 4, Statesboro Regional
Kennesaw State 9, Army 8, Hattiesburg Regional
Coastal Plain
Pro
MLB
Atlanta 6, Colorado 2, 11 inn.
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Honor Roll
Mercer wins SoCon academic award for seventh time
Sports and Texas school shooting
Krzyzewski calls out politicians
NFL teams tweet support on Gun Violence Awareness Day
Around/about Central Georgia
WBKB: FVSU adds Hancock Central, Houston County standouts
Florence slows Macon at home
Macon matched its error total with its hit total in a 7-3 loss to Florence at Luther Williams.
The Bacon had four errors and only four hits, although only one run was unearned. Florence struck out 10 Bacon batters, while four Macon pitchers fanned 14.
Macon hosts Lexington County on Monday.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Bennett on unique list in QB rankings
Busy week for Smart comes to an end
Smith explains why Atlanta is signing so many WRs
Grovetown girls hoops coach leaves for college gig
Stillman unveils new hoops court
NCAA Regionals/WCWS
Arkansas comeback explosion among huge offensive efforts on offensive day
Georgia Southern has a nice brunch romp
Late rally lifts Notre Dame over Southern
Georgia Tech gets going to thump Alabama State
UNC head coach ejected, suspended
Kennesaw State wins battle of big innings
14-run inning sparks Virginia Tech
Auburn batters Florida State to reach finale
Texas Tech sends UNCG home after pitchers’ duel
LSU rallies past Southern Miss in extras
ESPN talker catches heat for drug test charge vs. Vols catcher, gets apology
ND-Texas Tech started at 2:02 p.m., finished at 11:32 p.m.
S-Maxwell 3-hitter leads Oklahoma State over Florida State
S-Sooners get revenge on Texas, into semis
S-Alo’s path from Hawaii to Oklahoma a storybook tale
SEC Meetings
Sankey talks scheduling (video)
A football schedule model, and rivalries impact
Drinkwitz ready for whatever comes
Four NIL issues that kept popping up
Basketball/NBA/WNBA
Celtics show support for Griner
Golden State loose, Boston focused
Snyder turning down raise to leave Utah?
Baseball/MLB/Baseball
Slumping Phillies stop slumping Trout, Angels
Soto belts a few bombs to lead Nats rally
Cards’ Donovan apologizes for old homophobic tweets
Rookie Gore strong again in Padres shutout
Scherzer’s dog bites Scherzer, who doesn’t bite back
Golf/Tennis
Swiatek in control of women’s final, tops Gauff in two
Veteran Nadal vs. newcomer Ruud in men’s final
Na resigns from PGA Tour to ‘explore’ opportunities
Kang playing US Women’s Open with tumor on spine
Wie misses cut, gives disabled fan lifetime memory
Auto Racing
Allmendinger gets road-track win in Portland debut
New track, new test as NASCAR hits St. Louis
Gateway offers chances for playoff outsiders
Column: NASCAR not thrilled with Texas governor visit?
Football/NFL/USFL/CFL
Lions challenge Swift about being injured or hurt
College Football/South
Clickbait alert: ranking the SEC football stadiums
OSU needs $13 mil in NIL, SEC schedule, The Feud (audio)
Virginia finally starting to catch up with football investment
Is Leach next for a contract extension?
Harsin ready for transfer schedule change
College Football
‘Direct dollars’ have changed recruiting
College Sports
Big 12 ready to hand out record distribution
Hockey
Boxing/MMS
Haney retains WBC lightweight belt
Around the nation/world