The Central Georgia Sports Report

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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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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

Florence 7, Macon 3

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

Popovich slams Texas governor

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

Four-run 11th propels Braves

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

Georgia powers past Hofstra

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

Tennessee outlasts Campbell

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.

Kennesaw State notebook

NCAA baseball brackets

Regionals schedule/TV

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

S-WCWS schedule, TV, more

 

SEC Meetings

Baseball in Hoover extended

Sankey talks scheduling (video)

A football schedule model, and rivalries impact

Smart has scheduling thoughts

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

Avalanche go up 3-0

Boxing/MMS

Haney retains WBC lightweight belt

Around the nation/world

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games