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March 25, 2023 Central Georgia Sports Report

In Coverage: The only place in Central Georgia with high school baseball and soccer, and lots of college sports

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High School

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

Girls

ACE 10, Kendrick 0
The Gryphons locked down the Region 2-AA title with the win.

Dublin 3, Swainsboro 2
East Laurens 2, Bleckley County 1 (PKs)
Houston County 2, Tift County 1
Jones County 3, Warner Robins 2
Mary Persons 9, Peach County 0

Perry 1, Spalding 0
The Panthers won their third straight region title, thanks to Fraser Knapek’s late second-half goal.

Temple 6, Crawford County 0
Thomas County Central 8, Veterans 0

Boys

ACE 7, Kendrick 0
ACE snagged another region title with the win.

Atkinson County 2, Dooly County 1
Bleckley County 3, East Laurens 1
Dublin 3, Swainsboro 0
GMC 10, Towns County 0
The Bulldogs captured the region title with the win.

Houston County 5, Tift County 0
Macon County 4, Turner County 1

Perry 2, Spalding 1, 2 OT
The goals came from Gentry Arnette, with Eli Flynn turning in a quality night in goal. The Panthers can win the region title on Tuesday.

Temple 6, Crawford County 0
Veterans 6, Thomas County Central 0

⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

ACE 23, Central 0; ACE 17, Central 0
Bleckley County 7, Jefferson County 2; Bleckley County 13, Jefferson County 11
FPD 10, George Walton 8

GMC 6, Glascock County 0
Christian Black threw a shutout and went 2 for 3 at the plate.

Houston County 14, Thomas County Central 1, Houston County 10, TCC 0
The nationally ranked Bears improved to 18-1 and 9-0.

Jeff Davis 17, Dodge County 0; Jeff Davis 8, Dodge County 3
Johnson County 12, Wilkinson County 0
Jones County 10, Ola 9
Lee County 3, Veterans 2; Lee County 3, Veterans 1
Mary Persons 12, Eagle’s Landing 0
Pike County 17, Peach County 2; Pike County 10, Peach County 0
Putnam County 19, Glenn Hills 1; Putnam County 15, Glenn Hills 0
St. Anne-Pacelli 6, Westfield 0; St. Anne-Pacelli 5, Westfield 1
Stratford 13, Jasper County 3
Swainsboro 12, East Laurens 3; Swainsboro 12, East Laurens 4
Telfair County 9, Hawkinsville 8
Tift County 12, Northside 0
Union Grove 12, Warner Robins 2
Upson-Lee 7, Jackson 1; Upson-Lee 8, Jackson 2
West Laurens 15, Baldwin 0
Wheeler County 16, Dooly County 1; Wheeler County 15, Dooly County 0

🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫

Links contain stories or boxes; more boxes/links when Central Georgia alums are on a team

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App State 10, Georgia State 7
Auburn 6, Georgia 3
Georgia Southwestern 6, Georgia College 5
Georgia Tech 4, Clemson 3
Kennesaw State 10, Eastern Kentucky 7
Mercer 7, The Citadel 3
Southern Miss 4, Georgia Southern 3

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Clemson 9, Georgia Tech 1
Georgia 3, Mississippi State 0
Georgia State 2, Coastal Carolina 1
James Madison 12, Georgia Southern 7
Kennesaw State 6, Eastern Kentucky 5
Lander 6, Georgia College 2; Lander 4, Georgia College 2

Volleyball

Benedict 3, FVSU 2

Pro

🏒🏒🏒 SPHL 🏒🏒

Macon 7, Knoxville 5

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Alumni Update

Warner Robins’ Callaway now a Bronco, reunited with Payton

Around/About Central Georgia

Henley wins second match-play round

For the second straight day, Russell Henley took care of his opponent in less than 18 holes.

Henley topped Tyrrell Hatton 3 & 2 to improve to 2-1 and finish second in Group 14, behind Lucas Herbert, who beat Ben Griffin 3&1 to advance to the round of 16.

Henley tied it on No. 7 and took the lead on No 10, Hatton unable to match Henley’s birdies and suffering a second bogey.

BSB-Mercer opens SoCon play with road win

Mayhem win second straight with power surge

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Free agency recap with Fontenot

Dodd makes a case to be No. 5 starter

Opening day: Fried vs. Corbin

Georgia football player/coach tracker

Elite Eight
Saturday
6:09 p.m., Kansas State vs. Florida Atlantic, TBA
8:49 p.m., Gonzaga vs. UConn, TBS
Sunday
2:20 p.m., San Diego State vs. Creighton, CBS
5:05 p.m., Texas vs. Miami, CBS

NCAA men’s tournament

Miami takes out Houston hard

San Diego State D’s up, fend off Alabama

Creighton pulls away Princeton’s slipper

Texas manhandles Xavier

First time all the ones are done this early

The decoy-turned-dunk for Kansas State that was the clincher

Kansas State’s Tang brings a vibe

Balls too bouncy?

‘Dude is crazy’: Oats brings intensity controversy to Bama

Column-March and Barnes, ‘nuff said

Column-Cinderella still trying to claim title