Wednesday's Report; Scoreboard; Hawkinsville signing, Houston County's Locey, Mercer & portal; Braves/MLB/Opening Day; Falcons, UGA, Tech; NCAAs/🏀
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Results from Gamechanger, MaxPreps, social media posts
High School
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FPD 2, Tattnall 0
The Vikings improved to 12-7 and 2-1, and host Tiftarea on Thursday and Tattnall on Friday.
Gatewood 8, Brentwood 1
Flint River 4, Central Fellowship 0
Jasper County 18, Salem 3
John Milledge 8, Mount de Sales 2
Manchester 5, Taylor County 1
Upson-Lee 4, Mary Persons 1
Stratford 6, Piedmont 1
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Girls
Bleckley County 1, Crisp County 1
Sadie Bowling scored off of Aniston Dowdy’s assist for the Royals.
Central Fellowship 5, Tattnall 5
Dublin 3,Washingotn County 1
East Laurens 2, Swainsboro 1
FPD 9, John Milledge 0
Gatewood 4, Piedmont 0
Houston County 7, Northside 0
Ola 8, Warner Robins 1
Perry 10, Griffin 0
The Panthers got three goals from Sadie Surber and Ari Marfell, and two from Maddie Horan plus one from Grace Surber.
Putnam County 8, Greene County 0
Rutland 8, Windsor 0
Veterans 2, Spalding 1
Boys
Baldwin 3, Jasper County 1
Crisp County 2, Bleckley County 1
Dublin 5, Washington County 2
East Laurens 8, Swainsboro 0
FPD 9, John Milledge 0
Houston County 5, Northside 3
Perry 10, Griffin 0
Perry snagged its first region title since 2014 with the win, giving the school a girls/boys sweep. Gentry Arnette’s hat trick led the way, with Harrington Arnette adding two goals, and one each from Chase Howeth, Luke Caulley, and Noah Wendley.
Veterans 6, Spalding 2
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Girls
Baldwin 3, Griffin 1
Boys
Baldwin 5, Griffin 0
🏫🏫🏫 College
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Georgia State 12, Georgia Tech 11, 14 inn.
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Georgia Tech 8, Kennesaw State 0
Pro
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Signings
Hawkinsville multi-sport standout Katelyn Newman has signed to play softball at South Georgia State.
Alumni Update
Houston County grad Locey traded to Tampa Bay
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer’s Jones (FPD) enters the portal, as does Sparks
Two more Mercer men’s basketball players have eyes set elsewhere, with FPD grad Jordan Jones and freshman Braden Sparks entering the NCAA transfer portal on Tuesday.
Jones is a walk-on who played more as a freshman than sophomore, 16.6 minutes a game with 10 starts to 11.1 minutes and no starts. He’s averaged 3.1 points, 1.3 assists and 1.7 rebounds in two seasons and 43 games.
Sparks played in 21 games with six starts, getting 12.7 minutes a game for 2.6 points and 1.5 rebounds.
They join a number of other Bears in the portal: Kamar Robertson, James Glisson, David Craig, Shannon Grant, and Shawn Walker Jr.
Robertson, Harrison Drake, Luis Hurtado Jr., Diego Rivera, and John Treanor (junior walk-on) were introduced on senior day.
Craig has committed to Tennessee Tech.
That unofficially leaves Mercer with four players: freshman guards Jah Quinones and Michael Zanoni, freshman forward T.J. Grant of Veterans, and redshirt junior forward Jalyn McCreary.
Mercer’s women gain, lose in portal
A Division II region player of the year is moving south to Mercer.
The women’s team picked up post player Mackenzie Johnson, a Division II third-team and honorable mention All-American at Young Harris in north Georgia.
She was the Conference Commissioners Association Southeast Region player of the year for 2022-23 after averaging 18.1 points and 13.2 rebounds for the 15-14 Mountain Lions. She was the Peach Belt Conference player of the week five times and conference player of the year.
The 6-1 Johnson leaves with Young Harris records in rebounding and is second in scoring.
Detavia Salter, a 6-3 freshman from Bainbridge, entered the portal over the weekend. She played in six games and totaled 20 minutes.
Shooting guard Erin Houpt, a sophomore from Illinois, joined the portal earlier this month.
Opening Day
NL West preview: Padres eager to unseat Dodgers
NL Central preview: Cards now without Pujols, Molina
AL West preview: Can Ohtani, Angels unseat Houston?
AL Central preview: Cleveland tries to defend lackluster division
AL East preview: Judge Yankees lead deep division
Abreu, Turner among key players in new spots
New rules, big money Mets, Ohtani’s walk year
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Blank on why Watson and why not Jackson
Atlanta plucks standout WR Miller from Bucs
Arthur Smith hits on some subjects
And he makes it official at QB
Sitting down with Atlanta’s Fontentot
DB coach Brown a good fit at Georgia
Tech loses WR Blackburn to ACL
Bears’ GM studying UGA’s Carter, risk vs. reward
BSB-Tattnall alum Gorman gets win over Tech
Brooks Gorman got the start and, by the end of a long night, the decision as Georgia State scored on a wild pitch in the 14th inning to beat Georgia Tech 12-11. Gorman left after three innings, the first of nine Panther pitchers, with a 5-2 lead. Matt Ruiz led off the bottom of the 14th with a single, advanced on a wild pitch and stole third, then scored on a wild pitch with two outs. Georgia Tech scored three runs in the top of the ninth only for GSU to tie it with one in the bottom half to force extra innings.
NCAA Men’s Tournament
FAU: ‘Experts’ will pick Owls ‘fifth in the Final Four’
Column-Don’t call ‘em Cinderella
May wanted to quit hours after signing with Florida Atlantic
Tang called grieving K-State family right before tournament game
San Diego State reflects the changing landscape
NCAA Women’s Tournament
Dallas has impact for all four coaches, especially Mulkey
Column-Clark the perfect superstar at the perfect time
South Carolina the obvious favorite
Reese has taken a fresh start above and beyond the norm
Maryland not thrilled with officiating vs. South Carolina
Column-Don’t be fooled with a slow South Carolina spell, the kill is coming
College Basketball
How do we get more mid-majors in the tournaments?
Column-Was the reputation hit worth it for Alabama?
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Portland shutting down Lillard for the season
College Sports
Black females: a Black female coach is huge
Column-New NCAA president, same old backward thinking
MLB/Baseball/WBC
Padres owner spending for a shot at a parade
NFL/USFL/ XFL
No booth reviews for roughing the passer
And no more flex Thursday night scheduling, but …
Bidding continues for Commanders, up to $6 bil
Bowles still has faith in Bucs post-Brady potential
Analysis-Ravens are Jackson’s best, only option
Aaron Hernandez brother arrested in ESPN incident
Irsay-Fully guaranteed contracts will hurt league overall
Soccer
Peru players, Spain police brawl at hotel
Golf
Column-Goodbye, WGC-Match play, you shan’t be missed by all
PGA Tour fall to offer Masters’ spots and $20 million events
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games