Saturday's Report: Gibson's No. 1; Braves, Falcons, UGA; LSU, Iowa in women's finale, more Final Four/college 🏀, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, NFL

Saturday's Report: Gibson's No. 1; Braves, Falcons, UGA; LSU, Iowa in women's finale, more Final Four/college 🏀, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, NFL

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

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ACE 10, Rutland 0

Brentwood 5, Gatewood 4

Crawford County 20, Heard County 3

Howard 15, Griffin 0

           A nine-run first got the Huskies going, with 13 batters in the opening frame of the three inning game. Gavin Williams allowed one hit in the three innings for Howard (6-6/4-3). Howard scored 15 on only four hits, thanks to 12 walks and seven wild pitches

Jasper County 7, Trinity Christian 3

          Chandler Aguirre had three hits and three RBI to lead Jasper County, with two-hit nights from Evan Diaz, Tres Cohran, and Grady Jordan. Bennett Lake had two hits for Trinity Christian.

Jesuit, Ore. 4, Houston County 3; Houston County 3, Calvary Christian 0

Jones County 9, Dutchtown 6; Dutchtown 7, Jones County 2

Mary Persons 14, Upson-Lee 9; Mary Persons 11, Upson-Lee 8

          The Bulldogs scored 10 in the top of the seventh in the opener.  They put up eight in the sixth inning of the nightcap to seal it.

Northeast 15, Spencer 14

Peach County 5, Jackson 0; Peach County 5, Jackson 0

          Bryce Harrelson struck out 20 of 25 batters to lead the Trojans in the opener.

Southwest 20, Kendrick 3

Spalding 16, Westside 1; Spalding 14, Westside 4

Tattnall 8, FPD 2

          Five in the fourth sealed it for Tattnall, led by two-hit games from

Taylor County 4, Chattahoochee County 3

Tift County 16, Baldwin 9

Thomson 17, Putnam County 9

Thomas Jefferson 14, John Hancock 0

Washington County 16, Butler 0

Westfield 6, Brookstone 5

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Girls

Central Fellowship 9, Crawford County 0

Chattahoochee County 3, Macon County 1

Dodge County 2, East Laurens 0

FPD 8, Providence 1

Mary Persons 3, Locust Grove 1

Tattnall 3, John Milledge 0

Westfield 3, St. George’s 2

Boys

Central Fellowship 4, Crawford County 1

Chattahoochee County 3, Macon County 2

Dodge County 8, East Laurens 0

FPD 4, CGAA 0

Mary Persons 3, Locust Grove 3

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

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Coastal Carolina 16, Georgia State 7

Georgia Tech 5, Boston College 4

Jacksonville State 11, Kennesaw State 4

Old Dominion 7, Georgia Southern 5

Mercer 2, Western Carolina 1

North Georgia 12, Georgia College 3

Vanderbilt 9, Georgia 2

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Coastal Carolina 8, Georgia Southern 0

Georgia College 10, Augusta 6; Augusta 7, Georgia College 3

Florida State 6, Georgia Tech 4

Liberty 5, Kennesaw State 4

Middle Georgia 4, William Carey 0; William Carey 4, Middle Georgia 1 

Pro

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Birmingham 4, Macon 3, OT

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Brooklyn 124, Atlanta 107

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Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Gibson moves to the top of Mercer baseball

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Miller amped to be with Falcons

Defensive linemen ready to fill Carter’s shoes

Smith thinks he’s the fastest Bulldog

Braves’ Arcia gets extension

Bridges’ 42 leads Nets to rout of Hawks

 

NCAA Women’s Final Four

Perfection and a repeat denied by Clark and Iowa in thrilling showdown

Epic fourth quarter explosion puts LSU, Mulkey in championship

All female officials for first time

Pregame: The showdown was among the best two players the last two years

Pregame: ‘Rules’ different for Clark, because Clark is different

Pregame: ‘Blind faith’ in Brooks led Virginia Tech to full-circle moment

Pregame: Final Four’s biggest star since Swoopes

Pregame: Notebook

Staley not interested in men’s job 

NCAA Men’s Final Four

Looking for an edge? Think offensive efficiency

Larranaga a wizard, a ‘jedi master’

Fasting for Ramadan during Madness?

For the Owls, it’s May Madness

And not F-A-Who?

A look at the teams with advanced stats

From potential bust to all-timer at FAU

Fab Five legacy runs through San Diego State

Not too long ago, opposing fans felt sorry for the Owls

Lack of big names likely to hit ratings

May to sign extension after Final Four 

College Basketball

M-Purdue’s Eady AP player of the year

M-Marquette’s Smart top coach

M-Biggest bonuses this season

M-North Texas wins first NIT in C-USA showdown

M-USF gets to know Abdur-Rahim

M-Texas Tech hires NIT champ coach 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

7-time All-Star announces retirement

Roundup 

Football/NFL/USFL

Proposal to ban hip-drop tackles

Ex-Patriots tells Jackson to avoid Patriots 

MLB/Baseball

Minor-leaguers to get new benefits, raise

First day of games almost a half-hour shorter

Ohtani whiffs 10 in loss

Roundup 

Golf

9/11 families upset with LIV golfers in Masters, plan event

Rogers up three at Valero

Clemente making a name in return to Augusta 

Auto Racing/NASCAR

Info, storylines for Sunday at Richmond 

College Sports

Ump apologizes for absurdly bad call in MVSU-UNO game last month 

Tennis

Sinner stuns top-ranked Alcaraz in Miami 

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

MLB scores/games

College baseball scores