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High School
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ACE 8, Lake Oconee 7
Fitzgerald 13, Dodge County 0; Fitzgerald 11, Dodge County 1
Jones County 11, Warner Robins 1
Mount de Sales 9, Peach County 5
Perry 12, Howard 1
The Panthers sent 12 batter to the plate in the six-run fifth, getting a double and homer from Colton Ginn, and two-hit nights from Carson Shaw and Connor Christian. Perry (23-6/14-3) grabbed the second seed with the win, Ben McDow striking out 17 in the six-inning one-hitter.
Taylor County 4, Marion County 3
West Laurens 5, Spalding 3
Camden Thomas led the Raiders with three hits, West Laurens taking advantage of eight walks, two hit batters and two wild pitches.
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Girls
ACE 2, Pierce County 1, OT
LaGrange 6, Perry 1
The Panthers’ perfect season ended after 18 wins.
North Atlanta 9, Houston County 0
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For GHSA results, go to the master pairings/scores post each night. Hardly any tennis teams post scores on social media
🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫
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Georgia State 13, Mercer 3, 7 inn.
Houston County grad Cam Jones went 3 for 3 with two RBI for the Panthers.
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Alabama State 6, Georgia Tech 4
Georgia Southern 5, Mercer 2; Mercer 5, Georgia Southern 1
Kennesaw State 13, Georgia Southern 9
Pro
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Honor Roll
Mercer puts four on SoCon men’s tennis team
Alumni Update
Veterans’ Wylie rolling at Columbus State
Former Veterans standout Derek Wylie is doing familiar things at Columbus State.
Hitting. A lot.
The ex-Warhawk has one Peach Belt player of the week honor so far this season, and is among Division II’s top home-run hitters with 14, leading the PBC in that stat, plus 23rd in average and fourth in RBI.
Wylie’s college career started at Gordon State, where he hit .299 with seven homers and 41 RBI as a sophomore two years ago.
Last year, he earned All-Peach Belt honors after hitting .342 with 19 homers and 67 RBI.
The Cougars are 27-12 overall and 14-10 in PBC play after taking two of three from Augusta over the weekend. Columbus State visits Georgia College at the end of the month in the final regular-season series.
UGA’s Bullard (Baldwin) getting into move to safety
Around/About Central Georgia
BSB-Mercer suffers rare mercy-rule loss
WTEN-Georgia College up to No. 11 nationally
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Who tops the Most Overrated NBA list? Yeah, a Hawk
Ex-Notre Dame coach Brey to join Hawks staff
No O leads to end of Braves winning streak
Luckie, a UGA legacy, has a story beyond just football
Former GM Spielman up and down on Jalen Carter
On HBO, Carter talks: ‘They just wanted to hear my side’
Ridder ready to win the job, take over
MLB/Baseball
Atlantic League remains a test ground for rule moves
Scherzer ejected for sticky stuff
Padres hope for energy, maturity from Tatis when ban ends
Hate the Yankees, but love original Yankee Stadium, 100 years old
NFL/USFL/Football
Column-Hurts’ deal the rare big step forward for Black QBs
NBA/Basketball
Kings’ Brown first unanimous COTY
Knicks’ Thibodeau ripped for roster usage in romp
Morant-less Grizzlies take care of Lakers
Freak-less Bucks hit 3s, handle heat
Denver survives huge Minnesota third quarter
Kings fans – and their cowbells – driving to San Fran
College Basketball
M-New Mexico State loses top recruit among exodus
College Sports
Is Tennessee avoiding playing Memphis in The Big 3 sports?
College Football
Pruitt, Tennessee clash on first day of NCAA hearing
What is QB Finley’s status at Auburn?
Former player, now coach, Clemson’s Eason has life lessons galore for players
Leaf goes off on Polian’s memory of that draft
Sankey expected Freeze to be back in the SEC
What’s next in the portalpalooza?
Dartmouth’s Teevens lost leg in biking accident
NHL
Golf
Soccer
Barcelona-Madrid rivalry takes turn for the worse
Maradona’s medical team on trial for his death
NWSL’s KC team fires Potter hours before game
Around the nation/world
Ultra-marathon runner tries a new strategy on course: using a car
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