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Baldwin 6, Howard 5
The Braves scored the game-winner in the top of the eighth after tying it in the top of the seventh with four runs. Ayden Whidby then struck out the side in the bottom of the eighth.

Bleckley County 13, Swainsboro 1
Nine runs in the second led to a 4.5-inning game. James Fordham went 3 for 4 with three RBI and Dawson Chapman 2 for 2 with two RBI. Fordham fanned seven with a walk in the four-hitter.

Crawford County 10, Marion County 5

Dublin 13, East Laurens 7
The Irish earned their first state playoff spot since 2015 with the win, imp[roving to 12-15.

FPD 5, ACE 3
The Vikings held off ACE’s late rally for the inter-association win. Colton McDonald and Gavin Spillers had two hits each for the Vikings, Spillers driving in two runs.

John Milledge 12, Brentwood 1
Northeast 15, Spencer 14
Oglethorpe County 8, Jasper County 1
Peach County 15, Central 0
Piedmont 15, Westminster 0
Putnam County 10, Washington County 9
Taylor County 4, Manchester 3
Telfair County 14, Dooly County 0
Trinity Christian 4, Covenant 2
Nathan Sumner led TCS with three hits, Cooper Dasher and Ben Helton teaming for a two-hitter and 10 strikeouts.

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GHSA Boys

ACE 1, Savannah Arts Academy 0
Benedictine 2, West Laurens 1
The Raiders tied it in the 46th minute, but the visitors answered in the same minute with the lead goal.

Putnam County 6, Rutland 0
Whitewater 2, Perry 1
The Panthers season came to an end with a goal in the final 20 seconds.

Girls

Georgia Christian 3, CFCA 1
Trinity Christian 6, Covenant 0

Boys

CFCA 4, Georgia Christian 1
The Lancers took the District 6-AA title.
Trinity Christian 10, John Milledge 1

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Georgia 6, Arkansas 5

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Benedict 11, FVSU 7; Benedict 7, FVSU 6

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M-FVSU 3, Kentucky State 0; Edward Waters 3, FVSU 1, SIAC Tournament

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Alumni Update

UGA’s Woods (Houston County) sidelined for big series

FPD grad Richardson Hester coaches Clemson to first ACC women’s golf title

          Kelly Richardson Hester’s seventh year as women’s golf head coach at Clemson has been her best.
          The program’s, too. Granted, this is only the Tigers’ 10th season, but Clemson winning its first ACC championship at such a young age makes it a little more impressive.
          Hester is an FPD grad and former Viking standout who helped Georgia to two SEC titles and a fourth-place national finish. She has coached at Mercer, UNLV, Arkansas, Georgia, and Furman. She joined the Macon Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
          Clemson, ranked 24th by GolfState entering the final day, finished third to advance to the match play portion of the tournament, for the first time since the ACC changed formats. The Tigers beat Virginia 3-1-1 on Sunday to win it.

Portal: Gatewood’s Wallace leaving UGA

The player who found himself in the middle of the controversy on whether Georgia’s Jalen Carter had character issues is moving on from Georgia.

Walk-on offensive lineman Weston Wallace is apparently headed to the portal, according to media reports, and a brief and vague Instagram post on Tuesday: “Thank you UGA for the 3 years of incredible memories and even better friends! #79out.”

The 6-4, 330-pounder is listed as a junior, and has yet to play at Georgia. Nevertheless, he moves on with two national championship rings.

Honor Roll

Peach Belt women’s tennis, Georgia College
Peach Belt men’s tennis, Georgia College
GMC softball coach gets 400th win

Signings

Multi-sport standout Keondre Glover of Stratford has signed to compete in track and field at Kennesaw State. Glover shares the team high-jump mark of 6-8 with Jack Miscall and McKinley Thompson. He was a versatile standout who helped the Eagles’ football team to the GIAA Class AAAA state championship football game and the boys basketball team to the Class AAAA basketball state title.

Around/About Central Georgia

West Laurens wins GHSA slow-pitch title, second trophy of the year

Back in 2000, the main softball in the GHSA was slow-pitch, fast-pitch still in the early stages, in its third year of full competition.

But West Laurens didn’t join. Right away. The Raiders had one of the first slow-pitch state titles of the century, winning 4A/3A in 2000, and now have the latest overall title.

And last October, the Raiders captured Laurens County’s first GHSA state softball title, comig out of the losers bracket to edge Whitewater 2-1 for the 4A championship.

They’re at it again.

West Laurens nipped Haralson County 9-8 on Thursday to win the state’s GHSA slow-pitch title.

Slow-pitch was discontinued after 2009, and re-started in 2017, Haralson County winning those first two years as well as last year.

The Raiders opened the eight-team even at Twins Creek Park in Woodstock with a 4-1 win over Sequoyah, and then topped Dodge County – an 8-5 winner over Creekview – in the second round.

They then sent Haralson County, with wins of 9-4 and 9-8, to the losers bracket with a 14-8 win.

Dodge County was eliminated 4-3 by Jefferson, which was knocked out by Sequoyah, which was then eliminated 17-8 by Haralson.

The Raiders avoided a winner-take-all finale by surviving Haralson County again by the same score.

MTEN: Mercer bounces Wofford to reach SoCon semis

WTEN: Fourth-seed Bears top Mocs to advance

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Richt, Smart team to surprise ALS-afflicted UGA staffer

UGA Board of Regents approves nearly $85 mil in upgrades

It appears Vandagriff is staying

It appears Stegeman is staying, set to re-open by fall

Portal: UGA backup OL Scroggs

Portal: Tech TE Postma