Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; GHSA pairings; Positive Athlete, Wilkinson County's Dupree, Dublin’s Smith, GIAA tennis, Mercer; Hawks, Braves; MLB, NFL Draft/news, NBA, colleges, golf, NASCAR

Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; GHSA pairings; Positive Athlete, Wilkinson County's Dupree, Dublin’s Smith, GIAA tennis, Mercer; Hawks, Braves; MLB, NFL Draft/news, NBA, colleges, golf, NASCAR

In Coverage: Ben Smith makes surprise announcement that he’s leaving Dublin boys basketball

Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores in basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, and the only place with college – Mercer, FVSU, Georgia College, CGTC, MGSU, GMC, Wesleyan – coverage (when info is offered).

 

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High School

⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

John Milledge 13, Briarwood 0
Mount De Sales 12, Brentwood 0
Pinewood Christian 11, Gatewood 0
Tattnall 10, Covenant 0

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

Girls

Augusta Prep 1, Gatewood 0
Piedmont 10, Mon Don 0

Boys

Gatewood 2, Augusta Prep 1
Mon Don 5, Piedmont 1

🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾

Girls

St. Vincent’s 3, Mary Persons 0

Boys

Savannah Christian 3, Mary Persons 0
West Laurens 3, Islands 1 

🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫

⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

College of Charleston 8, Georgia Southern 5

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

Georgia 13, Mercer 1
Kennesaw State 8, Samford 4
North Florida 4, Georgia Southern 3; North Florida 5, Georgia Southern 0 

Pro

⚾ ⚾ ⚾MLB⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Atlanta 6, Miami 4

 

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Honor Roll

BSB-Mercer’s Austin on Brooks Wallace SS list

 

Alumni Update

Wilkinson County’s Dupree adjusting to Atlanta

 

Alumni Update/Honor Roll

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Central Georgia’s Positive Athlete winners

          Two dozen high schools from Central Georgia are represented in this year’s Positive Athlete awards.

          The program, according to its website, recognizes and celebrates “high character, high school student-athletes and coaches who have overcome difficult circumstances, given back to their schools and communities in a significant way, or just have an infectious positive attitude that makes everyone around them a better person.”

          The group picks from Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Monroe, Montgomery, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Telfair, Treutlen, Twiggs, Washington, Wheeler, Wilcox & Wilkinson counties for this area.

          Central was named the region’s most positive school. The Central Georgia winners, by school:           Bleckley County: Luke Churchwell, boys cross country
          Central: Andrew McClendon, boys basketball
          Dodge County: Jaiunavae Pattillo, softball
          Dublin: Kei’Briyonna Austin, girls alternative sport
          East Laurens: Ralee Covington, girls soccer
          Hawkinsville: Mason Coley, boys track & field
          Houston County: Christy Jones, girls coach
          Jasper County: Jacarian Grier, boys multi-sport
          John Milledge: Hannah Kate Glover, girls basketball
          Mary Persons: Jordan McCord, football
          Mount de Sales: Molly Fitzpatrick, girls multi-sport
          Northeast: Jalayzha Williams, girls track & field
          Northside: Caron Sams, flag football; Macayla Moody, adapted sports
          Peach County: Brandon Ferguson, boys alternative sport;
          Perry: Lily Barfield, swimming/diving
          Piedmont: Haiden Crews, volleyball
          Rutland: Bethany Wood, girls golf
          Stratford: Edie Sharpton, girls tennis
          Southwest: Matthew Ellington, wrestling
          Tattnall: Drew Bacchus, boys golf
          Veterans: Josiah Simmons, boy’s soccer; Kelsey Norris, special olympics
          Westside: Dominique Morris, boys tennis
          West Laurens: Abegayle Nesmith, cheer & gymnastics
          From the West Georgia region: Samuel Blevins, Lamar County, wrestling
          As of Wednesday, the group had yet to post winners for Southwest and Southeast Georgia, as well as Northeast and Northwest. Overall, it has 14 regions in Georgia.

 

Brentwood girls win GIAA tennis title

          Second-seeded Brentwood won the Class AA girls GIAA team tennis state title on Wednesday at the Randy Stephens Tennis Center in south Bibb County.

          The school posted the accomplishment on Facebook a little after 5 p.m.

          The GIAA posted nothing regarding team tennis results on social media, and hasn’t posted same-day results for tennis, the individual tournament last week or this week’s team tournament. There was no update on Wednesday’s action as of 3 a.m. Thursday. Tuesday’s action wasn’t updated until Wednesday.

          Brentwood beat Covenant, which opened with a win over Oak Mountain. Trinity Christian followed a bye as the third seed with a loss to Augusta Prep.

          The War Eagles then beat Augusta Prep in a semifinal, and then either Westwood or Southwest Georgia in the championship, winning their fourth GISA/GIAA title since 2016.

          Brentwood’s boys beat Robert Toombs and LaGrange to reach the AA semifinal against Grace Christian. No results were posted.

          Trinity Christian, seeded fourth, had a bye but was beaten by Westwood, which played Augusta Prep in the other semifinal.

          FPD’s girls had a first-round bye, then beat Fulton Science, and took on Deerfield-Windsor in a semifinal.

          Stratford’s boys were knocked out in the AAA semifinal 3-0 to Rivers.

          FPD’s boys were beaten by Deerfield-Windsor in the first round.

 

WBKB-Mercer adds JC All-American

SB-Georgia rolls past Mercer

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Sixers still waiting, thanks to Hawks’ shocker in Boston

Bennett’s story set for next unlikely chapter 

Grissom drives in go-ahead run for Atlanta

Braves moves and injuries

MBKB-Former UGA guard Wheeler heading to Washington

 

MLB/Baseball

Astros shut out Rays for second straight game 

After 13 years in minors, Pirates’ Maggi makes MLB debut to huge ovation

Roundup

Mets make fashion statement of Scherzer’s ‘sweat and rosin’ 

NFL Draft

Remember that time, in the draft, when Minnesota missed its pick? An in-depth follow-up

Skoronski honors grandfather, a Packers legend and Air Force vet

Why there’s too much made about first-round QB picks

Last Mr. Irrelevant plans to pay it forward this year, and beyond 

NFL/USFL/Football

Rodgers excited, notes lonely Super Bowl III trophy, makes no promises

Commanders decline Young’s 5th-year option

The Hamlin dilemma: What do do about commotion cordis gear?

Nashville council approves $2.1 bil stadium 

NBA/Basketball

Knicks win first series since 2013

Morant sparks Grizzlies second-half surge

Bucks gag last possession, all night at the line, go home

Warriors get O from Green, strong second half

Edwards cited for assault, two women hit with chair after game

College Sports

HBCUs expand offerings of sports as interest grows

College Football

Top SEC QBs prep for draft, leaving holes for successors

Back to normal in ACC with Clemson and Florida State on top?

A post-spring look at the Big Ten

New clock rules won’t hurt Freeze’s offense

Behind the scenes with Alabama on A-Day

Billboards in LA want Reggie Bush’s Heisman returned 

Golf

Column-Team USA strong enough, doesn’t need LIV help 

Auto Racing

Bowman out for at least three races with fractured vertebra

Reece feels good after Talladega accident

Little League

New Jersey has a plan for unruly parents in the stands

Scoreboard

NBA scores/games

MLB scores/games

College baseball scores