Saturday's Report: Scoreboard, GHSA playoffs; Mercer, Georgia College, FVSU; Falcons/UGA/Tech NFL Draft; Braves, Hawks; NFL Draft, NBA, gambling, MLB, golf, NASCAR, NHL, colleges

Saturday's Report: Scoreboard, GHSA playoffs; Mercer, Georgia College, FVSU; Falcons/UGA/Tech NFL Draft; Braves, Hawks; NFL Draft, NBA, gambling, MLB, golf, NASCAR, NHL, colleges

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High School

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GHSA Playoffs

Bacon County 8, Dublin 4; Bacon County 7, Dublin 6
GMC 14, Marion County 5, GMC 17, Marion County 1
Lamar County 7, Screven County 1
Whitefield Academy 26, Jasper County 12 

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Boys

GHSA playoffs

Boys

GMC 3, Mt. Zion 0
          The Bulldogs took a 3-0 first-half lead and maintained to reach their third GHSA state final in five years. Levi Ward scored twice and Brian Sherwood once. GMC is the lone Central Georgia boys or girls team to have reach semifinals. The Bulldogs will play Christian Heritage on Tuesday at McEachern High in the championship. 

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

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Columbus State 14, Georgia College 7
Georgia Southern 8, UL-Monroe 6
Georgia State 17, Marshall 9
Georgia Tech 15, Gardner-Webb 5
Kennesaw State 8, Jacksonville 2
Mercer 10, UNC Greensboro 3
Middle Georgia State 12, Brewton-Parker 7; MGSU 15, B-P 13
Mississippi 7, Georgia 3 

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Georgia Southwestern 14, Georgia College 10, Peach Belt Tournament
Kennesaw State 4, Bellarmine 2
North Carolina 5, Georgia Tech 3
Troy 3, Georgia Southern 0
UL-Monroe 5, Georgia State 4 

Pro

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Atlanta 4, NY Mets 0, 6 inn.

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Honor Roll

Mercer’s Franklin on stopper watch list

GCSU tennis, Shing get national rankings

FVSU trio earn All-SIAC track picks

 

Around/About Central Georgia

WBKB-Mercer adds Horizon League standout

BSB-Complete game and slam for Bears

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Atlanta trades up, bolsters run blocking

And then plucks an Ohio State defensive end

Robinson liked pre-pick conversation with Atlanta

When he got the call, and ensuing reactions

Breaking down Robinson’s game

Confident Steelers snag another big UGA target, Washington

Teams ‘blowing up’ Smart’s phone on Bennett

Pros and cons of Philly picking Smith

Smart on Smith selection

Smart on Jones pick

Smart on Carters’ call

Tech’s highest draft pick since 2012 goes in second round

Olson, Fried lead Braves in shortened game

Analysis-Eight teams to threaten Georgia’s threepeat

UGA bumps assistant’s pay again

Ex-Falcon Moore arrested for shooting into a car

 

NFL Draft

Levis bolts KC, is picked early in second

Seattle takes Auburn DE Hall

And Jags take Auburn RB Bigsby

Pittsburgh keeps it in the Porter family

Tennessee’s Hooker goes to Detroit

Bucs go up front

Second- and third- round picks, analysis

Review, preview, notes

Team by team picks so far

Friday’s winners, question marks, and head-scratchers

Another first-round breakdown

Pros & cons of taking ex-Tech/Bama RB Gibbs in first round

It was a surprise

Why Indy fits for Richardson

First-round TV ratings higher than last year

Football/NFL/USFL

Ravens, other players take victory lap after Jackson’s extension

Cowboys’ Parsons sick about Carter to Philly

Bernard retires after 10 years

Super Bowl champs may have a wait for the White House

 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Monk, Fox lead Kings to romp, force Game 7

Lakers take control in first half, pummel Grizzlies

Griner emotional in news conference, done with overseas trips

Conference semifinal previews

Wolves seek offseason growth after struggles with maturity

Wade, family leaving Florida, won’t ‘be accepted’

Sports and gambling

A look at the rules among the Big 4 leagues

March Madness bettors in Nevada lost $45 mil

MLB/Baseball

Nola pitches Phillies past Astros

Roundup

Kepler gets lost in Mexico City before practice

Is Las Vegas big enough for three pro teams?

Mexico has ‘unprecedented appetite’ after WBC

College Football

14 SEC players to watch in 2023

14 ACC players to watch in 2023

Wisconsin adapts to new offense

Original ‘Nick’s Kids/Habitat’ owner still grateful 12 years later

A post-spring look at the Big 12

Column-If only SEC had the guts to take a home game for field storming

‘Didn’t get a chance’, part of Sanders’ roster purge

Golf

Homeless golfer lives in car to save entry money, is in Korn event

Auto Racing/NASCAR

Dover race moved up to 1 p.m. on Sunday

Hockey/NHL

Roundup

College Sports

NCAA sets benefits for D-I, some politicians approve

92,000 at Nebraska in August for … volleyball

NCAA D-II starts process to add independent members

LSU gymnast makes Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

Column-Van Lith made right hoops call in leaving

Boxing/MMA/UFC

‘I could have died’

Diaz surrenders after brawl

 

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

MLB scores/games

College baseball scores