The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Tuesday's Report: Coach moves: Howell/Twiggs Co., Westfield/Stratford; college ⚾&🥎, Henley, Mercer, FPD's Andress; Dream, Braves, Falcons, NCAA ⛳-UGA, Tech, Southern; NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, NHL,

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Columbia College, Mo. 5, Middle Georgia State 0, NAIA Tournament; Next: Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., vs. Tennessee Wesleyan

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NCAA Auburn Regional, Augusta U., Mercer’s Jonsson

MCAA Michigan Regional, Georgia

NCAA Salem, S.C. Regional, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern

W-NGI Tournament, final round, Mercer

 

Pro

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Atlanta 12, Texas 0

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1. The state’s Division I baseball RPIs, as of Monday, 2 p.m.
36. Georgia, 28-24
43. Georgia Tech, 30-21
88. Georgia Southern, 24-27
101. Georgia State, 28-25
103. Mercer, 31-20
183. Kennesaw State, 22-24
Mercer dropped a chunk after getting swept by Florida State, then jumped 28 spots after sweeping Wofford, which fell only eight spots, to No. 61. Samford, visiting Mercer this week, is No. 87.

2. The state’s Division I softball RPIs, as of Monday, 2 p.m.
16. Georgia, 39-13
61. Georgia Tech, 26-27
144. Kennesaw State, 20-32
154. Georgia Southern, 17-34
205. Georgia State, 18-36
206. Mercer, 19-36

3. Conference baseball tournaments
Southern: baseball-May 24-28, at Greenville, S.C. ; SEC: baseball-May 23-28, at Hoover, Ala.; ACC: baseball-May 23-28, at Durham; ASUN: baseball-May 23-27, at Stetson; Sun Belt: baseball-May 23-28, at Montgomery

4, Henley returning to the course
          Maconite Russell Henley is back in action this week at the PGA Championship in Rochester, N.Y.
          He hasn’t played since finishing tied for 19th in last month’s RBC Heritage, which finished on April 16. Henley has missed the Zurich Classic, Mexico Open, and Wells Fargo.
          Henley is ranked 30th in the FedEx Cup and 27th in Official World Golf Rankings.

 

Honor Roll/Players of the week

SoCon BSB: Mercer’s Cherry

 

Alumni Update

MGLF-FPD’s Andress in top 25 at regional

 

Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Hot Mercer welcomes Georgia Tech

 

Around/About Georgia

The Dream working to rebuild a broken franchise

Braves belt a record-tying five two-run homers in romp

Wright to 60-day IL, more moves and injuries

Atlanta makes moves after rookie camp

Robinson trusts Falcons to use him ‘the right way’

MGLF-Georgia atop (Michigan) regional

MGLF-Tech in fifth

MGLF-Southern in sixth, FPD’s Andress in top 25

 

NFL/USFL/ XFL

Hamlin wins Halas Award for overcoming adversity

Matt Ryan hasn’t retired, but will spend the fall in the booth

Report: Harris’ bid wouldn’t have been approved under normal non-Snyder circumstances

Did league sweep minority-hiring opportunity under the rug? 

MLB/Baseball

Oshanti’s ridiculously historic night

Baltimore success inspires optimism, new cheering section

Oakland reaches another agreement with a different site, for small stadium

Toronto’s sweep of Atlanta another flex for AL East

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Morant in limbo, no endorsement issues yet

Celtics vs. Heat: Let’s do it again

James’ current teammates were kids watching him when he started

Anthem felt different for Griner upon first game

Column-No delusion where Philly stands

Warrior thinks Lakers work on flopping

Questions galore face Sixers as wild summer beckons

A look at the Western finals

Auto Racing

Owner Childress latest to slam Chastain

Tense summer of negotiations facing NASCAR, teams

College Basketball

Louisville comes together for Crum memorial

Five memorable moments during Crum’s Hall of Fame career                                                         

Hockey/NHL

Vegas joins Rangers, Blues for historic playoff starts

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