Wednesday's Report: FPD's Andress, obit-FVSU's Gosier, Mercer-Tech; Braves, Falcons, UGA, NCAA ⛳; NBA/playoffs/Morant, MLB, NFL, NHL, high schools, soccer, golf

May 17, 2023 Central Georgia Sports Report

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Results from Gamechanger, MaxPreps, social media posts

High School

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GHSA

Irwin County 8, Bleckley County 4; Irwin County 10, Bleckley County 3

The home field wasn’t an advantage in this Class A/Division I semifinal. A pair of three-run innings overcome Bleckley County’s 1-0 first-inning lead for the hosts in the opener. Bleckley County pulled within 7-4 with three runs in the fifth, but couldn’t manage any more, five of the final six batters being retired.

🏫🏫🏫 College
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Florida State 7, Kennesaw State 3

Georgia Southern 9, Jacksonville 8

Mercer 7, Georgia Tech 6, 6 inn.

Western Carolina at Georgia, cancelled

⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳

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

MCAA Michigan Regional, Georgia

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

Pro

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Texas 7, Atlanta 4

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Alumni Update

FPD grad Wilson Andress is up to a tie for eighth at the NCAA Salem Regional in mens golf. He is 7 under, and six shots back of leader Ryan Burnett of North Carolina.

Honor Roll/Players of the Week

Academic All-District: Two Mercer SB players, including Westfield alum

Academic All-District: Four Mercer BSB players

Honor Roll/Alumni Update

Tattnall grad Courtney Ball of Georgia Southern made the Academic All-District softball team. The junior second baseman has a 3.52 GPA in sport management. She hit .263 with four doubles, three homers and 21 RBI. She made the 2021-22 Sun Belt academic honor roll and President’s List in the spring with a 4.0 for the semester.

Around/About Central Georgia

Obit-Gosier Sr. was a longtime official, on state sports hall authority

Fort Valley State was a huge part of Wilson Gosier Sr.’s life, beginning with his admission to then Fort Valley State College in 1957 at the age of 16.

Fittingly, the Pettigrew Center will host a service for Gosier, who died last Thursday at the age of 81

A public viewing will be held at Edwards Small Mortuary on MLK Jr. Drive in Fort Valley on Friday from 4:30-6:30 p.m., with a reception at Marsha Gosier’s home from 7-11 p.m. on Friday, at 286 San Gerald Drive in Fort Valley.

Saturday’s service is at 11 a.m. at FVSU’s Pettigrew Center with interment to follow at Willow Lake Memorial Gardens.

A Brooks County Training School graduate, Gosier competed in football, basketball, and baseball at FSC, was the assistant dean of students starting in 1969 and was FVSU’s athletics director, first as interim, from 2009-10.

Along the way, he became one of the NFL’s first African-American officials, for nearly 30 years, and continued to officiate college football and basketball games into the 1990s as part of several college officiating affiliations.

Gosier helped raise funds for the FVSU athletics department, and teamed with former Wildcat greats Rayfield Wright and Stan Lomax to begin an FVSU hall of fame.

He was a teacher of the year in 1969, appointed twice to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Authority, and named an Outstanding Georgia Citizen in 1996.

BSB-Weather stops Tech rally, Mercer wins fourth straight

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Atlanta back on losing track, but Shuster shows promise

UGA football transfer tracker

Falcons sign four, release tackle

Bergeron confident in changing from tackle to guard

Atlanta signs rookie DL Harrison

BSB-Tech hosting Mark Teixeira Day

Georgia hosting NCAA softball regional

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Philly fires Rivers after three seasons