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Tuesday's Report: John Milledge wins state, HoCo’s Woods back with UGA, Central Ga. / GHSA golf, Mercer; Braves, Falcons, UGA🥎; NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, golf

Central Georgia Sports ReportComment
Tuesday's Report: John Milledge wins state, HoCo’s Woods back with UGA, Central Ga. / GHSA golf, Mercer; Braves, Falcons, UGA🥎; NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, golf

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GIAA Championship
Class AAA

John Milledge 12, Pinewood Christian 1

          Changes in locations? Times? Then more changes? Then changes on game day, again? Not a problem for John Milledge. The Trojans capped a 21-6 season with a romp over Pinewood Christian to win their second straight state championship, the third  that alum and head coach Chad Starley has been a part of.

Photo: GIAA

          Things looked to be tight in Game 2, John Milledge leading 2-1 through three innings. Then came the fourth, and the lights went out for the Patriots, the Trojans pushing across nine runs. Blake Bellflower drilled a three-run home on the first pitch of his at-bat. A walk and single preceded a run-scoring error on a bunt, and then Banks Eady cleared the bases with his own three-run bomb, to left.

          Finally, Pinewood Christian got a second out, but followed that with a hit batter, and Jackson Thomas made the Pats pay with a two-run homer to center, for an 11-1 lead. The third out came, finally, after another walk.

          Cooper Wilburn finished off Pinewood Christian by retiring the final six batters for a five-inning win. He struck out seven with a walk and two hits, throwing 42 strikes on 66 pitches.

          Eady drove in five runs on three hits, Bellflower three with the dinger. Bud Veal, Thomas, and Cayden Avant each had two hits for JMA, Avant scoring three times and Thomas with two runs and two RBI. 

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L.A. Dodgers 8, Atlanta 6

 

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Honor Roll/Players of the week

Mercer’s Toth takes conference, national honors 

Alumni Update

Georgia to get Houston County’s Woods back for SEC Tournament

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Rain plays havoc with GHSA state golf

          Players and teams have waited more than two weeks from the end of the area tournaments to the start of the GHSA state events.

Weather delayed it a little more, pushing starts back throughout the state on Monday.

          The Class AA and 7A boys will resume round 1 on Tuesday, as will the 7A girls.

          Class AA girls are complete, with one round as the championship, won by Pierce County.

          The only public access to results on Monday were Twitter posts from the GHSA with lists of the top three teams in each class, as well as sporadic posts from teams. Players and team officials have free access to the GHSA golf app, which the association has pushed for a few months.

Otherwise, access costs $10 per event or $20 for all events, although it doesn’t state if that’s for the tournament or whole season, or if there is a lesser charge with the final two days of the season.

There is no admission to the tournaments themselves.

Based on social media posts:

          Hawkinsville’s boys are in second in Class A/Division II, 51 shots behind Lake Oconee. GMC’s boys are fourth, 12 behind the Red Devils. GMC’s girls are fifth and Hawkinsville’s girls seventh, with Taylor County in between.

          Josh Walker leads GMC’s boys with an 85, and Madi Grace Simmons the girls with 100.

          West Laurens’ girls are seventh in Class 4A with a 294, 41 behind leader Westminster.

          Perry’s Caden Camp is tied for second in Class 4A boys with a 72, two shots behind Lovett’s Zidan Ajani. Schoolmate Samantha Hillhouse is tied for 28th in girls.

 

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