Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 09, 2024Comment

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Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 09, 2024Comment

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High Schools
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

ACE 7, Bleckley County 4
Avery Stone and Sophie Denney teamed for 6 of ACE’s 15 hits, the Gryphons taking a 4-0 lead after three. Avery Edalgo got the win in relief.

Crawford County 3, Marion County 1
The Eagles took the lead in the top of the fifth and held it. Bailey Phillips struck out 12 batters on the day, and drove in a run. Kinley Howard had 3 hits in 4 at-bats.

George Walton 7, Stratford 6

Hawkinsville 8, Howard 0, 5 inn.
The Red Devils put it away with 6 in the third. Rheagan Pounds, Alyssa Alexander, Takayla Scott, and Myah Brown each had 2 hits for Hawkinsville (16-10) on Senior Night.

Houston County 11, Jones County 1
Claire McArthur hit 2 home runs and drove in 3 to lead the Bears. The lead went from 3-0 to 6-0 after three in the fifth, 2 on McArthur’s homer. Hayley McElroy’s triple sparked a 5-run sixth. McArthur struck out 6 in getting the win. McElroy, Ann Marie DeFore, and McArthur each had 2 hits, McElroy and McArthur with 3 RBI each.

Lamar County 6, Jasper County 5; Lamar County 9, Social Circle 3

Bailey Gunter’s single in the bottom of the seventh bought in the winning run on a walk-off, the Trojans coming back from a 5-1 deficit in the sixth. Hailey Stanley’s homer to center tied it in the bottom of the sixth, singles from Keelie Smallwood and Gunter doing the seventh-inning damage. Lilly Tavares got the win, Kylee Schell the loss. In the second game, Gunter went 3 for 4, with a triple and 2 singles. Her triple and Addison Nail’s single in the fourth put the Trojans up 4-3. Dakota Crowley earned the complete-game win. Kylee Kingston added 3 hits for the Trojans.

Mary Persons 4, Veterans 3, 9 inn.
Sydney Kime’s single brought in who with the game-winning run in a ninth-inning walk-off. Kharisma White’s single put Veterans up 3-1 in the top of the eighth, the Bulldogs tying it on Olivia Woodgeard’s triple.

Woodgeard went 3 for 4 to lead Mary Persons, while striking out 13 with 2 walks.

Peach County 12, Bainbridge 4, 5 inn.
The Trojans took control early en route to their first region (1-AAA) softball title in program history. Peach County had one more hit and one more error than Bainbridge. Taleyah Marable’s double and Shaniyah Gibson’s sac fly brought in 4 runs in a 5-run second that put the Trojans in control. Gracie Martin (11-2) fanned 7 with no walks for the win. Laylah Foster had 2 hits and 3 RBI for the Trojans

Pinewood Christian 10, FPD 9

FPD had 4 more hits, led by Lyric Jones’ 3-hit game. The Vikings led 7-4 after a 6-run sixth, but Pinewood countered with 6 in the bottom half.

Tattnall 8, Trinity Christian 0; Tattnall 20, Trinity Christian 8
Molly Kemp’s 2-run double in the third sparked the Trojans, who scored four in the fourth inning, two on Anna Still’s homer.Callie Still fanned 4 in a 5-inning 2-hitter. Still had 3 RBI on 2 hits. Anna Still, Brianna Logue, Gradie Appling, and Annamary Talcott each had 2 hits. Gradie Appling hit two home runs and drove in 4 in the nightcap, hitting bombs in the third and sixth innings. Talcott’s homer in the first brought in 3 runs. Trinity Christian got a grand slam in the first from by Avery Lucchesi. Tattnall added 4 in the 6th, 2 on Appling’s homer.

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⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

W-GMC JC 4, Gordon State 0

🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐

Middle Georgia State 3, Albany State 2 (22-25, 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 15-6)

⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳

M-Hurricane Invitational, Georgia College

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