Thursday's Scoreboard: High school basketball playoffs (GHSA/GIAA), baseball, soccer, tennis; colleges
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High School
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Girls
East Laurens 63, Bleckley County 50
The Falcons move on to the 2-A/I title game at Swainsboro.
FPD 57, Stratford 32
The Vikings face John Milledge at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Stratford in the GIAA 6-AAA finale.
Heritage 40, Westfield 37
John Milledge 38, Tattnall 31
The Trojans face FPD at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Stratford for the GIAA 6-AAA title.
Lamar County 62, Heard County 52
The Trojans take the 4-A/I title.
Mary Persons 60, Upson-Lee 49
The Bulldogs move on to the 2-AAA championship against Peach County.
Peach County 76, Pike County 30
The Trojans advance to the 2-AAA finale against Mary Persons.
Tift County 67, Houston County 32
Twiggs 67, Memorial Day 44
Veterans 43, Thomas County Central 34
Boys
Dodge County 78, Cook 46
The Indians got 20 from William Jordan, and points from another dozen players to advance to the 1-AA final at home Friday at 8:30 p.m. against Sumter County.
East Laurens 68, Dublin 60
The Falcons move on to the 2-A/I title game at 8:30 p.m. Friday against Swainsboro.
Lamar County 69, Crawford County 67
Peach County 68, Jackson 52
The Trojans move on to the championship Friday against Upson-Lee at 8:30 p.m. at Peach County.
Stratford 68, Mount de Sales 41
Tattnall 55, John Milledge 50
The Trojans face Stratford at 8 p.m. Friday at Stratford for the GIAA 6-AAA title.
Upson-Lee 51, Mary Persons 28
⚾ ⚾ ⚾ Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
Crawford County 3, Upson-Lee 2
Junior Drew Hammock went 5 innings with 12 strikeouts, Isaac Meadows getting the save with three whiffs in two innings.
FPD 8, George Walton 4
Lake Oconee 6, Putnam 3
Landmark Christian 7, Mount de Sales 2
Northeast 5, Wilkinson County 0
Rutland 7, Howard 5
The Hurricanes overcame a 5-2 lead with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. The Huskies host Northeast on Friday.
Washington County 14, Dublin 9
Wheeler County 10, East Laurens 2
Wilcox County 8, Dodge County 0
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
G-Bacon County 2, Bleckley County 0
G-Baldwin 1, Griffin 0
B-Bleckley County 0, Bacon County 0
B-Griffin 3, Baldwin 1
G-Northside-Columbus 4, Veterans 0
G-Perry 10, Howard 0
The hat trick was picked up by Reaghan Rees, with two goals from Madilynn Foster and Yaibeth Rivera. Fraser Knapek, Nevaeh Fields and Ansley Parker scored as well.
B-Perry 4, Howard 0
Miles Jones had two goals, while JD Arnette and Antonio McDonald added scores.
G-Stratford 8, Sherwood Christian 0
B-Stratford 6, Sherwood Christian 0
B-Upson-Lee 7, Jones County 0
B-Veterans 4, Northside 0
G-West Laurens 2, Dodge County 2
B-West Laurens 4, Dodge County 1
G-Whitewater 4, Lamar County 0
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
G-Deerfield-Windsor 4, Bleckley County 1
G-Stratford 4, Upson-Lee 1
B-Stratford 5, Upson-Lee 0
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
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M-Coastal Carolina 82, Georgia Southern 75
W-FGCU 77, Kennesaw State 42
W-Georgia Tech 64, Clemson 63
M-James Madison 83, Georgia State 63
W-Louisiana 62, Georgia Southern 57
W-Mercer 76, Western Carolina 62
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Georgia 7, Wisconsin 6, 10 inn.