Tuesday's Scoreboard: State HS basketball playoffs (some celebrations), plus baseball, soccer, tennis; College basketball, baseball, softball
High School
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Girls
GHSA
Athens Christian 57, Lamar County 42
Baldwin 66, Stockbridge 39
The defending state runners-up had little trouble in the 4A quarterfinal on the road, sparked by a 17/17 points-rebounds double double from Janaye Walker, to go with 3 blocks and 3 steals. Kassidy Neal had 15 points, missing her own D-D by a board. Jasmine Williams chipped in 10 points, Jamya Easley 7 rebounds.
Central 44, Columbia 37
The Chargers seemed in control, leading 14-6 and 22-7 after two, only for the hosts to pull within 28-24 after three. Alaya Grane led the way with 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, Aniya Dugger adding 12 points, Frances Anyakudo 10 rebounds and Jazlyn Johnson 7 boards.
Midtown 58, Jones County 37
Mount Paran 86, Dodge County 55
Lyric Green went for 23 against the top-ranked team, Autumn Rhodes adding 14 and Paige Ingram 10. Dodge County finished 23-5.
St. Francis 75, East Laurens 53
Taylor County 64, Seminole County 38
Veterans 60, Langston Hughes 56
The Warhawks returned to the Final Four for the first time since 2016, thanks to 20 points from Gabby Minus, 18 from Nariah Nelson (12 on 3-pointers), and 11 from Desteyn Seaton.
Boys
GHSA
Winder-Barrow 66, Warner Robins 64
The hosts got the roll on a short shot in the lane with 2.4 second left to reach their first Final Four and improve to 26-4, surviving the battle-test road warriors from Warner Robins. Cam Perkins led the Demons with 17 points, while Heaven Carson added 12, all on 3s.
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
ACE 12, Northeast 0
Edmund Burke 11, John Hancock 0
East Laurens 12, Telfair County 0
FPD 10, Deerfield-Windsor 6
The Vikings improved to 7-0.
Gatewood 8, Westfield 2
George Walton 11, Stratford 3
Howard 6, Griffin 4
The Huskies broke a 5-game losing streak, thanks to a three-run bottom of the sixth before the game was stopped for darkness. Jackson Grieser went 2 for 4 with a run for Howard. It was the first win for head coach Milton Ivery. Howard (1-5/1-00 hosts Warner Robins on Wednesday.
Jordan 11, Southwest 3
Jasper County 10, GMC 0, 6 inn.
Mount de Sales 7, Loganville Christian 0
Piedmont 17, rock Springs 7
Pinewood Christian 4, Tattnall 3
Putnam County 21, Butler 1
Trinity Christian 6, RTCA 5
Union Grove 4, Jones County 3
Upson-Lee 4, Whitewater 2
Veterans 12, Dodge County 2
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
Girls
Bleckley County 6, Jefferson County 0
Central Georgia Arts 4, Westfield 0
Central 1, Kendrick 0
East Laurens 10, Swainsboro 0
Mount de Sales 3, Calvary Christian 3
Perry 3, Houston County 0
Fraser Knapek, Reaghan Rees, and Sadie Surber handled the scoring for Perry.
Pike County 3, Mary Persons 1
Stratford 0, Crisp County 0
TCSG 6, Piedmont 0
Warner Robins 2, Rutland 2
Boys
Bleckley County 3, Jefferson County 2
A.J. Dubois drilled the game-winner for the Royals.
Calvary Christian 6, Mount de Sales 0
East Laurens 2, Swainsboro 1
Houston County 5, Perry 0
Piedmont 4, TCSG 2
Pike County 3, Mary Persons 2, OT
Stratford 5, Crisp County 0
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
B-Dublin 3, Metter 2
G-Metter 5, Dublin 0
🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫
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W-Marshall 97, Georgia State 69
W-Old Dominion 61, Georgia Southern 54
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
Georgia Tech 10, Georgia State 0
Kennesaw State 8, Jacksonville State 2
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Anderson 7, Georgia College 3; Georgia College 10, Anderson 3
Pro
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