Friday’s Report: Scoreboard; Jaime Kaplan, Mercer-Duke 10 years later; Falcons, Braves, UGA; College 🏀 tournamentpalooza, NFL, NBA, MLB, ⛳, NASCAR,🎾, UFC
In Coverage: Mercer over Duke, 10 years later; Stratford surprises Kaplan with 500th win celebration, and love in her health battle
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High Schools
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ACE 16, Central 0
CFCA 15, Flint River 3
Crawford County 7, Lamar County 2; Crawford County 7, Lamar County 1
Dublin 12, Northeast 2
Josh Guyton scored 2 and drove in 2 for Dublin, which scored nine in the sixth.
FPD 8, Tattnall 4, 8 inn.
Gatewood 13, Westminster 2
Glascock County 7, GMC 5
Hawkinsville 14, Telfair County 4
Jordan 6, Rutland 4
Johnson County 13, Wilkinson County 0
Mount de Sales 6, John Milledge 1
Peach County 12, Pike County 1; Pike County 1, Peach County 0
St. Anne-Pacelli 18, Westfield 7; Pacelli 6, Westfield 2
Swainsboro 13, East Laurens 3; Swainsboro 15, East Laurens 3
Tiftarea 5, Stratford 4
Tift County 7, Northside 0; Tift County 7, Northside 0
Trinity Christian 10, RTCA0
Union Grove 16, Warner Robins 1; Union Grove 14, Warner Robins 2
Upson-Lee 11, Jackson 1, 5 inn.; Jackson 11, Upson-Lee 3
West Laurens 17, Howard 1
Jordan Hall went 3 for 3 for the Raiders, who got two-hit nights from Parker Bryant (3 runs), Nelson Floyd (4 runs), and Jacob Sahli (4 RBI).
Golf
G-ACE 95, Jones County 96
B-ACE 171, Jones County 183
B-FPD 149, West Laurens 159
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Girls
CFCA 5, Mount de Sales 0
Central 5, Spencer 0
Central clinched a spot in the playoffs.
FPD 10, John Milledge 0
Jefferson County 5, Dublin 1
Perry 10, Baldwin 0
Fraser Knapek handled half of Perry’s goals, Sadie Surber another three, with one each form Reaghan Rees and Ansley Parker.
Rutland 10, Kendrick 0
Westfield 3, St. Mary’s 0
Boys
CFCA 1, Mount de Sales 1
FPD 4, John Milledge 2
Griffin 6, Westside 0
Perry 6, Baldwin 0
Freshman Miles Jones recorded a hat trick, Perry getting goals form JD Arnette, Trevor Veator, and Marco Gomez.
Spencer 7, Central 0
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G-Bleckley County 5, East Laurens 0
B-Bleckley County 4, East Laurens 1
G-Stratford 5, Mount de Sales 0
B-Stratford 5, Mount de Sales 0
Colleges
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🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
FVSU 8, Talladega 0; FVSU 11, Talladega 3
Pro
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Around/About Georgia/Southeast
What has been Atlanta’s most interesting free agency move?
Wall wins Opening Day roster spot to open 10th pro season
Georgia LB Walker hoping to make most of position versatility
Tournaments/Women, Thursday
Arizona women earn fourth straight opening win in the NCAA tourney, 69-59 over Auburn in First Four
Holy Cross women rout UT Martin in First Four
Tournaments/Men, Thursday
Missed blocked shot call breaks Samford’s heart after huge comeback vs. Kansas
Gohlke makes 10 3s as Oakland delivers first true shock of March Madness, beating Kentucky
Madness marks the end for Dan Monson as Arizona blows out Long Beach State
Put up your Dukes! No. 11 seed Duquesne provides some March Madness with NCAA upset of BYU
Holmes II and Dayton rally from 17 points down to beat Nevada 63-60 in March Madness
Knecht, Aidoo help No. 2 seed Tennessee roll past 15-seed Saint Peter’s in March Madness
No. 7 Texas holds Colorado State to 11 points in first half
Ike’s perfect game leads hot-shooting Gonzaga to easy March Madness win over McNeese State
Oregon’s Couisnard drops 40 points on old school in 87-73 March Madness win over South Carolina
Meet the Baby Gamecocks: Top seed South Carolina hopes its young talent will fuel March Madness run
Ohio State seeking March Madness momentum in opener against Maine. Richmond gets rematch with Duke
Portland hopes purple-clad crowd will feel like home against Kansas State in women’s NCAA Tournament
Reese, defending champs LSU open NCAA play vs. Rice; Louisville aims to end MTSU’s winning streak
March Madness: SC’s Staley believes others besides Cardoso deserved penalties in SEC tourney scuffle
Virginia Tech prepares to play without star Kitley
What to know about Angel Reese, star for defending national champion LSU
‘She’s must-see TV’: NBA and WNBA on Caitlin Clark’s blistering talent
Why is First Four always played in Dayton? March Madness play-in runs through Ohio
FAU’s Dusty May enters March Madness eyeing return to Final Four as speculation swirls about future
From MVP to DNP: Florida believes guard Riley Kugel ‘will respond the right way’ after benching
Golden explains Kugel’s absence
Auburn creates inspiring video for Florida’s Handlogten
March Madness meet the ‘Japanese Steph Curry': Tominaga has chance to help Huskers end NCAA drought
Saint Mary’s gets a March Madness cold shoulder playing in hometown of rival
College Basketball
Villanova AD says embattled coach Kyle Neptune will return next season after two straight NITs
UConn star Aaliyah Edwards will enter the WNBA draft following the NCAA Tournament
Fairfield, on a 29-game winning streak, gives coach Carly Thibault-DuDonis a contract extension
Meier, Miami’s coach for the last 19 seasons, announces her retirement
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Cavs coach Bickerstaff says he received threats from gamblers, feels sports betting ‘gone too far’
MLB/Baseball
The Second Act of Ron Washington
The IRS is investigating Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and an alleged bookmaker. Here’s what we know
NFL/XFL/USFL/CFL/Football
NFL competition committee proposes a ban on hip-drop tackles and a radical change to kickoffs
Alabama corners Arnold, McKinstry are highly rated NFL prospects, but they’re not rivals
Arizona Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort says team will listen to all offers for No. 4 overall pick
Golf
Streelman puts his new gadget to use on the greens. He leads at Innisbrook with 64
Tennis
Sabalenka says her ‘heart is broken’ by Koltsov’s death, asks for privacy for his family
Auto Racing
NASCAR’s next big hopeful makes national series debut as teenager Zilisch races truck at COTA
Boxing UFC
UFC agrees to $335 million settlement with former fighters who filed antitrust lawsuits
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