The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's Report: Mercer, Mayhem; Falcons, UGA, Braves; NCAA Tournaments (and others), college W&M 🏀/📰 , MLB, NASCAR, golf

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High School
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

West Laurens 7, Westside 0

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

Girls

CFCA 6, St. George 1

East Laurens 4, Bleckley County 0

Jones County 3, Warner Robins 3

Stratford 1, Tattnall 0

Temple 5, Crawford County 0

Boys

CFCA 3, St. George 1

East Laurens 4, Bleckley County 0

Echols County 3, Macon County 1

Maryy Persons 7, Upson-Lee 1

Stratford 6, Tattnall 0

Warner Robins 3, Jones County 0

West Laurens 7, Griffin 0

Colleges
Links may include game story as well as box

⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Mercer 5, UNC Greensboro 2

Middle Georgia State 7, Blue Mountain 6

          Ryan Wilson passed Logan Smith for the top spot at MGSU with 154 runs.

North Carolina 5, Georgia Tech 4

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

North Carolina 9, Georgia Tech 3

 Pro

🏒🏒🏒 SPHL 🏒🏒🏒

Pensacola 6, Macon 1

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Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Mercer rides Cosper to SoCon road win

Around/About Georgia

Braves, Duvall embracing reunion

Atlanta releases utility man-turned-reliever Culberson

Braves-Phillies Opening Day starting pitchers: Strider vs. Wheeler

Delp dons the cape for UGA

Smart gives his thoughts on Georgia's transfer wide receivers

 

Tournaments/Women, Friday

Wheeler scores 20 second-half points, MTSU erases 18-point hole to beat Louisville in NCAA tourney

No. 1 seed South Carolina women blow past Presbyterian 91-39 to begin March Madness run

Ekh, Hokies roll past Marshall in first round of women’s NCAA Tournament

Freshman Audi Crooks scores 40 as No. 7-seed Iowa State beats 10th-seed Maryland in NCAA first round

Reese, LSU overcome sloppy play to top Rice 70-60 in women’s NCAA tournament’s first round

Freshman Essence Cody leads No. 8 seed Alabama women to 82-74 win over No. 9 Florida State

Fontleroy, Baylor pull away from Vanderbilt in first round of women’s NCAA Tournament

Richardson scores 25 as Duke rallies in second half to beat Richmond 72-61 in women’s March Madness

Roundup

WNIT

WBIT

Tournaments/men, Friday

Ivy League does it again as No. 13 seed Yale takes down No. 4 seed Auburn 78-76

KJ Simpson’s late jumper pushes Colorado past Florida 102-100 in March Madness thriller

Sears, Crimson Tide roll as Alabama races past Charleston 

James Madison pulls first 12-5 upset of March Madness by knocking off Wisconsin 72-61

Duke gets past Vermont 64-47 in East Region despite dud from Filipowski

Zach Edey has first 30-20 March Madness game since 1995, No. 1 seed Purdue routs Grambling State

No. 6 Nebraska blows lead but holds on to beat No. 11 Texas A&M

No more March Madness for New Mexico as Clemson ousts popular Lobos

Roundup

NIT

CBI

NCAA Tournament/Women

What to know about Bueckers, UConn's star who's healthy and back to dominating ways

UConn will begin its quest for a 12th national title as a No. 3 seed with an injury-depleted team

March Madness: Over 3 million entries no longer perfect after 1st day of women’s bracket challenge

Limited roster not new to Notre Dame; Ole Miss makes defense a priority against Marquette

For Lady Vols' Harper, NC State is not just NCAA tournament host, but proving ground

Green Bay women share tears of joy with coach during emotional March Madness journey

NCAA Tournament/Men

NC State an NCAA winner and gets some bracket luck. Everything's coming up Wolfpack

Monson's defiant run ends with loss to Arizona

March Madness: Another year without a perfect NCAA men’s bracket

After whistle hastens Samford’s exit from March Madness, the referee could be next

‘There’s something pure about Jack Gohlke,’ Oakland’s masterful 3-point shooter

Madness brings an early showdown of power programs: Gonzaga vs Kansas

Jones once loaded trucks. Now the Washington State star plays for Sweet 16 spot

Was first-round March Madness exit May’s finale as Florida Atlantic coach?

Another early exit for Kentucky, Calipari shows his program is far removed from its heyday

College Basketball

ESPN, ABC pick up Caitlin Clark’s story during the NCAA Tournament

ACC-bound SMU fires coach Rob Lanier after 2 seasons

Florida’s Todd Golden signs a 2-year extension worth $4.1M annually a day before team’s NCAA opener

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Roundup

MLB/Baseball

MLB investigating gambling, theft allegations involving Ohtani and interpreter Mizuhara

Who is Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani’s interpreter?

Auto Racing

NASCAR brings out the ringers as Cup Series stages first road course race of the season at COTA

Golf

Cink at age 50 part of a five-way share of the lead at Innisbrook

Former USC player Malia Nam leads at Palos Verdes in 2nd career LPGA Tour start