Central Georgia Sports ReportApril 16, 2024Comment

Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard; GHSA tennis/soccer, GHSA meeting, CGTC; Braves, Hawks, UGA, Dream; WNBA draft, NBA, MLB, golf, NASCAR, college football, tennis, UFC

Central Georgia Sports ReportApril 16, 2024Comment

In Coverage: GHSA tennis and soccer pairings

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High Schools

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ACE 12, Rutland 2

The Gryphons clinched their fourth region title.

Baldwin 19, Howard 8

Callaway 8, Lamar County 2

Central Georgia Arts 7, Stratford 2

Fitzgerald 4, Dodge County 1

Jasper County 12, Oglethorpe County 3

John Milledge 19, Brentwood 3

Piedmont 19, Westminster 1

Putnam County 6, Washington County 0

Southwest 10, Northeast 9

Strong Rock 8, Westfield 5

West Laurens 7, Perry 6, 11 inn.

The Raiders clinched the region title in an action-packed game that ended when Jakob Sahli singled in courtesy runner N Hester with the game-winning run in the 11th inning. Hester took over for P Bryant, who drew a two-out walk, Hester stealing second and advancing to third on a passed ball. The Panthers led 5-0 after one, the Raiders scoring 3 in the third, 2 in the fourth, and 1 in the fifth to tie it after Perry added 1 in the third. The Panthers suffered four errors, leading to five unearned runs. Parker Bryant, Sahli, and Kaden Bagget each had two hits for West Laurens, Sahli with two RBI. Kameron Vandersee drove in 5 runs on 2 hits, including a homer for Perry, Peyton Davis and Seth Harper with two hits each.

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Girls

Stratford 11, FPCA 0

Boys

Stratford 10, FPCA 0

Trinity Christian 7, John Milledge 2

Colleges

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⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳

W-Southern Conference, second round, Mercer

Pro

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Atlanta 6, Houston 1

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Honor Roll

NJCAA All-American list: Central Georgia Tech’s Jones

Around/About Georgia

GHSA’s new executive director approved, among other business

There was little suspense or notable items in Monday’s meeting of the GHSA executive committee in Macon.

The group made the change in leadership official by unanimously approving Dr. Tim Scott as the association’s seventh executive director. Robin Hines’ final official day is July 31.

Scott was announced as the lone finalist on March 18, the top choice out of eight applicants and three finalists.

Scott is the superintendent of Dalton Public Schools, and will assume his new role on July 1.

Scott has a degree from Georgia College, and started his education and coaching career at Northside in 1987, moving a few miles away to Warner Robins a decade later as assistant principal.

He then surprised local observers by returning to Northside as principal in 2001.

Scott was a principal at Dublin and Douglas County before joining the Dalton system as an assistant superintendent, moving to the top spot in 2018.

The committee voted to allow students in non-GHSA associations who transfer to a GHSA school to be immediately eligible if that’s the student’s first enrollment at a GHSA school.

The group “received as information” an item on allowing a two-week arm conditioning period b efore the start of baseball practice during which only pitchers and catchers could participate in pitching conditioning.

The latest reclassification debate is about competitive balance, brought up for discussion only on Monday. It’s unlikely the GHSA is anything but several years away from seriously approaching the possibility.

A budget of $6.6 million for 2024-25 was approved, an increase from $5.8 million. There were notable revenue jumps in state tournaments and playoffs, officiating, and corporate/vendor partnerships.

The notable increase in expenses were in member shares and officiating.

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Who’d the Dream draft?

WNBA Draft

Clark taken No. 1 in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, as expected

The CC Effect grows in Indiana with invigorated fans

‘Bayou Barbie’ ready for next act, with Chicago

Winners and losers

Sky High: Cardoso and Reese picked by Chicago