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Brentwood 4, Piedmont 0

Crawford County 9, Schley County 2

Isaac Meadows fanned 3 in 6 innings in Crawford County’s 20th win.

Dodge County 6, Fitzgerald 1; Dodge County 9, Fitzgerald 8

GMC 14, Wilkinson County 7; GMC 17, Wilkinson County 7

Mary Persons 9, Jackson 5

The Bulldogs wrapped up the 2-AAA title.

Oglethorpe County 13, Jasper County 3

Peach County 3, Veterans 2

Freshman Evan Rush made the most of his promotion from the JV team. He started the seventh with two outs, gave up two singles, picked off a runner heading to second before the runner at third could score. Jackson Peavy fanned 14 in the start, going 6 innings.

Tift County 10, FPD 3

Washington County 4, Putnam County 2

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Christian Rountree drove in 2 runs on 3 hits for the Golden Hawks, Ty Mobley and Trey Cannida driving in the other runs. Mobley struck out 11 in the complete-game 3-hitter.

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
Girls
Class 3A

Savannah Country Day 6, Upson-Lee 0

Mary Persons 4, Calvary Day 3

Class A/I

Irwin County 3, Crawford County 1

Rabun County 5, Jasper County 4

Boys

Class 5A

Harris County 3, Warner Robins 1

Class AAA

Peach County 3, Long County 2

Savannah County Day 5, Upson-Lee 0

Mary Persons 4, Groves 2

Class A/I

Brooks County 11, Crawford County 1

Woodville-Tompkins 6, Dublin 2

Winder-Barrow 2, Jasper County 1

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GHSA playoffs

Girls

Class 6A

Dunwoody 3, Houston County 0

Class 5A

Harris County 4, Jones County 1

Class 4A

West Laurens 4, Burke County 0

Howard 3, Islands 2

Southeast Bulloch 5, Westside 0

Class AAA

Mary Persons 5, Calvary Day 0

Savannah Christian 5, Upson-Lee 0

Class AA

Savannah Arts 3, ACE 0

Appling County 3, Northeast 0

Pierce County 3, Rutland 0

Class A/I

Worth County 5, Putnam County 0

Bryan County 3, East Laurens 2

Lamar County 4, Pelham 1

Class A/II

Early County 3, Hawkinsville 2

Aquinas 1, Wilkinson County 0, forfeit

Boys

Class 4A

Islands 3, Perry 2

West Laurens 5, Wayne County 0

Benedictine 5, Westside 0

Class AAA

Savannah Christian 5, Upson-Lee 0

Class AA

ACE 3, Savannah Arts 0

Appling County 3, Rutland 0

Pierce County 3, Central 0

Class A/I

Commerce 3, Jasper County 0

Bryan County 5, East Laurens 0

Screven County 4, Dublin 0

Bacon County 5, Lamar County 0

Early County 3, Hawkinsville 0

Class A/II

Lake Oconee County 3, Wilkinson County 0

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Georgia 8, USC Upstate 0

Georgia Southern 4, Mercer 1

Georgia State 4, Kennesaw State 3

Pro

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Atlanta 5, Houston 4, 10 inn.

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Chicago 131, Atlanta 116

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Alumni Update

Tattnall grad Allie Gordon’s latest addition to the softball record book at Belhaven is taking over as the program’s all-time hits leader with 286.

Warner Robins grad Nelson Phillips, who played at Georgia State and Troy, was voted one of the top five players in the Serbian basketball league. He’s averaging 20 points and 5.8 rebounds in 28.1 minutes a game in his first season.

Signings

Jones County’s Ched Smith signed with LaGrange for football, and Pressley Vinson with Shorter for volleyball.

Four Mary Persons girls basketball players have signed: Samiya Morris with Tompkins Cortland, Zaria Wilson and Qua’Nesha Brown with Brewton-Parker, and Hajar Baldwin-Toles with Andrew.

Stratford’s Cam Douthit, a day after winning a state title, has signed with Mercer for men’s tennis. Gavin Aguirre will play men’s soccer at Oglethorpe, and Jarvis Smith is headed to Coastal Georgia for men’s basketball.

Honor Roll

Peach Belt softball: Georgia College’s Gutierrez (again)

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Kraft reportedly warned Blank not to trust Belichick during head coach interviews

White scores career-high 42 points as Bulls roll Hawks

Braves use one of their classic comebacks to sweep Astros in Houston

Acuña ends homerless drought as Braves cap sweep in extras

Interest in NHL expansion team in Atlanta stronger than you think

Ex-UGA legend Ward sees teaching role at ASU

NBA/Basketball

NBA bans Jontay Porter after gambling probe shows he shared information, bet on games

Embiid scores 23 points, has the big assist as 76ers beat Heat in play-in to earn No. 7 seed