Saturday's Report: Scoreboard, Central Georgians/GIAA award, GIAA ⚾, GCSU, Mercer; Falcons, Braves, UGA; NBA, WNBA, MLB, colleges, NFL, racing, golf, tennis
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High School
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GIAA playoffs
Class AA
Edmund Burke 7, Gatewood 6
Colleges
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Florida State 11, Georgia Tech 3; Florida State 7, Georgia Tech 6
Georgia College 14, Mount Olive 5; NCAA Division II Southeast Region 2 Tournament
Georgia Southern 9, App State 5
Georgia State 5, Old Dominion 3
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Georgia 6, UNC Wilmington 0, NCAA Athens Regional
Pro
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Honor Roll
Central Georgians earns GIAA award
Several Central Georgians recently were given the GIAA’s Morris C. Johnson Academic-Athletic Award.
Athletes must be in the top 10 percent of their senior class, with a 3.75 GPA or better. The award is named after the former longtime executive director of the GISA.
The Central Georgia honorees: Heath Brake, John Hancock; Carly Cannon, Gatewood; Bailey Mobley, Piedmont; Taylor Humphrey, Jordan Prestridge, Maggie Prestwood, John Milledge; Riley McCallum and Brynn Scott, Tattnall, Patrick Thompson, FPD; Griffin Moore, Stratford
Signings
Dublin’s Nahallie Turnley signed Friday for women’s basketball at East Georgia State.
East Laurens’ Madison Johnson is headed to Piedmont for women’s soccer, and Anna Bethea to ABAC for the same.
Around/About Central Georgia
BSB-Georgia College rolls over No. 19 Mt. Olive in NCAAs
BSB-Mercer to play two on Saturday
Late bogeys spoil Henley’s round
Russell Henley was cruising along, but it was too good to stay true.
Henley dropped from the top 20 after bogeys on 13 and 17 to a tie for 41st after two rounds of the PGA Championship in Louisville.
After four birdies in the first 10 holes, Henley’s momentum stopped. His tee shot on 13 went into the left rough, and his par putt was within three feet. On 17, he again found the rough off the tee.
Nearly 20 golfers still have to finish the second round, only two in the top 50.
Henley is nine shots back of leader Xander Schuaffele, and in a group with Tom Hoge and Will Zalatoris among others.
Around/About Georgia
Opinion: Cousins wouldn’t have signed
Waldron, Padres get a grip, come back to beat Braves
It’s not a rock, it’s the Athens Rock Lobsters. New minor league team honors B-52s
Smart tired of talking NIL, transfer portal issues: ‘Let’s go play football’
NBA/Basketball
Siakam helps Pacers beat Knicks, send Eastern Conference semis to the limit
Budenholzer reminisces on Arizona past, but quickly turns to future leading the Phoenix Suns
A kinder, gentler Luka Doncic has Mavs on verge of series win over top-seeded Thunder
Edey insists there’s more to his game than meets the eye as he prepares to enter NBA
WNBA
Aces sell out a WNBA-record 15 of 20 home games
Clark fever races through Indy to overshadow Pacers and Indianapolis 500
MLB/Baseball
One year after surprise World Series run, the Diamondbacks are struggling to produce a worthy sequel
A meeting of baseball’s oldest managers with Washington back in Texas to face Bochy-led Rangers
Rays’ Tyler Alexander comes within 5 outs of perfect game against Blue Jays
Wheeler strikes out 6, Phillies top Nationals 4-2 for MLB-best 32nd victory
Angels beat Rangers 9-3 to give Ron Washington win in his 1st game as visiting manager in Texas
Skenes throws six no-hit innings as Pirates beat Cubs
College Sports
NC interim chancellor backs AD Bubba Cunningham after trustee criticism, audit push
College Football
Florida State asks the NCAA to reduce and rescind penalties imposed on its football program
Nebraska football stadium renovation is scaled back for now and won’t begin until after 2025 season
NFL/Football
NFL schedule makers didn’t seek out a Chiefs game close to a Taylor Swift concert
Goff has long-term deal in Detroit and now he wants a Super Bowl title
Off-field issues are creating bad vibes for the Chiefs
Auto Racing
Ericsson crashes in practice but still has no regrets headed into Indy 500
Larson growing frustrated as Indianapolis 500 prep goes slower than anticipated
NASCAR All-Star Race qualifying and pit crew challenge postponed due to rain
Tennis
The US Open men’s final is shifting to ABC this year. The women’s final will stay on ESPN
Zverev to face Jarry in the Italian Open final after a comeback win over Tabilo
Golf
Top-ranked Scheffler arrested near fatal crash, then tees off
What police claim; arrest report details
Golfer’s prompt release from jail rankles some who recall city’s police turmoil
Pedestrian killed by shuttle bus outside Valhalla Golf Club was vendor employee
Attorneys say Scheffler likely won't face felony conviction: 'Probably about a zero percent chance'
Zalatoris says group of players considered asking for postponement after death, Scheffler arrest
Rahm’s cut streak at majors ends at 18 following two so-so rounds
Woods gets stuck in sand, makes two early triples en route to a 77, misses another cut
LPGA monitoring health issues after 10 players withdraw from Mizuho Americas Open
NHL/Hockey
Oilers thinking ‘one game at a time’ ahead of must-win Game 6 against Canucks
Soccer
Why the Premier League should adopt playoffs to crown a champion
Messi napkin that sealed Barcelona move sells for $965,000 at auction
Scoreboards