The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Sunday's Report: Scoreboard; Georgia College, Russell Henley, Mercer; Hawks, Braves, Falcons, Tech, United, UGA; MLB, NBA, WNBA, PGA, racing, colleges, NFL, Olympics, tennis, boxing

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Florida 19, Georgia 11

Georgia Tech 11, Florida State 10

Kennesaw Staate 11, Lipscomb 7

The Citadel 6, Mercer 5; The Citadel 8, Mercer 3

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Liberty 7, Georgia 3; Georgia 5, Charlotte 0; NCAA Tournament, Athens Regional

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San Diego at Atlanta, ppd

MLS

Atlanta 1, Nashville 1

WNBA

Phoenix 88, Atlanta 85

 

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Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Pitching, clutch hitting lifts Georgia College to regional title, into Super Regional

 

Henley climbs the PGA Championship leaderboard

          Russell Henley couldn’t avoid a bogey-free round, but still tied his best score of the year in the third round of the PGA Championship in Louisville.

          Henley drilled a 5-under 66 on Saturday to surge into contention for at least a top-10 finish.

          He sits at 8 under and at 205, good for a tie for 19th, with Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Hideki Matsuyama, among others.

          That group is seven shots back of co-leaders Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa.

          The Stratford and Georgia grad, ranked in the top 20 of both the FedExCup and Official World Golf rankings, shot consecutive 66s in his second tournament of the year, the Sony Open, leading to a tie for fourth.

          It’s his second-lowest score in 37 rounds of the PGA Championship. He followed a first-round 74 with a second-round 65 in 2018 en route to tying for 50th.

          Only twice in seven full Championships has Henley finished in the top 37, tying for 12th in 2015 and for 22nd in 2016. He missed the cut last year.

          Henley and Spieth tee off at 12:55 p.m. on Sunday.

 

BSB-The Citadel triples conference win total with series win, DH sweep at Mercer

Rains washes out GIAA baseball

          Optimism was rained out early Saturday morning, and the already soggy Luther Williams Field wasn’t in any shape for a day of GIAA state championship baseball.

          The group called it a day before lunchtime, wiping out the latest patchwork schedule.

          Everything moved to Monday, with two Game 3s at Tattnall and two Games 2s – and 3s if needed – at Luther Williams.

          The new schedule: Class A Game 3 at 10 a.m. and AA (Gatewood vs. Edmund Burke) at 2 p.m. at Tattnall; Class AAA Game 2 at 10 a.m., followed by Game 3; Class 4A Game 2 (FPD vs. Brookstone) at 4 p.m., Game 3 to follow, at Luther Williams.

          Rain did more damage to all of the GHSA finals, spread out over a number sites throughout the state. Only Class 6A at Coolray Field finished on Saturday.

 

Around/About Georgia

Column: Hawks should go big with No. 1 pick

Padres-Braves game postponed by rain, lighting with doubleheader scheduled for Monday

Falcons sign third-round pick Bralen Trice to rookie deal

BSB-Houston County’s Jones, Burress lead Tech over No. 10 FSU

Slisz’s first career goal helps Atlanta United earn 1-1 draw with Nashville

WTEN-Georgia to play for national title

SB-Georgia survives and advances in regional

 

MLB/Baseball

MLB is expected to investigate David Fletcher for gambling on sports, AP source says

Harper, Clemens lift Phillies over Nationals in 10 innings

Roundup 

NBA/Basketball

‘I just laugh’: Opponents in awe of Jokic

Hart, Anunoby listed as questionable to play for Knicks on Sunday in Game 7 against the Pacers

Two Game 7s Sunday between teams that have experienced both ends of blowouts

Washington’s free throws finish rally as Mavs beat Thunder to reach West finals

WNBA

Clark helps Liberty become 1st WNBA team to have $2M+ in 1-game ticket revenue, AP source says

The WNBA is investigating whether Vegas tourism authority can sponsor Aces players for $100K each

Young, Wilson post double-doubles to lead Aces over Sparks

Stewart helps New York top Indiana again despite strong game from Caitlin Clark

Clark vs. Reese moves from NBA-TV to ESPN

Taurasi says Clark's game is 'going to translate', after predicting her early struggles

 

College Sports

SEC bosses meet to talk about the state of things, and future

NCAA Division I softball tournament

 

College Football

Saban's advice for young coaches? Former Alabama football coach shares wisdom

Day discusses roster, recruiting and athlete compensation

Southern California spent nearly $19.7 million on Riley for his first season

Swinney explains why Tigers took no players from the transfer portal

 

Horse Racing

Seize the Grey wins the Preakness for D. Wayne Lukas and ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid

Golf

Don’t forget the tragedy at the heart of this year’s PGA Championship

Scheffler timeline: Everything we know about the World No. 1 golfer's arrest, return to play at PGA Championship

Louisville mayor says there's no body cam footage in Scheffler incident

Schauffele and Morikawa are tied at the PGA Championship with a lot of company, except for Scheffler

Burmester finishes long day at PGA Championship within 4 shots of leaders heading into final round

Lowry ties a major championship record by shooting a 9-under 62 to get into the mix at the PGA

Korda seizes 2-shot lead at Mizuho Americas Open, inches closer to 6th win in 7 events

LPGA monitoring after 7 golfers, including Rose Zhang, withdraw from event (illness)

NFL/Football/UFL

Report: Two Chiefs charged with marijuana possession

Column: A football player said something stupid about women. Let it go

Olympic sports

Biles shines in return while Gabby Douglas scratches after a shaky start at the U.S. Classic

Tennis

Swiatek dominates to earn her 3rd Italian Open title and heads to French Open as the big favorite

Auto Racing

NASCAR hopes repaved track, softer tires make for more competitive All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro

Logano captures pole for All-Star race after qualifying first at North Wilkesboro Speedway

VeeKay overcomes early crash with final flourish to make Indianapolis 500 pole shootout

Boxing/WWE/UFC/MMA

Usyk defeats Tyson Fury by split decision to become first undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years

UFC Vegas 92: Piera Rodríguez DQ'd for multiple illegal headbutts vs. Ariane Carnelossi

Brown didn't realize what his UFC career meant to people — until it was over

Hockey/NHL

Stars into their 2nd West final in a row after knocking out last two Cup champions

Soccer

Jaw-dropping economics behind Messi, Inter Miami

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

MLB scores/games

College baseball Div. I scores