Thursday's Report: HS playoffs, Positive Athlete honors, Signings (Central), Middle Georgia State, Georgia College, Mercer; Braves, Falcons, UGA; NBA/WNBA, MLB, college 🏈/🏀, NFL,🏇🏼,🏎️

May 2, 2024 Central Georgia Sports Report

In Coverage: Central Georgians honored by Positive Athlete; GHSA, GISA pairings

Coming Thursday: Latest coaches carousel

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High School
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GHSA Playoffs
Class 6A

Houston County 12, Evans 1, 5 inn.; Houston County 10, Evans 3
The bats traveled well for the Bears in the convincing road sweep. A 4-run second put the Bears in control in the opener, which they sealed with 6 in the fourth. Leading the 14-hit parade: Ethan Buffone, who went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI. Eli Stephens, Troy Carpenter, and Isaiah Galason added 2 hits and 2 RBI each, and Caleb Adkison swiped two bases. Will Allen fanned 7 with a walk in the 5-inning complete game. The Knights went up 3-2 in the top of the fourth only for a 5-run explosion in the bottom half to put Houston County back in charge. Vick Gann, Stephens, and Carpenter each had 2 hits, Stephens and Carpenter with 2 RBI each. Kendall Jackson stole 4 bases, Adkison and Christian Wahiwe 2 each.

Class 4A

West Laurens 6, Troup 4; Troup 4, West Laurens 2; Game 3, Thursday, 5:30 p.m., at West Laurens
Parker Bryant whiffed 13 while walking 1 in the complete-game 4-hitter for the Raiders, adding 2 hits. West Laurens won it with 2 in the bottom of the sixth, on a bases-loaded walk to Jordan Hall and run-scoring single by Reid McFadden, but wasted chances at more runs, all that coming with no outs. Bryant retired Troup in order in the seventh. Troup’s 3-run fifth was enough in the second game, thanks in part to 2 Raider errors and 3 unearned runs.

Whitewater 18, Perry 8; Perry 3, Whitewater 2; Game 3, Thursday, 5:30 p.m., at Perry
The Panthers went from a 6-2 first-inning lead to way in a hole after Whitewater’s 9-run sixth, with a 3-run knockout in the seventh, Perry kicking it around for 5 errors and 6 unearned runs. Perry trailed 2-0 after one in the nightcap, but took the lead for good with 2 in the fifth. Colter Ginn had 2 of Perry’s 5 hits to help winning pitcher Miles Jones, who struck out 9 with 3 walks in the complete-game 4-hitter.

Class AA

Toombs County 6, Washington County 1; Toombs County 7, Washington County 0

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GIAA Playoffs
Boys
Class 4A

Bulloch 3, Mount de Sales 1

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Georgia College 3, Newberry 2

Georgia State 14, Mercer 11

Middle Georgia State 15, Point 4, SSAC Tournament

Pro

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Atlanta 5, Seattle 2

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Signings
Central had five players sign Wednesday for women’s college basketball, with Talladega getting Tayelor Davis, Taliah Grier, and Alaya Grane, Maya Crawford heading to Reinhardt and Aniya Dugger to Central Georgia Tech.

Honor Roll

SSAC baseball: Middle Georgia State puts 6 on all-conference team, plus other honorees
List includes Veterans grad Jacob Pierce.

Around/About Central Georgia

New Mercer women’s staff loses assistant to head coaching job
But Bears pick up transfer from New Mexico
BSB-Georgia State storms back from 8-1 deficit to take down Mercer
BSB-Belcher gets 100th win as Georgia College nips Newberry on bellflower (John Milledge) walkoff

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Sale tosses 5 strong innings, Braves avoid sweep

Frustrating series finale for Seattle

"Same page" comments from Cousins in March feel much different now

Despite the criticism, Falcons deserve some credit for drafting Penix

Falcons talked trade at 10 with Jets

The Falcons' rationale for the Penix Jr. pick is sadly flawed

Three ex-UGA players among ‘What went wrong for the seven undrafted five-stars’