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Georgia Southern 8, Old Dominion 6; Sun Belt Tournament

Mercer 7, ETSU 4; Southern Conference Tournament

Southern Tournament

SEC Tournament

ACC Tournament

Sun Belt Tournament

Atlantic Sun Tournament 

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Florence 13, Macon 3

          Florence scored in every inning, holding Macon to runs in 2 innings, and outhitting the Bacon 19-7.

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Atlanta 3, Chicago Cubs 0

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Alumni Update

Why Dodge County’s Floyd signed with SF: ‘grown man football’

 

Honor Roll

MGSU spring players honored

          Middle Georgia State women’s tennis layers Sandra Recuenco Tarin and Len Golz and men’s players Martin Carrizo and Daniel Garcia Suarez were named NAIA All-Americans this week.

          Carrizo made the first team, the other three Knights the second team.

          Marina Prieto Gonfaus was named the Southern States athletic Conference women’s tennis scholar-athlete of the year

          Veterans alum Jacob Pierce along with Seth Darling and Adam Alicea-Brooks were named Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

          Alicea Brooks and Ryan Wilson were named to the SSAC baseball scholar-athlete team.

          Beth Eddins, Sarah Latham, Gabbie Haas, and Morgan Windham were named NAIA scholar-athletes for softball.

 

Georgia College tennis players cited

          Rodrigo Perez Crespo and Enzo Sergi were named to the CSC Academic All-District team in men’s tennis, with Shradha Chhabra, Ashton Morrison, and Chiara Santoro from the women’s team earning the same honor.

 

Around/About Central Georgia

MBKB-Mercer announces slew of signings, from near and far

BSB-Bears come back late, top ETSU at SoCon

          Carter Fink, a junior from Tattnall, got the loss for ETSU after giving up 3 runs in 6 innings, to drop to 6-2.

 

Updated: Central Georgian players, teams at GHSA golf tournament

          Here are updated and final results for Central Georgia golfers and teams from this week’s GHSA state tournaments throughout Georgia.

          Results during the tournament are available only on a paid phone application. The GHSA posted the full scores for the public on its site on Thursday. Some information was posted Wednesday on The Central Georgia Sports Report.

          Everett Horne won the Class A/Division I boys with a 144, in first by two strokes.

          Here are the team results, topped with the first-place team and score in each class, and area players in the top 10. No teams or players form Class 5A or 6A in the area made it.

          Class 4A girls: 1. North Oconee 516; 9. West Laurens 595; Individuals: 8. Kate Belote, West Laurens 168

          Class 4A boys: 1. North Oconee 605; 8. Perry 658

 

          Class AAA girls: 1. Savannah Christian 494; 12. Upson-Lee 681

          Class AAA boys: 1. Wesleyan 601; 10. Upson-Lee 686

          Class AA girls: 1. Pierce County 299; 8. ACE 379

          Class AA boys: 1. Mt. Paran Christian 551; 10. ACE 674

          Class A/Division I girls: 1. Prince Avenue 323; 8. Bleckley County 417

          Class A/Division I boys: 1. Mount Vernon, 623; 6. Lamar County 680; 11. Bleckley County 848

          Class A/Division II girls: 1. Lake Oconee 290; T2. Hawkinsville 375; 7. Taylor County 443; 9. GMC Prep 477; Individuals: 6. Savannah Dokey, Hawkinsville 176; 7. Madi Simmons, GMC 187; 9. Kaylee Richardson, Hawkinsville 199

          Class A/Division II boys: 1. Christian Heritage 604; 4. GMC 677; 6. Hawkinsville 704; 10. Taylor County 788

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Kelenic homers, AJ Smith-Shawver works 4 1/3 strong innings as Braves top Cubs

'It was a big series for us': Braves gain momentum by beating fellow contender in Cubs

Falcons have 'an awesome problem' when it comes to ILB depth

SB-UCLA blanks UGA in 6 in Super Regional opener

Stegeman to get record-setting big video board

Georgia Southern rallies late for SBC Tourney win
          The Eagles tied it in the fifth and outscored Old Dominino 5-1 in the final few innings for an 8-6 win in the Sun Belt Tournament.
          Georgia Southern plays the JMU-ODU winner at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
          The first three batters in the bottom of the sixth reached, on a single, hit batter, and walk, two coming in for the lead on Sam Blancato’s single to left. GSU was then retired in order.
          Georgia Southern added one in the seventh and two in the eighth, surviving three errors.
          Blancato drove in five runs on three hits, scoring twice. S. Smith added two hits and TJ McKenzie two RBI.

College Sports

NCAA votes to accept $2.8 billion settlement that could usher in dramatic change for college sports

Paying college athletes is closer than ever. How could it work and what stands in the way?

NCAA, leagues back $2.8 billion settlement, setting stage for dramatic change across college sports

Could NCAA settlement save March Madness?

Splitting settlement bill 'has not been a healthy process'

NBA/Basketball                             

Brown matches career playoff high with 40 points, Celtics beat Pacers

NBA reportedly 'formalizing' deals with Disney/ESPN, Amazon, NBC, but Warner Bros. still has a chance

Barkley calls TNT leaders 'clowns,' suggests his production company could take over 'Inside The NBA'

Mavs have early control over Wolves in Western Conference finals with mature, savvy effort by Irving

Cavaliers fire coach J.B. Bickerstaff despite back-to-back playoff appearances and steady progress

WNBA

WNBA officially names Toronto as first international franchise, will start in 2026

Clark signs multiyear deal with Wilson Sporting Goods for signature basketball line

LeBron 'rooting' for Caitlin Clark: 'I've been in that seat before. I've walked that road'

Mabrey, Reese help Chicago beat New York 90-81, getting win for Weatherspoon against former team

MLB/Baseball

Replay reviews unavailable in Blue Jays-Tigers game after power failure disrupts both broadcasts

Phillies sweep their seventh series of the season with 5-2 win over Rangers

Skenes didn’t have his best stuff against the Giants. The Pirates rookie made it work anyway

Roundup

College Baseball

Birmingham-Southern baseball trying to keep on playing as school prepares to close

Jared Jones and Jake Brown each homer, LSU rallies, beats South Carolina at SEC tourney

Casey Cook’s 2 HRs help North Carolina beat Pitt 12-2 at ACC Tournament

Villegas makes a leaping catch at the wall for the final out as Miami secures a spot in ACC semis

Waldschmidt hits two home runs to help Kentucky advance to another elimination game at SEC tourney

Causey extends his SEC-best win total to 11 and Tennessee beats Texas A&M to avoid elimination

College Softball

Brito homers twice, Oklahoma pounds Florida State 11-3 in opener of Norman Super Regional

Florida’s Wallace ends worst hit slump of career. Teammate says ‘everyone should be scared’

Oklahoma’s Jennings now tied for third on all-time HR list

Golf

Officer who arrested Scheffler disciplined for not having bodycam activated

Hoffman leads at renovated Colonial as Scottie Scheffler fails to break par

College Basketball

Fitzgerald, longtime Iowa women’s assistant, follows Lisa Bluder into retirement

Patrick steps down as Sacramento State head coach to join LSU’s staff as associate head coach

College Football

Column-Why Tennessee could benefit from not playing in SEC championship

Dabo takes too much heat for punting on the portal

Which Alabama newcomer will have greatest impact? The answer might be surprising

NFL/ Football

Payton: Bo Nix farther along than most rookies would be

Saints and Superdome commission at odds over renovation payments with the Super Bowl on the horizon

Goodell: 18-game NFL schedule isn't imminent but a future possibility

Manning says he has no desire to go from broadcasting to an NFL executive position

Seattle QB Geno Smith says learning a new offense is easier at this point of his career

Auto Racing

As Larson goes for rare racing double, Team Penske is the team to beat at Indy

Intriguing Indianapolis 500 storylines captivate Row 7 lineup with Andretti, Castroneves and Dixon

Tennis

Nadal’s excellence at the French Open, as seen through the eyes of other tennis players

Barbie will make dolls to honor Venus Williams and other star athletes

Nadal is in the French Open field and will face Alexander Zverev in the first round

NHL/Hockey

The Rangers need to find answers quickly against the Panthers, or their Cup wait will reach 31 years

McDavid gets the winner in the 2nd OT after Oilers overcome captain’s penalty

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