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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