Thursday's Report: Signings (Veterans, Stratford, Jones County, East Laurens, GMC, Rutland), Mercer, Georgia College; Braves, Falcons; NBA, MLB, soccer, college business, NFL, golf, tennis, boxing;
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High School
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GIAA Playoffs
Girls
Westminster 2, Trinity Christian 0
Boys
Westminster 2, CFCA 0
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Georgia Southern 13, Jacksonville 2
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Georgia 6, Auburn 5, 14 inn., SEC Tournament
Mercer 1, Wofford 0, Southern Conference Tournanament
Pro
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Signings
Veterans has had a busy signing week: Samuel Mitchell to USC-Beaufort for track and field, Mychal Stillwell and Elijah Wright with LaGrange for football, Chandler Thomas with South Georgia State for men’s basketball.
Leana Minus is heading to East Georgia State for women’s basketball, Desteyn Seaton and Rionna Byrd bound for LaGrange for the same, with Florida A&M getting Sanaa Sheppard ….
Stratford’s Khalil Green has signed to play men’s basketball at Georgia College & State.
Jones County’s Ben Ridley has signed with Fisk for men’s golf.
East Laurens’ Anna Bethea has signed with ABAC for women’s soccer.
GMC’s Johnathan Roach has signed to play football at Huntingdon in Alabama.
Rutland’s Rosaceicilia Lopez has signed to join the new women’s soccer program at Central Georgia Tech.
Honor Roll/Alumni Update
Stratford’s Mitchell makes all-conference
Honor Roll
Four from Mercer make all-conference
Around/About Central Georgia
Georgia College hosting Peach Belt championship series
Georgia College’s Central Georgians: IF Keegan Baxter, Jones County; P Trent Ringer, Houston County; P Bradley Wilson, West Laurens; IF Matthew Mebane, West Laurens; OF/IF Brandon Bellflower, John Milledge; P A.J. Mathis, West Laurens; OF Aiden Payne, Jones County.
Flagler’s Central Georgians: P Benjamin Stubbs, Tattnall
Mercer wins first SoCon tourney opener in 6 years with walk-off
Around/About Georgia
Sale records season-high 10 strikeouts as Braves shut out Red Sox
Red Sox activate pitcher Pivetta, infielder Gonzalez from injured list before facing Braves
Lindstrom 'extremely fortunate' to have offensive line continuity going into 2024 season
NBA/Basketball
Jokic wins NBA’s MVP award, his 3rd in 4 seasons. Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic round out top 3
Inside the NBA MVP Race: Jokic’s consistency was key, and No. 1 picks were denied the trophy again
Brunson sparks Knicks past Pacers for 2-0 lead in East semifinals
Malone reminds the Nuggets they’re the defending champs and asks them to play like it
WNBA
Candace Parker takes a new job with Adidas after retiring from a 16-year WNBA career
MLB/Baseball
Future of MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays to come into focus with key meetings on $1.3B stadium project
Pirates are calling up top pitching prospect Paul Skenes for his major league debut, AP source says
Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani, will plead guilty in betting case
Mateo’s go-ahead hit in 12th helps Orioles survive Kimbrel’s blown save, beat Nats and avoid sweep
College Basketball
No hate crime charges filed against man who yelled racist slurs at Utah women’s basketball team
College Sports
In the NIL landscape, schools are turning to companies to train and manage in-house general managers
Republican congressmen introduce bill that would protect NCAA and conferences from legal attacks
NFL/XFL/USFL/CFL/Football
CFL’s Chad Kelly suspended at least 9 games after investigation into ex-coach’s lawsuit
Report says Chiefs’ Rashee Rice suspected of assault weeks after arrest over high-speed crash
Golf
PGA Championship invites 7 LIV players to get top 100 in the world
The opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship is delayed with rain in the forecast
After appearing on red carpet at Met Gala, Nelly Korda goes for a sixth straight win on LPGA Tour
McIlroy won’t rejoin PGA Tour board, says others were ‘uncomfortable’ with his potential return
Soccer
Soccer or football, the world’s most popular sport has its own day for fans to celebrate — May 25
Real Madrid rallies late to beat Bayern 2-1 and reach another Champions League final
De Ligt says linesman apologized for late ‘mistake’ in Bayern’s loss to Madrid in Champions League
Tennis
Osaka plays solidly in her opening match at the Italian Open. Darderi eliminates Shapovalov
Nadal’s clay game is rounding into form just in time for the French Open. ‘Things are happening.’
Auto Racing
Larson leads NASCAR Cup standings as series heads to Darlington
Former Daytona 500 winner McDowell will leave Front Row Motorsports for Spire in 2025
Boxing/UFC/MMA
UFC champ Sean O’Malley ‘changing up’ on Conor McGregor allegiance after being targeted in rant
Matt Brown, owner of second-most knockouts in UFC history, announces MMA retirement
NHL/Hockey
Scoreboard