Friday’s Report: HS/college scores, Upson-Lee; Braves, Tech/Hall, Falcons, Hawks, UGA/Tech ⚾; NCAAs, Opening Day, NFL, more MLB, soccer, tennis, golf, CFB, NHL
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High Schools
⚾ ⚾ ⚾ Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
ACE 1, Dublin 0
Callaway 10, Rutland 0
David Emanuel 7, Covenant 1; David Emanuel 12, Covenant 2
FPD 10, Stratford 2
GMC Prep 16, Wilkinson County 0
John Milledge 5, Piedmont 4
Mary Persons 12, Sandy Creek 1
Montgomery County 21, Twiggs County 0
Tattnall 3, Mount de Sales 0
⚽ ⚽ ⚽ Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
G-CFCA 5, Trinity Christian 1
B-CFCA 4, Trinity Christian 1
G-Covenant 5, David Emanuel 0
B-GMC Prep 10, Treutlen 0
B-Houston County 6, Coffee 1
G-Jasper County 3, Towers 2
B-Jasper County 4, Towers 1
G-Jefferson County 2, Dublin 1
G-Lamar County 1, Social Circle 0
B-Mary Persons 3, Troup County 0
G-Perry 4, Warner Robins 1
Madilynn Foster racked up the hat trick for Perry, which got a solid night in goal from Tatriana Simmons.
B-Perry 4, Warner Robins 3
Jacob Hall and Trent Torres split the scoring for the Panthers.
G-Stratford 3, Westminster 0
G-Thomas County Central 10, Northside 2
B-Thomas County Central 1, Northside 0
G-Treutlen 2, GMC Prep 0
G-Upson-Lee 1, Luella 0
B-Upson-Lee 2, Luella 1
G-Westfield9, Windsor 0
B-Westminster 5, Stratford 1
G-West Laurens 4, Baldwin 0
B-West Laurens 3, Baldwin 2
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
G-Dublin 5, Wilkinson County 0
B-Dublin 5, Wilkinson County 0
G-FPD 5, Stratford 0
B-FPD 5, Stratford 0
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
FVSU 5, Paine 4; FVSU 9, Paine 1
Middle Georgia State 5, Mobile 0; MGSU 3, Mobile 23
Pro
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Alumni Update/Honor Roll
Upson-Lee’s Adderton an All-American at Columbus State
Around/About Georgia
Sheets, Merrill key Padres’ big 7th-inning rally past Braves
Ozzie flexes early; bullpen falters
Padres come back late to open season with victory over Braves
Tech baseball boss Hall done, after 32 years, at end of season
What is atop Falcons' offseason checklist as NFL Draft looms?
Pay increases, new titles for Georgia football support staffers
Big weekend: No. 3/4 Georgia welcomes No. 11/12 Auburn
Big weekend: No. 19/25 Georgia Tech welcomes No. 3/7 Clemson
NCAA Tournament/Women
What to know about each of the 16 teams remaining in women’s NCAA Tournament
Betts, Lee and Prince are posting up in women’s March Madness. There are fewer players like them
How South Carolina started preparing for Sweet 16: 'Rest and recover'
UCLA players send well wishes to rival JuJu Watkins while preparing for Ole Miss in March Madness
Look out, LSU's Mulkey sounds confident
After being shoved aside all season, LSU looks like a contender again
Bueckers cooks breakfast for fasting UConn teammate during Ramadan, March Madness
UConn star Sarah Strong’s mother, Allison Feaster, was key in one of NCAA’s biggest-ever upsets
NCAA Tournament/Men, Thursday
Texas Tech turns in record Sweet 16 comeback, breaks Hawgs hearts
Alabama, Sears on fire from deep in pounding of BYU
Florida, Richard ease away from Maryland
Maryland’s Willard insists he’s unsure what’s next for his coaching career
Gosh! ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ star Jon Heder dishes out tater tots ahead of BYU’s Sweet 16 game
NCAA Tournament/Men
Same old Cal: Arkansas’ Calipari not backing off relying on freshmen in NIL, transfer portal era
Holloman knows his role with Michigan State and helps the Spartans win without flashy statistics
Beard delivers another breakthrough at a place unaccustomed to March Madness stage
At age 70, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo back in the title mix at another March Madness
Wojnowski: Tom Izzo not giving up the fight anytime soon for Michigan State
'I'm from Baltimore': Queen solidifies Maryland legacy
Calkins: Why Maryland's thrilling win was bad for the NCAA Tournament's future
Beard turns March Madness talk to hot dogs and salads
Postseason Tournaments
Pain Index: Whose NCAA tourney loss hurt most?
W- Rutgers, Charleston (SC) square off in NIT
Texas Tech visits McGill and Florida
M- Illinois State wins the CBI championship with a 79-68 victory over Cleveland State
College Basketball/Men
Auburn’s Pearl says his call for hostage release was about ‘survival,’ not politics
Amore: For Hurley, UConn men, a painful, but honorable end to their historic era
Colorado State tabs top assistant Farokhmanesh to replace Medved
Hurley expresses regret over postgame remarks that were caught on camera
UConn communications director apologizes after threatening reporter over viral Hurley rant
Skinn agrees to a contract extension as George Mason’s basketball coach
Gambling
North Carolina government makes big tax revenues quickly from first year of sports betting
Bettor needs NCAA Tournament winner to turn $5 parlay into $168K
NBA
What is deep vein thrombosis and why do so many athletes like Damian Lillard get blood clots?
Bulls jersey that Michael Jordan wore in preseason as a rookie goes for $4.215 million in auction
NBA still has expansion in mind, though no timetable set in place yet
Giddey’s halfcourt heave at the buzzer gives Bulls win over the Lakers
MLB Opening Day
Bohm and Realmuto lift the Phillies over Nationals
Harper hears boos again at Nationals Park and homers again on opening day for the Phillies
Soto strikes out with 2 on to end Mets debut and loss to Astros
Francona has rough opening day in debut as Reds manager
Flores’ 3-run homer in the 9th inning propels Giants
Stowers hits run-scoring single in 9th to lift Marlins
Skenes and Alcántara show early dominant flashes in hyped opening day matchup
Manzardo has a career game with 3 hits and 4 RBIs, helping the Guardians past Royals
O’Neill extends opening day streak as O’s swat first-game record six homers
Wells becomes 1st catcher to hit leadoff homer on opening day and Yankees beat Brewers
Smith delivers donuts and key hit for Houston Astros in MLB debut
Abreu hits 3-run shot in 9th for his second homer in the opener to power Red Sox past Rangers
Abreu dedicates 2-homer game for Red Sox to newborn twins after one for late grandmother last year
Burke stars as Venable gets 1st win with the White Sox
Baseball/MLB
Franchise valuations ranking list: From Yankees to Marlins
Teams successful on 52.2% of ball/strike challenges during spring training robot umpire test
How does Freddie Freeman process his place in World Series history? Ask Kirk Gibson
In Year 7 of the Bryce Harper era, the Phillies have one last chance to get it right with this core
Auto Racing
Two-time NASCAR champ Busch will race against his 9-year-old son, Brexton
Logano warns NASCAR it is flirting with disaster at certain tracks
Tennis
Djokovic beats Sebastian Korda, advances to semifinals in push for 7th Miami Open title
Golf
Scheffler 2 back of a 4-way tie for the lead at Houston Open. Rory McIlroy 5 behind
Hull sets the pace in Arizona with 63 to lead LPGA’s Ford Championship
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Nearly 200 dogs seized from ex-NFL player in dogfighting case
At 464 pounds, Florida’s Desmond Watson could become the heaviest draft pick in NFL history
Competition committee proposes moving touchback to 35 and making dynamic kickoff permanent
Newly signed Russell Wilson says he expects to be the Giants’ starting QB this upcoming
College Football
Kent State places football coach Kenni Burns on administrative leave
Former Texas standout, NFL No. 1 overall pick Kenneth Sims has died at 65
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
College Sports
New SMU AD Evans will try to build on momentum program hasn’t seen in decades
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Sparks to retire Candace Parker’s No. 3 jersey when team faces Chicago on June 29
Soccer
Nazario to lead a soccer taskforce aiming to eradicate racism, discrimination and violence
Real Madrid players face UEFA inquiry after Atletico match
Hockey
From Moscow to Washington, how Alex Ovechkin became the Great 8 on the way to chasing NHL history
Crosby breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with his 20th season averaging a point per game
Scoreboards
MLB scores/games