Wednesday’s Report: Scores/GHSA playoffs, ACE’s McLendon, Peach County’s Ferguson, Georgia College; Braves, UGA, Tech/UGA ⚾; NBA, MLB, NFL, NCAA changes, NHL, college 🏈, soccer
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High Schools
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Central Fellowship 13, Windsor 8
Covenant 7, John Hancock 0
FPD 6, Piedmont 0
Tattnall 13, Stratford 10 (Click here for full story)
⚽ ⚽ ⚽ Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
GHSA Playoffs
Class 5A G: Houston County 2, Clarke Central 0
Class 4A: Walnut Grove 8, Jones County 1; Northview 6, Warner Robins 1
Class A/Division II: Hawkinsville 2, Chattahoochee County 3-2 (3-0 PKs); GMC Prep 10, Macon County 0; Crawford County 2, Treutlen 1
GIAA regular season
G-CFCA 5, Covenant 0
B-CFCA 10, Covenant 0
G-David Emanuel 2, Windsor 1
B-Mount de Sales 7, Piedmont 0
G-Northview 6, Warner Robins 1
G-Stratford 2, FPD 1 (4-2 PKs)
B-Stratford 4, FPD 0
G-Strong Rock 6, Westfield 1
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
GHSA Playoffs
Class 5A G: Jackson County 3, Veterans 0
Class 4A B: St. Pius X 3, Perry 0
Class 3A G: Oconee County 3, Peach County 0
Class A/Division I G: ACE Charter 3, Pepperell 0; Banks County 3, Putnam County 0
Class A/Division I B: Bleckley County 3, Central 0
Class A/Division II G: Miller County 3, Wilkinson County 0
Class A/Division II B: Seminole County 3, Wilkinson County 0; Miller County 5, GMC Prep 0
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
⚾ ⚾ ⚾ Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
Catawba 5, Georgia College 4
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
⛳⛳⛳Golf⛳⛳⛳
Pro
⚾ ⚾ ⚾ MLB⚾ ⚾ ⚾
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Alumni Update
Peach County’s Ferguson now headed to third school
Around/About Central Georgia
BSB-Georgia College nipped by No. 12
Around/About Georgia
Gorman delivers key hit as Cardinals pull away from Braves
Braves broadcaster sounds off on Acuña Jr.'s social media post: 'Stupid'
Strider (hamstring) will 'do everything humanly possible' to return ASAP
WR Humphreys set for big year at UGA
BSB-No. 2 Clemson edges Georgia
BSB-Tech pitches well, loses tight one at Auburn
Broadcasting
Mike Patrick, longtime voice of ESPN's 'Sunday Night Football,' dies at 80
NBA
Mavs GM Nico Harrison says fans’ love for Luka Doncic was deeper than he knew, but stands by trade
Luka scores 31, and the Lakers muscle past the Timberwolves to even series
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 27 as the Thunder roll past Grizzlies Siakam, Haliburton’s double-doubles lead Pacers past Bucks
Thibodeau critical of ‘huge discrepancy’ in free throws after Knicks fall to Pistons in Game 2
Celtics’ Payton Pritchard wins the NBA sixth man of the year award
Pelicans’ Dumars noncommittal about Williamson and Green but pledges new and rigid standards
Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards fined $50,000 for obscene gesture and comment directed at heckler
Baseball/MLB
Former No. 1 picks Mize and Torkelson are giving the AL Central-leading Tigers a boost, finally
Four White Sox pitchers - all from Massachusetts - made their Fenway mound debuts within 24 hours
Lindor and Torrens lead the streaking Mets past the Phillies again
McCutchen hits 3-run homer, Pirates get 18 hits for first time since 2023 and beat Angels
Happ hits game-ending single in the 10th as the Cubs rally past Dodgers
Nationals’ Mitchell Parker baffles Orioles, drops ERA to 1.39 with career-best outing
Semien hits 3-run homer, Rangers beat A’s 8-5 while Pederson slump reaches 0 for 41
Auto Racing
Legge says she has been receiving death threats after Xfinity crash at Rockingham
Spire Motorsports among the surprises of NASCAR season so far with Talladega up next
NASCAR reportedly moving championship races back to Miami
Tennis
Alcaraz waiting on results from medical tests to see if he will play in Madrid
Rising tennis star Eala stays focused at Madrid Open despite more attention on her
Osaka’s clay-court season starts with a loss in 1st round of Madrid Open
Golf
Rory McIlroy returns at Zurich Classic in New Orleans. LPGA holds year’s first major in Houston
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Draft: How to watch, dates, draft order and potential top picks
General manager says the Titans keeping and using the No. 1 overall pick to start the NFL draft
Long journey to the NFL draft is only the beginning for college prospects aiming to make the pros
Stafford is happy with his restructured Rams contract after he considered finding a new home
Wilson and the Giants get to work with the focus on making this season ‘really special’
Long journey to the NFL draft is only the beginning for college prospects aiming to make the pros
Brock Purdy reports to 49ers and George Kittle stays away from offseason program, AP source says
College Football
Cincinnati freshman football player Jeremiah Kelly dies unexpectedly at his residence
TCU and North Carolina will open ’26 in Ireland after Belichick’s debut this year at home vs. Frogs
S Dakota St. transfer Mark Gronowski gives Iowa’s offense hope. He was among top FCS QBs for 3 years
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
Norvell says FSU shooting was one of the hardest days he's experienced
Cal football GM Ron Rivera says the program has a ‘plan’ following transfer portal losses
Aguilar leaves UCLA for Tennessee, completing rare QB trade in college football
College Sports
Northwestern QB Jack Lausch is adjusting to the diamond
College baseball notebook: Surprising Hawkeyes ride strong hitting and pitching to top of Big Ten
Women’s flag football grows on college campuses, from startup clubs to varsity teams with NFL boost
Oregon police arrest driver behind fatal crash involving community college softball team
College Sports, the changing landscape
Judge denies injunction for four players suing NCAA in North Carolina court
UTEP disbands women’s tennis program, citing rising costs with NCAA settlement looming
Soccer
Man City scores late winner to beat Aston Villa 2-1 and boost Champions League hopes
Ronaldo is rested and returning his attention to an Asian Champions League title
Hockey
Tkachuk stars in his return by scoring twice as the Panthers top Lightning in series opener
Domi scores in OT, Maple Leafs top Senators for 2-0 lead in Battle of Ontario
Kaprizov’s 3-point game leads the Wild to a 5-2 win over the Golden Knights
Martinook, Andersen help Hurricanes push past Devils
The start of the NHL playoffs has been hard-hitting, with just about everyone getting physical
Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE
Approaching UFC retirement, Anthony Smith finally feels he has 'a career that I should be proud of'
Scoreboards