Friday's Central Georgia high school scoreboard (second edition)
Updated at midnight, likely to be updated Saturday morning.
Thursday included. Previous results are in This Week's Coverage
FRIDAY
Baseball
Brunswick 8, Houston County 2; Houston County 10, Brunswick 5
Brunswick scored 5 in the top of the seventh to win the opener. The Bears returned the favor with a 7-run top of the seventh in the nightcap to even the series. Chandler Ring had a 2-run single, a run came in on a bases-loaded walk to Jacob Profit and on a single from Chandler Dawson and Corbet Luna and Cam Jones, and a fielder's choice grounder by RJ Preston.
Columbus 1, Perry 0; Columbus 7, Perry 1
Dodge County 11, Jefferson County 1; Dodge County 19, Jefferson County 3
Hardaway 11, Upson-Lee 1; Hardaway 4, Upson-Lee 1
Harlem 6, Bleckley County 2; Bleckley County 10, Harlem 1
Lane Kitchens and Brody Little had 3 hits each and Little drove in 3 runs for the Royals in the second game. Steven Knighton and Cody Dennis added 2 hits each. Tripp Purser fanned 7 with 3 walks in the complete-game win.
Pelham 11, GMC 3; Pelham 8, GMC 6
Pelham scored 5 in the sixth to pull out the second game.
Rutland 15, Islands 14
Rutland won the game 3 coin toss to be home team. Good thing. The Hurricanes watched Islands score 3 in the top of the 7th, and then answered with 6 in the bottom to tie it, getting the win in the eighth. Peyton McKinney opened the eighth with a walk, Logan Moss doubled, and McKinney then scored the game-winner on a wild pitch. A grand slam by Riley Jones was the bomb in Rutland's seventh, right after a 2-run homer in the 3-run sixth to spark the remarkable comeback. Jones went 4-for-5 with a whopping 8 RBI, Wesley Key adding 3 RBI. Rutland trailed 10-5 after 5 innings, and a 7-run fourth by Islands.
Shaw 7, West Laurens 3; West Laurens 8, Shaw 3; West Laurens 6, Shaw 3
Shaw won the completed game 1 early Friday with 5 in the top of the seventh, and the Raiders took care of business after that. A 5-run sixth - keyed by EJ Holmes' bases-loaded triple - paced the Raiders in game 2, Nolan Daniel going the distance. West Laurens pushed ahead for good in the finale with 3 in the sixth, Bradley Wilson coming up with a 2-run single after AJ Mathis' RBI single. They both had 2 hits, Wilson driving in 3 runs. Jacob Floyd fanned 9 in 4 innings for the Raiders.
Screven County 5, Washington County 3; Washington County 10, Screven County 7
Game 3 is at 12:30 p.m Saturday at Screven County
Stratford 2, Pinecrest 0; Pinecrest 10, Stratford 1
Pinecrest takes the series, having won 7-4 on Thursday.
Taylor County 9, Manchester 7; Taylor County 4, Manchester 0
Trion 14, Manchester 1
Game 2 at noon Saturday.
Veterans 2, Statesboro 1, 11 inn.; Veterans 15, Statesboro 0
Matthew Nunez sent a 2-2 count to center and brought in Derek Wylie - who tripled - with the one-out game-winner in the first game. Wylie went 6 innings (9Ks, 3 BBs) and Jackson William the final 5 (5Ks, 1 BB). The offense started early in the night cap with 7 in the first 2 innings of the four-inning game. Nunez had 5 RBI on 2 hits, Leyton Pinckney went 4-for-4 with 3 RBI, and Ben Gibbs and Jacob Pierce each had 3 hits and teamed for 5 RBI, Pierce scoring 4 times.
Westside-Augusta 7, East Laurens 5; Westside 7, East Laurens 4
Whitewater 2, Jones County 1; Whitewater 6, Jones County 2
Whitewater scored the game-winner in the first game in the bottom of the sixth, and allowed only 1 runner in the top of the seventh inning of the 2-hitter. The Greyhounds suffered from 4 errors in the second game.
Soccer
B-Dodge County 7, Johnson 0
B-Eastside 10, Baldwin 0
B-GMC 2, ELCA 1
Tolentino Palmer scored both goals for the Bulldogs.
B-Harlem 5, Washington County 3
G-Harlem 5, Dublin 1
B-Jefferson County 4, East Laurens 1
G-Model 3, Putnam County 1
B-Peach County 2, Island 2, PC wins on PKs
B-Perry 3, Hardaway 0
Mason King had 2 goals and Sebastian Molina for the second-seeded Panthers. Joseph Lee got the shutout in goal.
B-Putnam County def. Gordon Central 4-2 on PKs
B-Savannah Country Day 3, Mount de Sales 2
B-Shaw 3, Mary Persons 0
B-Upson-Lee 7, Cairo 1
B-Westside-Augusta 3, Dublin 1
THURSDAY
Baseball
Pinecrest 7, Stratford 4
The second game has been pushed to 4 p.m. Friday.
Rutland 7, Islands 5; Islands 10, Rutland 1
Rutland got the clutch offense late in a seesaw first game of 7 errors between the teams and the Hurricanes being outhit by 3. Rutland got 3 in the top of the sixth on a walk to Taylor Brummett, error on Jackson Heath's pop, another infield error on Triston Thompson's bunt, Aubrey Merritt's single, and a wild pitch. A double play on a flyball ended the inning. Peyton McKinney and Brummett had 2 hits for the Hurricanes, McKinney going the final 4.1 innings on the mound. In the nightcap, Islands got a big cushion with 6 runs in the third, aided by a few of Rutland's 7 errors, which overall led to 7 unearned runs.
Southeast Bulloch 10, Peach County 0; SEB 15, Peach County 0
A 6-run fourth put SEB in control against Peach County, which had more errors (4) than hits (3). The Trojans were no-hit in the nightcap, and had 4 more errors.
Statesboro 2, Veterans 0
The Warhawks stranded only 4, but the Blue Devils made every offensive play count, leaving only 1 runner and turning 2 hits and a walk into a win. The 2 in the fourth came on a walk, single, and error in the outfield. Veterans' Ben Gibbs fanned 9 with 1 walk in 5.1 innings.
Soccer
G-Columbus 6, Howard 0
G-East Laurens 10, Jefferson County 0
G-FPD 10, Treutlen 0
The Vikings got 2 goals from Sadie Frame and Maggie Davis, and 1 each from Lindsey Strickland, Olivia McMickle, Jansyn Samples, Gracie Matthews, Elizabeth Nelson, and Mary Daniel Windham.
G-Islands 10, Peach County 0
G-Johnson-Augusta 1, Bleckley County 0 (PKs)
G-Lamar County 11, Therrell 0
G-Mary Persons 6, Cairo 3
G-Northside-Columbus def. Perry
G-Screven County 1, Dodge County 0
B-Stratford 3, Calvary Day 0
Edlin St. Vil scored twice and Jake Jamison once for the Eagles in the road win.
Tennis
Second Round
B-Early County 3, Dodge County 3
B-Elbert County 3, Lamar County 0
B-West Laurens 4, Eastside 0
B-Woodward 3, Mary Persons 0
First Round (Class A)
G-Taylor County 3, Lanier County 0
B-Taylor County 3, Clinch County 0
G-Telfair County 3, Hawkinsville 1
B-Telfair County 4, Hawkinsville 0
B-Wesleyan 3, Mount de Sales 2