The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Friday's Report: Mercer šŸ€/ā›³, ACE; Hawks, Braves, UGA, Falcons; Masters/Henley, OJ Simpson, college hoops, NBA, NBA, tennis, golf, soccer, WWE

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High Schools

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ACE 10, Marion County 0
Tattnall 12, Stratford 2

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Girls

FPD 5, Stratford 2
Houston County 1, ACE 0
St. Anne-Pacelli 9, Westfield 0

Boys

Cook 2, Dodge County 0
Dublin 2, Hawkinsville 1
Houston County 4, ACE 0
Stratford 4, FPD 0

Colleges
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Georgia 15, Missouri 10 

Pro

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NY Mets 16, Atlanta 4

 

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Signings

          ACEā€™s Jack Corrigan signed Thursday morning to play baseball at Truett-McConnell.

 

Honor Roll

SoCon menā€™s golf: Mercerā€™s Jonsson

SoCon womenā€™s golf: Mercerā€™s Dubnik

 

Around/About Central Georgia

New Mercer coaches face portal departures

          For pretty much all college coaches, roster management has become a full-time job.

          Moreso for coaches in new jobs, like for Michelle Clark-Head and Ryan Ridder at Mercer, each hired last month.

          The school is holding its public introduction of Ridder on Friday at 5 p.m. at Hawkins Arena, nearly a month after his hiring.

          Figuring out whoā€™s gone, who might go, and whoā€™s probably staying has been a large part of their early concerns, as well as hiring a staff.

          VerbalCommits.com lists seven Bears in the portal: Anthony Benard, Robby Carmody, Jake Davis, Alex Holt, Jah Quinones, David Thomas, and Michael Zanoni.

          Davis is going to Illinois and Thomas to DePaul. Zanoni, who played in four games last year, is headed to Penn.

          On the womenā€™s side, TheNexthoops.com lists six Bears in the portal: Maria Serracanta, Ciante Downs, Enjulina Gonzalez, Briana Peguero, Stacie Jones (Veterans), and Summah Evans.

          Evans and Jones are listed as seniors, Peguero nad Downs a junior, with Gonzalez and Serracanta sophomores.

Evans and Jones both were announced on Senior Day, although both were eligible to return, along with graduate students Mackenzie Johnson and Deja Williams.

          Evans wonā€™t have to move far, having landed at Clemson, as the first signee for new head coach Shawn Poppie, who was at Chattanooga. Ditto for Peguero, headed to Troy.

          Jones, a Veterans grad, transferred from Kennesaw State for her senior season.

          The roster lists 10 players eligible to return.

 

Mercerā€™s Ridder adds first 3 assistants, 2 with state experience

Clark-Heard makes first hire at Mercer

And then her second

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Hawksā€™ Johnson and Oknogwu to miss play-in tournament with injuries

Stewart hits 2-run HR to highlight big day for Mets bats in rout of Braves

Beck, Georgia ready for helmet communication

The plan for Stockton

Nearly 60 to attend Falconsā€™ local pro day

BSB-Another two-homer game for UGAā€™s Condon

 

Masters

DeChambeau, matured in both game and attitude, opens with 65 to lead the Masters

US Open champ Clark takes a shot at LIV Golf

DeChambeau remains a massively talented walking contradiction

Grand Slam quest: Rory McIlroy staying positive, in contention at Masters after first-round 71

Scheffler under prepared for parenthood but in contention for second green jacket

Column: Masters champ Rahm should pair red face with green jacket

Woods off to rousing start in pursuit of more Masters history, maybe another green jacket

Celebrities from Jelly Roll to Harry Styles to Peyton Manning

 

Football

Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in ā€˜trial of the century,ā€™ dies at 76

Reaction to the death of O.J. Simpson

Before murder charges tarnished his legacy, O.J. Simpson was one of the NFLā€™s greatest running backs

Legendary athlete, actor and millionaire: Simpsonā€™s murder trial lost him the American dream

A unique American moment. 3 decades on, weā€™re still wondering what it means

10 things to remember about O.J. Simpson

 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

ā€˜Pravi MVP': In any language, Mavs think Doncic is the NBAā€™s best player

Former NBA player Robinson: 'I know that I don't have long if I can't get a kidney'

Pistons suffer franchise-record 67th loss 

MLB/Baseball

Ohtaniā€™s ex-interpreter charged with stealing $16M from baseball star in sports betting case

Hollidayā€™s debut in No. 7 brings Cal Ripken Sr.'s contributions to Baltimore back to the forefront

Roundup

College Basketball, Women

Clark, not unbeaten South Carolina, will be lasting memory of season

Staley spoke about her faith, nothing new for the South Carolina coach

A season to build on for women's sports

Taurasi on Clark, other college superstars' move to WNBA: 'Reality is coming'

Column-ESPN gave women's tournament big showcase it deserved. And got rewarded with big ratings

College Basketball/Coaching

Drew turns down UK interest, stays Baylor coach

Kentucky reportedly targeting BYU coach Mark Pope to replace John Calipari

Calipari will have lower annual salary at Arkansas than coach made at UK

College Basketball

Staley & Hurley have mastered the art of winning

Burns, womenā€™s stars lead March Madness social growth

High School Sports

Alabama association now looking for new boss

NFL Football

New Titans coach Callahan goes back to basics to start offseason program

Former LB Suggs faces charges from Starbucks drive-thru incident

Caleb Williams among 13 confirmed prospects for opening night of the NFL draft

Help in the trenches, and a renewed Watson, could unlock potential of Browns

Tennis

Djokovic takes revenge over Musetti at Monte Carlo Masters. Medvedev loses to Khachanov

Golf

Column: Garcia blames the rift between the LIV and PGA Tours on media coverage

Soccer

Monterrey beats Messi and Inter Miami to advance to the CONCACAF semifinals

Premier League to use semi-automated offside technology from next season

Inter Miami fined by CONCACAF for lack of stadium security

New York officials approve $780M soccer stadium for NYCFC to be built next to Metsā€™ home

Olympic sports

Script snub: Wrestler rejects $300K bribe for loss

Boxing UFC/WWE/MMA

Light heavyweight title bout between Pereira and Hill highlight strong card for UFC 300 

Scoreboard

NBA scores/games

MLB scores/games
College baseball Div. I scores