Central Georgia Sports ReportApril 17, 2024Comment

Wednesday’s Scoreboard; State 🎾 & ⚽, GIAA 🎾, Mercer, Middle Georgia State; Hawks, Braves/Albies, Tech; NBA/WNBA, MLB, college sports, OJ, ⛳, NASCAR, ⚽

Central Georgia Sports ReportApril 17, 2024Comment

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High School
(As of 1 a.m.)
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

ACE 3, Peach County 2
The Gryphons pulled out the walk-off over the AAA Trojans and one of the state’s top coaches, Joey Hiller. Josh Williams opened the bottom of the seventh with a double and Cody Colter brought him in with a single to left and an error, putting Colter on second. A fly out, walk, and intentional walk later, Colter scooted home with the game-winner on a wild pitch. DJ Hudson struck out 12 for Peach County, which had 4 errors. Torin Helms had two of the Trojans’ 5 hits. Josh Williams and Aiden Sanderson had two hits each for the Gryphons.

Baldwin 17, Wilkinson County 0

Bleckley County 1, Swainsboro 0

The Royals clinched the 2-A/II title.

Brentwood 8, Westminster 2

CFCA 19, Windsor 8

Crawford County 20, Rutland 14

Dublin 10, East Laurens 4
Dublin clinched at least a No. 3 seed, boosted by Deago Jackson’s 2 hits and 3 RBI, and 4 runs from Tyrese Robinson. Xavier Reese got the win after 6 strikeouts in 5 innings.

Houston County 11, Ola 7
In a 4-all tie through 4, Houston County outscored Ola 7-3 in the next two innings for the non-region win. Kendall Jackson, Will Allen, and Isaiah Galason each had 2 hits for the Bears, who had eight players in the hits column. Jackson and Eli Stephens drove in 2 runs each,.

John Milledge 9, Stratford 2

Jones County 8, Warner Robins 0

Mary Persons 10, Jackson 0
The Bulldogs had a quality Senior Night, with 5 in the third in the 4.5-inning win. Tristian Hunt and Ian Lewis had 2 of Mary Persons’ 5 hits, the Bulldogs taking advantage of 8 walks and 6 errors. Caden Taylor and Cole Carr teamed for the shortened 1-hitter.

Piedmont 8, Central Georgia Arts 0

Pike County 2, Upson-Lee 1; Pike County 11, Upson-Lee 6

Pinewood Christian 1, Gatewood 0

Tattnall 7, Mount de Sales 0

Thomas Jefferson 11, John Hancock 0

Trinity Christian 16, Covenant 1

Westfield 15, St. Mary’s 0

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

GHSA playoffs

Girls

Class A/I

Bleckley County 6, Claxton 4

East Laurens 7, Screven County 0

Rabun County 5, Jasper County 4

Class AA/II

GMC 3, McIntosh County Academy 1, OT

Saiya Patel and Jackie Wilson scored for the Bulldogs.

Other

Brookstone 5, Westfield 0

Georgia Christian 2, CFCA 1

Trinity Christian 10, FPCA 0

Westminster 5, Piedmont 1

Boys

GHSA playoffs

Class A/I

East Laurens 11, Bryan County 1

Metter 6, Bleckley County 0

Other

CFCA 3, Georgia Christian 0

Tattnall 5, Mount de Sales 2

Trinity Christian 9, FPCA 0
Westminster 11, Piedmont 0

🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾

GHSA playoffs

Girls

Class 6A

Marist 4, Veterans 0

Class AA

Brantley County 1, Northeast 0, forfeit

Class A/I

Bleckley County 5, Metter 0

Rabun County 3, Jasper County 0

Class A/II

Washington-Wilkes 3, GMC 0

Boys

Class 6A

Marist 4, Houston County 0

Class AA

Appling County 3, Rutland 0

Brantley County 1, Northeast 0, forfeit

Class A/I

Bleckley County 5, Claxton 0

Class A/II

GMC 3, Washington-Wilkes 0

🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫

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⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Auburn 12, Georgia Tech 8

Georgia State 5, Kennesaw State 4

Mercer 13, Florida State 6

Middle Georgia State 8, Reinhardt 5

Brennon Williams went 2 for 3 with 3 RBI and a homer in the win over No. 8, while Jalen Hudson got the win after 6.2 innings and 5 strikeouts.

⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳

W-Southern Conference, final round, Mercer

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

Georgia Tech 5, Georgia State 4

Pro

⚾ ⚾ ⚾MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Atlanta 6, Houston 2

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Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Mercer takes out No. 8 Florida State, and former Bear coaches

Florida State head coach Link Jarrett was an assistant and recruiting coordinator at Mercer from 2004-05. Assistant Ty Megahee is a Mercer grad (bachelor’s and Master’s) who coached with the Bears twice, 2006-08 and 2014-15 after playing for Mercer in 2004-05.

FPD, Stratford, Brentwood take state GIAA tennis titles

Players from three Central Georgia teams won GIAA state titles on Tuesday.

Based on social media reports from schools:

FPD’s Averi Jones and Kiya Israel won the girls AAAA state doubles title.

Cam Douthit of Stratford won the AAA boys singles championship.

Harris McClarin and Zach Denton of Brentood took the AA boys doubles championship.

As of 1 a.m., the GIAA had yet to update anything regarding tennis on its website, listing only the first-round matchups.

It didn’t post anything about tennis on Facebook or Twitter/X, except on Facebook Monday morning to state the tournament was starting. The last tennis post on Twitter/X regarded apparel sales, on March 27.

Brian Snitker 🤝 Troy Snitker

Astros Hitting Coach, Troy Snitker, met up with his dad during lineup card delivery in today's game against the @Braves pic.twitter.com/lCvRrZgTQ0
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 17, 2024

Around/About Georgia

Column: To make playoffs, short-handed Hawks need Trae Young to be great

Hawks at Bulls

Albies put on injured list with broken right big toe

Gurriel finalizes minor league deal with Braves, assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett

López stellar again as Braves cruise in Houston

Ex-Tech G Will Bynum sentenced to 18 months in prison in NBA insurance fraud scheme

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

NBA average attendance was 18,322 this season. League says 71% of games were sellouts

Blake Griffin retires after high-flying NBA career that included Rookie of the Year, All-Star honors

James and the Lakers secure a playoff berth with win over the Pelicans

Sacramento takes out Golden State, Thompson blanked (in final GSW game?)