Saturday's Report: HS playoffs, Mercer, GHSA tennis, Russell Henley, Signings: Southwest/Dodge County/Westside; Falcons camps, Braves, Tech/UGA; NBA playoffs, MLB, NASCAR, NFL, CFB, NHL, UFC
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High Schools
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GIAA Playoffs
Class 4A
Stratford 8, Tallulah Falls 6; Stratford 12, Tallulah Falls 2
Class AAA
Piedmont 15, Terrell 0; Piedmont 16, Terrell 3
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GIAA Playoffs
Girls
4A: Brookstone 5, Tattnall 0; Strong Rock 3, Mount de Sales 0
AA: Gatewood 8, Covenant 0
Boys
4A: Cristo Del Rey 2, Tattnall 0
AA: Trinity Christian 7, LaGrange 1
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Mercer 7, UNC Greensboro 3; Mercer 13, Samford 5, Southern Conference Tournament
⛳⛳⛳Golf⛳⛳⛳
W-National Golf Invitational, Mercer
Pro
⚾ ⚾ ⚾ MLB⚾ ⚾ ⚾
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Around/About Central Georgia
GHSA state tennis tournament postponed
Weather in North Georgia has forced the GHSA state tennis tournament to be pushed to next week, and from one location to throughout the state.
The semifinals and finals were set for the Rome Tennis Center on Saturday.
Now, the semifinals will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday at the highest-seeded schools. The finals will be played on May 17 or 19th the the highest-seeded school.
ACE Charter, the seventh seed, travels to Region 2-A/Division II rival Bleckley County, seeded third, in a semifinal. No. 5 Model is at No. 1 Brantley County in the other semifinal.
And Taylor County’s boys, the Region 6-A/Division II champ, will host Lake Oconee Academy. Screven County is at Early County in the other semifinal.
It’s not been announced, but a coin flip is likely to determine the championship host in A/II, since all four teams are region champs.
There are no girls teams from Central Georgia left.
Henley drops from list of contenders
There was no repeat of Thursday’s smooth first round for Russell Henley at the Truist Championship in Philadelphia.
The Stratford grad followed a solid bogey-free opening round with a four-bogey second round that included a double bogey for a 4-over day.
That dropped him 44 spots into a tie for 55th at 1 under, 11 back of leader Keith Mitchell.
Henley and Corey Conners are the only top-10 golfers in the bottom half of the 72-player field, Conner tied for 43rd.
Justin Rose, ranked 12th and 14th, is last after a 7-over second round. There is no cut.
Henley is paired with Viktor Hovland for a 9:35 a.m. tee time on Saturday.
Signings
Southwest’s Brandon Ashley is headed to Columbus State for men’s basketball, Tyshawn Brantley to Gordon State.
Dodge County’s Lyric Green officially signed with Central Georgia State for women’s basketball, as did Jordan Jenkins for football.
Westside’s Jatavin Zellner signed to play men’s basketball at Pfeiffer, and Destiny Spencer to East Georgia State for women’s basketball.
SB-Mercer takes two, plays way into SoCon championship
Around/About Georgia
First-round picks Walker and Pearce headline Falcons’ rookie minicamp and revamped pass rush
Walker inks rookie deal with Atlanta Falcons
Minicamp report: Who stood out during Falcons practice
Falcons' rookie pass rushers enter minicamp 'excited to work'
Pirates make Don Kelly a winner in his debut as manager in a 3-2 victory over the Braves
Georgia’s Johnson using Kirby-like catchphrase, approach
BSB-Georgia rolls over Alabama in series opener
BSB-Tech’s win streak stops at six
A Worthy Read
What Saban's place in Trump's orbit says about his bigger goals
NBA
Mitchell scores 43 and Cavaliers beat the Pacers to cut series deficit to 2-1
Murray and Porter lead the Nuggets to a 113-104 bounce-back win over the Thunder
Draymond on 'agenda' targeting him: 'I'm sick of it. It's ridiculous'
Timberwolves say fan ejected for conduct toward Draymond Green at Thursday’s playoff game
Pierce says he walked 20 miles to work in a robe as punishment for guaranteeing a Celtics’ win
Haliburton gets warning from NBA for dance, but no fine, AP source says
Baseball/MLB
Lindor hits another leadoff homer, Mets beat Cubs
Guardians go deep 3 times as they open homestand with victory over Phillies
Fedde throws his first career shutout as the Cardinals blank the Nats
Brown strikes out 9 as the Astros beat the slumping Reds
Paddack pitches Twins past Giants for season-best 6th straight win
Red Sox owner John Henry flies to Kansas City to meet with disgruntled slugger Rafael Devers
Auto Racing
Judges indicate they may throw out order allowing 23XI, Front Row to race as NASCAR chartered teams
Buescher is back at Kansas Speedway, reliving the closest Cup Series finish in NASCAR history
The case for Kansas as best race on NASCAR Cup schedule
Tennis
Pope Leo XIV is a tennis player. Tsitsipas would be happy to hit some balls with him
Alcaraz beats Lajovic in return from injury at Italian Open; Sabalenka and Gauff advance
Golf
Mitchell shows staying power at soggy Truist with 2nd-round 67; McIlroy 5 strokes off the lead
Korda makes late run of birdies at Liberty National and shares the lead
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Jeanty practices for the first time as Raiders hope he’s the answer to their rushing problems
Giants’ 1st-round pick Abdul Carter chooses No. 51 after headline-making search
1st Egyptian drafted into the NFL, Ahmed Hassanein, takes part in Detroit Lions minicamp
Morrison says he felt people gave up on him before the Buccaneers selected him at No. 53
Ewers is past surprising slip in the draft, now the Dolphins QB is aiming to ‘go get noticed’
Sanders takes the field for the first time as the Browns begin their rookie minicamp
Will former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker ever play football again?
Mackey: After George Pickens trade, the Steelers better have a logical succession plan
Starkey: Mike Tomlin ignored the warning signs on George Pickens and ultimately paid the price
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
UNC: Belichick’s girlfriend ‘welcome’ at football facilities after report she had been banned
College Sports
Senk, who led Stony Brook’s surprising run to 2012 College World Series, announces retirement
Hockey
Marchand scores in OT, Panthers top Maple Leafs 5-4 to cut series deficit to 2-1
Hellebuyck makes 21 saves, Jets beat Stars 4-0 in Game 2 to tie series
Vegas’ Nicolas Roy fined but not suspended for cross-checking Edmonton’s Trent Frederic in the face
High school/youth sports
Ohio high school lacrosse player dies from injury he suffered in a game
Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE
UFC 315: José Aldo is still here, but for what purpose?
Scoreboards