Saturday's Report: GIAA playoffs, Mercer; Braves/Acuna, Tech, UGA, state college baseball; NBA, college softball, MLB, racing, golf, NFL, colleges/NCAA, WNBA, NHL

Saturday's Report: GIAA playoffs, Mercer; Braves/Acuna, Tech, UGA, state college baseball; NBA, college softball, MLB, racing, golf, NFL, colleges/NCAA, WNBA, NHL

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High Schools
GIAA Semifinals
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Class AAAA

FPD 10, Athens Christian 0: FPD 9, Athens Christian 1 (Click here for full story)
          Conner Strandmark threw a 6-inning no-hitter in the opener, then came on for a clutch relief appearance in the nightcap to set up the Vikings pulling away late.

Brookstone 13, Tattnall 3, 6 inn.; Brookstone 2, Tattnall 1
          A 5-run third inning put Brookstone in control, and the hostss ended it with 5 in the sixth. Tristan Turner had 2 of Tattnall’s 5 hits, the Trojans giving up  6 unearned runs on 3 errors, boosted by allowing 9 walks. Tattnall’s bats were quieted more in the nightcap, managing only 3 hits, countered by 2 errors. Tucker Brown fanned 7 with a walk in a 6-hit complete-game loss. Brookstone scored 1 in the second and 1 in the sixth, the Trojans (22-7) finally breaking through in the bottom of the seventh. Boone Fyke drilled a 2-out homer to left, but the Cougars got the final out on a grounder four pitches later.

Class AAA
John Milledge 13, Frederica 3
          Kolt McMichael went 3 for 5, including a homer, to lead the Trojans, who trailed early. John Milledge went up 3-2 after two, and pulled away with a pair of 2-run innings, then a 4-spot and 2 in the seventh to finish off the first game of the series. Frederica had 5 errors, leading to 4 unearned runs. Will Adams added 3 hits and 2 RBI from the leadoff spot and Graysen Paradise 3 hits from the No. 8 slot. Ayden Whidby fanned 7 with 3 walks in 6 innings.

Class AA
Gatewood 6, Trinity Christian 5; Gatewood 5, Trinity Christian 1
          Jayden Moss belted 2 homers and drive in 2 runs to lead Gatewood in the opener. A hit batter, balk, groundout, and single from Ames Johnson put Gatewood on top for good in the bottom of the sixth. Lawson Moore’s 4-for-4 outing paced the Gators in the nightcap. Walker Roberts struck out 13.

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Class AAA Girls

St. Andrew’s 5, John Milledge 3

Class AA Girls

Central Fellowship 5, Sherwood Christian 1

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Mercer 8, Wofford 6, Southern Conference Tournament

Pro

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San Diego 2, Atlanta 1 

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Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Epic pitching performance lifts Mercer past Wofford

Around/About Georgia

Acuna’s dream return

Machado homers in 9th as Padres overcome Acuña’s dramatic return, beat Braves 2-1 to end 6-game skid

Baserunning reversal costs Braves: 'Just got confused'

Who’s the next Georgia national champion?

GLF-Georgia Tech ties for 14th at NCAAs

SB-Walsh’s homer, Rothrock’s 3-hitter carry Florida past Georgia in super regional opener

Georgia passes another big budget, nears $225 million (and more notes)

College Baseball/State
Southern Conference:
Western Carolina 10, Mercer 3; Friday-Mercer 8, Wofford 6; Next: Mercer vs. The Citadel, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
ACC: Thursday-Georgia Tech 10, California 3; Next: Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, Saturday, 1 p.m.
CUSA: Wednesday-Florida International 9, Kennesaw State 3; Thursday-Kennesaw State 10, New Mexico State 5; Friday-Kennesaw State 8, Florida International 0; Next: KSU vs.  Western Kentucky, Saturday, 9 a.m.
SEC: Wednesday-Oklahoma 3, Georgia 2, Georgia eliminated
Sun Belt: Wednesday-Coastal Carolina 8, Georgia Southern 1; Thursday, Louisiana 5, Georgia Southern 4, GSU eliminated

College Baseball
Southern
SEC
ACC
Sun Belt
Conference USA
National

NBA

Pacers take 2-0 lead over Knicks as Pascal Siakam scores 39 points in win

Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic, Antetokounmpo, Tatum, Mitchell All-NBA 1st team. LeBron, 40, is 2nd team

2025 All-NBA Team Voting Results

New York newspapers had a field day riffing on Tyrese Haliburton's choke gesture: 'Choke's on Knicks'

Holmgren to face hometown team when Thunder visit Timberwolves in Game 3 of West finals

Timberwolves come home in a big hole dug by the relentless Thunder and their poise, precision

Porziņģis dealt with 'post-viral syndrome' during NBA playoffs, said Celtics prez Stevens

Baseball/MLB

Sullivan: 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson's saga is an essential part of baseball history -- and could finally come to an end

Hernández sends Dodgers past Mets 7-5 in 13 innings in wild and rainy NLCS rematch

Frazier scores on wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th to lift the Pirates past the Brewers

Crow-Armstrong hits go-ahead grand slam, drives in 6 runs as Cubs rally to beat Reds

Cecconi goes 6 strong innings and Guardians beat Tigers 3-1 to hand Jobe his first career loss

WNBA/Women’s Basketball

Reese responds to WNBA hate speech investigation: 'No place' for racism

Young scores 25, Loyd hits 3 with 1.9 seconds left as Aces beat Mystics

Leite scores 19, Janelle Salaun adds 18 to help Valkyries beat Sparks 

Collier has 33 points, 11 rebounds to help Lynx rally from 15 points down to beat Sun

Diggins and 24 points and franchise record-tying 14 assists as Storm edge Mercury

College Softball

Texas scores two runs in the 10th to edge Clemson to force deciding game in Super Regional

Gress provides strong relief, Winters homers as South Carolina tops UCLA

Arkansas can’t get clutch hit, Ol’ Miss wins first-ever super regional game

Bahl, Camenzind help Nebraska beat Tennessee in Game 1

Pickering’s HR, Landry’s complete game help Oklahoma beat Alabama

Canady dominates on mound, Texas Tech scores 2 unearned runs to edge Florida State, make first WCWS

NCAA Division I Softball Super Regionals Glance

Auto Racing

Edwards hoping NASCAR fans make the move to Prime Video for the next 5 races

2-time Daytona 500 champ Byron receives 4-year contract extension from Hendrick Motorsports

Newgarden fastest in final Indy 500 practice. Takuma Sato and other contenders have problems

Larson challenges IndyCar drivers to try “the double” in NASCAR

Tennis

Diggins and 24 points and franchise record-tying 14 assists as Storm edge Mercury

Golf

Griffin, Schmid share Colonial lead with Fowler stalking, Scheffler 10 shots back

Bae birdies last hole for 36-hole lead in LPGA’s Mexico tournament

Singh tied for lead in Senior PGA Championship at Congressional

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Irsay’s impact can be felt all around Indianapolis as city celebrates big sports weekend

Eagles' patience and plan with Sirianni should be a lesson for the rest of the NFL

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

‘We need to adapt’: Why Auburn’s Freeze wants to see change in the CFP format

Cochran to make West Alabama coaching debut in Birmingham

Belichick seems to confirm engagement report, through the name of his boat

College Sports

Northwestern stuns Stanford to capture first NCAA title in women’s golf

NCAA Women’s Golf Championship results

College Sports, the changing landscape

Saban won’t back down on Trump college sports commission take

Trump and White House pausing plans for presidential commission on college sports

Soccer

A glance at a busy weekend in world soccer

FIFA orders fines and stadium sanctions against six nations in World Cup qualifying

Hockey

Oilers get even with 3-0 win over Stars in Game 2 of the West final

Everybody’s scoring for Florida. Nobody’s scoring for Carolina, and that sums up the East finals

Like Pittsburgh before them, the Florida Panthers are reinventing the wheel

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

MLB scores/games

College baseball scores