Tuesday's Report: CFCA/GIAA championship, Risper's announcement, Rutland’s Marquette King; NCAA ⚾, UGA 🏈, Braves, Tech golf; MLB, NBA/NHL playoffs, racing, WNBA, college b/s/f, tennis
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Around/About Central Georgia
Central Fellowship goes for another state title
Five players from Central Fellowship made the GIAA Class AA girls all-state soccer team a year ago, not long after the Lancers worked their way through the postseason to win the state championship.
All five of those players were underclassmen, which bad news for the opposition in 2025. And now, here is Central Fellowship back again, with a state title on the line Tuesday.
The Lancers face Westminster Christian at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Stratford for the GIAA state title in a battle of the top two seeds.
St. Andrews faces Frederica and Brookstone battles St. Anne-Pacelli in the other two finales.
Westminster beat Gatewood and Georgia Christian, in the playoffs while Central Fellowship topped Heritage and Sherwood Christian.
CFCA is 19-2-1 and Westminster is 15-1-1. The Lions’ lone loss? To CFCA, 3-1 back on April 22. They followed that with consecutive 10-0 wins over Monsignor Donovan.
Central Fellowship is on a six-game winning streak, since losing to 4A semifinalist Stratford 3-1 on April 15.
Faith Lawhead leads Westminster with 38 goals and 16 assists. She was among five Westminster all-staters, four of whom were underclassmen.
Returning state player of the year Lois Tanner has 40 goals and Morgan Riley 13 assists for the Lancers, with Emory Andrews in goal for a team that’s given up only 11 goals.
Alumni Update
Rutland/FVSU alum Marquette King grabs attention
Around/About Georgia
BSB-Georgia welcomes Binghamton, Duke, and Oklahoma State to Athens Regional
BSB-Tech at No. 2 seed in Oxford
Anonymous SEC coaches talk Georgia football
Albies' hot stretch and Acuña's return highlight weekend vs. Padres
GLF-Georgia Tech duo in top 40 after Jackets fall in playoff
A Worthy Read
Red Sox speak out about how sports gambling leads to social media threats
Baseball/MLB
Carlson’s 3-run homer powers the Orioles to their 3rd straight win, over the Cardinals
Taillon and Tucker help the surging Cubs beat the Rockies
Machado hits tying homer in 8th inning and Padres come back to beat Marlins in 11
deGrom fails to record a strikeout for the 1st time in his MLB career
Mets rally past White Sox on late sac flies by Soto and Lindor
NBA/Men’s basketball
Thunder bounce back to beat T-wolves to take 3-1 lead behind SGA’s 40-point game
Clay: Once again, NBA MVP Gilgeous-Alexander has proven the rankings wrong
Haliburton, Pacers look to make corrections after 2nd half collapse allows Knicks to get within 2-1
Buck stops here: Small markets competing for more than a title
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Clark out at least 2 weeks with left quad strain
Look out WNBA: Natasha Cloud making the Liberty even better
NHL/Hockey
Hurricanes avoid another sweep, stave off elimination by beating Panthers 3-0 in Game 4
Carolina’s 15-loss streak in East finals games is over. And Rod Brind’Amour is thrilled by that
College Baseball
Vanderbilt earns No. 1 seed in NCAA baseball tournament; record 13 SEC teams are in 64-team field
NCAA Division I Baseball Regionals Glance
Stetson baseball's NCAA Tournament opponent is NC State to open 2025 Auburn Regional
College Softball
Who will win 2025 NCAA softball title? Get to know the eight teams at the WCWS in OKC
Golf
From loan officer to two-time PGA Tour winner: Ben Griffin's career change is paying off
Auto Racing
Trackhouse Racing looks to bridge gap with big race teams. It took a big step with Coca-Cola 600 win
Indianapolis 500 averages 7.05 million viewers on Fox, the race’s biggest audience in 17 years
Tennis
Osaka tears up after first-round French Open loss to Paula Badosa
Sinner beats Arthur Rinderknech at the French Open for a 15th straight Grand Slam win
A teary-eyed Caroline Garcia plays her final French Open match
Alcaraz and IgaSwiatek are off to good starts at the French Open in their title defenses
Djokovic thought about his own future retirement while at Nadal’s farewell ceremony at French Open
US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz loses to Daniel Altmaier in first round
Soccer
Police say driver who plowed into Liverpool soccer fans acted alone, not believed to be terrorism
College Football/South
Sankey: ‘More traction’ on 16-team playoff than he anticipated
SEC coaches talk anonymously about conference foes
ACC coaches talk anonymously about conference foes
College Football
Big 12 coaches talk anonymously about conference foes
Football/NFL/USFL
Vorel: The NFL's tush push was almost banned. Here's why it had to live.
Carroll: Ashton Jeanty is right on point with everything we're doing
Raiders make AJCole highest-paid punter with $15.8M, 4-year extension
Kelly: Mike McDaniel's steadying presence could stabilize Dolphins
College Sports, the changing landscape
With college sports in flux, spotlight is on this week's SEC spring meetings
College Sports
Meet the 15 teams who made the first cut at the 2025 NCAA Men's Golf Championship
College Basketball/Men
When will Darius Miles’ capital murder trial be? Here’s what’s next for ex-Alabama player
Green Bay seeking NCAA waiver that would allow it to play in The Basketball Tournament
Washington State’s Cedric Coward opts for NBA draft over Duke transfer
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