INDIANAPOLIS — Duke wasn’t the only team winning a national championship at the Final Four tournament last weekend.

            The Statesboro team of Bill Bryan, Johnny Kalloniatis and Wes Bonner won the grand championship of the Powerade 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament held on center court at the NCAA championship in Indianapolis.

            The team won the open-height, over-40 division.

            The championship was played in front of over 1,000 fans, was videotaped and was played on the big screen at center court.

            Along with their trophy, the team took hope Final Four merchandise, video games and a basketball for each player.

Brown, Streetmon tabbed Pitchers of the Month

            Georgia Southern pitcher Jake Brown was selected as the Southern Conference baseball ‘Pitcher of the Month’ Friday, while GSU’s Brianna Streetmon received the same honor in softball.

            Brown went a perfect 4-0 overall and 3-0 in league play in six appearances during the month of March. Brown threw two complete games, striking out seven while allowing just one run against Marshall.                                   Streetmon fashioned a 9-3 record to go along with one save and a 0.89 ERA during the month of March. The junior surrendered 11 earned runs in 86.2 innings in the circle, striking out 80 batters while walking only 18.

Doty hat tricks in SHS win

            GUYTON — Trent Doty found the back of the net three times as the Statesboro Blue Devils (8-5-1, 6-3 Region 2-AAAA) beat South Effingham on the road 5-2 Friday in region play.

            David Ball had to assists and a goal of his own, and Adam Purvis scored a goal of his own.

            Alan Rodriguez and Chris Bowens also recorded assists for the Devils.

            Statesboro hosts Ware County Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Lady Devils shut down SEHS

            GUYTON — The Statesboro Lady Blue Devils (8-5, 4-3 Region 2-AAAA) defeated South Effingham 3-0 Friday.

            Makayla Patterson was in the goal for the shutout.

            Gloria Avalos scored a pair of goals, and Caroline Coffey added one.

            Assists were from Taylor Saratt and Taylor Rich.

            Statesboro returns to action at home Tuesday at 5 p.m.

SEB drops Jefferson County

            LOUISVILLE — Southeast Bulloch won an offensive battle Friday on the road at Jefferson County, 12-10.

            Jarad Page got the win, pitching six innings and striking out eight. He also got two hits at the plate. Jordan Davis pitched the rest of the way for the save.

            The Yellow Jackets’ offense was led by Robert White (2-for-4, 4 RBI), Taylor Burroughs (3-for-3, 3 RBI) and Eli Page (3-for-4, 3 RBI).

            SEB returns to the diamond Tuesday at home against Swainsboro at 5:30 p.m.

Gamecocks down Laney

            SYLVANIA — Screven County (10-6, 5-0 Region 3A-AA) knocked off Laney 10-4 Friday in region play.

            Deonte Badger got the win, pitching 3.2 innings in relief and striking out six while allowing only two hits.

            The offense was led by Auston Peel (2-for-3, 3 RBI), Devin Lawton (2-for-3, 2 RBI), Dalton Mills (2-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB) and Cameron Martin (1-for-2, 2b, 2 RBI).

            Screven returns to action Tuesday, hosting Jefferson County at 5:30 p.m.

Seven Eagles earn academic honors

            SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Seven Georgia Southern student-athletes were named to the Souther Conference All-Academic team.

            The 159 student-athletes, which participated in men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling and men’s and women’s indoor track and field recorded a 3.56 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

            Women’s basketball named four student-athletes to the list, while indoor track and field listed three. Sophomore guard Samantha Williams boasted a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA to headline the list. Williams was one of two student-athletes in the conference to claim a perfect GPA – the other was UNC Greensboro track athlete Joey Thompson.

            Joining Williams on the list from women’s basketball were Logan Youngblood, Krista Tate and Jessica Geiger, while Kassi Lee, Brittani Martin and Laura Fuller joined from track and field.

Metter claims Region 3B-A title

            METTER — The Metter Lady Tigers claimed their second Region 3B-A tennis title in a row after a 3-2 win over Telfair County Tuesday.

            Alex Hendricks was a singles winner, posting a 6-4, 6-1 win and the doubles teams of Faith Coleman and Abbey Lanier (6-3, 6-2) and Ansley Bird and Beka Lee (7-5, 6-3) clinched the win.

            Metter capped off an undefeated regular season with a 3-2 win against Statesboro Wednesday.

            Mary Grace Smith won her singles match 8-5 and both doubles teams sealed the unbeaten record.

            The No. 1 seed Lady Tigers will face Calvary at home Tuesday in the first round of the region tournament. They will sure up a bid to the Class A state playoffs with a win.

            The No. 2 seed boys team will also host Calvary — the No. 3 seed — on Tuesday.

            The winners will Advance to the Region 3-A semifinals Wednesday in Savannah.

Rain forces BA no decision

            The rain came sooner than expected Thursday, washing out many late-afternoon athletic endeavors including the Bulloch Academy-Brentwood baseball tilt at Gator Alley.

             The visiting Eagles had a 10-2 lead on the Gators going into the bottom of the fourth inning when the contest was stopped for a lightning delay at 5:12 p.m.

            During the delay, the rain slowly crept into the area. With heavier downpours on the way, both head coaches agreed to halt the game at 5:40 p.m., declare it a no-contest and head for home. It turned out the decision was the correct call as the bottom dropped out minutes later. There will be no makeup game between the non-region opponents.

            Brentwood (12-1) took a 2-0 lead in the opening inning. Kevin McCrary and Dylan Kelly had back-to-back doubles off BA starter Davis Howell. But the junior wasn’t fazed by the hits and got the next three batters to ground out.

            Bulloch (4-4) rallied in the bottom of the inning. Senior Taylor Burke doubled and scored on Win Lee’s triple to left. Senior Matthew Sapp lofted a sacrifice fly to left to plate the junior and knot the score.

            Both squads went silently in the second.

            In the third, Brentwood hits and BA errors led to a four-run swing as the Eagles took a 6-2 lead off Howell. Freshman Bailey Smith came on in relief.

            The Eagles jumped on Smith in the top of the fourth, scoring four more runs for a 10-2 margin. Junior Walker Blitch came on in relief to extinguish the fire. Burke caught the third out in center field just as the lightning detector went off.

            Six of Bulloch’s final nine games are against Region 2-AA foes. First up are the Spartans of Edmund Burke Academy. The Gators travel to Waynesboro today for the 4 p.m. battle.

            “They are 4-0 in the region and we are 3-1,” said Evans. “I’m sure we’ll see their number one pitcher because they’ll get our number one (Burke).”

Statesboro falls to Glynn Academy

            BRUNSWICK — Glynn Academy topped Statesboro 14-4 Friday in Region 2-AAAA action.

            Kendrick Thompson went 3-for-3 for the Blue Devils and Chris Lusted hit a two-run homer.

            Statesboro hosts South Effingham Tuesday at 6 p.m.

SCDS blanks Panthers

            SAVANNAH — Savanna Country Day defeated Portal 4-0 Friday in Savannah, holding the Panther’s lineup to hits by Corey Walker and Bart Denton.

            The Panthers return to Region 3A-A action Tuesday when they host Claxton at 5 p.m.

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