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🌱 How a walk-off walk in Statesboro decided a state championship
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- How a walk-off walk in Statesboro decided a state championship
Today's riddle: What can you catch but not throw? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
- Tuesday: Cloudy, humid; a p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 67.
- Wednesday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ECI Bulldogs finish as 1A Division 2 state runner up (wjbf.com) — A state baseball championship series brought big-time high school action to Statesboro, where Lanier County edged ECI 5–2 with a walk-off walk to clinch a third straight 1A Division 2 title. Despite a late ECI home run and a strong senior class record, the Bulldogs finished as state runners-up after a resilient season. 
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PMHS Golf Tournament
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GA06 Richey Arena →
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A Week of Art Fun →
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South Effingham High School, 1220 Noel C Conaway Rd, Guyton
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A cold (Thank you Stanley G. for sending it in!)
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