Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports: Huge game today for Highlands’ Chargers. Pepperell meets new coach. High school, college updates

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House Sports Report

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High schools

• Pepperell High School new head football Coach Rick Hurst met his new team at 10:30 a.m. Monday and then the Pepperell community from 4 until 6 p.m. at the school’s media center. He was joined by his wife, Velika, son Ryan and daughter Aidyn. We’ll have pictures later today.
• Rome Wolves fall to Cass, 9-0. Game summary
• Pepperell boys soccer team lost to Rome 5-2.
• Chattooga gets region win over Gordon Lee. Final score 3-1.

Basketball

• Georgia Highlands’ Chargers to take on the Grizzles of Butler Community College in the first round of the NJCCA Tournament in Kansas today at 11 a.m. GHC’s campuses will be live streaming the Charger’s game. GHC
• NCAA Tournament: Georgia to face Michigan State in Charlotte on Friday. On Thursday, Georgia State faces Baylor. Here’s the complete bracket.
• Norman Arey’s basketball picks: Coming Thursday, Norman’s picks for the Sweet 16.

Football

• Shorter Hawks football players, coaches begin 15-day spring drills in preparation for the 2015 season. Hawks
• Valhalla rises: Berry’s new football, track complex quickly coming together. Vikings

Local colleges

Berry College sports updates. Berry

Shorter University sports updates. Shorter

Georgia Highlands College sports updates. GHC

Georgia Northwest Technical College sports updates.

Baseball

• Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros end with a 2-2 tie on Monday. Today’s game: Braves at Boston, 1 p.m. Atlanta
• Hall of Famer Bobby Cox to throw out first pitch at Rome Braves home opener April 9. Cox