Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, weather changes, more to come

Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, weather changes, more to come

Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

The Peach State College Football Report doesn’t appear here. Catch up with Saturday’s preview page.

 

The full Daily News will appear Saturday morning

 

Weather changes: FVSU changes homecoming kickoff

          With impending weather issues, Fort Valley State moved up the kickoff of its homecoming game Saturday against Morehouse has been moved up 90 minutes from 2 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

          Middle Georgia State’s soccer matches have been moved to Nov. 5 and 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Wesleyan’s soccer match is now at 5 p.m.

 

Coming Saturday

          A look at the Georgia, Mercer, FVSU, GMC, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, and Kennesaw State games, including who from Central Georgia is on rosters. Look for it around lunchtime in The Latest Coverage.

 

Football, football, football

          In The Latest Coverage is Central Georgia’s most comprehensive high school football coverage, with updates coming Saturday morning.

 

Scoreboard

High School

Softball

GMC 15, Schley County 7

          The  Bulldogs took an 8-4 lead after three and put up seven in the sixth to seal their trip to Columbus, thanks in part to five errors that led to seven unearned runs. Whitley Ward went 4 for 5 and Makenna Talcott belted a grand slam to lead the Bulldogs. Mary Katherine Lawrence, Leah Jannakos, and Josie Deason each added two hits, with two-RBI games from Riley Barsby, Ward, and Lawrence.

 

College

Golf

W-Mercer, tied for fourth, Cardinal Cup

Soccer

W-Mercer 2, ETSU 1, 2 OT

Volleyball

Furman 3, Mercer 2 (25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 16-25, 15-8)

USC Aiken 3, Georgia College 0 (25-7, 25-15, 25-17)