Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Braves Report, Falcons Report
Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Update: The Peach State College Football Report doesn’t appear. Catch up with Saturday’s preview page.
Coming Saturday
A look at Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mercer, GMC, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, and Kennesaw State’s games, including who from Central Georgia is on rosters. Look for it around lunchtime in The Latest Coverage.
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Georgia College ranks high for student-athletes
The Next College Student-Athlete has good things to say about Georgia College as a place to play.
Scoreboard
Friday
High school
Softball
ACE 8, Rutland 1
Mount de Sales 6, West Laurens 4
Tattnall 9, Rockmart 6
Tattnall 3, Lovett 2
College
VBALL: Georgia College 3, Emmanuel 2
VBALL: FVSU 3, Brewton-Parker 1
VBALL: New Orleans 3, Mercer 2 (25-19, 25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 15-8); Mercer 3, Southern 2 (26-28, 26-24, 19-25, 25-22, 15-12)
WSOC: GMC 6, ABAC 0
Emma Snider scored half of the Bulldogs goals, and was joined by Annah Norman, Valentina Orozco, and Ani Springer. The teams play at ABAC Tuesday.
WSOC: No. 14 Lincoln Memorial 3, Georgia College 2
WSOC: Mercer 2, Georgia State 0
Braves Report
Mike Soroka led a quality pitching crew of four with six innings of one-hit ball, and Washington managed only two more hits in Atlanta’s 5-0 win.
The Braves got to Max Scherzer, dropping him to 10-6 with three runs in five innings.
Ozzie Albies had three hits, while Nick Markakis celebrated his return with two hits. Josh Donaldson and Matt Joyce added two hits to Atlanta’s 12-hit attack.
Markakis fractured his wriest on July 26.
Soroka struck out four with three walks, and now has the second-lowest ERA in the majors at 2.57
Next: Saturday, at Washington, 4:05 p.m., FSSO; Sunday, at Washington, 1:38 p.m., TBS/ FSSO; Tuesday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m., FSSE; Wednesday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m. FSSE/ESPN; Thursday, vs. Philadelphia, 12:10 p.m., FSSE/MLB; Friday, vs. San Francisco, 7:20 p.m., FSSO
Freeman leaves with a sore elbow
Falcons Report
Special teams may be undermanned
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