Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Braves stun way into next round; UGA-Auburn
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
A slightly abbreviated edition, updates hopefully coming
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Scoreboard
High School
Softball
ACE 8, Glascock County 0
Brentwood 5, Thomas Jefferson 3
Briarwood 5, John Milledge 0
Bulloch 14, Twiggs 0
Central 9, Peach County 7
Crawford County 5, Taylor County 4
Rylie Youngblood’s single brought in Bailey Carreker with the winning run quickly in the bottom of the seventh. Kryssi Maddox had two hits, with two RBIs from Kennadi Rozier and Mary Kathryn Mason.
East Coweta 14, Stratford 0
East Laurens 5, Swainsboro 2
Madison Johnson’s two hits led East Laurens, which got 13 strikeouts from Madison Cheek.
Jackson 2, Upson-Lee 1
Johnson County 11, Dublin 2
Hawkinsville 17, Montgomery County 5
Heard County 9, Lamar County 1
Houston County 8, Northside 2; Houston County 7, Northside 6
Abbie Havard’s walk-off in the nightcap gave Houston County its first region title since 2016.
Jackson 2, Upson-Lee 1
Jones County 9, Locust Grove 5
Mary Persons 19, Americus-Sumter 0; Mary Persons 16, Americus-Sumter 0
Mount de Sales 14, St. Vincent’s 0
An explosion late ended it in five. Chloe Nepveux had three hits and three RBI for MdS, while Sawyer Stuart had two hits, two RBI and three runs and Heartly Nepveux two hits and three RBI, Sarah Hatcher adding two hits. Chloe Nepveux struck out eight in four.
Piedmont 15, LaGrange 4
Putnam County 16, Westside-Augusta 4
Rutland 10, Howard 1
Six in the fourth ended it early. Keely Bryant led Rutland with three hits, the Hurricanes getting two hits from Kaitlyn Greene, Taylor Stewart, and Lacey Caldwell, and two RBI from Bryant and Amber Summerday. Summerday struck out seven in five.
Spalding 18, Baldwin 2
Tattnall 9, St. Vincent’s 0; Tattnall 16, Calvary Day 0
The Trojans went up 8-0 after two in the opener, a five-inning one-hitter from Hailey Daughtry. Kaitlyn Hallman and Kaci Paul had two hits each, Hallman scoring twice and Paul driving in three runs. Seven walks helped Tattnall in the four-inning nightcap, with two-hit games from Grace Hiller, Paul, and Ana Land. Isabelle Pecorilli fanned five in three.
West Laurens 7, Perry 1
Windsor 15, Gatewood 0; Windsor 24, Gatewood 1
Volleyball
Augusta Prep 3, Gatewood 0
Stratford 3, Luella 0
Union County 2, Putnam County 0; Rabun County 2, Putnam County 0
Warner Robins 3, Peach County 0 (25-9, 25-10, 25-7)
The Demons improved to 19-11 and the Trojans fell to 14-8.
Around/About Georgia
Second straight shutout and bomb propel Braves
Sports and racial & social awareness/Georgia
UGA baseball player in the social justice battle
Sports and COVID-19
South Carolina had a distancing issue
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