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

 

Playoff softball: The running master scores and schedule will be in Coverage, updated daily.

 

This week’s area high school football schedule

          Coming Tuesday.

 

GHSA volleyball pairings

First Round (starts Monday and Tuesday)

Class 6A

Tucker (R4/3) at. Houston County (R1/2)

Northside (R1/4) at North Atlanta (R4/1)

Class 5A

Dutchtown (R4/4) at Veterans (R1/1)

Eagles Landing (R4/3) at Warner Robins (R1/2)

Class 4A

LaGrange (R1/4) at Perry (R4/1)

Rutland (R4/3) at Fayette County (R1/2)

Howard (R4/4) at Central-Carrollton (R1/1)

Class 3A

Upson-Lee (R2/3) at Windsor Forest (R3/2)

Peach County (R2/4) at Savannah Arts (R3/1)

Class AA/A Public

Cook  (R1/4) at Lamar County (R4/1)

ACE (R4/3) at Early County (R1/2)

Dublin (R3/4) at Dawson Fine Arts (R2/1)

Class A Private

Pacelli (R4/4) at FPD (R1/1)

Stratford (R1/3) at Trinity Christian (R4/2)

Mount de Sales (R1/4) at Brookstone (R4/1)

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Qualifying field cut in half at Mercer Tennis Classic

          The top seed in qualifying as well as a former champion advanced Monday in qualifying at the Mercer Tennis Classic.

          Genie Bouchard, a former Wimbledon finalist topped Alexa Glatch in two sets (6-2, 6-2), while former tournament champ Kayla Day had to come back to beat Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdelaziz 7-6, 7-6. Varvara Lepchenko, another tournament champ, won with a pair of 6-2s.

          Qualifying continues Tuesday at John Drew Smith Tennis Center with main draw action beginning Wednesday.

 

Around/About Georgia

Braves future: young arms

The season that had about everything

Melancon’s thank-you

Targets growing for Bulldogs

Breakthrough W for Falcons?

 

Sports and COVID-19

Second positive test for Purdue’s Brohm

William & Mary reinstates sports

 

College Football

Ohio State eyes national title

Pruitt dumps defensive assistant, calls out QB

Michigan State suspends pair

 

NFL

Wakeup call for Packers?

Cardinals put a bruising on the Cowboys

Chief win with a quiet Mahomes

 

Around the nation/world

Stunningly, we have a World Series

Yessir, a different World Series

Rays name early starters

Former Astros GM talks cheating

NASCAR reinstates Larson

Radio issues with Elliott put pressure on NASCAR

 

MLB Roundup/Scoreboard

NFL Roundup/Scoreboard

College football scoreboard