Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 23, 2020Comment

Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: HS playoff scores; Westfield on top; Freeman gets multiple honors, Kyle Lewis adds one; Mercer Tennis; and more

Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 23, 2020Comment

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.

The only area home to updated state volleyball and softball scores and pairings

In Coverage: Thursday Afternoon QB, including the worth-watching video of Robert Davis’ service, area polls, and state leaders; and The Sports Report’s predictions

Coming Friday: Central Georgia’s HS FB scouting reports, Maxwell picks

Scoreboard

Football

Northeast 40, Southwest 12

Putnam County 55, Glenn Hills 6

Spalding 17, Rutland 12

Westfield takes lead over John Milledge in GISA final

The Hornets certainly got off to a huge start in the GISA AAA final series in Dublin.

Westfield’s Sydney Langdon was on point in the circle, striking out 11 and throwing a one-hitter in the Hornets’ 5-0 win over John Milledge.

Westfield got all it needed with three runs in the third, with some two-out power.

Marena Knowles belted a two-run homer, followed four pitches later by a solo shot from Emma Williams. The Hornets added two in the sixth on a walk, double, walk, fielder’s choice, and error.

Williams had two hits and two runs.

Westfield won the season series 14-4 and 4-0, and topped John Milledge 12-4 and 3-1 in last year’s championship series.

Game 2 is Saturday at 1 p.m.

Amercians faring well at Mercer Tennis Classic

A day after a struggle, Varvara Lepchenko had a little easier time at the Mercer Tennis Classic.

The former tournament champ had little trouble with Katie Volynets, winning 6-0, 6-1.

Top seed Misaki Doi had a battle with Cepede Royg, losing the first set 7-6 (8-5), but coming back with 7-6 and 6-1 wins to advance.

Sachia Vickery sent out fifth seeded Ann Li 6-4, 6-3, leaving only two seeds left, Doi and sixth-seeded Marta Kostyuk. Her reward is to face Lepchenko next.

The singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals are Friday.

Alumni Update

Dooly County’s Clayton posterchild for perseverance at Tech

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer baseball alum Lewis the Players Choice for rookie

Around/About Georgia

Baseball America picks MVFree

Guess who’s the Players choice for MLB MVP and Man of the Year?

Atlanta’s Gold Glove finalists

A look at the Tech and BC offenses

Tech-BC FYIs

Georgia State’s Elliott gets extension