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

GHSA makes COVID workout adjustment

          Quietly, the GHSA posted on its website Thursday that fall sports teams can expand the workout groups from 20 to 25 starting on Monday.

          The five additions “should be new additions only”, but all previous guidelines and standards – including no movement from one group to another – remain in place.

Alumni Update

UGA’s No. 10s: offense from Peach County, defense from Mary Persons

Around/About Georgia

From LA to Athens, a quarterback

United in good shape for opener

A different restocking for the Braves

Hawks ready to get going again

Tech jazzed about MLB draft picks

Trae Young, family put up $4 mil for multi-sport facility in Oklahoma

Braves escape shortened draft in good shape

Sports and race/George Floyd

Bubba Wallace’s voice found, heard

Texas athletes: change names, change song, change more

Iowa football undergoing transformation?

Around the nation/world/COVID-related

U. of Houston and a huge testing blunder

NCAA: give teams day off to vote (like GTech did a few weeks ago)

Sign of normalcy: lawsuit about a contract

And now, young baseball players wait

RBC Heritage field is strong, even without Tiger

Well, winning more games might’ve …

Varner leads Spieth at Colonial