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October 17, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

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

SCOREBOARD

High School

Softball

GISA Playoffs

Piedmont 3, Brentwood 2; Piedmont 4, Brentwood 3; Brentwood eliminated, Piedmont advances, vs. SW Georgia Academy, Thursday, 5 p.m.

Westfield 8, John Milledge 0, Westfield 13, John Milledge 5

In their seeming annual playoff showdown, Westfield won again, advancing to another GISA Class AAA championship series. Sydney Langdon threw a five-inning no-hitter in the opener, with seven strikeouts and a walk. She and Kendall Fowler had homers, Fowler a three-run shot in the first inning. Marena Knowles had two of Westfield’s six hits. The teams were tied twice through four innings of the nightcap, but Westfield eased away with three in the fifth and four in the seventh. Langdon had three hits, and Emmy Dehem and Lauren Davidson two each. Davidson belted a homer and drove in three runs, with two-RBI games from Carleigh Knowles, Langdon, Folwer, and Sadie Knight. Davidson and Langdon teamed for a nine-strikeout, no-walk eight-hitter, the Hornets aided by four wild pitches.

College
Soccer
M-Mercer 3, Georgia Southern 2
Volleyball
Mercer 3, Furman 0
Pro
MLB
Atlanta 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
MLS
Atlanta 2, Toronto 0

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Braves 3, Dodgers 2

Riley’s walk-off wins opener

Fried turned in six solid innings to lead the way

Riley had a night

Column: A game the Braves shouldn’t have won

Dodgers were not smooth in first game

Column: Pre-ordained Dodgers bumble through opener

The roster tweaks, Jones County’s Gore out

Column: Dodgers’ opener pitching strategy notable

Around/about Central Georgia

Henley picks up steam in third round

A 7-under day put Russell Henley in the hunt for a top-10 finish at the CJ Cup in Las Vegas.

The Stratford grad moved into a tie for 14th with a 65, improving 21 spots from Friday.

He had four birdies on the front nine and back nine, with a bogey on 16.

Rickie Fowler, in a long slump, took the lead and is up by two strokes. Henley is seven shots behind Fowler.

Henley is taking a week off, skipping the Zozo Championship in Japan. The next two tournaments are outside the US, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship and the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico.

After that is the Houston Open from Nov. 11-14.

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Falcons on upswing under Smith

Column: Hawks must be better just to get as far

United knock Toronto from MLS playoffs

Baseball

Grand slams lead Boston in loooong series-evening win

Cubs boss: We’ll compete in 2022

College Football

Will Washington State’s Rolovich be unemployed Monday?

NFL

Jackson excited to see Louisville jersey to be retired