Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer Tennis Classic; Braves/Dodgers; Perry's Casey Hayward; UGA, Falcons, Hawks; college FB/sports; NFL, NBA, MLB
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: The Sports Report picks; updated state softball pairings
Coming Friday: This week’s high school football scouting reports; Maxwell Ratings predictions
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
GISA
Finals
Class AAA
Westfield 3, Tiftarea 0
Small-ball and tight pitching has Westfield a win away from their sixth straight GISA Class AAA state title.
Two runs in the fourth were all Westfield needed. Sydney Langdon reached on error and went to third on Kendall Fowler’s fielder’s choice grounder that put her on second. An error on Riley Nelson’s grounder brought in Langdon, Madison Hammock – who walked – eventually came in on a passed ball.
That was plenty for Sydney Langdon, who struck out seven with two walks in the complete-game three-hitter that improved the Hornets to 25-1.
Class AA
Southwest Georgia 5, Piedmont 2
Class A
Thomas Jefferson 9, Fullington 2
Pro
MLB
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Dodgers 11, Braves 2
Taylor has monster night to keep LA alive
Fried wasn’t Fried in big game
Column: Stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
(Pregame) Column: For battered Dodgers, talk is cheap with season on the brink
Playoff schedule
Friday: 8 p.m., Red Sox at Astros, FS1
Saturday: 5 p.m., Dodgers at Braves, TBS; 8 p.m., Red Sox at Astros, FOX/FS1
Dodgers-Braves moves to 8 p.m. if ALCS is done
Alumni Update
Raiders getting the most out of Hayward (Perry) and his leadership
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer Tennis Classic nearing showdowns
Quarterfinal action in singles gets underway Friday in the Mercer Tennis Classic at John Drew Smith Tennis Center.
Top seed Madison Brengle and second seed Zarina Diyas advanced, Brengle needing three sets.
Around/About Georgia
Young leads Haws to big romp in opener
About the QB spot at Georgia …
Ridley’s back, and talks (almost) about why he left
College Football/South
Can UT’s defender Young bug Bama QB Young?
Column: Let’s talk about Mullen’s long-term future
College Football
Pruitt and Tennessee in a legal standoff
Pitt’s Pickett can put himself in the Heisman race this week
Family: Jake Ehlinger died of accidental overdose
Drake forfeits PFL game because of issues
College Sports
Big 12 hoops: Transition for national champ Baylor
Six schools snagged by American
NFL
Banged up and battered Browns bop Broncos
Mayfield has broken bone in shoulder
Urban ready to get Jacksonville rocking with improvements
Patriots think offense is better than it’s looked
Drake a big dual threat for Raiders
NBA/WNBA
Curry drops 45, Warriors nip Clippers
Miller’s reaction to 75th anniversary team good
Around the nation/world