Saturday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Dodgers-Braves, college FB, Falcons, Hawks, UGA; NBA, MLB, NASCAR, golf, tennis more

October 24, 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.

In Coverage: Scoreboard (state titles for Westfield and Piedmont); college football, and full Braves-Dodgers coverage

Around/about Central Georgia

Top seeds battle in final at Mercer Tennis Classic

Madison Brengle had two three-setters on the way, while Zarina Diyas had one.

The top two seeds beat two more seeds Saturday to reach the finals of the $80,000 Mercer Tennis Classic at John Drew Smith Tennis Center.

They’ll close out the week of tennis at 1 p.m. on Sunday when they play for the championship.

Brengle got past No. 7 Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-4, Wang having three 6-0 wins along the way to the semis while Brengle lost two sets and blanked nobody.

Diyas was efficient in her 6-4, 6-1 win over fourth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, whose quarterfinal win came when her opponent had to retire.

The second-seeded team of Quinn Gleason and Catherine Harrison took the doubles championship, handling Alycia Parks and Alana Smith 6-2, 6-2. It was Gleason’s 12th ITF doubles title and the ninth for Harrison.

Mayhem stopped again

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Ressler: ‘We expect to be contenders

A look at Atlanta’s offense so far

Falcons put Fowler on injured reserve

Five things to watch with Atlanta and Miami

Progress of young, emerging core a key for Falcons

Spotlight on Mullen dims or grows against Georgia

UGA report card

Baseball

Alvarez goes from double knee surgery to ALCS MVP

Houston owner: ‘We took the penalty … past that’