Sunday'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.

In Coverage: Updated GHSA and GISA state softball pairings

Coming Monday: This week’s Central Georgia high school football schedule; Macon Touchdown Club players of the week; Monday Morning Quarterback

Scoreboard
Soccer
W-Mercer 3, Wofford 0

Pro
NFL
Atlanta 30, Miami 28

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World Series schedule
Tuesday: Braves at Astros, Game 1, FOX, 8 p.m.
Wednesday: Braves at Astros, Game 2, FOX, 8 p.m.
Friday: Astros at Braves, Game 3, FOX, 8 p.m.
Saturday: Astros at Braves, Game 4, FOX, 8 p.m.
Sunday: Astros at Braves, Game 5*, FOX, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 2: Braves at Astros, Game 6*, FOX, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 3: Braves at Astros, Game 7*, FOX, 8 p.m.

NLCS/World Series

Braves win shows that October rewards ambition

Freeman a little speechless

Column: A magical Saturday night

Takeaways from Game 6

Mind-blowing Matzek

Astros going with Valdez in WS opener

And it’s Morton for the Braves

Can Braves harness Soler power at DH?

Around/About Central Georgia

Brengle adds singles title to resume at Mercer Tennis Classic

Back in 2014, when it was known as the Tennis Classic of Macon, Madison Brengle left town with a trophy as a doubles champ, teaming with Alexa Glatch.

*Mercer Tennis Classic finalists Madison Brengle and Zarina Dyas.*
**Photo: Mercer Tennis Classic**

This year, her doubles visit lasted one round, she and Emiliana Arango losing to eventual runner-up Alycia Parks and Alana Smith.

The singles visit went better.

The top seed and second seed Zarina Dyas of Kazakhstan turned in a singles final befitting the top two seeds, and two players with 50 grand slam singles tournament trips under their belts.

They traded 6-4 wins, and as a sign how even they were, Brengle finally won the title with a 6-4 win in the third set.

“To win the singles in my sixth year of coming here and at the end of a tough year is an accomplishment,” said the Dover, Delaware native.

Brengle spent the week battling, with three three-set matches out of five, keeping her on the court nearly 10 hours.

Diyas, who turned 28 last Monday, came in with a little more momentum, winning her last two matches 6-4, 6-1 – not in that order both times – after a three-setter in the first round.

Macon TD Club welcomes South Carolina’s Beamer

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer is Monday’s night’s speaker at the Macon Touchdown Club.

The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program to begin around 7. Admission for non-members is $30.

Westside is the featured high school. Mercer’s Drew Cronic is next week’s speaker.

Beamer is the son of legendary Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer. The 44 year old is a Charleston, S.C. native who was a walk-on at Virginia Tech from 1995-99 as a wideout and long snapper.

His coach career began at Georgia Tech as a grad assistant in 2000, followed by three seasons in the same role at Tennessee. He coached two different positions in three seasons at Mississippi State and four in four years at South Carolina.

Beamer spent five seasons under his dad at Virginia Tech, eventually earning the title of associated head coach. He spent 2016-17 on Kirby Smart’s first two staffs at Georgia, and then spent three years at Oklahoma.

He was named South Carolina’s 36th head coach, and fourth this century (excluding interim head coaches Shawn Elliott and Mike Bobo). Beamer has been a part of only three losing teams, all at Mississippi State, and coached in 22 bowl games, having worked under George O’Leary, Phillip Fulmer, Sylvester Croom, Steve Spurrier, Smart, and Lincoln Riley as well as his dad.

He and wife Emily are the parents of three children.

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Falcons blow two-TD lead to set up another comeback win

Pitts: as advertised, and more

Five things learned by win

Clock ticking on Tua

Patterson reaches milestone

Baseball

Have we seen the last of Pujols?

7K in equipment swiped from Little League team

Work stoppage almost an early-December certainty

Kershaw, Scherzer among Dodgers with uncertain futures