Friday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GHSA softball; Mayhem; GHSA football playoffs, Hawks, Falcons, Tech; MLB, colleges, NFL, NBA, NASCAR

Friday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GHSA softball; Mayhem; GHSA football playoffs, Hawks, Falcons, Tech; MLB, colleges, NFL, NBA, NASCAR

Friday’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: Central Georgia’s most comprehensive Friday night football coverage; Central Georgia’s only daily GHSA softball coverage; and full wall-to-wall Braves-Astros coverage

College Football: Georgia, Tech, Mercer, FVSU, GMC, the GSUs, KSU, and more coming Saturday

 

SCOREBOARD
College
Soccer
W-Mercer 2, ETSU 0
Volleyball
Mercer 3, UNCG 1 (17-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-14)
Pro
SPHL
Fayetteville 4, Macon 3

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Around/About Central Georgia

Mayhem lose, pick up a point

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

GHSA announces first-round playoff time changes

          In hopes of having as many qualified officials as possible do as many playoff games as possible, the GHSA has moved Class 6A and A playoff games to Saturday, leaving the others on Friday.

          The GHSA split first-round games last year to deal with COVID-related issues. An availability of officials has been an increasing issue, and some playoff games have been on days other than Friday because of facility availability.

          The move affects a number of Central Georgia teams who have locked up playoff spots: Northside and Houston County in 6A, and Macon County, GMC, ACE, FPD, Stratford, and Tattnall in Class A, with Dublin, Dooly County, Mount de Sales, and Crawford County on the bubble.

          The first round is Nov. 12-13, with the finals Dec. 9-11 at Georgia State.

 

Young fined 15K for contact with ref (trying to draw a foul?)

Different heading to Jacksonville a year later

Cook: Backfield getting stronger

Falcons mailbag

Atlanta injury update

Darnold’s mechanics a focus after benching

MBKB: Tech’s Parham out after knee surgery

 

Baseball

Gold Glove finalists announced, with four Braves

Dodgers’ president address pitching moves, season finish

 

College Football/South

Tennessee bans students, others for trash game

Clemson player survives family house fire

 

College Football

Bowl execs want inclusion in expanded playoff

Wisconsin reclaims run identity

Column: Franklin no perfect pick for Southern Cal

 

College Basketball

Women’s legend Blair to retire at end of season

 

College Sports

Marshall heading to Sun Belt from C-USA

South Florida tapped by NCAA

 

NFL

League enhances the Rooney Rule

Goodell has made how much the last two years?

Favre, auditor in spat

Column: Is Goodell a bargain at big bucks?

Miscommunication leads to Arizona’s first loss

Goodell’s quiet stance sparks more questions about Washington

Column: Rookie head coaches need more time for evaluations

 

NBA/WNBA

Speaking of horrible analogies …

Aldridge hits 20,000 points in win over Pacers

 

Auto Racing

Saturday’s race info

Who will make the Championship 4 after Martinsville?

 

Around the nation/world        

Chicago wants assistant’s name covered up on Cup

MLB scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games