Monday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Macon TD Club POTWs, Mercer POTW; Braves, UGA, Tech, Hawks, Falcons; college FB, NFL, NASCAR
Monday'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 GHSA’s executive committee meeting, and reclassification; The latest Macon Touchdown Club players of the week; this week’s high school football schedule
Coming: Tuesday Afternoon Quarterback
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Bleckley County 7, Schley County 6
Darci Dillard’s grand slam sparked the Royals.
Marion County 4, Lamar County 2
Perry 12, Howard 10
Howard led 10-4 after 3.5, but the Panthers scored 11 runs in three innings to win. Reagan Hughes went 4 for 4 with two runs and two RBI, while L. Layson drove in four runs on two hits. Trinity Odom added two hits. Sydnee McElveen, Abby Hardy, and Abby Davis each had two hits for the Huskies, all three driving in two runs each.
Toombs County 9, East Laurens 1
Windsor 11, Gatewood 4
Volleyball
Dublin 3, Northeast 1
Mary Persons 2, Spalding 0
College
Golf
M-Super Regional Preview, two rounds, Georgia College
Players of the week
SoCon volleyball: Mercer’s de Oliveira
SoCon football: Mercer’s Davis had a good week
Around/About Georgia
Previewing the Braves NLDS roster
Daniels still not throwing, issue looming
Patterson sitting on clutch drive an issue for Smith
Too many mistakes against Washington
Hawks fall in preseason opener
Dream’s Williams apologizes for joke about fight
College Football/South
Texas hearing grief on Big 12 road
Kiffin apologizes for interview
Hooker the new starting QB at Tennessee
Chattanooga gets O on D’s level
Clemson off to a like-no-other start
College Football
Grieving Utah players return to practice
Baseball
Amazing Ohtani can’t lift Angels from drought
NFL
Herbert, Ekeler lift Chargers over Raiders
Meyer apologizes for boogeying
SD’s Staley battle with cancer defining
Texans record negative passing yards in a half
Tom and Bill met after the game
Washington facility searched, trainer put on leave
Column: Harbaugh out of line with last-second ploy for record
Auto Racing
Bubba Wallace gets first win in rain-shortened race
Around the nation/world