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

Column: An intriguing NLDS

Daniels still not throwing, issue looming

Practice update

Injury update

Georgia Tech notes

Patterson sitting on clutch drive an issue for Smith

Too many mistakes against Washington

Falcons notebook

Hawks fall in preseason opener

Hawks notes

Dream’s Williams apologizes for joke about fight

 

College Football/South

Texas hearing grief on Big 12 road

Alabama goes ground and pound

But Tides loses RB for season

Nix responds with clutch game

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

SEC fines Kentucky 250K

 

College Football

Grieving Utah players return to practice

 

Baseball

Rojas out as Mets manager

Who’s next?

Amazing Ohtani can’t lift Angels from drought

Average game long again

 

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

Murray has Cardinals rolling

 

Auto Racing

Bubba Wallace gets first win in rain-shortened race

 

Around the nation/world

NHL reaches out to Lehner after social media accusations

MLB scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

WNBA games/scores