Tuesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Honor Roll: Georgia College, Middle Georgia State; Georgia, Tech, Falcons, Hawks; college FB, NFL, MLB, NASCAR
Tuesday'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: Tuesday Evening Quarterback: Don't quit on Falcons; Loughdmouthings-UGA/Arkansas/Auburn; upsets; more; Central Georgia's polls
October 05, 2021
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Region 4-4A, at Jones County: Union Grove vs. Jones County and Ola vs. Locust Grove, ppd. to Wednesday; Thursday: Consolation game at 4, championship at 6,
Bleckley County 22, Southwest 0; Bleckley County 20, Southwest 0
Fullington 10, Citizens Christian 2
Houston County 12, Northside 4
Three in the third put Houston County in control of the mutually error-field game. Kinsley Snider led Houston County with three hits, while Abbie Havard, Tess Rollins, and Ariana Pham had two hits each, and Jacy Harrelson a homer and three RBI. Casey Ruffin had three hits and three RBI for Northside. Hannah Cantrell and Harrelson teamed for the five-inning win, with 10 strikeouts.
Pike County 8, Upson-Lee 7
Volleyball
Area 2-AAA, at Jackson: Peach County 3, Upson-Lee 1 (25-17, 25-7, 23-25, 25-21; Pike County 3, Central 0; Mary Persons 3, Crisp County 0; Jackson-Sumter County
Peach County improved to 15-7 and qualified for the state tournament, and plays Jackson Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in a semifinal.
ACE 2, Jones County 0 (25-10, 25-20); ACE 2, Rutland 0 (25-10, 25-20)
The Gryphons visit Central Talbotton on Thursday, with the winner likely getting second place in region and a home first-round state playoff matchup.
Harris County 2, Mount de Sales 0; Houston County 2, Veterans 1
Houston County 2, Warner Robins 0
Lake Oconee 2, Putnam County 0
Lee County 2, Mount de Sales 0
College
Golf
M-Super Region Preview, final, Georgia College
Volleyball
Queens 3, Georgia College 0
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Players of the week
SSAC WSOC: Middle Georgia State’s Downey
NAIA WSOC: Middle Georgia State’s Downey
Peach Belt VB: Georgia College’s Stewart
Honor Roll
Georgia College’s Bochniak earns regional honor
Around/About Central Georgia
Georgia College women’s hoops schedule is set
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Channeling Saban and rat poison
What can Auburn do against that D?
Five minutes kind of ruined Sunday for Atlanta
Oliver, Nizialek put on injured reserve
UGA women’s hoops ready to shoot better
Hawks ready for a loose Lou Williams
Woman after bomb threat at Alabama HS game: Sorry
College Football/South
South Carolina defense ahead of schedule
Unranked Clemson seeking answers
‘Terminator 2’ or ‘Caddyshack 2’ for Vols this week?
What Bama learned about crowd noise at Florida
LSU needs pace, action for freshman RBs
College Football
NCAA wavier will help teams replace transfers
Harbaugh, Frost bring parallels into showdown
Pac-12’s playoff chances not dead after Oregon loss
Remaining, renewed, and new Big 12 rivalries
Baseball
Playoff schedule
Tuesday: AL wild card,Boston 6, NY 2
Wednesday: NL wild card, St. Louis at LA, 8 p.m. TBS
Thursday: ALDS, Chicago at Houston, 4 p.m., FS1; ALDS, Boston at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m., FS1
Friday: ALDS, Chicago at Houston, 2 p.m., MLB; NLDS, Atlanta at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m., TBS; ALDS, Boston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m., FS1; NLDS, LA at St. Louis, 9:30 p.m., TBS
Cole chased early as Boston bops New York
MLB batting average worst since 1968
40-year-old Wainwright has bucks coming
Column: Dodgers chased Giants, now that stupid wild-card game
Current playoff format brings plenty of drama
Harper can’t end Phillies playoff drought
Playoff payrolls: bargain Tampa Bay is back
Home-field edge back for playoffs
NFL
Harbaugh not sorry, Meyer can’t apologize enough
Bills go from backup QBs to Mahomes
College Sports
Oklahoma, Notre Dame in spat over a motto and hallway sign
Auto Racing
Wallace finally breaks through
Column: And hate still follows him on big day
Golf/Tennis
Column: A quarter century ago, Tiger got started
NBA/WNBA
Pau Gasol announces retirement
Around the nation/world
Sage Steele issues vague apologies on vaccine, Obama, sexual harassment