Tuesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Honor Roll: Georgia College, Middle Georgia State; Georgia, Tech, Falcons, Hawks; college FB, NFL, MLB, NASCAR

October 6, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

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?

Column: Sold on the Mailman

Dominant D vs. scrambling Nix

UGA’s concerns at WR

Jackets let go of the rope

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

Column: Urban’s got to go

Bills go from backup QBs to Mahomes