Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; HS FB scores; Braves parade day; UGA, Tech, Falcons, Hawks; colleges, NFL, NBA, NASCAR
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Coming Friday: The Sports Report picks; This week’s high school football scouting reports; Maxwell Ratings predictions
Scoreboard
High School
Football
Spalding 28, Howard 6
Spalding kept alive its 4-4A top seed hopes with the win, while Howard’s season ends at 3-7 and 1-5.
Tattnall 61, Mount de Sales 33
At halftime, it was a 7-point game. After three, tied. Tattnall then went on a dazzling 28-point fourth-quarter to turn a close game into a romp and clinch second place in Region 1-A Private. The loss overshadowed an epic performance from Mount de Sales’ Fernando Washington, who ran 28 times for 283 yards – a 10.1-yard average – and five touchdowns, accounting for all of Mount de Sales’ touchdowns and 84.7 percent of the Cavs’ total offense. He now has 1,371 yards and 19 touchdowns on the ground. Tattnall’s Demario Wilmore turned in a superb effort as well, with 230 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries. Cameron Person and Yasir Saleem each had two scores for the Trojans.
Washington scored on runs of 66, 58, 12, 5, and 2 yards. Person’s 10-yard score with 2:35 left in the third quarter tied it at 33. All of Tattnall’s fourth-quarter scores came in the final 7:43, starting with Person’s 3-yard run. Antone Johnson went in from 22 yards barely two minutes later after the defense held on fourth down, and Wilmore from 37 yards only 20 seconds later after a first-play Cavs fumble. Saleem finished it off with a 2-yarder at the 4:15 mark.
Pro
NBA
Utah 116, Atlanta 98
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Atlanta Braves, World Series champs
The Snitker Story can’t be retold enough
Column: A most improbable team brings Atlanta a title
Georgia’s Anderson investigated for rape, suspended
Discussion with Smart should pay off for Ringo
UGA: Braves have taken care of any curses
Canes QB a social media player
Atlanta run defense faces a big challenge
Clarkson drops 30, Mitchell-less Jazz hammer Hawks
Louisiana comes back to beat Georgia State, win SBC West
College Football/South
Tennessee finishes investigation of the Pruitt era
College Football
Fired: Akron’s Arth after 3-24 record
Rolovich appeals firing at Washington State
Playoff expansion talks resume Dec. 1
NFL
Taylor, ground game lead Colts past Jets
Reports: Cleveland to release Beckham Jr.
Column: Rodgers audible on vaccine not a good one
Miami says it was doing due diligence on Watson
NBA/WNBA
Williams addresses Sarver allegations
Pippen writes a book, slams Jordan, among others
Auto Racing
Larson hopes to cap comeback with championship
Baseball
Posey details emotional decision to retire
Column: Posey’s retirement speech all class, as you’d expect
Free agent update: Pederson declined options
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