Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

Scoreboard

High School

Softball

Bleckley County 8, Hawkinsville 0

Locust Grove 9, Houston County 2

Mary Persons 4, Luella 0

Peach County 10, East Laurens 6

Perry 13, Schley County 11

 

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 8, Cincinnati 6

 

Alumni Update

Is this going to be The Season for Upson-Lee’s Walker at UGA?

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Albies walk-off puts Braves in a tie for first

 

UGA practice update

Tech practice update

Falcons practice update

 

Baseball

White Sox, Yankees play in Iowa, ‘Heaven’

Field of Dreams game revives interest in Iowa locale

10 straight strikeouts?

Detroit pair on IL after collision

 

College Football

USA Today preseason All-America team

NCAA punishes Baylor in sex assault scandal

Briles, however, may return to colleges

 

College Sports

New Missouri AD promises championship culture

 

NFL

Miles Jack a COVID vaccine advocate

Rare rookie: Cleveland’s Newsome adds humility to skills

Steelers’ Fitzpatrick eyes leadership role

Saints and Thomas working on working things out

 

NBA/WNBA

Hammond wants a job earned, not to check a box

J.R Smith a Division I golfer?

 

Around the nation/world

Omaha high school player dies after heat emergency

Pacquiao, Ugas make a late title fight change

MLB scores/games