Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Central, Howard, Upson-Lee get season started; Tobias Oliver (Northside); Freeman goes cycle; UGA injuries; Falcons, Tech, Hawks; MLB, CFB, NFL, COVID

August 19, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

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
GMC 6, West Laurens 4
Howard 22, Westside 2
Jones County 10, Woodland 0
Peach County 13, Baldwin 5
Schley County 3, Mount de Sales 2
Telfair County 16, Dublin 0
Trinity Christian 3, Windsor 2
Veterans 8, Houston County 6

Pro
MLB
Atlanta 11, Miami 9

MLS
Atlanta 1, Toronto 0

Updated, 1 p.m. Thursday

Two games get Central Georgia football season going

A pair of Bibb County teams and one in the western part of Central Georgia get a day’s head start on the 2021 high school football season.

Central and Howard will go at it at 7 p.m. at the Ed DeFore Sports Complex, while Upson-Lee visits LaGrange at Callaway Stadium.

Upson-Lee topped LaGrange 31-19 last year, starting the Knights on the road to a 6-6 record and trip to the second round of the Class AAA playoffs.

LaGrange rebounded to go 8-4, losing to Perry in the second round of the 4A playoffs. The Grangers lead the series 5-4, last year’s game the first between the two since 1999.

Howard has a 6-5 series lead over Central, including 37-20 last year in both teams’ second game of the season. The Huskies opened with a 28-7 loss to Northside, and the Chargers beat Westside 12-7, but that became a forfeit a few weeks later for Central’s use of an ineligible player.

Paul Carroll is 14-14 in three seasons, while Joaquin Sample is 12-19 entering his fourth season. The Huskies went 3-4 last year, having games against Southwest, Rutland, and Baldwin eliminated because of COVID protocols. Howard would have been favored in two of those games. Two of the games were Region 4-4A battles.

Alumni Update

Tobias Oliver (Northside) has comfort zone at third Tech position

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Freeman goes for the cycle in Atlanta hold-on win

United shut out Toronto for third straight W

Georgia takes temporary hit with injuries to Washington, Smith

UGA’s Mitchell ready to deliver

Ryan reconnects with Flores, learns from practice

Falcons and Dolphins

Tech notes and quotes

Georgia State’s Carroll adjusts attitude

Hawks’ Johnson on all-summer league team