Saturday’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

Football

FPD 48, ACE 0

Macon County 26, Clinch County 0

Warner Robins 48, Valdosta 20

 

Softball

ACE 7, Tattnall 6; ACE 4, Statesboro 0

East Coweta 2, West Laurens 1

Houston County 11, Morgan County 0; Houston County 9, Brookstone 3

John Milledge 5, Lake Oconee 2; John Milledge 6, Crawford County 3

Marion County 7, Lamar County 2

Piedmont 7, Brentwood 2

Tattnall 11, Statesboro 2

Walton 8, Stratford 7; Stratford 7, Walton 4

Westfield 11, North Paulding 10; Westfield 2, East Coweta 1

West Laurens 2, Kennesaw Mountain 1

 

Summer Baseball

Savannah 10, Macon 4

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 5, Baltimore 4

WNBA

Phoenix 84, Atlanta 69

Around/about Central Georgia

Henley maintains at Northern Trust

                      Maconite Russell Henley shot his second straight even-par round at the Northern Trust on Saturday.

                      That kept him at two-under for the tournament, and in a tie for 68th..

                      Because of impending weather from Tropical Storm Henri on the Atlantic coast, the final round of the tournament has been pushed to Monday.

                      He was rolling along at two-under for the day, until hit by bogeys on 17 and 18, dropping him a chunk.

                      Henley entered the week 46th in the FedExCup standings. He finished tied for eighth in last year’s tournament with a 269.

                      The top 70 players advance to the BMW Championship in Maryland, with no cut.

FVSU volleyball picked fifth

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Smyly solid as Braves win eighth straight

Aaand d’Arnaud is gone … on paternity leave

About UGA’s scrimmage

Miami gets the better of Atlanta

 

Baseball

No more Topps MLB cards

 

NFL

Ex-Falcons boss Quinn leading Cowboys’ D

Barry Sanders tests positive

 

College Football

Western Carolina coach, 32, dies from COVID

Oregon, Oregon State requiring vaccination for attendance

FCS programs adjust with practice

Jackson State’s Sanders would really like team vaccinated, soon

 

College Sports

Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12 alliance is about power

ACC adds forfeits to COVID cancellations

Vitale has melanoma skin cancer removed

 

NBA/WNBA

Lillard all in with Blazers?

 

Auto Racing

 

Golf/Tennis

Rahm and Smith tied at Northern Trust

 

Sports and social/racial awareness

Minority coaches coalition putting words into action

 

Sports and COVID-19

Column: Fans should be vaxxed, or stay home

 

Around the nation/world

MLB scores/games

NFL scores/games