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August 27, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

Thursday'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/coming Friday: The Sports Report’s predictions; Friday’s Scouting Reports; Maxwell Ratings predictions

Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Brentwood 3, John Milledge 1
Crisp County 20, Peach County 1
Dodge County 8, Jasper County 0
Fullington 15, Twiggs 0
Jones County 16, Eagle’s Landing 0
Pike County 16, Mary Persons 4
Tattnall 12, Stratford 2
Tattnall woke up after Stratford tied the game at 2 in the top of the third with five in the bottom half. Caroline Patterson went off for seven RBI on three hits, all homers. Isabelle Pecorilli drove in three runs and had a homer, and Kaitlyn Hallman scored four times. Shelby Bandt had two hits for Stratford. Hailey Daughtry went all six innings for Tattnall.
Trinity Christian 10, Windsor 3
Westfield 2, Bethlehem Christian; Westfield 15, Bethlehem Christian 0
Marena Knowles belted a walk-off two-run homer to win the opener, clinching the win for Sydney Langdon and Lauren Davidson, who whiffed four with a walk in seven innings. There was no suspense in the nightcap with the Hornets scoring seven runs in the first two innings. Riley Nelson, Emmy Dehem, and Langdon had three hits each, Dehem driving in five runs with two homers, Knowles adding another bomb in a two-hit, three-RBI game. Nelson scored four times, and Kate Hardy had two hits and two RBI. Lauren Davidson needed only 43 pitches for the four-inning win.

Volleyball

Jones County 2, Commerce 0 (25-23, 25-7); Jones County 2, Piedmont 0 (25-21, 25-12)
Lowndes 2, Perry 1; Lee County 2, Perry 0

College
Soccer
M-Mercer 4, Gardner-Webb 0

Pro
WNBA
Las Vegas 78, Atlanta 71

Alumni Update

Tobias Oliver (Northside) gaining confidence at DB

Around/About Central Georgia

Henley steady in BMW Championship

Russell Henley matched birdies and bogeys to shoot an even-par 72 Thursday in the first round of the BMW Championship in Maryland, part of the FedEx Cup playoff.

He’s tied for 56th out of the field of 69, knotted up with Kevin Kisner, Kevin Na, and Collin Morikawa, among others.

They’re only eight shots behind tri-leaders Sam Burns, Jon Rahm, and Rory McIlroy.

Henley rolled through the front nine with eight pars and a birdie, but he bogeyed two of the first four on the back nine and then 18, with birdies at 14 and 16.

Henley tees off at 12:38 p.m. with Branden Grace and Webb Simpson.

MSOC: Mercer rolls to season-opening win

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

National media has questions about Georgia

Anderson has big goals at UGA DL

The Pees Philosophy on D

Falcons update: Jarrett pushing

Braves mailbag

Baseball

Orioles now on a two-game winning streak

College Football

Fans not overly thrilled with paperless tickets plan