Saturday News'n Notes: Scoreboard; Taylor County's Watson; Russell Henley; Bleckley County schedule change;
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
Macon County 35, Dooly County 14
Softball
Tattnall 12, ELCA 2
The Trojans went from a 3-1 deficit through three to a big lead with eight in the fourth, adding four an inning later. Kaci Paul and Lindsey Paul had two hits each, Paul and Kaitlyn Hallman with three RBI each, two RBI each from Isabelle Pecorilli and Martha Kate Gillis. Pecorilli threw a five-inning three-hitter on only 52 pitches.
Westfield 5, Piedmont 1
The Hornets led 2-1 after four and sealed it with three in the sixth. Lauren Davidson drove in two runs and Sydney Langdon whiffed 14 and walked two in the complete-game win.
Pro
MLB
MLS
Alumni Update
Gunnar Watson (Taylor County) was in QB battle at Troy
Around/about Central Georgia
Henley falls to bottom at BMW
Russell Henley will need planets to align in unprecedented fashion on Sunday to advances to the Tour Championship next week in Atlanta.
Henley is a respectable 2-over after three rounds of the BMW Championship, but that dropped him to last place in the 69-player field for awhile Saturday.
He shot his second straight 73, after a 72.
He followed a 1-under first nine Saturday with a 2-over second night for a 1-over day. Only four of the 69 players are over par, with another two even.
Henley would have to finish in the top four to advance. He is 19 shots behind third place.
Schedule changes for next week start with Bleckley County
It basically became official Saturday, though word started eking out on Friday, that Bleckley County had a new opponent for the third week.
The Royals’ home game against South Atlanta has been canceled, and Bleckley County will travel instead to Toombs County on Sept. 3. The Royals are 2-0, while Toombs County is 0-1, the loss 39-0 to Dodge County. The Bulldogs’ game Friday with Tattnall County was postponed.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Baseball
NFL
Jags send Minshew to Philadelphia
More Titans out, Vrabel to miss preseason finale
College Football
Attendance/COVID rules vary for the start of the season
College conference COVID policies
NBA/WNBA
Video: Cops use stun gun on NBA’s Hayes
Auto Racing
Haley wins Xfinity race in photo finish
NASCAR to present Wendell Scott family with 1963 trophy
(Pre-race) Teammates Reddick, Dillon battle for final playoff spot
Around the nation/world
Softball players part owners of new league