Tuesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mayhem hire Desjardins; Braves, Falcons, UGA-Clemson, Tech, Georgia State; NFL, MLB, colleges, US Open, more
Tuesday'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: The latest changes in Central Georgia football schedules this week
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Mary Persons 4, Upson-Lee 3
Mackenzie Childs belted a two-run homer for the Bulldogs.
Mount de Sales 14, St. Vincent’s 2
The Cavs led 7-0 after three and added seven in the sixth, aided along the way by four errors. McKenna Smith and Sawyer Stuart had three hits each for MdS, Stuart with three RBI and three runs, and a homer. Shamiya Raines had two hits and three RBI for the Cavs. Eva Crader struck out 12 with five walks in a six-inning three-hitter.
Northside-Columbus 3, Houston County 1
Piedmont 4, Briarwood 2
Toombs County 12, East Laurens 1
Volleyball
Perry 2, Mount de Sales 0
Stratford 2, Mary Persons 1 (19-25, 25-17, 15-12)
Upson-Lee 3, Tattnall 1
Warner Robins 2, Mount de Sales 1; Warner Robins 3, Perry 0
Washington County 2, Laney 0
West Laurens 3, Dublin 0
College
Soccer
Pro
MLB
LA Dodgers 3, Atlanta 2
WNBA
N📰E📰W📰S📰
Mayhem announce new head coach
Honor Roll
Mercer sweeps conference soccer honors
Alumni Update
Bills cut Houston County grad Fromm
Despite a decent preseason, Houston County grad Jake Fromm was among the final-day cuts by Buffalo on Tuesday, as basically expected.
Fromm went 21 of 36 for 172 yards in the preseason, including leading a comeback win over Detroit and rushing for TD against Green Bay.
He was the “quarantine” QB last year, hardly interacting with the team to decrease the chances of getting COVID, so he was available if a quarterback ahead of him tested positive.
Buffalo will kep only two quarterbacks, Josh Allen and Mitch Trubisky, which is considered a gamble, but fits the Bills.
The team will start putting together its practice squad on Wednesday. Teams have until 4 p.m. Wednesday to claim players on waivers.
The Bills like both Fromm and Davis Webb for different reasons, and at least one is likely to get called back for the practice squad if not claimed.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Braves get the pitching, not enough O
Rosen survives, as does Franks
Big-armed Clemson QB confident
Yellow Jackets ready for Northern Illinois
Georgia State depth chart set for opener
College Football
Tailgating is back, some are wary
Ann Bowden: ‘My whole life revolved around him’
Saban sits for extensive interview: no, not ready yet
Interesting move at South Carolina for QB
Questions facing the contenders
Underrated MAC celebrates 75th year
Iowa opens with consecutive ranked opponents
Baseball
Roster expansion limited again
Baez, Linder admit to frustration
NFL
Shocker: Pats cut Newton loose
And so ends an interesting experiment
Saints may stay in Dallas for awhile
Eagles cut 2020’s top receiver
Tennessee anxious for a Julio boost
Meyer: Vaccine status impacted cuts, NFLPA investigating
Watson on active list in Houston
College Sports
Hardaway: NIL helped land top class at Memphis
Golf/Tennis
NBA/WNBA
Around the nation/world
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