Tuesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Taylor County's Dixon; Braves, UGA-USC, Clemson-Tech, Falcons, Dream; CFB, MLB, NFL, 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.
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Bleckley County 15, Washington County 0
Crisp County 8, Upson-Lee 7
Deerfield-Windsor 3, Mount de Sales 1
D-W scored two in the sixth to win, despite being outhit 4-2 and getting struck out 12 times by Eva Crader.
Dodge County 3, Lamar County 1
Howard 17, Spalding 5
The Huskies got more than enough with 10 in the first. Sydnee McElveen had three hits and four RBI, while Abby Hardy and Sydney Townsend each had two hits. Kayla Roberts drove in three runs for Howard (7-4/4-3, vs. Rutland Wednesday). Spalding hosts West Laurens on Thursday.
Jones County 22, Stockbridge 2
Mary Persons 9, Central 0; Mary Persons 17, Central 2
Peach County 16, Sumter County 4
Sumter County’s defense had 10 errors and pitching gave up 10 walks, so the Trojans only needed four hits, surviving six errors of their own. Cierra Gibson had two hits for Peach County, which scored 14 unearned runs.
Piedmont 5, Windsor 0
Perry 11, Baldwin 3
Putnam County 13, Westside-Augusta 1
Stratford 14, St. Vincent 0
Tattnall 24, Savannah Christian 6
The eight-run first was followed by 13 in the fifth, the Trojans banging out 22 hits. Kaitlyn Hallman had four hits, Hailey Daughtry three hits and four RBI. Tattnall got two-hit nights from Isabelle Pecorilli, Lindsey Paul, Martha Kate Gillis, and Molly Kemp, and three RBI from Pecorilli and Kaci Paul.
Taylor County 5, Manchester 1
Veterans 9, Warner Robins 1
Westfield 8, John Milledge 0
Kendall Fowler and Marena Knowles each had a double and homer, Fowler with five RBI and two hits and Knowles with three hits and two RBI. Sydney Langdon and Madison Hammock also had two hits each, Langdon fanning 12 with two walks in the complete-game five-hitter. Ansley Brooks had two hits for the Trojans.
Volleyball
Houston County 2, Mary Persons 0; Houston County 2, Northside 0
Peach County 2, Howard 0 (25-12, 25-20)
The Trojans improved to 6-1, and host Lamar County on Thursday.
Stratford 3, Piedmont 0
Toombs County 2, Dublin 0
Veterans 2, Valwood 0; Lee County 2, Veterans 1
College
Golf
M-Golfweek Fall Challenge, final round, Mercer, second
M-Kiawah Island Invitational, final round, Georgia College, 13th
Pro
MLB
Colorado 5, Atlanta 4
WNBA
Atlanta 85, Indiana 78
Alumni Update
Taylor County’s Dixon a hot topic at Clemson
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Rodgers, Story go deep to lead Rockies over Braves
Toussaint rotation spot in jeopardy
Atlanta headed to division title, then, who knows?
Might Georgia not have the cakewalk everybody expects?
Beamer, South Carolina off to good start
Will Southern Cal change have an impact at UGA?
Swinney breaks down the Jackets
Clemson’s depth chart: Taylor County’s Dixon third RB
College Football/South
Auburn has three key players day to day
Tigers playing some starters on special teams
Florida backup QB Richardson battling hammy
Tennessee’s passing game has been a mixture
College Football
Alcorn State game in jeopardy: no trainer
Bieniemy added to list of Southern Cal candidates
Trojans feel the pain of firing
Buckeyes look for quick corrections
Baseball
NFL
Tampa Bay-Dallas got big ratings
Report: Six Saints coaches test positive
Auto Racing
NASCAR moves exhibition to L.A. Coliseum
NBA/WNBA
NBA moves ahead with plan to test unvaccinated players
WNBA teams battle for playoff positioning
Around the nation/world