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

Braves’ injuries and moves

Atlanta headed to division title, then, who knows?

Smart: D has room to improve

Now Bennett is banged up

Might Georgia not have the cakewalk everybody expects?

UGA notebook

Travon Walker talks

Beamer, South Carolina off to good start

Will Southern Cal change have an impact at UGA?

And also on the list …

Swinney breaks down the Jackets

Clemson’s depth chart: Taylor County’s Dixon third RB

Dream knock off Indiana

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

Nationals roll past Marlins

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

Pele leaves intensive care

MLB scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games