Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Peach County's Jackson/UGA; MGSU's Davis Cup player; Braves, UGA, Tech, Falcons; MLB, NFL, colleges, NBA, golf, more
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: Maxwell Ratings predictions and where Central Georgia teams rate; Coming Friday: Central Georgia scouting reports
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Jackson 15, Central 0
Our Lady of Mercy 2, Mount de Sales 0
Volleyball
Burke 2, Washington County 0
Creekside 3, Piedmont 0
Georgia Christian 2, John Hancock 0
Lamar County 3, Peach County 1 (25-23, 25-13, 21-25, 25-20)
Lamar County, ranked sixth in A/AA, improved 16-2 while Peach County fell to 6-2. Peach County takes on Mary Persons, Upson-Lee, Central, and Pike County on Saturday in the 2-AAA play-in at Jackson.
Our Lady of Mercy 2, Mount de Sales 0
College
Soccer
Volleyball
Montevallo 3, Georgia College 1
Pro
MLB
Colorado at Atlanta, ppd.
WNBA
Los Angeles 74, Atlanta 68
Honor Roll
Alumni Update
Peach County’s Jackson back in UGA rotation?
Around/About Central Georgia
MGSU’s Kamaruzzaman makes country’s Davis Cup roster
Around/About Georgia
Duvall has overcome so much, and the Braves are lucky he has
Rotation pushed back with Braves postponement
Column: NL East race hasn’t really been one
Peach County’s Jackson back in UGA rotation?
Plenty of familiarity with UGA and USC
UGA loses backup LB Davis for year
No, Ryan not thinking about That Game with Brady
But Brady is a great motivation
Baseball
Ohtani has arm issue, may be done pitching this season
Column: Is Dave Roberts the best manager ever?
Tatis belts 39th to help Padres gain on Cards
Yanks gag it away to the Orioles in the ninth
Ump says he didn’t toss the grounds crew … yeah, the grounds crew
Harper big in Phillies romp over Cubs
College Football/South
Freshman goes for four TDs, leads Louisiana-Lafayette over Ohio
Alabama A&M nips Bethune-Cookman
Where is Clemson after two games?
Clemson dealing with FanPawClawGate
Kiffin wants the Manningcast for a Mississippi game
Column: Florida fans should trust in Mullen on QBs
College Football
TCU’s Patterson says SEC targeting players with NIL deals
Not your dad’s Oklahoma-Nebraska game
Nebraska-Oklahoma opened doors for Black players in the 70s
Coach: Come to the game, I’ll buy ya a beer
College Sports
NFL
Penalty crushes Giants in last-second loss to Washington
Approaching history no biggie for Chiefs’ Reid
Tennessee has some physicality to prove
Now, Brady wants to play at 50
Cleveland punter devastated by fumble
Patriots’ Harris gets support after fumble
Ravens promote Devonta Freeman
NBA/WNBA
Antetokounmpo mom, brother earn Greek citizenship
Auto Racing
Golf/Tennis
Sports and social & racial awareness
Sports and COVID-19
Around the nation/world
Lloyds puts up five goals in US women rout of Paraguay