Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Braves roll; Perry-Rutland; UGA. WLOCP booze at St. Simons; Falcons, Tech, Hawks, MLB, CFB, golf, NASCAR
Wednesday'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 Sports Report’s predictions
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
ACE 4, Glascock County
Pitching dominated until ACE scored three in the sixth on a double, grounder error, walk, and two-run error. Dixiana Sims struck out 14 with three walks in the 118-pitch complete game. Lizzy Mitchell had two of ACE’s three hits with a pair of doubles.
Bleckley County 11, Schley County 0
Jones County 6, Veterans 0
Perry 18, Baldwin 1; Perry 17, Baldwin 0
Volleyball
Peach County 3, Crisp County 2 (23-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-12, 15-11)
The Trojans improved to 11-4 with the tough road win. They play in the Area 2-AAA play-in No. 2 Saturday at Upson-Lee against Sumter County, Crisp County, and Jackson.
Veterans 3, FPD 0
College
Golf
W-Mercedes Benz Collegiate, first round, Mercer, 15th
Pro
MLB
Atlanta 9, Arizona 2
Around/About Central Georgia
Rutland welcomes third-ranked Perry in Thursday action
Region play begins in 4-4A on Thursday, and does so at the Ed DeFore Sports Complex.
Third-ranked Perry comes to town to take on Rutland and first-year head coach Jarmarcus Johnson.
The Hurricanes are off their first win, 41-14 over ACE, last week.
Perry was off, having dumped 5A Veterans 34-14 a week earlier. The Panthers are showing no nerves with their second-highest ranking in program history, which dates back to 1954.
Perry was ranked No. 2 by the AJC and state’s sportswriters back in October of 1982. The Panthers beat Crisp County, and moved up to No. 1 by the writers but state at No. 2 in the AJC.
The Panthers have dispensed of three unranked teams in 6A, 3A, and 5A, all of whom have a losing record. The latter finally changes next week when they host upstart Spalding, 3-1.
Rutland will have plenty to deal with. Quarterback Armar Gordon Jr. is 136 yards from 1,000 passing after just three games, and he has only one interception in 85 attempts. Dakarai Anderson, Daequan Wright, and Curtis Head give him three serious targets.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Braves strong early, middle, end to thump Arizona
Column: Braves could still blow this, but …
ACL victim Daniels has advice for ACL victim Pickens
St. Simons bans booze on the beach the weekend of Georgia-Florida
Line of scrimmage pretty different for Vandy and Georgia
UNC Yates is proud of Tech Yates
Matt Ryan=Lamar Jackson? Well …
Atlanta can right the ship some against the Giants
Baseball
Kiermaier shocked by reaction to Scouting Cardgate
Philly minor-leaguers scolded for speaking out, groups not happy
College Football/South
SEC refs on heels after high-profile mistakes
ACC a mix of old players – old – and youngsters, can cause issues
Chattanooga seems to have successful formula
Harsin wants loss to Penn State to leave lessons learned
Column: UCF fans have to chill after loss
Bad news for USM: Bama not complete yet
College Football
Playoff expansion talks slow as commissioner vet the process more
A first: Canadian female scores in NCAA football game
Sports and COVID-19/football
College Sports
NCAA to remain in case on athletes being declared employees
NFL
Ex-Patriot Law: we were in Manning’s head
Broncos prepping for sale of team
Brady says NFL is softer than it used to be
Giants trying to keep Jones even
Peyton Manning has his own bourbon
NBA/WNBA
Jones, Miller top AP’s WNBA awards
Auto Racing
Allmendinger and Cindric ready for Xfinity fight
DeChambeau standing out among team efforts
Golf/Tennis
Stricker happy that Spieth is on team, no matter how
Osaka withdraws from Indian Wells
Around the nation/world