Friday's News 'n Notes: Scorebaord; Braves' Fried rocks; Falcons; MLB, colleges, NFL, Ryder Cup, tennis, more
Friday’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
Brentwood 8, John Milledge 0
Crisp County 3, Mary Persons 0
Grayson 13, Dodge County 3
Johnson County 6, Hawkinsville 2
Lee County 13, Northside 0; Lee County 12, Northside 2
Heidi Sapp managed two hits for the eagles in the opener, Lee County taking an 8-0 lead after two. The Trojans survived five errors in the nightcap, breaking open a 2-2 game with four in the third and three in the fifth. Casey Ruffin had two of Northside’s five hits.
Mount de Sales 11, Savannah Christian 3
Sawyer Stuart went off for three hits, three runs, and four RBI for MdS, which led 7-0 after two. Ava dellaDonna drove in four runs on two hits, while Taylor Jones added a two-hit game. Eva Crader was solid in the circle with 12 strikouts in the five-inning three-hitter.
Walnut Grove 7, Jones County 3
College
Soccer
W-Mercer 3, Western Carolina 0
Volleyball
Augusta 3, Georgia College 1
Mercer 3, The Citadel 0 (25-15, 26-16, 25-17)
Pro
MLB
San Diego 6, Atlanta 5
Atlanta 4, San Diego 0
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Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Fried goes the distance, gets a stunning 98-pitch shutout
Tatis homers Padres past Braves in suspended game
Ryan: 17 games changes pain of 0-2 starts
Falcons now have a race at punter
Baseball
Phillies pull closer to Braves
Giants reach 100th W, stay in first
Cleveland set to bid farewell to Indians
College Football/South
Can Beamer turn around USCE? Ex-players say yes
NFL
NFL adds Monday night to Wild Card weekend
Carolina lineman still feeling effects of COVID
Tebow confident in Meyer and Lawrence
Texans need improvements as Mills settles in
Golf/Tennis
Cantlay and Schauffele help US dominate
Europe facing historic deficit in Ryder
Raducanu splits from coach who helped with US Open win
NBA/WNBA
NBA denies Wiggins vax exemption request
Around the nation/world
So much for Joshua slimming down
State College Football
Coming around lunchtime