The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Friday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Braves; MLB, colleges, NASCAR, golf, 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.

 

To be updated by lunch Saturday

 

SCOREBOARD

College

Soccer

W-Mercer 10, Mississippi Valley State 0

M-North Florida 4, Mercer 3

Volleyball

Erskine 3, Georgia College 2; West Georgia 3, Georgia College 2

Pro
MLB

Colorado 4, Atlanta 3

 

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Around/About Georgia/Southeast

(More on UGA-Clemson and Tech-Northern Illinois and college football early Saturday)

Defense keys Rockies over Braves

Column: Time for Georgia State’s next step up

 

Baseball

Giants top Dodgers, back in first

Ohtani whiffs eight on 117 pitches

Mets win fifth straight

 

College Football

Season’s first upset goes to Virginia Tech over UNC

Charlotte gets first win over Power 5 team

College football scores/games

 

College Sports

Column: NIL and transfer portal the new normal

Column: How is Emmert still employed by NCAA?

 

Auto Racing

NASCAR playoff predictions

 

Golf/Tennis

Osaka has rough day, loses to 18-year-old

And appears ready for a serious break

Stephens loses, but game is sharper

Alcaraz bursts onto US Open stage

Facing Djokovic: ‘Oh no’ or ‘Let’s go’

Cantlay leads Rham at Tour

Sisters head U.S. lineup for Solheim

 

Around the nation/world

College football scores/games

MLB scores/games

NFL scores/games