Saturday's Report: Dodge County’s Floyd, Stratford’s Henley, Bacon; Braves, UGA/LIV, UGA-UF, Falcons; college sports, MLB, golf, NASCAR, more
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Alumni Update
Dodge County’s Floyd not stressed about Miller’s departure
Around/About Central Georgia
Henley has huge round at Rocket Mortgage
Whatever Russell Henley did during a long break recently is working.
In a big way.
The Stratford grad had his best round since January to jump into contention at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit.
It’s been a long time since Henley had consecutive bogey-free rounds. Friday, he was steady and consistent, with four birdies on the front nine and three on the back nine en route to a 7-under day and two-round 134.
Unofficially, it’s the first time this season that Henley has escaped bogeys in two straight rounds.
The sizzling day lifted him 29 spots into a tie for fourth with Cameron Young and fellow Georgian Stewart Cink, all at 10 under for the tournament, five back of leader Taylor Pendrith.
Henley’s 65 tied for the second-best score of the day, trailing Young’s 63, which was eight shots better than his opening 71.
After a quality start to the season in which he made 12 straight cuts with only one over-par tournament along the way, Henley missed two cuts in six tournament, shooting over par in five.
His best tournament was the Sony Open, back in mid-January, when he finished second with a 23-under 257, opening with a 62 and 63 and finishing with 67 and 65. Even there, he didn’t have consecutive rounds with no bogeys. Two eagles in the second round countered a bogey.
A dozen players are at 9-under or better.
Macon thumped in home finale
A four-run sixth put the game out of reach for Forest City in a 9-1 win over Macon in the Bacon’s final home game of the season.
Macon is 23-24 and Forest City is 22-24, while High Point-Thomasville is also 23-24. The Bacon visit Florence on Saturday while the Owls are at Lexington County. HP-Thomasville is at Wilson.
No playoff scenarios have been posted by the league or teams.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
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College Football/South
Column: How could Fulmer not know the Vols were cheating?
Career over for South Carolina’s No. 1 signee in 2018
Rodriguez promises candor at Jacksonville State
Corral’s comments blown out of proportion
College Football
Commish rebounds from rocky start in Big Ten
Penn State’s Clifford quiet on players organizing
10 teams who could take a step back
Largest FCS league, CAA, preps for deep title race
Riley, Lanning, DeBoer new Pac-12 bosses in spotlight
College Sports
Under Armour agrees to $67.5 million settlement with UCLA
MLB/Baseball
Judge ties AL mark for most HRs before August, with Ruth, Foxx, Griffey
Marte, Nimmo lead Mets past Marlins
Manfred: Anti-trust helps stop too much movement
Golf
Pendrith leads at Rocket Mortgage
Mickelson struggles, Stenson leads
Trump: LIV is ‘so great’ for golf, ‘nobody’s gotten to the bottom of 9/11’
NY host and former QB Esiason goes off on Trump, supports 9/11 families
Fans don’t much care about the Saudi Arabia history
Auto Racing
Weekend schedule at The Brickyard
Football/NFL/USFL
Brady roasts Kellerman on anniversary of baaad take
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
NBA investigating Sixers for tampering
High Schools
Mississippi pushes back football kickoffs because of heat
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