Saturday's Report: Scoreboard; Houston County ex-BSBer Hall; Braves, Falcons, UGA; MLB, golf, tennis, NASCAR, NFL
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Early hiccups slow down Henley, missed cut but likely to advance
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High School
Softball
Lowndes 5, Houston County 3
Stratford 5, Baconton Charter 2
Taylor County 9, Crawford County 4
Pro
MLB
WNBA
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Alumni Update
Former Houston County standout Hall gets MLB call
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Harris comes through late for Atlanta
Ridder throws late score in Falcons win
London leaves early with knee injury
Pitts amped to build in brilliant rookie year
What Bobo brings (back) to UGA offense
Looking for a tricky game on UGA’s schedule?
MLB/Baseball
Padres’ Tatis suspended for positive drug test
Soto feels the love on return to DC
The Mets’ $341 million shortstop a spark
Judge belts 46th, but Red Sox rally
More than 3 mil watched Field of Dreams game
Golf
Can an underdog emerge in Memphis
Smith ready to ‘cop some heat’ with LIV rumors
Tennis
Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open tuneup
Auto Racing
Wallace signs extension with 23XI Racing
Football/NFL/USFL
Watson apologizes to “all the women I have impacted”
And then struggles in Cleveland debut
Report: Watson OK with 8 games, fine
Burrow-less Bengals fall to Cardinals
Jets QB Wilson limps off with perhaps ACL?
Minnesota’s Cousins gets COVID for second time
Washington president unhappy with interview of Wentz
Hall of Fame KC QB Dawson in hospice
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Emotional farewell for another WNBA legend
Boxing/UFC/MMA
White says fighters get paid what they’re supposed to, Paul disagrees
Youth Sports
Another odd ending to a Little League regional game
Around the nation/world