Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard (HS 🏐🥎), Peach County's Robinson; Braves, UGA, Dream; MLB, college 🏈 south/nat'l, NFL, tennis, golf, WNBA, news SB, VB
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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High School
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ACE 8, Stratford 0
Bleckley County 4, East Laurens 2
FPD 5, Howard 1 (finished completed game); Howard 9, FPD 4
Howard started and finished strong, with three-run innings. Sydnee McElveen drove in five runs on three hits for the Huskies, Nakeira Mallory and Abby Hardy with two hits each. Kaylee MacDonald led FPD with three hits. FPD won 5-1 earlier in a game completed from Aug. 8.
Peach County 17, Sumter County 1; Peach County 22, Sumter County 0
Pike 16, Upson-Lee 1
Tattnall 2, ELCA 0
Westfield 15, Schley County 0
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
Mary Persons 3, Tattnall 1
Peach County 2, Taylor County 0 (25-21, 25-23)
Aamori Daniels led Peach County with seven kills in both games. The Trojans play at the Perry Quad Match on Thursday with the Panthers, Houston County, and Crawford County.
Stratford 2, Upson Lee 1; Stratford 2, Woodland 0
Pro
MLB
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Alumni Update
WR Demarcus Robinson (Peach County) cut by Raiders
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Morton sizzles, pen closes door on Mets
Atlanta calls up RHP, IF before game
And signs Harris to an 8-year deal
Monken: Offense doesn’t have to carry the Bulldogs in ‘22
Schumann does have head-coaching hopes, but …
Dream’s Howard is WNBA Rookie of the Year
Baseball/MLB/College
Phillies post 10,000th franchise win
Cell phone in pocket leads to one-game suspension
So much for Tatis bobblehead night
College Football/South
Clemson loses DE for six weeks
LSU QB Brennan calls it a career after 5 seasons
Fisher, A&M seek SEC superiority
Where did Kiffin find his punter? Frat party
Football/NFL/USFL
Promising Pickens (UGA) dazzling early for Steelers
Flacco, 37, stepping in for Jets
Panthers-Patriots brawl, 3 ejected
Back to normal entering season after COVID era
Auto Racing
Tennis
Williams loses to Raducanu, US Open is next
Golf
In Memphis, Smith tee shot broke a fan’s cell phone, and then …
Report: Woods to meet with players, vs. LIV
BMW odds, field, best bets, picks
A look at those outside the top 30, and what they need
Basketball/NBA/WNBA
No NBA games on Election Day this year
Stewart is WNBA Player of the Year
Youth Sports
Youth FB coach shot during game in Texas
Utah boy injured in dorm-room fall at LLWS
Around the nation/world