Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; HS notebook, Russell Henley; Braves, UGA, Tech; college š south/nat'l, MLB, golf, NASCAR, tennis, NFL
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Whereās Tattnallās Hardy?; Dublinās program milestone; new coaches; Campbell vs. Hicks; Thursday games
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High School
Softball
Lake Oconee 12, Jasper County 0
Piedmont 7, Loganville Christian 3
Jacie Jenkins and Breck Piedra had two hits each for Piedmont, Marrisa Holder driving in three runs.
Pro
MLB
MLS
NY 2, Atlanta 1
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Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Braves battle, but win streak finally snapped
And a nice debut for Metsā Baty
Kemp plays college football prognosticator with āfour-peatā
A look at Bennettās situational stats
Georgiaās tag-team defensive coordinators work to sustain standard
Bulldogsā OC shoots straight on O
Season of the hotseat starts for Techās Collins
College Football/South
Did Stoops throw shade at Beamer?
Ex-Vikings boss Zimmer working with Jackson State, Sanders|
Virginia building around QB
College Football
Column: Ohio State tends to struggle with big hype
Pitt tries to avoid being a one-hit wonder
Baseball/MLB
Exchange with Contreras gets fans banned from Nationals Park
Golf
BMW a playoff event on unfamiliar turf
Maconās Russell Henley tees off at 1:05 p.m. and is paired with Luke List. He enters at No. 42 in the FedEx Cup rankings, and needs to finish in the top 30 to advance to the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
According to a story on Golf Channel Digital, Henley needs to finish 29th or better to make it into the top 30 and play another week. In 21 events this year, Henley has missed three cuts, finished in the top 25 (tied) 10 times and top 30 one other time.
He missed the cut last week despite shooting a 1-under 139 in two rounds, make a nice round after a sluggish start.
Players-only meeting about a better PGA
McIlroy: āThereās an alpha in there ā¦ not meā
LIV contracts about restrictions and bonuses
Patrick Reed files $750 million defamation suit vs. Golf Channel, Chamblee
Auto Racing
Notes: Harvick catches break, Bubbaās blue, goodbye Soapy
Tennis
Williams given wild card for US Open
Football/NFL/USFL
Another Panthers-Pats fight, fan hurt
Surprise move: Jags release Brown after big year
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
James signs extension with Lakers
NBA schedule out; some highlights
Youth sports
Texas community mourns well-liked youth coach killed
Around the nation/world