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Sunday's Report: Roquan Smith, Kearis Jackson, Russell Henley; Braves, Falcons; golf, NASCAR, MLB, colleges, NFL, MMA , NBA

Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.

 

In Coverage:  Jones County was a little sharper and took down Northside, while weather dampered Mary Persons-Northeast in the Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kickoff Classic

 

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College

 

WSOC: Middle Georgia State 4, Thomas 3

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 5, Houston 4, 11 inn. 

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Alumni Update

Roquan Smith (Macon County) back at practice

UGA’s Jackson (Peach County) banged up again

 

Around/about Central Georgia

Henley puts pressure on Henley to advance

          Russell Henley is going the wrong way, and he’ll need a major turnaround on Sunday to advance to the PGA Tour’s finale, the Tour Championship.

          The Maconite had the recently-rare over-par day and dropped into a tie for 34th at the BMW Championship in Delaware.

          He’s now where he started the tournament in the all-important FedEx Cup ratings, at 43rd. The top 30 in those ratings, not on the leaderboard, advance to play for golf’s Super Bowl starting Thursday in Atlanta.

          Henley got in trouble early with his first double bogey in a good long time, on No. 3 Another bogey followed five holes later and then a birdie, with one more coming on 12.

          He hit seven of 14 fairways and 11 of 18 greens in regulation, and sits at 3 under for the tournament.

          Henley tees off at 10:35 a.m. on Sunday

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Braves show resilience in latest homestand win

Harris joins the fun as Braves do it again at signing table

Selah torn on playing starters vs. Falcons

How United can get a W at Columbus

 

Baseball/MLB/Baseball

Schwarber, Falter help Phillies earn split with Mets

Pujols up to 692 HRs, tops Musial for second in total bases

Molina out a few games for ‘business matters’

Tennis

Medvedev rounding into form before US Open

Golf

Cantlay takes lead into final round at BMW

Zalatoris withdraws from BMW, back injury

Auto Racing                         

Larson lucks out in Xfinity race

Elliott takes pole at the Glen

Playoff spots still have to be filled

College Football/South

Mack Brown sends a shot to Calipari, Kentucky

The case for Tennessee beating UGA, or Bama

College Football

The 10 most intriguing figures for 2022

Oklahoma in different stage with coaching change

UConn suddenly loses DC for personal reasons

Dykes opens things up at TCU after Patterson

No. 10 Baylor shaped QB situation awhile ago

Navy hopes win over Army a turning point

Basketball/NBA/WNBA

Column: New James contract locks Lakers into mediocrity

Bryant’s testifies to ‘hurt’ caused by photos

Football/NFL/USFL/CFL

Irsay: Ryan’s here for a Lombardi Trophy run

Bills sharp in rout of Broncos

Willis throws first TD pass

KC legends pay tribute to hospice resident Len Dawson

Boxing/MMS/UFC

Edwards shocks Usman

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games

NFL scores/games