Monday's Report: HS FB schedule, Peach County's Robinson, Taylor County's Dixon, WACO's Gray, Stratford's Henley; Braves, UGA, Falcons; MLB, colleges, NFL, NASCAR, golf, WNBA
Sunday'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: This week’s HS football schedule
Coming Monday: GIAA previews, Monday Morning Quarterback/polls
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WSOC: Mercer 3, Charleston Southern 1
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MLB
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Alumni Update
Robinson (Peach County) to sign with Baltimore
Taylor County’s Dixon on the move yet again
Gray (Washington County) has big game in playoff win
Around/About Central Georgia
Henley can’t regain sharpness, season ends
Through 13 holes, Russell Henley was even for the day, but pretty much need more birdies than pars the rest of the way to have one more weekend of golf.
But three straight bogeys ended Henley’s season, the Maconite shooting a 1-over 72 and finishing well outside the top 30 in FedEx Cup rankings.
The top 30 in those rankings advanced to the playoff finale, the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
Henley started the week 43rd, moved up into the low 30s, but couldn’t sustain that, with a pair of consecutive 72s.
A bogey on 3 interrupted a steady round of pars that lasted until birdie on 10. Three pars later, when he needed birdies, Henley hit bogeys.
Henley can now return to full-time daddy duties with newborn Jane as well as children Robert and Ruth.
He followed two above-average weeks at the Rocket Mortgage and Wyndham to close the regular season with a missed cut last week at the FedEx St. Jude.
In Delaware, he was unable to match the impressive performances of those two weeks, when he went 46 and 47 bogey-free holes to start each event.
He had also avoided double bogeys for a long stretch until one on the third hole Saturday. From that point on, he had five bogeys and five birdies.
Henley finishes the season with 18 made cuts in 21 events, 10 top-25 finishes, and 15 under-par tournaments.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Morton like fine wine, bullpen struggles in loss
Georgia’s second scrimmage a little better
Atlanta rookies/cousins Malone and Shaffer playing for a lot
Atlanta’s McGary is cutting it loose
Did you see this funky HS football play?
Baseball/MLB
Little Leaguers and date with MLB stars
Orioles beat Boston in Little League Classic
Pujols: ‘I’m still going to retire’
Notebook: Suspension better be Tatis’ wakeup call
Ex-MLBer Lee ‘wasn’t breathing’ after collapse
Obit: Longtime Detroit C Wockenfuss
College Football/South
Bama’s Gibbs, ex of Tech, showing some stuff
College Football
Elite players on non-elite teams
Football/NFL/USFL
UFC’s White claims he almost had Gronk and Brady in LA
Packers All-Pro LT Bakhtiari ready after activation
Auto Racing
Larson wins rain-delayed Watkins Glen
Golf
Cantlay wins another thriller at BMW
Why Lowry’s caddie wore sandals
Reports of Woods’ players-only meeting emerge
Obit: Weiskopf won 16 PGA Tour titles
Are seven more making the LIV move?
Basketball/NBA/WNBA
W-Stewart, Bird help Storm to series sweep
School Sports
Transgender girls in Utah to have a chance to play
Around the nation/world