Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; POTW-Mercer; Bibb time changes; Braves, UGA, Falcons; MLB, college football, NFL, NASCAR, golf

Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; POTW-Mercer; Bibb time changes; Braves, UGA, Falcons; MLB, college football, NFL, NASCAR, golf

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 21, Northeast 0
Dixiana Sims struck out eight in the thre-inning game, and Laney Bridges had two hits.
Bleckley County 7, Dublin 2
FPD 8, Brookstone 3
Kaylee McDonald had a night with a 4-for-4 game and two RBI. Sarah Grace Strickling had three hits, and Ava Spillers two hits and three RBI. Addison Arnold and Hannah Davis had two hits each for the Vikings.
Gatewood 4, Windsor 2
John Milledge 6, Piedmont 3
JMA took the lead for good with three in the fifth. Jordan Prestridge drove in three runs, belting a homer, and Addie Latimer added two for the Trojans. Jacie Jenkins had two hits for the Cougars.
Houston County 9, Lee County 3
Jackson 8, Upson-Lee 0
Ola 11, Jones County 3
Mount de Sales 2, Schley County 0
Eva Crader whiffing 16 in a complete-game three-hitter. Sawyer Stuart had two hits, a homer and double.
Mary Persons 9, Peach County 2
Perry 4, Dodge County 2
Spalding 4, Baldwin 3
Swainsboro 18, East Laurens 7
Tattnall 7, Strong Rock 3
Taylor County 9, Manchester 0
Tiftarea 9, Fullington 4
Union Grove 15, Warner Robins 0
Wilcox County 4, Hawkinsville 2


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Creekside Christian 2, Piedmont 0
Davidson 2, Putnam County 0
Landmark Christian 2, FPD 0
Putnam County 2, Butler 0
RCT 2, Washington County 1
Tattnall 3, Rutland 1 (25-9, 25-16, 23-25, 25-9)
Tift County 2, Warner Robins 1
Union County 2, Stratford 1
Upson-Lee 2, Griffin 0; Upson-Lee 2, Lamar County 0
Veterans 3, Mary Persons 0
Warner Robin 2, ACE 0 

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 1

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Honor Roll/Playrs of the Week

SoCon WSOC: Mercer’s Cook

 

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Time changes for two Bibb County football games

          To assure proper staffing, two Bibb County kickoffs on Friday have been changed.

          The Southwest-Westside game at Henderson Stadium is now a 5:30 p.m. kickoff, while the Howard-Central game at Ed DeFore moves to 8 p.m.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Fried back to form in eight as Braves take Pirates

Blaylock’s strong start good since for UGA WRs

Georgia running backs unit takes a hit, but …

Falcons-Jets review

How’s Ridder looking so far?

Pitts a ‘create-a-player on Madden’

 

Baseball/MLB/College

Judge belts 48th as Mets swept in Subway Series

Phillies get walk-off win over Reds

Angels are going to be for sale

Tatis apologizes to teammates and fans

 

College Football/South

New No. 1 in pay? Saban

Top portal winners in the ACC

Re-tooled Big South eyes a wide-open race, minus KSU

Ex-Troy player sues ex-teammate, coaches

Can Jackson State, Sanders do it again?

 

College Football

Crash that killed two players involved speeding, drinking
Marshall RB, a top freshman rusher last year, takes leave

 Football/NFL/USFL

Does Pederson have Lawrence’s secret to success?

Garoppolo may not be going anywhere after all

No rivalry issues with Mayfield, Browns

 Auto Racing

Busch injury casts shadow over wild playoff picture

Golf

Disc issues knock Zalatoris out of East Lake

Season ends at East Lake in Atlanta 

Basketball/NBA/WNBA

Larry Bird had a secret 30 years on Dream Team

Durant and Nets to stay together after all 

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games  

NFL games/scores