Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

📰S📰C📰O📰R📰E📰B📰O📰A📰R📰D📰

High School

Cross Country

B-Walker Bethune Invitational, Stratford

Central Georgia top-10 finishers: 2. Emanuel Dixon, Baldwin; 3. Wes Flournoy, Stratford; 4. Sean Fisher, Westfield; 5. Ethan Sevigny, Mount de Sales; 6. Jose Morales, Mount de Sales; 7. Nathan Mitchell, Baldwin; 8. Jack Harrington , Stratford; 9. Andy Cheek, Stratford; 10. David Kay, Mount de Sales.

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

ACE 12, Rutland 0

          Dixiana Sims fanned 17 in a no-hitter.

Eastside 9, Jasper County 3

Perry 17, Warner Robins 3

          Ashlyn Sanders threw a complete game, the offense led by Chloe Davey’s three hits and three RBI. Six Panthers drove in two runs.

🏐🏐🏐Volleyball🏐🏐🏐

Harris County 2, Houston County 1; Harris County 2, Perry 0

Houston County 2, Perry 0

Northside 2, Perry 0

 

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 14, Pittsburgh 2

 

📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Bananas leaving summer league for full-time touring

Braves bounce Pirates to complete sweep

Athens has an NIL club for Georgia football players

Georgia practice update

A missing DB at UGA practice

UGA pondering some position changes

Smart likes scheduling big games

 

High Schools

Alabama trying to replace 1,000+ officials

HS freshman, 5-9 and 155, has five college offers before first HS game

 

Baseball/MLB                                                                           

Realmuto leads Phillies over Reds

Verlander cool with hook after six no-hit innings

Phillies’ Harper hits two bombs in rehab game

The new schedule for next year has changes

Six minor-leaguers get 60-game drug suspensions

Mic’d-up Schwarber crashed into wall

College Football

USA Today’s All-America team

Former Ohio State LB charged with kidnapping, robbery

College Football/South

22 questions about the SEC in ‘22

Tennessee LB suspended after domestic assault arrest

Can Jahmyr Gibbs be better than Najee Harris?

College Sports

ABC to air women’s basketball title game for first time

Winningest softball coach in NCAA history retiring

Column: Memo to the ‘nobody cares about women’s sports’ crowd

Football/NFL/USFL

Obit: HOF QB Dawson was ‘Lenny The Cool’

Was the subject of epic pic

Auto Racing

Nothing to be fixed between Elliott and Larson

Viewers guide for the weekend at Daytona

Golf

PGA Tour unveils loads of changes, new things

Woods, McIlroy behind tech-infused golf league in TV venture

NBA/WNBA

Exec on Durant: ‘He will burn your house down

OKC rookie Holmgren may have ligament damage

Little League World Series

LLWS official find ‘no ill intent’ after video sparks racial inquiries

Coaches teach how to lose as well as win

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games