Friday's Report: Scoreboard; HS FB predictions, Travon Walker, Mercer; Falcons, Braves, UGA, Tech; college 🏈, NIL, MLB, golf, NASCAR, NFL, NBA, high schools, more
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: The Sports Reports Predictions. Coming: Maxwell Ratings and area rankings, including GIAA teams), Friday night’s scouting reports
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High School
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Hawkinsville 8, Wheeler County 0
Houston County 7, Tift County 2
Tess Rollins whiffed seven for the Bears.
Lamar County 12, Upson-Lee 3
Marion County 7, Crawford County 6
Taylor County 14, Webster County 0
Westfield 7, George Walton 6
West Laurens 15, Bleckley County 4
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ACE 2, Peach County 0 (25-13, 25-18); ACE 2, Northside 0 (25-11, 25-17)
Baldwin 3, Dublin 0
Howard 3, Crawford County 0
Houston County 2, Union Grove 0
Piedmont 3, Covenant 0
Putnam County 2, Butler 1
Rock Springs 2, Tattnall 1
Tattnall 3, FPD 0
Upson-Lee 3, Rutland 0
College
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M-Mercer 5, Winthrop 2
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Alumni Update
Upson-Lee’s Walker the present & future of Jags’ D
Around/About Central Georgia
MSOC-Mercer rolls in season opener
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Jags-Falcons have joint practices for exhibition
UGA ‘seems committed’ to the WLOCP
Smart antsy about Oregon opener
Ratledge finds joy again as he pushes to start
Sea lion picks Tech over Clemson?
College Football/South
South Carolina among teams working on unique sales ideas
College Football
Pitt-WVU ‘Backyard Brawl’ is finally back
Nepotism a hurdle to diversity in coaching
Air Raid evolution: Pioneering offenses pass test of time
College Realignment
College Sports/NIL/Portal
Ohio State players establish NIL club
Baseball/MLB
More deGrominance, Alonso homer in Mets win
Column: Good riddance to Angels owner and his sombrero of shame
Golf
Scheffler shoots 5 under for Tour lead
Norman trolls PGA amid changes
Business as usual for opposites McIlroy, Smith
Auto Racing
Kurt Busch pulls out of NASCAR playoffs
Tennis
Who might be Serena’s last first-round opponent?
Football/NFL/USFL
Chiefs honor Dawson before win over Packers
Bills P Araiza accused with college teammates of gang rape of minor
Seahawks’ Griffin retiring, has bigger plans
Sometimes Belichick sees what others don’t
Donald swings helmet during Rams-Bengals brawl
Lawrence, Jaguars starting over … again
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
So, Mr. Barkley, about Kevin Durant … *duck*
OKC loses No. 2 pick for the year
High Schools
HS freshman, 5-9 and 155, has five college offers before first HS game
Prominent Texas team suspends players over hazing
Youth sports
LL participation back on the rise
Around the nation/world