Saturday's Report: Quintez Cephus, Russell Henley, Georgia College, FVSU, Demaryius Thomas; Braves, UGA's Seymour, UGA, Falcons; colleges, MLB/Vin Scully, NFL, golf, NASCAR
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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High School
Softball
Houston County 12, Northside-Columbus 6
Pro
MLB
WNBA
Atlanta 88, LA Sparks 86
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College Realignment
Some Florida-related possibilities for SEC, Big Ten
Honor Roll
Georgia College softballers earn national acclaim
FVSU puts 30 (no names listed) on D2 academic list
Alumni Update
Stratford’s Cephus out with leg injury, but news is good
Around/About Central Georgia
Demaryius Thomas cause of death revealed
FVSU softball signs six, three Central Georgians
Henley marches into the top four at Wyndham
Russell Henley is sticking with the no-bogey routine that emerged last week.
The Stratford grad has repeated a career rarity – two straight bogey-free rounds – and has vaulted to a tie for fourth in the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
His 5-under round tied for the second-best of the second round, and has him a shot behind tri-leaders Brandon Wu, Joohyung Kim, and Ryan Moore.
He followed a steady one-birdie first nine and four birdies for a 65, his second in the last six rounds. And he’s been below 70 in five of the last six rounds.
Henley knows this course. He led after 54 holes a year ago, and bogey doomed him to miss out on a six-man playoff.
So there’s a comfort zone at Sedgefield Country Club.
“Around here I feel great about my ball-striking, but this course, a lot of times I’ve felt comfortable,” Henley told USA Today/Golfweek. “I’ve felt like I can hit the fairway and I can attack the pins and I know where to miss it. Yeah, and also being Bermuda grass, I’m kind of used to that, so it’s a combination of those things.”
But he is on a roll since returning to regular play following the birth of his third child, daughter Jane, now about nine weeks old.
“Didn’t get to play nearly as much as I wanted and had to miss some events that I normally would play,” he told USAT/G. “This is our first event with the 9-week-old. She’s actually a great baby, so it’s been pretty great, but I also have an incredible wife.”
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Rosario, Acuna lead Braves over Mets in Ofest
Ex-Bulldog Seymour, entering HOF, underrated key to Pats’ success
Falcons’ Ogundeji coming into his own
College Football/South
Bama puts ‘participation trophy’ – aka runner-up trophy – in cafeteria
Swinney crushed by Zanders’ career-ending injury
College Sports
Grambling starts VB practice, minus coach or clarity
MLB/Baseball
Dodger Stadium crowd pays tribute to Scully
Gibson, Schwarber pace Philly over Washington
Kepler baited into getting ejected
Padres’ Tatis starts rehab assignment
Golf
From quadruple bogey on Thursday to share of Wyndham lead
Did Masters officials discourage players from going to LIV?
Auto Racing
Kyle Busch, family escape Mall of America shooting
Football/NFL/USFL
Union files brief replying to NFL’s Watson appeal
Bills fans sending Von Miller lots of, well, TP
Ex-Auburn standout Monday, of Saints, tears ACL
HOFer Boselli had short career, sparking qualifications debate
Most unlikely Super Bowl win leads to Hall for Vermeil
College Basketball
Equal pay for women’s hoops refs a growing issue for conferences
Women’s tournament to have two regional sites in 2023
Around the nation/world