The Central Georgia Sports Report

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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

Atlanta 9, NY Mets 6

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

Stratfordā€™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 ā€“ two straight bogey-free rounds ā€“ 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 heā€™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 thereā€™s a comfort zone at Sedgefield Country Club.

          ā€œAround here I feel great about my ball-striking, but this course, a lot of times Iā€™ve felt comfortable,ā€ Henley told USA Today/Golfweek. ā€œIā€™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, Iā€™m kind of used to that, so itā€™s a combination of those things.ā€

          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.

          ā€œDidnā€™t get to play nearly as much as I wanted and had to miss some events that I normally would play,ā€ he told USAT/G. ā€œThis is our first event with the 9-week-old. Sheā€™s actually a great baby, so itā€™s been pretty great, but I also have an incredible wife.ā€

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Rosario, Acuna lead Braves over Mets in Ofest

Ex-Bulldog Seymour, entering HOF, underrated key to Patsā€™ success

UGA practice update

Falconsā€™ Ogundeji coming into his own

Falcons practice update

 

College Football/South

Bama puts ā€˜participation trophyā€™ ā€“ aka runner-up trophy ā€“ in cafeteria

Swinney crushed by Zandersā€™ career-ending injury

College Sports

Grambling starts VB practice, minus coach or clarity  

 

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MLB/Baseball

Dodger Stadium crowd pays tribute to Scully

Gibson, Schwarber pace Philly over Washington

Kepler baited into getting ejected

Padresā€™ 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

Weekend NASCAR schedule

Football/NFL/USFL

Union files brief replying to NFLā€™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 womenā€™s hoops refs a growing issue for conferences

Womenā€™s tournament to have two regional sites in 2023

Around the nation/world

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games