Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard (HS 🥎/🏐; Demaryius Thomas; Braves, UGA, Tech; MLB, college 🏈, colleges, NFL, NASCAR, golf
Monday'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: Georgia Tech celebrates 8/8 Demaryius Thomas Day
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High School
Softball
Bleckley County 11, Perry 3
GMC 5, Lake Oconee 1
Piedmont 9, Bulloch 0
Marissa Holder and Mackenzie Plunkett and McKayla Arnold each had two hits for Piedmont. Plunkett struck out eight with a walk in the three-hit five-inning shutout.
Taylor County 7, Rutland 2
Volleyball
ACE 2, FPD 1 (21-25, 25-11, 15-2); ACE 2, Mount de Sales 0 (25-23, 25-17)
Stuart McCurry had five aces, Chole Nichols five assists, and Taylor Wilson eight kills and six digs against FPD. Wilson had six aces and Landry Heath five, Olive Deese seven assists, and Wilson with seven kills and six digs against Mount de Sales. ACE hosts Crisp County and Stratford on Tuesday starting at 5 p.m.
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Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Still work to be done for Atlanta, which awaits rematch
UGA third in preseason coaches’ poll
Washington says UGA TEs are a mismatch
Tech’s Gibson should help OL early
Braves OF a collection of five-toolers
Baseball/MLB
Throwback unis for Field of Dreams game Thursday
Yanks dream of World Series, bad dreams of Judge as a Met
Mariners happy with new free agent: rescue dog
Dodgers, Mets quiet at deadline, noisy after with wins
Scully’s kind gesture to Kentucky icon
College Football/South
Next with the light show show: South Carolina
Column: SEC should go to 10-game league schedule
College Football
A breakdown of the USA Today/Coaches preseason top 25 teams
Oklahoma assistant Gundy resigns after unintentionally using inappropriate word
Sooner fans, ex-players not happy
But Venables said this wasn’t the first time, and resignation was proper
College Sports
Column: NCAA displays cowardice in silence on Indiana abortion ban
Football/NFL/USFL
Brawl breaks out at Giants camp
Gruden’s agent decries ‘hit job,’ expects him to coach again
Rodgers goes deep on his mind-altering trip to Peru
Auto Racing
Harvick win complicates playoff race
Golf
PGA responds to LIV lawsuit, points out mistakes
NBA/WNBA
W-Taurasi’s regular season over with quad injury
Around the nation/world