The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; Baldwin's Bullard, Mary Persons' Hansford, Mercer, Georgia College, FVSU; Braves, Falcons, UGA, Tech; MLB, colleges, NFL, WNBA, NASCAR

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

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High School

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Bleckley County 12, Telfair County 11

CFCA 13, Covenant 4

Crisp 5, Fullington 0

Dodge County 24, Fitzgerald 0

FPD 10, Gatewood 9

          FPD trailed 5-2 after two innings, the teams went back and forth with big innings late only for the Vikings to put four across in the bottom of the seventh. Kaylee MacDonald’s one-out triple brought in Annaleigh Lowrimore and Sophie Willford, and then Sarah Grace Strickland doubled in MacDoonald and Addison Arnold. Strickland drove in four runs. She had two doubles, and MacDonald had a double and triple. Natalie Sills had four hits and Kindall Ward three for the Gators, each scoring three runs. S

Glascock Cunty 4, GMC 0

Heard County 6, Crawford County 5

          Rylie Youngblood belted a homer for the Eagles.

Howard 7, Griffin 4

          Howard put five up in the first inning and survived four errors. Abby Davis went 2 for 4 with an RBI, also getting the win with six strikeouts. Howard (4-4/2-1) hosts Central on Wednesday, while Griffin is at West Laurens on Thursday.

Houston County 3, Thomas County Central 2, 9 inn.

          Kinley Snider scored from second on an error for the game-winner.

John Milledge 8, Pinewood Christian 6

Jones County 22, Eagle’s landing 0

Mount de Sales 10, Heritage 3; MdS 2, Heritage 1

Oglethorpe 8, Jasper Count 3

Perry 22, Baldwin 3

          Trinity Odom and Mackenzie Crumley belted normal homers and Ella Dowd added an inside-the-park home run, Dowd fanning 10 in getting the win. Odom had four this, and Riley Jones and Dowd had three hits each.

Piedmont 4, Stratford 0

          Mackenzie Plunkett and Emily Whitwell teamed for a seven-strikeout two-hitter

Rutland 12, Northeast 3

          McKenna Hallman got the win for the Hurricanes.

Schley County 9, Taylor County 2

Temple 8, Lamar County 5

Washington County 16, Putnam County 12

Westfield 4, Tattnall 3

West Laurens 9, Spalding 0


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ACE 2, Mary Persons 1; ACE 2, Upson-Lee 0

Augusta Prep 3, John Hancock 0

Calvary Christian 2, Tattnall 0

Creekside Christian 2, Mount de Sales 0

Dublin 2, Central 0

Locust Grove 2, Warner Robins 0; Locust Grove 2, Jones County 0

Mary Persons 2, Upson-Lee 0

Mount de Sales 3, FPD 1

Northside 2, Perry 0

Oak Mountain 3, Covenant 0

Tattnall 3, Stratford 2 (25-22, 20-25, 16-25, 25-23, 15-11)

Veterans 2, Northside 0; Veterans 2, Perry 1

Union Grove 2, Jones County 0; Union Grove 2, Warner Robins 0

 

College

Golf

M-Bearcat Fall Invite, Georgia College, final round

W-Green Wave Classic, Mercer, final round

 

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Georgia College 3, USC Aiken 0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-18

 

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 5, San Francisco 1

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This weekend
Saturday
12 p.m., Georgia at South Carolina, ESPN
1 p.m., Lackawanna at GMC
2 p.m., Allen at Fort Valley State
3:30 p.m., Mississippi at Georgia Tech, ABC
3:30 p.m., Georgia Southern at UAB, Stadium
6 p.m., The Citadel at Mercer, NexStar/ESPN+
7 p.m., Charlotte at Georgia State
Sunday
4:05 p.m.: Atlanta at LA Rams, Fox  

Braves next 8
Tues., 9:45 p.m., at SF; Wed., 3:45 p.m., at SF; Friday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m.; Saturday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m.; Sun., vs. Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.; Mon., vs. Washington, 7:20 p.m.; Tue., vs. Washington, 7:20 p.m.; Wed., vs. Washington, 12:0 p.m.

Honor Roll/Players of the Week

SoCon WSOC: Mercer’s Cook (again)

 

Alumni Update

Baldwin’s Bullard is UGA’s little big man

 

Hansford (Mary Persons) brings SEC experience to South Florida

 

Around/About Central Georgia

FB: FVSU moves up in HBCU poll

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Wright earns 18th win, Braves a half game back

Baldwin’s Bullard talks (video)

UGA’s Smith makes progress

Smart’s post-practice monologue

Bulldogs injury update

Smith optimistic about growth on offense

Beamer learned plenty from Smart in short time

Former UGA hero Blankenship cut by Indianapolis

Tech’s level of difficulty rises again with Mississippi

MBKB: Tech releases men’s schedule

 

Baseball/MLB/College

Mets come up empty for deGrom, fall again to Cubs

Maton’s HR leads Phillies over Marlins

Two more Judge bombs lift Yankees in 10

Pirates take doubleheader from Reds

Minnesota bid for combo no-hitter ends in ninth

Gaints sent Littell down after heated spat with Kapler

Two managers ejected on same play?

College Football/South

Petrino’s back in Arkansas, with Missouri State

College Football

Re-ranking 1 through 131

Frost first, who’s next?

Football tops TV ratings for last week

Column: Trojans are back, may be nation’s best

Football/NFL/USFL

Dak Prescott doing his part to build trust with people, law enforcement

Smith hears chants, relishes Seattle win

Hackett’s head-scratcher caps wild Week 1

Former UGA hero Blankenship cut by Indianapolis

Brown was ‘always open’ in Eagles debut

Column: A penalty for a towel?

Pack hoping history repeats itself after opening loss

Bucs run game, D make Brady’s job easier

Titans lose, now have 5 of 7 on the road

Carolina’s Rhule: Flag should’ve been thrown on spike

Football tops TV ratings for last week

Auto Racing

Bush leaving Gibbs, Toyota for Childress

Tennis

What’s next for Serena?

Golf

Column: Alcaraz is brilliant, but Big One era not here yet

Basketball/NBA/WNBA

Another Wilson double-double puts Las Vegas up 2-0

Phoenix owner suspended for a year, fined $10 mil

Why Sarver didn’t get the Sterling treatment

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games  

NFL games/scores

College football scores/games