Friday's Report: Scoreboard; Central Ga. predictions/ scouting reports, Maxwell Ratings/picks, Bleckley County's Mims, Baldwin's Bullard; Federer, Braves, UGA, Falcons, Tech, Ga. Southern; colleges +
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: Maxwell Ratings and area rankings; Central Georgia predictions; Friday night’s scouting reports
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High School
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Rutland 26, Central 19
The Hurricanes improved to 3-1 with the win in the Region 2-AA opener, expanding on a 14-12 first-half lead to 20-12 and 26-12.
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ACE 26, Northeast 1
Dixiana Sims threw another no-hitter and struck out nine. Destiny Lucas and Sims each had four hits, with two-hit games from Laney Bridges, Madisyn Hallar, Avery Stone, and Ella Allen.
Bleckley County 2, Jefferson County 3
Crawford County 8, Schley County 5
Dodge County 9, Fitzgerald 1
Fullington 16, Twiggs 2
John Milledge 9, Bulloch 3
Houston County 8, Veterans 4
Hayley McElroy went 2 for 2 with two RBI and Ally Fleming added a two-run hit for the Bears.
Howard 20, Westside 0; Howard 27, Westside 0
Eighteen Huskies batted in the first inning, Abby Davis striking out seven in three innings. She went 3 for 3 with four runs, Nakeria Mallory and Sydnee McElveen adding two hits each. In the nightcap, Howard had 18 hits and Westside five errors, the Huskies getting inside-the-park homers from Abby Hardy and Jayla Evans. Howard, which sent 22 batters to the plate in the first inning, got four hits from McElveen, three from Trinity Wilkins and Mallory, and two from Hardy and Sidney Townsend. Howard (7-4/4-1) visits Baldwin on Monday, and Westside (0-9/0-5) is at Perry on Tuesday.
Mount de Sales 6, Stratford 0
Piedmont 8, Edmund Burke 0
Jacie Jenkins had two hits for Piedmont, Emily Whitwell needing only 48 pitches for the five-inning shutout
Swainsboro 10, Dublin 2
Union Grove 15, Warner Robins 0
Tattnall 9, FPD 0
Caroline Patterson, Brianna Logue, and Callie Still each had three hits for the Trojans, Still with three RBIs. Still, Patterson, Gradie Appling, and Annamary Talcot each belted homers, and Lindsey Paul and Isabelle Pecorilli teamed for the five-inning one-hit shutout.
West Laurens 15, Griffin 0
Wilcox County 7, Hawkinsville 2
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ACE 2, Lamar County 0 (25-14, 25-11); ACE 2, Tattnall 0 (25-17, 25-11)
Bryan County 3, Dublin 0
Central 2, Northeast 0
Johnson 2, Putnam County 0
Peach County 2, Taylor County 0 (25-9, 25-7)
Aamori Daniels had five aces and six kills. The Trojans host Tattnall on Monday.
Stratford 2, Jones County 0 (25-21, 25-12)
College
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Another legend retires
Federer: 41 and done, retiring
A teen hothead who found calm, and his unique talent
Coach and tragedy got Federer on path to greatness
A look at Federer’s 10 Slam finals
Column: Federer made imperfect tennis look perfect
Alumni Update
Bleckley County’s Mims growing up in Athens
Confidence of Baldwin’s Bullard growing at Georgia
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Muschamp (again) faces former team
Gamecocks have NFL-caliber QB, but …
London ready for visit home with Falcons to LA
Falcons’ Williams misses practice (rib)
Lessons from New Orleans will help with LA
Tech seeks first consecutive wins under Collins
Georgia Southern’s Benko gets contract extension
College Sports
ADs want reform, but not break from NCAA
MBKB: UConn to pay Ollie another $3.9 mil
College Football/South
Younger sister of Clemson DT Bresee dies of brain cancer
Saban hits a rat-poisony rant, remembers Georgia Southern
Can Penn State beat Auburn, an SEC team on the road?
A&M cheerleaders called that night’s winner a ‘hillbilly college’
Marshall basks in storybook win over Notre Dame
ACC coaches take different tacts on penalties
College Football
Weekly preview: More Sun Belt upsets coming?
ADs urge reform, but not NCAA breakaway
Yes, Joseph wants the Nebraska job
Baseball/MLB
Mets beat Pirates on Clemente Day
Rays make history on Clemente Day with all-Latin lineup
League celebrates Roberto Clemente Day in New York
Ex-Brave Langeliers future ‘premier catcher’?
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Popovich surprises Hammon after Game 2 win
Phoenix VP says owner should resign
Silver: Sterling and Sarver cases different
Jordan jersey goes for $10.1 mil
Former ambassador working on Griner release
Football/NFL/USFL
Ryan gets ball from HOF, but it has that number on it
Campbell: League admitted officiating mistake
Arizona counters Reid’s complaints about field
More criticism heaped on Tagovailoa
Mrs. Tom Brady: ‘Now it’s going to be my turn’
Colts have lost eight straight at Jacksonville
Probe into Washington and Snyder continues
Favre/money/welfare scandal getting messier
Column: Favre’s public image is a fraud, too
Golf
McIlroy throws ball into water, finishes second nine in five under
Fowler begins with new caddie, coach, and a 67
DeChambeau has no buyer’s remorse
Who’s repping the US in Presidents Cup?
Zalatoris: ‘I’d vote (McILroy) for president’
Report: Monahan spends some money
Tennis
Halep undergoes nose surgery to improve breathing
Auto Racing
Busch and Gibbs: A long, sometimes rough road
Harvick heads to Bristol in must-win playoff situation
High Schools
Shortage of officials in Kentucky approaching a problem situation
Soccer
Around the nation/world