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 +

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

🏈🏈🏈Football🏈🏈🏈

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.

 

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

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 

🏐🏐🏐Volleyball🏐🏐🏐

 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

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

W-Oklahoma State 3, Mercer 1

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Savannah State 3, FVSU 1 

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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

Braves by the numbers

Muschamp (again) faces former team

Gamecocks have NFL-caliber QB, but …

Things to watch in UGA-USC

More from Smart

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

How bad will it get for A&M?

Can Penn State beat Auburn, an SEC team on the road?

Predicting Auburn-Penn State

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’?

Philly and the wild card race 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Connecticut stays alive

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

Chiefs rally past Chargers

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

Leeds manager gets 1-game ban

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games

NFL games/scores

College football scores/games