The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Friday's Report: Scoreboard; Stratford, Jake Fromm; Braves, Falcons, UGA/Oregon, Kennesaw State, Georgia Southern; US Open, college FB/South/nat'l, MLB, golf, NASCAR, NFL, NBA

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
Coming Friday: Maxwell Ratings and area rankings, including GIAA teams), Friday night’s scouting reports

 

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High School

🏈🏈🏈Football🏈🏈🏈

Jenkins 35, East Laurens 7

Stratford 42, Riverside Military 20

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Briarwood 3, Piedmont 0

Lake Oconee 8, Jasper County 0

Mary Persons 10, Crawford County 3

Rutland 26, Jordan 10

Tattnall 10, Brookstone 9, 8 inn.

🏐🏐🏐Volleyball🏐🏐🏐

ACE 2, Rock Springs 1 (10-25, 25-4, 15-7)

Mary Persons 3, Griffin 0

Mount de Sales 2, Peach County 0; Mount de Sales 2, Sumter County 0

Northeast 2, Rutland 0; Northeast 2, Southwest 0

Peach County 2, Sumter County 0 (25-10, 25-13)

Piedmont 3, Covenant 1

Pike County 2, Upson-Lee 1

Tattnall 2, Upson-Lee; Pike County 2, Tattnall 0

 

College

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

W-Troy 1, Mercer 0

🏐🏐🏐Volleyball🏐🏐🏐

Albany State 3, Fort Valley State 0

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 3, Colorado 0

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Alumni Update

Fromm (Houston County) breaks down UGA’s QBs, O

 

Honor Roll

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Stratford steamrolls Riverside Military

          A running clock could’ve been in play early as Stratford stormed out to a 28-0 first-quarter lead en route to a 42-14 win over visiting Riverside Military.

          Shaun Wilmore scored twice, on a 3-yard run and 15-yard interception return, to lead Stratford. Keondre Glover added a 17-yard run and 33-yard TD catch from Billy Noblitt, and James Grove a 7-yard run.

          Nathan Haskell scored on a 15-yard interception 12 seconds into the second quarter for a 35-0 lead.

          RMA broke the shutout with 5:34 left in the first half and added a score in the third quarter.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Strider stellar in record-setting night

Dooley, Morehead, Brooks, others ring NYSE bell

Mariota wants more respect for Oregon vs. UGA

UGA TEs vs. Oregon LBs a matchup to watch

Georgia D has something to prove

From South Carolina DB to TB at Georgia State

Panthers a much tougher opener for South Carolina

Falcons put players on IR, re-sign others

Atlanta practice update

Kennesaw State surprised by Samford

Georgia Southern alum wins US Senior Am

                                                                                   

Tennis

Column: Williams, soccer players boost strong, confident women

Nadal attacked by own racket in win

Williams and Williams lose in first round

Tough to face a player you idolize

No handshake between Ukrainian and Belarus players

Update

College Football/South

Hooker leads Vols to rout of Ball State

UAB takes out Alabama A&M

Missouri rolls over Louisiana Tech

Fallout continues from Florida A&M issues

UCF handles South Carolina State

ETSU cruises past D-II Mars Hill

Furman overpowers North Greenville

SEC QB talent goes beyond Young and Bennett

Column: If Robinson was targeted in carjacking …

College Football

Pitt comes back to take return of the ‘Backyard Brawl’ in wild one

Penn State drives for last-minute win over Purdue

Oklahoma State tops Central Michigan in shootout

McAfee considered suicide after 2007 ‘Brawl’

Early candidate for oddest play of the year

Oregon’s Sewell, Utah’s Barton carry on family legacies

College Sports/NIL/Portal

NCAA tweaks transfer rules, aid is guaranteed

And modernizes infractions process

Baseball/MLB

Mets escape jam to top Dodgers

Musgrove goes to Antarctica for charity

What does Posey miss the most about playing?

Free agent Martinez suspended for violence policy

Golf

Gary Player cuts loose on LIV

Watson prays to stay in Masters

No LIV attire at BMW?

Auto Racing

Playoffs open with no clear favorite

Mailbag: No stages, no playoffs …

Football/NFL/USFL

Lawyers bash Goodell-led arbitration in racial bias suit

Gruden ‘ashamed’ about emails, hopes for another shot

Saints safety arrested in road rage incident

TJ Watt’s knee OK after cut block

ManningCast to return

Family issues behind Brady’s leave?

Wilson, Denver agree to huge extension

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Cavs getting Mitchell from Jazz?

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games

NFL games/scores