Friday's Report: Scoreboard; coach Martin dies, Maxwell Ratings picks, Dublin's Height; Braves, UGA, Tech, Falcons, Georgia State; college 🏈 southeast/national, MLB, NBA, NFL, golf, tennis
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: Long-time coach, former Perry hoops standout Lee Martin dies; Maxwell Ratings and area rankings
Coming Friday: Friday night’s scouting reports
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High School
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Bleckley County 13, Swainsboro 1
The Royals win the region title.
Central 10, Northeast 7
Crisp 7, Fullington 0
Dodge County 3, Cook 2
Glascock County 17, Twiggs County 0
Griffin 8, Baldwin 1
Houston County 10, Lee County 2; Houston County 15, Lee County 1
Lamar County 16, Jasper County 8
Marion County 8, Taylor County 0
Mount de Sales 8, FPD 0
Peach County 6, Howard 2
Perry 12, Spalding 1
The Panthers have won 14 of their last 15 games.
Piedmont 13, Gatewood 0
Rutland 21, Southwest 2
Aubrey Moore had two hits and got the win.
Telfair County 6, Hawkinsville 5
Treutlen 30, Dooly County 5
Veterans 10, Tift County 6, Tift County 15, Veterans 5
Washington County 18, Richmond Academy 0
West Laurens 21, Westside 0
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Callaway 2, FPD 0
Hardaway 2, Westside 0
Mary Persons 2, Baldwin 0; Mary Persons 2, Peach County 0
Lamar County 2, Callaway 0
Perry 2, Hardaway 0; Perry 2, Howard 0; Perry 2, Westside 0
Veterans 2, Northside-Columbus 1
Westminster 3, John Hancock 0
College
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Pro
MLB
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Alumni Update
Dublin’s Height likely done for the year at Southern Cal
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Atlanta hits rut with no O at Philly, 1.5 back
Acuna sits with back tightness
Can the Mets hold off the Braves?
Beamer on the ‘Bowers for Heisman’ train
And about Bennett and the Heisman …
Smith: “the ball will find” Pitts
White, Dunn among HOF candidates
McCall leads Coastal over Georgia State
Coastal Carolina 41, Georgia State 24 (box)
College Football/South
Similar storylines for Auburn, Missouri
Florida, Florida State should thank Arizona State for Edwards
Column: Heupel’s next task: perform an exorcism
Napier converting family Vol fans for a week
Tennessee updates injuries for Florida
Jackson State’s Wilkerson shows difference between MEAC and SWAC
UNC QB apologizes for shot at NC State
ACC off to strong non-conference start
Kentucky players sue police over 2021 arrests
College Football
West Virginia handles Virginia Tech
Utah student charged with terrorism threat over game
Baseball/MLB
Fans and milestone balls: what to do?
Bradish better than Verlander in Orioles win
League is ending the shift, so what will teams do?
Column: Wills changed the game, but isn’t in the Hall
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Celtics suspend HC Udoka for whole season
Football/NFL/USFL
Brissett, Chubb, Browns stun Steelers
Chubb takes blame for Browns loss with TD
Colts work on stagnant offense
Rodgers admires Brady, won’t play as long
Arians gets warning letter from NFL
Golf
Presidents Cup: US dominates first day
US too competitive to be complacent
Norman uninvited from QBE Shootout
Thomas doesn’t understand LIV and OWGR points issue
Tennis
Federer braced for ‘last dance’ with Nadal at Laver Cup
Auto Racing
Around the nation/world