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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Lander 3, Georgia College 1

 Pro

MLB

Philadelphia 1, Atlanta 0

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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 …

UCF and Tech have ties

Smith: “the ball will find” Pitts

Falcons injury update

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

Illinois blanks Chattanooga

Utah student charged with terrorism threat over game

Baseball/MLB

No HR for Judge, Yanks clinch

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

Trouble in Bradydise?

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

Texas 101 FYIs

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

NFL games/scores

College football scores/games