Sunday's Report: Scoreboard; Mary Persons' Herring; Braves, Falcons-Seahawks, Hawks, Tech; NFL, MLB, colleges, tennis, NASCAR, golf, more
Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
In Coverage:
📰S📰C📰O📰R📰E📰B📰O📰A📰R📰D📰
High School
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Piedmont 6, Social Circle 5; Piedmont 9, Newton 4
Piedmont scored three in the fifth to take the opener, with two-hit games from Emily Whitwell, Marissa Holder, and Abby Arnold, and four Social Circle errors. The Cougars scored seven runs in the final three innings of the nightcap, boosted by two-hit efforts from Whitwell, Breck Piedra, Emily McEwen, Teagan Hinson and Arnold.
West Laurens 7, Harlem 2; West Laurens 10, Jones County 2
Volleyball
Cook 2, Northeast 0
College
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
W-Flagler 3, Georgia College 0
🏐🏐🏐Volleyball🏐🏐🏐
Western Carolina 3, Mercer 0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-20)
Pro
MLB
📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰
Signings
Alumni Update
Mary Persons’ Herring next man up in KC Sunday
Around/about Central Georgia
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Wright wins 20th, Braves gain ground
Atlanta and Seattle in must-win mode?
Why players, coaches believe this start is different
Falcons-Seahawks things to watch
Hawks look for improved communication with Young, McMillan
Obit: Former Tech FB coach Fulcher
Football/NFL/USFL/CFL
Stations pauses weekly Favre show amid scandal
What Hurts gets right that Wentz got wrong
Cleveland in good hands with Brissett
Denver HC hires a game management assistant
Bucs DB Dean has topped Winston, Meyer in notable career
Baseball/MLB/Baseball
Oakland ends deGrom’s day early
Judge homerless for fourth straight game
Odds were against Pujols
Dodgers’ reactions cover the spectrum
Mariners, Castillo come to terms
LaRussa won’t be back in dugout
College Football/Southeast
Ah, the colorful history of Spurrier, Vols, Manning, Gators
Tennis
Federer on GOAT debate: how can you compare?
Golf
Spieth, Thomas unbeatable in Presidents Cup
Homa won’t forget moment ‘money can’t buy’
Immelman LOLd at Norman’s message
Auto Racing
Bell close to home for start of round of 12
Keselowski gets pole, first as owner-driver
Basketball/NBA/WNBA
Wilson, Gray lead US over China in World Cup
Around the nation/world