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

M-Mercer 2, North Florida 2

 

🏐🏐🏐Volleyball🏐🏐🏐

 

FVSU 3, LeMoyne-Owen 1

Western Carolina 3, Mercer 0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-20)

 

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 3

 

📰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

Seattle injury update

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

Raiders challenge: slow Henry

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

MLB games/scores

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games