Wednesday's Report: HS FB changes, CGTC promotes Fitch; Tech changes, Braves, UGA, Falcons, Hawks; MLB, NFL, colleges, NASCAR, NBA, NHL

Wednesday's Report: HS FB changes, CGTC promotes Fitch; Tech changes, Braves, UGA, Falcons, Hawks; MLB, NFL, colleges, NASCAR, NBA, NHL

Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

Coming Thursday: Scouting reports on Thursday’s games; The Sports Reports predictions for Thursday and Friday; Maxwell Ratings prediction, all Central Georgia teams’ rankings, Georgia High School Football Daily composite rankings

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Honor Roll/Players of the Week

SoCon MSOC defensive POTW: Mercer’s Sekou Agard

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Central Georgia Tech taps Westfield grad Fitch as new head coach

 

Wednesday’s HS football

          This edition combines scouting reports with predictions.

Class 6A

Veterans, 4-1, at No. 7 Thomas County Central, 5-0, 6:30 p.m.
          Scouting report: Former Jones County head coach Justin Rogers has the Yellow Jackets 5-0 for the first time since 2007 in his first season. Veterans is 4-1 for the first time since 2019. The Yellow Jackets pass for 275.8 yards a game and run for 176.8. The Warhawks counter with 297.4 and 124.2. Veterans’ defense, though, has given up 114 points, to 47 for TCC.
          Prediction: Now comes the serious stuff: region play. Can the Warhawks maintain some momentum against a ranked team? Both teams are off to better starts than usual, but TCC is good at home, 9-1 in the last 10.
TSR pick: Thomas County Central by 17

No. 6-II Charlton County, 3-2, at Dublin, 2-2, cancelled

GIAA
Tattnall, 2-3, at Frederica, 1-4, 5 p.m.
          Scouting report: The Trojans have played one of the toughest schedules in GIAA, with the three losses coming to quality GHSA Class A teams. Cam Person is one of three main rushers, third in yards but first with  8 touchdowns, three more than leading rusher Antone Johnson. Brayden Smith may be the best athlete on the field. Three of Frederica’s losses have been by 41-12, 63-13, and 45-6.
          Prediction: How about an afternoon prepping for a dinner-time game on St. Simons? Some Tattnall parents may call in “absent” on Thursday while the kids are back in school. But both groups will be happy.
TSR pick: Tattnall by 24

-  Michael A. Lough

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Tech president promises upgrades, added resources

About the coaching search and needs

Interim HC Key hits right notes

Acuna goes yard twice in win, Atlanta/NY tied

Smart gives injury updates; notes

Freak’ keeps on Bowersing

UGA notebook

Seahawks hurt by playing it safe

Falcons mailbag

What stood out for Falcons

Falcons found way to ‘outlast’ and ‘overcome’

Falcons notebook

Pitt first in the post-Collins era

Hawks get Krejcf in trade

 

Baseball/MLB/College

Carrasco struggles again, Mets lose

Yanks clinch, Judge HR slump continues

Cards get NL Central

What’s the latest new postseason schedule look like?

Jays’ Manoah honored for defending teammate vs. weight shots

NL leaders

College Football/Southeast

Harsin needed a savior, got one

Stoops, UK eye another door to be knocked down

A nice $1.5 mil road trip south for Middle Tennessee State

Clemson’s D quiet after hyped offseason

Florida schools, South Carolina move games

SC State-South Carolina moved to Thursday

College Football

Texas Tech fined for field storming when Texas player shoved

A&M has responded since upset

Alabama has three straight ranked opponents

Stat watch

98-0 loser OK with it

College Sports

WBKB-Current Baylor coach comments on Griner, previous coach (Mulkey) not so much

MBKB-NCAA puts Memphis on probation, no postseason ban

Football/NFL/USFL

Texts show Favre also wanted welfare money for football facility

Saints limp into London with WR issues

Denver brings in management coach for head coach

Backups, be ready; QB carousel is spinning

McDaniel: If Tua had a head issue, he wouldn’t have returned

Campbell frustrated by strategical error

Auto Racing

Busch hopes to return this year from concussion

Basketball/NBA/WNBA

For Zion, Kawhi, Murray and more, wait’s finally over

Boston players blindsided by current scandal

Nash downplays Durant drama

Hockey/NHL

Bruins hoping for another run at the Cup

Nashville feels restocked

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

NFL games/scores

College football scores/games