Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; Upson-Lee's Walker, Washington County's Gray, FPD's Andress, Mercer; Braves, UGA, Georgia Tech; MLB/Judge, college 🏈, NFL, NASCAR, golf, NBA
Wednesday'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: Thursday’s scouting reports, The Sports Report’s predictions
Coming Thursday: Maxwell predictions, and how Central Georgia teams fall on full state ranking
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High School
🏈🏈🏈 Football 🏈🏈🏈
Tattnall 42, Frederica 18
Frederica countered Tattnall’s early touchdown, but missed the PAT. It was an omen. The Trojans (3-3) got Antone Johnson’s second touchdown to take a one-score lead, and Cam Persons made it a 21-6 lead after one with a late first-quarter score. The hosts scored again, only for the Trojans to answer five minutes later on Brayden Smith’s short TD reception. Johnson came back for pass from Donovan Duncan for a 33-yard score in the final minute of the half for a 35-12 lead at the break. Person added another TD run, of about 50 yards, with a minute left.
Thomas County Central 48, Veterans 21
Midway through the first quarter, it was tied at 7. From then on, the night belonged to the hosts, who took the lead with 2:39 left in the first quarter and exploded the lead to 34-7 at halftime en route to the Region 1-6A win in the opener for both teams. The margin grew to 48-7 with just less than 10 minutes remaining in the game.
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Citizens Christian 10, Fullington 0
Dodge County 10, Berrien 2
FPD 14, Jasper County 0
Three four-run innings keyed FPD, which outhit Jasper County 18-4. Alanna Ray and Ava Spillers had three hits, with two-hit games from Kaylee MacDonald, Saylor Hill, Sarah Grace Strickland, Hannay Davis, and Emily Claire Howard. MacDonald fanned nine in five innings.
Hawkinsville 14, Rutland 2
Houston County 8, Tift County 2; Houston County 3, Tift County 0
John Milledge 11, Pinewood Christian 9
The Trojans won their first region title since 2016.
Perry 9, Marion County 6
West Laurens 8, Bleckley County 2
🏐🏐🏐 Volleyball 🏐🏐🏐
Augusta Prep 3, John Hancock 0
College
Soccer
W-Georgia College 1, Clayton State 1
Pro
MLB
Washington 3, Atlanta 2, 10 inn.
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Alumni Update
Jags getting their money’s worth out of Upson-Lee’s Walker
Washington Country’s Gray gets into the restaurant business in Milledgeville
FPD’s Andress helps Georgia Southern at tournament
Around/About Central Georgia
WSOC-Mercer moves up SoCon home opener a day
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Atlanta falls in the 10th, falls back into second
Georgia coughed up single payment to get Searels
The story of MJ Sherman is a good one
Georgia Tech plans to improve athletics rep
The Tech coaching name game’s latest
Browns’ Garrett rests from crash, status vs. Atlanta unclear
How being one of 10 kids influenced Arthur Smith
MBKB: UGA schedule highlighted by return visits
Baseball/MLB
Escobar rallies Mets past Marlins in 10th
Cabrera hits 507th homer for Detroit
Orioles shut down by Boston’s Hill
College Football
How soon CFP expands still up in the air
Michigan at Iowa, ‘Where top-25 teams go to die’
Ups and downs mark start for Big Ten
College Football/Southeast
Beamer, South Carolina set for short week
Third and how? ACC’s top teams are converting
Rodriguez boosts Kentucky after suspension
Alabama’s offensive identity? Good question
Is Mizzou jinked? Maybe, maybe not
Auburn is Kelly’s first road game at LSU
Kiffin wants home fans to stay around for Kentucky (notes)
NFL/USFL/Football
Favre’s ‘charity’ foundation gave big bucks to USM
Players tackle housing issues when joining new teams
Charles defends Bieniemy in tiff with Mahomes
Why Shanahan never burned Jimmy G bridge
Auto Racing
Byron penalized for hit on Hamlin NASCAR missed
Golf
LIV denies report of buying TV time on FS1
Mickelson wants out of LIV lawsuit vs. PGA Tour
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Irving: lost $100 mil by staying unvaccinated
Around the nation/world