Saturday's Report: Scoreboard; Mercer, Georgia College; Serena Williams, Braves, UGA, Falcons, United; college FB, MLB, golf, tennis, NASCAR, NFL, more
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Central Georgia’s high school football coverage, Peach State college football preview
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College
Soccer
M-Mercer 1, NC State 1
Volleyball
Georgia College 3, King 0; Georgia College 3, Coker 0
Southern Miss 3, Mercer 1
Pro
MLB
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Analysis: Let Williams define her legacy as she leaves
Tomljanovic thought she’d lose
Does she really want to retire?
Around/about Central Georgia
49ers really wanted to keep Mercer’s Poe
MSOC: Mercer battles NC State to a draw
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Young ‘ns Grissom and Harris power Braves over Miami
Bennett subject of a unique and huge 10-acre farm tribute
McIntosh cool with comparison to Swift
What made Bowers the nation’s top tight end
Expectations grow for McConkey
College Football
Playoffs to expand to 12 teams by 2026
Old Dominion stuns Virginia Tech, again
Indiana rallies late to top Illinois
D leads Duke to shutout of Temple
No. 15 Michigan State struggles past WMU
William & Mary gets first FBS win since 2009
College Sports
South Carolina baseball adds former Clemson head coach
MLB/Baseball
Alonso hits tiebreaking bomb in Mets win
Giants rout Phillies to snap losing streak
Feral cats, few fans, lewd acts = Oakland baseball days numbers
Golf
Ace propels Wolff to LIV event lead
Tennis
Auto Racing
Last-changers Blaney, Dillion prep for playoffs
Weekend schedule at Darlington
Football/NFL/USFL
Kaepernick documentary has nuance, no Kaepernick
Departure or not, Arians knows Brady is fine
Araiza, Watson, and the NFL’s unenviable challenge
Around the nation/world