Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard/playoffs; Mary Persons' Williams, Mercer Tennis Classic; UGA/Bowers, Falcons, Braves; MLB/playoffs, NFL, WNBA/NBA, college 🏈 & 🏀, NASCAR, NHL

Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard/playoffs; Mary Persons' Williams, Mercer Tennis Classic; UGA/Bowers, Falcons, Braves; MLB/playoffs, NFL, WNBA/NBA, college 🏈 & 🏀,  NASCAR, NHL

In coverage: Monday Morning Quarterback;  Looking ahead: Kennesaw State’s Bohannon brought energy, sharable knowledge to Macon Touchdown Club

 

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High School
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Dodge County 10, Houston County 6
Houston County 38, Howard 0
Mary Persons 25, Ola 6; McDonough 21, Mary Persons 0

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GHSA Playoffs

Class 5A
Northside-Columbus 4, Jones County 0; Jones County vs. Statesboro

Class AAA
Calvary Day 6, Peach County 2; Peach County 12, Doughrty 0; Peach County vs. Calvary Day, Tuesday, 12 p.m.; 2 p.m.

Class A/II
GMC 10, Lincoln County 2; GMC 4, Taylor County 3
Hawkinsville 8, Seminole County 0; ECI 7, Hawkinsville 1; Hawkinsville vs. Turner County, Tuesday, 12 p.m.

Washington-Wilkes 15, Wilkinson County 0; Mt. Zion-Carrollton 24, Wilkinson County 5

GIAA Playoffs
John Milledge 5, FPD 3, JMA 8, FPD 0
Stratford 7, Bulloch 0; Stratford 8, Bulloch 0
Tattnall 17, Deerfield-Windsor 5; Tattnall 14, D-W 1
Westfield 8, Terrell 0; Westfield 16, Terrell 0

Honor Roll/Alumni Update

Mary Persons’ Williams take SEC special teams honor

Around/About Central Georgia

First day of the Mercer Tennis Classic goes to seeds

          The seeds lived up to the, well, seeds in early qualifying at the Mercer Tennis Classic on Monday.

          Mostly.

          Four of the 16 seeded players lost in the qualifying round. Action resumes Tuesday morning at John Drew Smith Tennis Center.

          Second-seeded Varvara Lepchenko lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Salma Ewing. No. 6 La Karatancheva went out in two to Salma Ewing, No. 13 Melany Solange fell in two to Chelsea Fontenel, and No. 15 Marine Paertaud retired in the second set, down 6-0 after one and 3-1 in the second.

          The first night match is Tuesday, with third seed Katie Volynets taking on Allie Kiick, daughter of former Miami Dolphin legend Jim Kiick.

          Mercer’s Teodora Ristic was knocked out in a first-round qualifying math, falling to former LSU signee Jenna DeFalco 6-2, 6-3.

          Georgia sophomore Alexandria Vecic handled Jaeda Daniel in two sets, and now faces Fontentel. Rasheeda McAdoo, who played at Georgia Tech, advanced in a three-setter over Mia Yamakita.

          Tickets are $5 a day and $25 for the week, with a $125 VIP pass that includes access to all events, as well as complimentary food and beverages, and dinner for evening matches.

 

Around/About Georgia

What is involved in surgery for UGA’s Bowers

Surviving without Bowers?

Ridder, Smith facing well-deserved scrutiny after an ugly Falcons loss

Bair: Losing turnover battle a troubling trend highlighted in Falcons loss to Commanders

Campbell donates $100K after getting 100 sacks

Notebook: Why you should care about "the middle eight" in Falcons loss to Commanders, too

Anthopoulos talks about silence on latest exit

How do Braves approach 2024?

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 NFL/USFL/XFL/Football

Winners and losers

NFL fines Kittle for profane Dallas t-shirt

Rams starting cornerback Kendrick arrested on concealed weapon charge hours after game

Prescott, Cowboys rally past Chargers

Analysis: Eagles, 49ers beat themselves, leaving NFL with no undefeated teams

Stroud’s performance has improved Texans at 3-3 entering bye week

Panthers’ Reich to give up play-calling duties OC and ex-Builldog Thomas Brown

Browns substitute quarterback P.J. Walker makes just enough plays to help Cleveland shock 49ers

Creed in the locker room key for Vikings

Don’t poke the bear, er, Brown

In ending their skid, the Commanders found a winning recipe they hope to replicate at the Giants

Bowles says it’s far too early to say how Buccaneers measure up against NFL’s better teams

Lions’ road to success this season paved with wins away from home

What happened to Mac Jones?

Key injuries and poor execution doom the 49ers in their first loss of the season

Pat McAfee defends paying Aaron Rodgers a reported seven figures for weekly appearance 

MLB/Baseball

Column-20 years later, scars from The Foul Ball that changed a Cubs fan’s life may have faded

Montgomery shuts out Astros, Taveras homers as Rangers get 2-0 win in Game 1 of ALCS

Harper, Schwarber, Castellanos power Phillies past Diamondbacks 5-3 in Game 1 of NLCS

Kim Ng, MLB’s 1st female GM, is leaving the Miami Marlins after making the playoffs in 3rd season

Column-Harper would have been perfect in pinstripes as his October prowess continues

Financially troubled Bally Sports Arizona will no longer provide coverage of local teams 

College Basketball

Iowa-DePaul women’s outdoor game at Kinnick draws over 55,000 fans, world record

Kansas is No. 1 in the preseason men’s AP Top 25; Duke, Purdue next as 5 teams get first-place votes 

College football/SEC, ACC/South

Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana game moved up for slain player’s funeral

Are personnel changes coming to Auburn’s offense?

WR Wilson, QB Travis good to go as No. 4 FSU prepares for 16th-ranked Duke

Alabama prepares for Tennessee QB Milton: ‘We got to gang tackle’ 

College Football

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Group of 5 teams struggling to break into rankings with lack of P5 upsets

STAT WATCH: K-State freshman QB Avery Johnson sets FBS season high with 5 touchdowns rushing

Oregon's Lanning: Loss to UW is '100 oercent on me'

Column-Get ready for long Riley rebuilding project

No. 7 Penn State looking for first win in Columbus since 2011 as game with No. 3 Ohio State looms 

College Sports

College athletes are fighting to get a cut from the billions they generate in media rights deals

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Colson’s humor makes guard face of the WNBA

Aces star guard Gray injured in fourth quarter against Liberty

Hall of Famer Weatherspoon hired as new coach of WNBA’s Chicago Sky

Auto Racing

NASCAR rescinds Blaney disqualification at Vegas

High Schools/Youth Sports

St. Louis youth football coach shot during practice by parent upset over son's playing time 

NHL/Hockey

Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup shows the value of depth at every position 

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores, FBS

College football scores, FCS