Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; Peach County's Whittington, Mercer; NASCAR/Atlanta, Braves/playoffs, Falcons/Ridder, UGA; NFL, colleges, MLB, NASCAR, WNBA/NBA, Biles

Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; Peach County's Whittington, Mercer; NASCAR/Atlanta, Braves/playoffs, Falcons/Ridder, UGA; NFL, colleges, MLB, NASCAR, WNBA/NBA, Biles

Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores, and the only place with college – Mercer, FVSU, Georgia College, CGTC, MGSU, GMC, Wesleyan – coverage (when info is offered).

 

Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s high school football predictions

 

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High School

🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈

Mount de Sales 7, Central 0

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

Hawkinsville 9, Howard 4

          The Huskies got off to a good start with four in the second, but the Red Devils stormed ahead with six in the fifth. Hawkinsville got two-hit nights from Myah Brown (4 runs), Jenni Merkerson (3 RBI), Alica Newman, Makayla Edwards (2 runs), and winning pitcher Rhegan Powers. Nakeria Mallory had three hits and three RBI, and Abby Davis three hits. Howard (10-12) hosts Griffin on Thursday, and Hawkinsville (17-2) is at Dooly County.

Lamar County 8, Taylor County 1
Spalding 18, Baldwin 10
Veterans 10, Crisp County 5
Warner Robins 12, Dublin 10
Washington 12, Johnson County 11
Westfield 8, Pinewood 0

🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐

ACE 2, Lamar County 0; ACE 2, Howard 0

College
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

W-Clayton State 2, Georgia College 1

M-Georgia State 2, Mercer 1 

Pro

⚽ ⚽ ⚽MLS ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2

 

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Alumni Update

Peach County’s Whittington likely done for year at Oregon

Honor Roll

SoCon MGLF: Mercer’s Jonsson

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

NASCAR moves Atlanta and Watkins Glen into the playoffs on 2024 schedule

How Fried’s availability affects Atlanta plans

Stealing the show: Acuña leads speedsters seeking October impact in pitch clock era

What did the Braves trade to get this record-setting roster?

Ridder remains confident he’ll keep the job

Hollins clears the air on perceived snapping at Ridder

Falcons sign defensive lineman Ankou and place wide receiver Ali on injured reserve

Atlanta’s O-line struggling but improving

Bates III, Falcons teammates, support single mother's in Atlanta area

UGA notebook

Georgia working on run game, O-line

 

MLB/Baseball

Phillies sweep Marlins to earn NL Division Series rematch with MLB-best Braves

Twins advance for 1st time in 21 years with 2-0 win to sweep Blue Jays behind Gray, Correa

Rangers beat Rays 7-1 for Wild Card Series sweep behind Garcia and Carter home runs

Diamondbacks erase early deficit again and beat Brewers 5-2 to sweep NL Wild Card Series

Rays’ Wild Card opener draws 19,704, lowest since 1919 for non-pandemic MLB postseason

Jimmy Rollins did it his way. The former MVP shares his secrets to success.

Attanasio says MLB committee on Athletics’ move will meet this week, declines to comment on progress

College Sports

NCAA tightens portal window from 60 to 45 days

Washington State AD asks NCAA for “compassion and understanding” amid uncertainty with Cougars, Oregon State

NCAA moves toward implementing NIL rules with proposals for agent registry, deal disclosure

Florida State fudged Title IX numbers, adds a women’s sport

College Football/SEC, ACC

LSU safety Brooks diagnosed with brain cancer, but no evidence it has spread, doctor says

Ranked SEC teams seek balance with rushing games and create opportunities for the passing game

Barkley admits he doesn’t hate Alabama, just Tide fans he calls ‘ungrateful brats’

Noles’ DC looking for better starts, more complete games

Ranking the biggest ‘choke jobs’ in Florida history

ACC quarterbacks, sometimes under the radar, are driving success across the league

SEC fines Ole Miss $75,000 after fans throw debris on field

What’s wrong with Arkansas?

College Football/South (SEC/ACC states)

Virginia AG writes to NCAA to make JMU bowl eligible in transition

Jacksonville State rallies past MTSU

South Alabama looking to limit explosive plays, quarterback runs vs. ULM

College Football

College football picks: SEC future and present highlights Week 6 with Red River, Alabama-Texas A&M

Some of nation’s top tacklers reside in the Big Ten and not just at the top football factories

Texas RB Jonathon Brooks honors father’s memory with every touchdown for No. 3 Longhorns

Purdue adding a ground attack to Air Raid

NIL collective for Utah backs up the truck - $61,000 pickup trucks - for football team

NFL/XFL/USFL/Football

Tomlin thinks the Steelers’ lack of physicality is nothing a padded practice can’t fix

Analysis: Wilson proved Saleh, Jets’ confidence in him was deserved

Fields and Howell face off as the winless Bears visit the Commanders in prime time

Pro Picks: Handing the Bears their 15th straight loss won’t come easy for the Commanders

Jags LT Cam Robinson and WR Zay Jones return to practice ahead of Bills game in London

Column-Exit Brady, Bucs to drop, but enter Baker

Stroud making pre-draft test warnings look foolish

Column-Jones’ story should inspire hope for help he needs

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Aces have a chance to make history with win over Liberty in the WNBA Finals

WNBA agrees to grant Golden State Warriors an expansion team in 2025, AP source says

Column-Is Anthony Davis ready to be LeBron’s successor?

Harden returns to Philadelphia 76ers’ training camp despite his trade request

Olympic Sports

Simone Biles leads U.S. women to record 7th straight team title at gymnastics world championships

Boxing/UFC/MMA

UFC schedule

Golf

Column: Team USA always comes home with some drama. Just never the Ryder Cup

The PGA Tour goes to Mississippi while LIV golfers on the Europe tour play at Dunhill Links

 Scoreboard

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores, FBS

College football scores, FCS