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August 27, 2023 Central Georgia Sports Report

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High School

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Hawkinsville 34, Rutland 20

The homestanding Hurricanes led 20-12 at halftime, but the Red Devils of new head coach Tim Suttles changed the direction early in the second half with a 70-yard touchdown run from Zenard Smith followed by a conversion pass to tie it barely a minute into the third quarter. They pulled ahead at the 4:46 mark on a 1-yarder run from Nelson Singletary. Rutland had the ball near midfield, but turned it over on downs, the Red Devils converted on Smith’s 48-yard run in the final minute of the third quarter. Mistakes sabotaged a Rutland trip to the red zone again, and Hawkinsville stayed in control for its first win.

John Milledge 58, Canton Acad. Miss. 12

The Trojans led in their 52nd straight win 44-0 at halftime.

Parklane, Miss. 28, FPD 7

With their starting quarterback sidelined for reportedly a team academic miscue, FPD dug itself a three-touchdown hole by halftime and was held to its lowest point-total at home since falling 14-7 to Calvary Day in the second round of the 2020 GHSA Class A Private playoffs. Parklane scored twice in the first quarter, on a 3-yard run and 83-yard pass play, and added a 29-yard score throughthe air early in the second quarter. The Vikings avoided the shutout on an 11-yard TD pass from Major Simons to Benjamin McElreath with 4:06 left in the third. FPD was held to 209 yards in total offense, Parklane picking off three passes. Colin Doyle ran for 127 yards on 23 carries for Parklane.

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ACE 9, Wayne County 2

East Paulding 2, Houston County 0

George Walton 5, Tattnall 4; Tattnall 10, John Milledge 2

Taylor County 26, Hampton 1; Taylor County 15, Spalding 0

Westfield 5, Stratford 0

Wheeler County 6, Trinity Christian 0

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ACE 2, Central 0 (25-15, 25-14); ACE 2, Cook 0 (25-23, 25-22)

College

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GMC 54, Georgia Christian College

Mercer 17, North Alabama 7

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W-SCAD Savannah 4, Middle Georgia State 0 (Friday)

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Alabama 3, Mercer 0

Mercer 3, MVSU 0; St. Louis 3, Mercer 2 (Friday)

⚾ ⚾ ⚾ MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Atlanta 7, San Francisco 3

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Around/about Central Georgia

Mercer grinds its way past North Alabama

WBKB-Mercer schedule features UGA, Tech, Clemson

Bad stretch drops Henley further from contention

For a little bit, Russell Henley was on the edge of contention at the Tour Championship.

He improved from a tie for 13th to start the third round to a tie for eighth through 11. Three straight bogeys followed by a day-ending bogey dropped Henley into a tie for 19th at East Lake.

The run came on 13, 14, 15, a day after he double-bogeyed 14. He was 2 under for the day through 12.

A top-20 finish guarantees him at least $640,000, adding to the $6.2 million he’s earned this season.

Leaderboard

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Beck shares lessons learned from Bennett

Georgia’s Brinson moves to the stage

Pollack-less ‘Gameday’ still grumbles many

Falcons release former starting left guard Jalen Mayfield among 4 cuts

Fried on target, Braves take series

MLB/Baseball/Little League

Angels GM says Ohtani and agent turned down MRI weeks before torn UCL diagnosis

Nationals score go-ahead run in 9th on passed ball