Thursday's Report: Honor Roll/Mercer; Columbus HS issues, Tech/Key, Falcons, UGA, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State;

August 31, 2023 Central Georgia Sports Report

Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores in basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, 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; major movement in Central Georgia high school football

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High School
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Lamar County 14, Callaway 3

Pro
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Atlanta 7, Colorado 3

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Honor Roll

SoCon MSOC: Mercer’s Blama

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

No more games this season at McClung in Columbus

Tech’s Key anxious to see what ACC moves bring

What to make of Atlanta’s initial roster

Evaluating Smith's preseason strategy and how Falcons head coach prepared team for 2023 season

Vines’ strong outing in big league debut leads Braves

Getting Van Pran and Beck on the same page

UGA’s Smith gearing up for starting role

Georgia notes

Georgia State gets going on Thursday

As does Kennesaw State

Georgia Southern ready for old SoCon rival

MLB/Baseball

Harper’s 300th homer not enough as Angels rally

Roundup

Tennis

Coco Gauff picks up her 13th win in 14 matches to stay on course to meet Iga Swiatek at the US Open

Wozniacki pulls off US Open upset in first Grand Slam since 2020

Tiafoe loves the US Open and the US Open loves him. He is into the third round there again

‘Like Snoop Dogg’s living room': Smell of pot wafts over notorious U.S. Open court

Wednesday’s U.S. Open results

College Sports

Nebraska volleyball stadium event draws 92,003 to set women’s world attendance record

Utah’s Whittingham offers notable views on realignment

State college football schedule
Thursday, 7 p.m., Rhode Island at Georgia State, ESPN+; 7 p.m., Tusculum at Kennesaw State, ESPN+
Friday, 7:30 p.m., Louisville vs. Georgia Tech, ESPN
Saturday, 2 p.m., Mercer at Mississippi, SECN+/ESPN+; 2 p.m., GMC at Iowa Western; 6 p.m., The Citadel at Georgia Southern, ESPN+; 6 p.m., Tennessee-Martin at Georgia, SECN+/ ESPN+
Sunday, 7 p.m., FVSU vs. Tuskegee, in Montgomery, ESPNU

College Football/Southeast

Drayton turned down NFL for The Citadel

From Texas A&M to Auburn, the SEC is loaded with new offensive playcallers. There are 10 in all

Florida seeks second straight season-opening win over No. 14 Utah

Brando goes off on Saban and DepthChartGate

South Carolina’s first job is stopping No. 21 North Carolina QB Drake Maye

College Football

The Big 12 has 4 new members this year. It is also getting an early look at 3 teams coming next year

Sarkisian places focus, hopes, expectations on Texas in opener

On new Big Ten player availability reports: 'Everybody knows why they're doing this.'

AP predictions

What to watch? Sanders’ debut with Colorado takes center stage, but LSU-FSU is best matchup