Friday's Report: High schools; Braves/Acuna, Tech, UGA, Kennesaw State, Georgia State; MLB, tennis/Isner, college football, ESPN/Spectrum, NFL, WNBA, soccer
In Coverage: Friday night’s Central Georgia football scouting reports; Maxwell Ratings predictions, Central Georgia composite rankings, The Sports Report predictions; Coming Friday: A major transfer; aka Central Georgia’s most complete high school football coverage
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ACE 22, Central 0
Banks County 7,Jasper County 1; Banks County 6, Jasper County 5
Bleckley County 4, East Laurens 2
GMC 4, Lake Oconee 3
George Walton 4, Piedmont 1; Piedmont 3, George Walton 2
Houston County 19, Northside 0; Houston County 22, Northside 0
Jackson 15, Peach County 1
Jones County 14, Warner Robins 0
Lamar County 5, Crawford County 2
Lee County 5, Veterans 2
Mary Persons 8,Upson-Lee 6
Perry 19, Howard 0
Putnam County 19, Butler 2
Rutland 19, Jordan 0
Rock Springs 14, CFCA 6
Spalding 18, Westside 0; Spalding 20, Westside 4
Strong Rock 18, Mount de Sales 7
Tattnall 13, Brookstone 1, 5 inn.
Taylor County 4, Marion County 0
Trinity Christian 11, John Milledge 9
Washington County 22, Josey 3
Westfield 7, FPD 0
Windsor 9, Gatewood 2
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Central 3, Southwest 0 (25-16, 25-7, 25-14)
Howard 2, Peach County 1 (25-17, 22-25, 15-13)
Mary Persons 2, Howard 0 (27-25, 25-7); Mary Persons 2, Peach County 0 (26-24, 25-9)
The Bulldogs handed Howard its first loss in six tries while improving to 10-9/1-1. Peach County, which hosts Americus-Sumter on Tuesday, fell to 2-6/0-2.
Stratford 3, Providence 0
Tattnall 2, Spalding 0 (25-12, 28-26)
College
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W-Mercer 2, College of Charleston 1
Pro
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Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Acuña hits grand slam on wedding night to become 30-HR, 60-SB player
Carroll rushes for 3 TDs and career-high 184 yards to lead Georgia State
FCS independent Kennesaw State opens with win over Tusculum
Jackets amped for opener with Louisville
Key has shed interim tag and added confidence as Georgia Tech’s coach
Bowers’ diversity may be on display soon
Gameday gives UGA ‘disrespect’ card ammo
Baseball/MLB/Little League
Strike zone at Triple-A to get slightly bigger starting Tuesday
Volpe becomes 20-20 player as Yankees lose to Tigers
Tennis
John Isner heads to retirement after US Open last-set tiebreaker losses in singles and doubles
Alcaraz winning and watching at US Open, where big names are falling in Djokovic’s side of the draw
The US Open now lets coaches talk to players. The players are yelling back
College Football/Game night
Reigning SoCon champion Samford and Maconite Hatcher jump out early, roll past Division II Shorter
Barnes helps No. 14 Utah beat Florida
North Carolina State beats UConn 24-14 in season opener for both teams
Griffis throws for 3 touchdowns to lead Wake Forest past Elon 37-17 in season opener
Blackshear and Scianna each have a pick-6 to lead Furman past Tennessee Tech 45-10 in opener
Missouri dominates first half, struggles in second in 35-10 win over South Dakota
UCF Knights get off to fast start in first Big 12 season, defeat Kent State 56-6 in opener
Zeno leads UAB, gets former NFL QB Dilfer first win as college coach
Minnesota rallies late to beat Nebraska, ruin Rhule’s debut
Freshman quarterback Cardell Williams comes off bench to lead Tulsa to 42-7 win
Defending FCS champion South Dakota State gives new head coach win in opener
Southern Utah and Arizona State game delayed by storms
College Football
Half of San Diego team in trouble for hazing allegations
Big Ten is ready for maximum exposure with games on NBC, CBS and Fox
College Realignment
With ACC leaders set to take up Stanford, Cal, SMU expansion, 2 UNC trustees announce opposition
Realignment prompts fresh look at the number of automatic bids in 12-team College Football Playoff
Broadcast
ESPN networks go dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems on busy night for sports
NFL/USFL/XFL/Football
Obit-Personnel and draft legend Gil Brandt
Baker Mayfield relishes opportunity to lead new-look Buccaneers into post-Tom Brady era
Rams are simply hoping to compete after cap-related roster gutting
Dobbs gets another chance to start in the NFL, at least for a little while
Soccer
Brazil fires coach Pia Sundhage after a disappointing Women’s World Cup
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Wilson scores 26 to reach 800-point milestone in Aces win over Mystics
Scoreboards