Friday's Report: Scoreboard; Baldwin's Butts steps back; HS 🏈palooza; Braves, UGA, Georgia State; MLB, NFL, TV, college 🏈, soccer, NASCAR, WNBA
In Coverage: Friday night’s Central Georgia football scouting reports; Maxwell Ratings predictions, Central Georgia composite rankings, The Sports Report predictions
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High School
Football
Kendrick 12, Central 8
The win improved Kendrick to 2-3, its first season of two wins or more since 2015, and set up the Cherokees for their first two-win region record since the same year.
Northeast 48, Southwest 6
The Raiders stormed out to a 41-6 first-half lead en route to matching their 2021 win, and third straight conquest of the Patriots by at least 40 points. The fifth-ranked Raiders improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in Region 2-AA, the Patriots falling to 2-3 and 1-1.
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Berrien 7, Dodge County 3
East Laurens 9, Jefferson County 1
FPD 20, Mount de Sales 1
GMC 15, Wilkinson County
Griffin 17, Baldwin 0
Houston County 13, Lee County 4; Houston County 6, Lee County 1
John Milledge 6, Bulloch 5
Marion County 9, Howard 1
The Huskies’ three game win streak came to an end on a weak offensive and defensive night. Howard (10-7) is at Hawkinsville on Monday.
Northeast 7, Central 6
Perry 13, Spalding 4
Piedmont 12, Gatewood 0
Southland 8, Windsor 0
Tattnall 2, Stratford 1
Trinity Chritsian 9, Covenant 0
Upson-Lee 5, Peach County 4
Veterans 5, Tift County 0; Veterans 5, Tift County 3
Washington County 16, Richmond Academy 0; WACO 20, ARC 1
Westfield 15, Heritage 0; Westfield 8, Heritage 0
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Mount de Sales 3, Stratford 0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-23)
Pike County 2, Peach County 0 (25-12, 25-17)
Tattnall 3, FPD 1
College
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W-Chattanooga 3, Mercer 2
Pro
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Alumni Update
Baldwin grad Butts stepping away from new job to focus on cancer battle
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Albies’ 100th RBI, Acuña’s 140th run and Olson’s 53rd homer lift Braves
Walk-on Jones meeting the moment for Georgia
About UGA’s 2022 and 2023 offenses
The stat that makes UGA’s Logue sick
Grainger, Carroll team up to give Georgia State best start ever with win at Coastal Carolina
Baseball/MLB
Cole enhances Cy Young credentials with 8 outstanding innings
Castellanos drives in 4 to set single-season career-best of 103 RBIs
Mom sees son pitch in first MLB game, first time in 7 years
Voices Monday and Steiner together, on radio, for decades, with humor
Chicago’s top officer says a White Sox game where 2 were shot should have been stopped or delayed
Broadcast
Live sports heading to streaming, taking superpower of cable TV bundle
College Football/SEC/ACC
Auburn going with orange facemasks, white jerseys
Why Milroe didn’t play against USF
Louisville police credit Cardinals players for help in rescue of overturned car near their stadium
Ole Miss’s Dart thriving after fighting off challenges, next test is Alabama
Saturday could mark changing of the guard in ACC
FSU and the philosophical subplot against Clemson
College Football/South (SEC/ACC states)
Sark talks rivalries and injuries
College Football
Is it the Pac-2 championship game when No. 14 Oregon State visits No. 21 Washington State?
Oregon’s cleats will change color with the heat
How does Purdue find defensive consistency vs. Wisconsin
Irish want to control the noise ahead of OSU game
Promotion/relegation in college football? Game-changing idea could save Pac-12
Sanders has delivered drama and become must-see TV
Soccer
Ertz says goodbye to the US national team during a 3-0 win over South Africa
Auto Racing
Kyle Busch: Becoming a fan favorite?
Texas playoff race 101: outlook, trends, watching
NFL/USFL/XFL/Football
McCaffrey, 49ers win 13th straight, beat Giants
NFL’s two 70-something coaches proving they still have what it takes to compete in this league
Did missing ex-NFL player Sergio Brown post videos about mother’s death? Police are investigating
Hunt thrilled to re-sign with ‘hometown’ Browns after Chubb’s season-ending injury
Column-We've seen this QB downfall before. Can Fields be different?
NFL vs NFLPA grievance: Sources explain league’s latest ‘warning shot’
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Dallas’ Sabally wins WNBA’s Most Improved Player award
Scoreboards