The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Monday's Report: Bleckley County's Mims, Stratford's Henley, FVSU/Tuskegee; Braves fall, UGA follows, Falcons; colleges, US Open, MLB, high schools, NFL, golf, NASCAR

Coming Monday: Monday Morning Quarterback

 

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LA Dodgers 3, Atlanta 1

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 Alumni Update

Bleckley County’s Mims high on draft list

Stratford’s Henley led Tour in fairway accuracy

 

Around/About Central Georgia

FVSU rally falls a foot short on final play in thriller with Tuskegee

          A 76-yard pass from Kelvin Durham to Za’Tarious Anderson put Fort Valley State inside the 5, but Tuskegee’s bending defense didn’t break and stopped Kentrelle Williams a foot short of the goal line on the game’s final play to preserve a 37-31 win Sunday night.

          The game was played in Montgomery, Ala. in the Red Tails Classic, a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen.

          FVSU outgained Tuskegeee in the fourth quarter 186-22

          The teams traded explosion in the third quarter.

          Veterans grad Daniel Gibbs drilled a 31-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 31-17 with 4:52 left in the third. Tuskegee took the kickoff back 92 yards to go up 20.

          Not for long. Dejuan Bell answered with a 94-yard kickoff return, and the Wildcats were back within two scores.

          Willis went in from the 2 after a 51-yard pass from Durham to Edmonds, pulling FVSU within 37-31 with 11:31 left.

          Tuskegee led 24-14 at halftime.

Box score

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Miller pitches Dodgers past Braves to prevent in NL’s best battle

Nothing guaranteed in October — except maybe the Braves

UGA game balls

Georgia injury update

Three questions after Georgia’s win

Picked 224th, Hellams battled to make Falcons

Fantasy preview: Falcons

‘Coachable’ Bennett ready to learn in backup role

 

This week’s state college football schedule (All Saturday, all on ESPN+ unless noted)
12 p.m.: Ball State at Georgia, SEC
1 p.m.: Tyler at GMC (Jock Jive) S.C. State at Georgia Tech
2 p.m.: FVSU at Clark Atlanta (HBCU Go Sports)
6 p.m.: UAB at Georgia Southern; Kennesaw State at Chattanooga
7 p.m.: Morehead State at Mercer; UConn at Georgia State

 

MLB/Baseball/Little League

Cubs pay tribute to Jimmy Buffett, who played the first-ever concert at Wrigley Field

Retired Giants catcher Posey goes back to school for degree from Florida State

Column-Analytics ruined Yanks’ roster-building principles

Velocity at what cost? MLB's hardest throwers keep succumbing to Tommy John surgery

Brewers survive after withstanding Phillies’ 9th-inning comeback attempt

Roundup

Tennis

Gauff 1st US teen since Serena Williams to reach consecutive US Open quarterfinals

Djokovic wins in straight sets, faces Fritz next

Pegula outlasts Svitolina, will face fellow American Keys in the fourth round

High Schools

Coach ousted for praying back on field

College football/South

Duke and Elko see big opportunity in opener vs. No. 9 Clemson, the ACC’s perennial power

Coastal Carolina gives UCLA a scare

UNC’s Brown has issues with NCAA over eligibility of transfer wide receiver

Column-Were you watching, Coach Harsin, to see what Auburn can be?

North’s D too much for South in Carolina bowl

College football

Florida State blows out LSU with huge second half

Uiagalelei’s 5 total TDs lead No. 18 Oregon State

Rutgers rolls Northwestern in Wildcats 1st game since hazing scandal

Riley, Moussa spark Florida A&M to 28-10 victory over Jackson State

Let’s take a look at Week 1, I

Let’s take a look at Week 1, II

Let’s take a look at Week 1, III

Colorado 2-way star Hunter living up to his Heisman standards

ESPN’s ‘Gameday’ facing changes, increased competition from Fox

Texas A&M freshman suspended indefinitely after drug arrest

Sanders calls out doubters

Column-Fox missed some Colorado fact-checking

College Realignment

Oregon State and Washington State face uncertainty in what’s left of the Pac-12

SMU celebrates entrance into ACC. It’s quite the contrast from the death penalty days

Cal and Stanford believe move to ACC was needed for survival

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024

American Athletic Conference targets Army as football-only member to replace SMU, AP sources say

The dust is settling on college sports realignment. A look at where schools are going in 2024

Football/NFL/USFL/CFL/XFL

Defensive back rankings

Offensive line rankings

Defensive line rankings

Tight end rankings

Receiver rankings

Running back rankings

Quarterback rankings

Head coach rankings

Auto Racing

Larson claims NASCAR’s opening playoff race and gets 1st career win at Darlington

Meet the 16 drivers competing for the Championship

Golf

Top 5 surprising stats you may have missed from the 2022-23 PGA Tour (Russell Henley alert)

NBA/Basketball

Team USA handed first loss at FIBA World Cup, falls to Lithuania

Boxing/UFC/MMA

UFC schedule

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games