Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard (HS 🏐🥎, FVSU, Mercer), Honor Roll (Mercer); UGA/poll/injuries/DBs, Georgia Tech, Falcons, Braves; College 🏈/sports, US Open, MLB, NFL, NASCAR
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High School
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Bleckley County 6, Swainsboro 2
Addison Hill’s three hits – including a triple in the fourth – led the Royals, who scored four in the sixth.
Brookstone 5, Stratford 4
Dublin 11, Montgomery County 10
Derricka Lewis laid down a superb bunt to bring in C. Nesbitt the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh as the Irish avoided blowing an 8-0 lead.
East Laurens 12, Jefferson County 2
GMC 16, Wilkinson County 0
Griffin 7, Perry 2
Locust Grove 12, Warner Robins 3
Peach County 10, Upson-Lee 0, 6 inn.
Summer Wright scored three times for the Trojans, who put eight across in the fifth.
Piedmont 14, Briarwood 0
Teagan Hinson led Piedmont with three hits in four trip, the Cougars scouring 10 in the seventh inning.
Tattnall 5, Strong Rock 1
Caroline Patterson had three hits and the Trojans added two-hit nights from Brianna Logue and Callie Still, taking control with three in the fifth.
Westfield 14, FPD 3
Carleigh Knowles belted three homers and drove in six runs as the Hornets blew it open late, with three in the sixth and six in the seventh. Lauren Davidson added three hits, Emmy. Dehem had four RBI and two hits for Westfield, which had 17 hits.
West Laurens 16, Howard 2, 5 inn.
The Raiders sent 10 to the plate in the five-run third to seal it. Halley Nobles, Tannah Cobb, and Jaylee Giles each had two hits to go with the three-hit game from Katelyn Wilson, who drove in three RBI. Emilee Garrett whiffed five for the win. West Laurens (8-2/3-0) hosts Perry on Thursday, the same day Howard (5-5/2-2) visits Spalding.
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
Jackson 2, ACE 1; ACE 2, Mary Persons 0
Stratford 3, Mount de Sales 0
Peach County 2, Sumter County 0 (25-15, 25-12)
The Trojans won their eighth straight over the Panthers, led by Alexia Heyard’s 11 aces in 21 serves. Kelly Blackmon added four kills, and Peach County (3-6, at Howard on Wednesday) got good defense form Nyala Tillman and Uzzhia Rumph.
🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫
⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳
W-Boilermaker Classic, Mercer, final round
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐
Pro
⚾ ⚾ ⚾ MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
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Honor Roll
MSOC: SoCon defensive POTW-Mercer’s McMullen
Mercer’s Jonsson on Haskins watch list
Around/About Georgia
Soroka recalled, struggles, headed to injured list after loss
MLB/Baseball/
Royals get “balk off” win over White Sox after rallying from 6-0 deficit
All-Star right-hander Eovaldi of Texas allows 2 HRs to Altuve, Astros tag him for 4 runs
Mets’ Carlos Carrasco is done for the season after breaking his pinky in a weightlifting mishap
Say cheese: Ohtani body double finds way into Angels’ team photo
Opinion
Can ESPN survive while cable TV dies?
NFL/USFL/ XFL/Football
New Commanders ownership has reignited the debate over the NFL team’s old name
Tennis
Coco Gauff reaches her first US Open semifinal at age 19. Novak Djokovic makes it to his 13th
Shelton tops Frances Tiafoe at the US Open for his first Slam semifinal. Djokovic is next
Novak Djokovic beats Taylor Fritz at the US Open to reach his record 47th Grand Slam semifinal
Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler’s regime
College Football/Southeast
Auburn freshman DL still with program after stealing scooter, being arrested
Alabama RBs need to step up pass blocking vs. Texas
Dart is Mississippi’s starting QB after strong camp and opener, coach Lane Kiffin says
No. 4 Alabama, No. 11 Texas meet in rematch of last year’s down-to-wire game
Florida State better than ‘21 Alabama team, USM coach Will Hall says
Why historic meeting vs. Notre Dame goes beyond $1 million payday for Tennessee State
South Carolina starting linebacker Mohamed Kaba out for season with left knee injury
College Football
Colorado, Duke surge into the AP Top 25 after huge upsets; Florida State climbs into top five
Sanders’ matchup with Nebraska’s Rhule will be a contrast in program-building methods
The Pac-12 announces it will not go quietly with a perfect start to the season
Big 12 faces a week of big-time matchups after a tough start to the college football season
Cal starting QB said to be ‘day-to-day’ ahead of Saturday’s matchup with Auburn
College Sports
Tuberville rips growing influence of money in college sports, wants changes
Wake Forest’s Forbes will keep coaching while aiding his wife’s recovery from a stroke
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
WNBA playoff spots still up for grabs with less than one week left in regular season
Auto Racing
Hamlin signs multiyear contract extension to stay with Joe Gibbs Racing
Scoreboards