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

Worth County 49, Central 0 

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

Crisp 18, Twiggs 3
Griffin 19, Westside 0; Griffin 21, Westside 0
Howard 22, Spalding 17
Northeast 24, Jordan 0
Pike County 13, Upson-Lee 12
Social Circle 14, Jasper County 4
Stratford 15. Heritage 1
Taylor County 12, Fullington 2
Trinity Christian 15, CFCA 0
Westfield 9, Mount de Sales 0
Windsor 12, Covenant 0

🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐

Locust Grove 2, ACE 0; ACE 2, Central Georgia Arts 0
Sherwood Christian 3, Stratford 2 (15-25, 25-12, 25-23, 13-25, 15-12) 

College
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

W-Mercer 3, Jacksonville 1 

Pro
⚾ ⚾ ⚾MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Atlanta 8, St. Louis 5

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Alumni Update

Lamar County’s Allen has clearly caught Smart’s eye

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Robinson showing rare maturity as a rookie

Hawkins finds balance between working hard, having fun playing football

'Old Head' Walthour has key role to play

‘He’s a leader’: Georgia DE Williams showing progress

Powell-Lee ready for big start vs. S.C. State

Acuña hits 2 of Braves’ 5 homers, Olson hits 47th

                                                                            

Baseball/MLB

Astros slug their way to the top of the AL West with 16 homers in 3 games to sweep Rangers

Dodgers credited with a run when Marlins ball boy picks up a ball that was in play 

Tennis

Gauff tops Muchova in match was delayed by a protest

Climate protester glues feet to floor, interrupting US Open semifinal between Gauff and Muchova

Sabalenka edges Keys in semi, Gauff next

The mental and physical tolls of the tennis season weigh on players by the US Open

Shelton latest on the ‘America’s next men’s star’ list

Summer of Gauff, in semis fueled by star’s love of the game, and the moment

 Shelton joins past champs Djokovic, Alcaraz and Medvedev in the US Open men’s semifinals

 College Football/Southeast

Goodman: Between Dabo and Deion, one is more like Saban

Embrace change: Is it time for Clemson to find a new way?

Cal’s Ott not impressed with Auburn film: ‘A name doesn’t mean anything’

Saban apologizes for snippy

 

College Football/South

Virginia to honor former players killed in shooting at home opener vs. JMU on Saturday

JMU AD urges fans to ‘be UVA strong’

Louisville rolls Murray State

College Football

AP Top 25 Reality Check: Week 1 can be deceiving. Have Deion Sanders and Colorado already peaked?

Texas Tech QB Shough set to face former team in No. 13 Oregon. That wasn’t his original plan

College Sports

UNC says the NCAA has denied appeal efforts for Walker’s immediate eligibility

And the Heels are mighty unhappy

LSU, Kim Mulkey agree on 10-year, $32M contract, AP source says

Commentary: Amid the Pac-12 ruins, one big question emerges — why does the NCAA still exist?

High Schools

West Virginia governor wants lawmakers to revisit law allowing high school athletic transfers

Auto Racing

Larson, Hamlin favorites at Kansas

Nemechek’s gamble to step back from Cup Series leads to 2024 promotion to drive for Jimmie Johnson

 

NFL/USFL/XFL/Football

Pro Picks: Mahomes, Chiefs up for a tough task vs. Lions

Lions spoil Chiefs’ celebration of Super Bowl title by rallying

Burrow becomes NFL’s highest-paid player with $275 million deal, AP source says

Jaguars head into Pederson’s 2nd season with ‘so much confidence in that locker room’

‘It’s what I do.’ Belichick engaged, optimistic entering his 49th season in NFL

Payton is out to fix the Broncos’ offense, starting with  Wilson rebound

Emotional 2022 makes for stronger Bills in 2023

Jones again posts, then deletes criticism of Raiders’ management

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Column: Kim Van Gundy's death helped Dwight Howard once again feel the Magic of love

Ionescu breaks single-season 3-point record as Liberty win 8th straight, beating Sparks 96-89

Charges dropped, Williams wants to rejoin Aces after domestic violence arrest

Golf

Lowry, McIlroy and Meronk make solid starts at Irish Open as Sharma takes first-round lead

Liu posts best round of the year to lead LPGA in Cincinnati

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games

College football scores