Tuesday's Report: HS scores, Macon TD Club, Mercer, MGSU; Pete Rose, Dikembe Mutombo; Braves, Falcons, UGA, GSU; MLB, NFL, college, WNBA, NASCAR
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High Schools
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Coffee 41, Northside 0
The game was moved to Northside because of hurricane damage in the Coffee area, but it didn’t help the Eagles (2-4/0-1). Coffee (6-0/1-0) went up 14-0 after one on a 21-yard touchdown run and a 60-yard blocked field goal return. Coffee also scored on a 75-yard run, 31-yard pass, 15-yard fumble return and two field goals.
Rock Springs 28, Windsor 20
Windsor went from down 20-6 and 28-14 to within a possession on Jay Singleton’s run late in the third quarter, but couldn’t muster up any more points in the fourth.
Wheeler County 36, Hawkinsville 18
The Red Devils fell to 3-1 and 1-2, while Wheeler County improved to 5-1 and 1-0.
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ACE 6, Peach County 5
The Gryphons had to hold on after taking 6-0 lead after 2, the Trojans storming back with 5 in the fifth. Sophie Denny had 3 hits and Avery Stone 2 for ACE, Madysin Haller with 2 RBI. Shaniyah Gibson had 3 hits for Peach County.
FPD 11, CFCA 1, 5 inn.
Gracyn Fuller struck out 10, adding a 2-run double in the first en route to a 4-RBI game. Alanna Ray had 3 hits, with 2 each from Hannah Davis, Lyric Jones and Jessica Jones.
Houston County 20, Jones County 2, 4 inn.
Hayley McElroy drove in 4 runs on 3 hits, including a first-inning homer for the Bears, who finished it with 7 in the fourth, taking advantage of 5 Jones County errors. Maddie Grace Wall went 4 for 4 to lead the offense. Kinley Snider drove in her 100th career run.
LaGrange 11, Upson-Lee 3
Lee County 4, Taylor County 3
Mary Persons 3, Spalding 0
Olivia Woodgeard whiffed 11 batters in a 5-hitter, joining Madi Nichols and Sydney Kime with 2 hits each for the Bulldogs.
Northside 7, Veterans 2
Schley County 14, Hawkinsville 5
Windsor 11, Howard 0, 5 inn.
The GIAA Clas AA Knights got a solid night from Kyndall Bowen, who threw a complete-game 3-hitter, Windsor aided by 4 Howard errors. Piper Lambert had 3 hits, Maddie Price and Alice Ward 2 each for Windsor. Jakeria Jackson had 2 hits for Howard, which had a 4-game winning streak end.
Pro
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NY Mets 8, Atlanta 7; Atlanta 3, NY Mets 0
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Honor Roll
SoCon football: Mercer’s Miller, McConnell
SSAC volleyball: Middle Georgia State’s Rodriguez
Around/About Central Georgia
GMC JC moves up in national poll
A Seminole, Patriot, Viking picked by Macon Touchdown Club
Players from Westside, Southwest, and FPD are the latest Macon Touchdown Club players of the week.
Back: Senior running back Kadiphius Iverson of Westside ran for 314 yards and four touchdowns in the 35-32 loss to Morgan County.
Lineman: Junior linebacker Kadyn Parker of Southwest had 15 tackles, three for loss, and a pass deflection in the Patriots’ 49-0 loss to Dodge County.
Lineman: Junior kicker Dominic Economopoulos of FPD was perfect on six PAT kicks and added a 47-yard FG in his team’s 45-3 victory over Mount de Sales.
Around/About Georgia
Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Mutombo's significant impact on his NBA journey
‘He poured his heart and soul into helping others’
Embiid and the 76ers mourn Mutombo during 'sad day' in Philadelphia
Braves salvage playoff berth with win over the Mets, who win thrilling opener to clinch
Sale secures NL Triple Crown; will miss wild-card series
First triple crown in franchise history
Braves heading back to the playoffs after a season of adversity
Mets reach playoffs, beat Braves to cap comeback from 22-33 start
King to start playoff opener for Padres vs Braves in front of ‘absolutely nuts’ fans at Petco Park
Falcons pull out a win that puts a much more positive spin on their opening month
‘A lot to fix’ for Atlanta offense
Short week doesn’t afford first-place Bucs much time to rest
Column: Following wild win without an offensive score, how sustainable is Falcons' performance?
Five things we learned from Falcons' win over Saints
Takeaways from Georgia State's loss to Georgia Southern
Pete Rose, 1941-2024
Baseball’s banned hits leader, dead at 83
Reds, MLB, Rodriguez, Boggs and others 'heartbroken'
‘It was a true joy to watch him play baseball’
Column: Don't bother putting Pete Rose into Baseball's Hall of Fame now. This one is too late
‘I was wrong, but I didn’t taint the game’
The glory, tragedy and farce of Pete Rose's life
Baseball/MLB
Brewers and Mets both proved skeptics wrong to set up unlikely NL Wild Card Series matchup
D-backs can only watch on TV as dreams of the playoffs and defending their NL title vanish
Not long since 100-loss seasons, the Royals and Orioles meet in an AL Wild Card Series
Column: If Bob Nutting won't fix the Pirates in 2025, someone else should
College Football/South
AP Player of the Week: Alabama’s Jalen Milroe wins top honors for 2nd time in 3 weeks
Auburn tries to rebound against, well, Georgia
No. 1 Alabama’s Milroe-to-Williams connection bedeviling opposing defenses
Heupel’s Vols have stingy D to complement that dazzling offense
How 2 Alabama freshmen turned an epic collapse into victory
‘Take ‘em into the sewer’: How Duke beat UNC, reclaimed Victory Bell with historic comeback
Florida State ready to switch to QB Glenn while Uiagalelei deals with a finger injury
A catch? Not a catch? The Miami-Virginia Tech ending won't be forgotten by either side
Goodman: The nightmare grows darker in Auburn
What went wrong in Auburn’s fourth quarter collapse against Oklahoma
How first challenge of the season went terribly wrong for Ol’ Miss, Kiffin
College Football, the changing landscape
It's a new world for college football players: You want the NIL cash? Take the criticism
Smart says there will be 'more' cases like UNLV and Matt Sluka in college football
7 Mountain West schools agree to stay, steadying the conference amid realignment
Nebraska to become last Big Ten school to sell alcohol at football games in 2025 if regents give OK
College Football
Extra Points: A week that started on a low note at UNLV ends with program’s 1st ranking
Purdue fires OC Harrell and tabs analyst Simmons to call plays
NFL/USFL/UFL
Browns RB Chubb (UGA) expected to practice this week for first time since knee injury last year
Jaguars lament missed opportunities after loss to Texans leaves them winless
Saints’ flattering stats belie game-changing gaffes and failures in the clutch
Watson says he deserves blame after Browns drop to 1-3
QB Love can’t dig the Packers all the way out of an early hole in his return from a knee injury
Banged-up Rodgers and Jets can’t find the end zone as lack of focus dooms them against Broncos
Eagles coach says team has to ‘make some changes’ after dismal start in loss to Bucs
Even in loss to Colts, Fields makes his case to remain Steelers’ starting QB
Another poor passing day for the Patriots leads to more questions about when Drake Maye will start
Williams and the Rams lament their missed opportunities in a loss to the Bears
Monday Night: Goff makes 1st NFL TD reception and throws for 2 TDs in Lions’ 42-29 win over Seahawks
WNBA
Sun star Alyssa Thomas is carving her own path to success
Basketball/NBA
NBA media day: Highlights from around the league, plus injury updates
Who won the Knicks-Wolves blockbuster? And how does it impact the NBA's title picture?
T-wolves coming to terms with Towns’ departure as stunning trade alters training camp vibe
Auto Racing
Michael Andretti tells AP ‘timing was right’ for a restructuring of Andretti Global
Tennis
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is ‘surprised’ over WADA appeal in his doping case
Golf
Kim seeks out Americans to clear air after Presidents Cup comments
Hockey
Tampa Bay Lightning have new look but will rely on a lot of familiar faces to get back to playoffs
Scoreboards