The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Tuesday's Report: HS football, HS scores, GMC JC, Mercer; Braves/Riley, Falcons/Penix. Tech, UGA; MLB, college FB SEC/ACC/national, WNBA, NASCAR, tennis

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High Schools
Softball

Central Fellowship 13, Rock Springs 1, 4 inn.
          Abby Vessey went 3 for 3 and stole home to lead the Lancers, who outhit Rock Springs 10-1. Brianna Walker went 3 for 4 with 4 RBI.

Crawford County 12, Howard 0, 4 inn.
          Kinley Howard and M Carroll held the Huskies hitless in the shortened game, Howard fanning 6 in 2 innings, then drilling 3 hits, as did Rowan Peacock and Chloe White, White with 3 RBI and Peacock 2.

FPD 11, Gatewood 3, 4 inn.
          Gatewood’s 1-0 lead after one became a 3-2 deficit after 3, the Vikings ending it early with 5 in the sixth. Addison Arnold, Gracyn Fuller, Hannah Davis, Alanna Ray and Jessica Jones had 2 hits each, Claudia Green leading the way with 3 hits. Jones drove in 3 runs and Fuller 2.

Peach County 9, Schley County 1
          Alyssa Crozier, Akira Everett and Ta’Mori Hollingshed each had 2 hits for Peach County, Kayln Hornaday and Taleyah Marable with 2 RBI each.

Pinewood 11, Westfield 10
          A 5-run sixth put Westfield on top 10-6, but Pinewood scored 5 runs in the final two at-bats to win, despite 5 errors. M Hammock went 4 for 4 –with a homer and double - with 4 RBI for Westfield.

Robert Toombs 8, Windsor 0

Taylor County 5, Lamar County 4
          Brayln Hunter opened the bottom of the seventh with a single, stole second and third, and strolled in with the walk-off game-winning run on Sunni Scott’s double. Hunter belted a homer and 3 hits to lead the Vikings. Alyssa Nipper, Victoria Cooper and Kelsey Driggers had 2-hit games for Taylor County

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Crawford County 2, Peach County 0 (25-17, 25-14)

Stratford 2, Peach County 0 (25-18, 25-11); Stratford 2, Crawford County 0 (25-13, 25-16)

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W-Mercer 9, Berry 8

 

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Honor Roll

GMC JC in preseason top 15

 

Around/About Central Georgia

MBKB-Mercer non-conference slate ranges from 2 Christian schools to SEC, Big East

Around/About Georgia

Braves take another major blow, losing Riley for 6-8 weeks with broken hand

Feeling like himself again, Morton trends in the right direction

Penix Jr. to sit again in Falcons’ final preseason game against the Jaguars

Analysis: How Simmons fits with Bates III, Falcons secondary

Warning signs about the Hudon trade?

Georgia Tech on the upswing under Key after one of darkest periods in program history

Herbstreit upsets Georgia Tech fans ahead of season opener In Ireland

Beck inks elite NIL deal with private jet company

UGA puts for on AP All-America team

Charges dismissed against Mondon

 

Baseball/MLB

Brewers overcoming all sorts of adversity to build biggest division lead of any MLB team

Del Castillo continues torrid start with grand slam and 6 RBIs as Diamondbacks beat Marlins

Steer and Friedl helps the Reds beat Toronto

Alvarez’s homer in 9th inning gives Mets win over Orioles 

College Football/SEC/ACC

Florida State releases depth chart for Georgia Tech, DJ to start

SMU knows the task in return to power conference, looks forward to ACC competition

New Boston College coach O’Brien brings experience, energy and excitement to The Heights 

College Football

Downs leads 4 Ohio State players selected to Associated Press preseason All-America first team

AP Preseason All-America Team

Oklahoma St’s Gundy tells players: ‘Tell your agent to quit calling us and asking for more money’

Ranking the top 25 changes coming to college football in 2024

Coast-to-coast conferences and expanded playoff mark a season of change in college football

Bigger is better for Buckeyes, and other lessons from Chip Kelly

Football/NFL/USFL

Daniels picked as starting QB for Washington Commanders

Eagles CB Ringo (UGA) is playing with confidence: 'I just want to be a force to be reckoned with'

RB market rebound: How vets can show value on new teams

Former NFL player accused of urinating on passenger during Boston to Dublin flight

Browns still plan to play QB Watson in preseason finale despite injury issues with tackles

WNBA

'Didn't happen': Hammon denies mistreating Hamby

Clark gets T for being 'disrespectful to the game.' She says WNBA salaries are as well.

Auto Racing

Reddick wins rain-delayed NASCAR Cup race at Michigan, his 2nd victory of 2024

Tennis

Sabalenka wins first title since Australian Open, beating Pegula at Cincinnati

US Open: Alexa Noel turns pro after winning an NCAA tennis title at the University of Miami

College Sports

Hoover lands extension of SEC baseball tournament until at least 2028

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games