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August 28, 2024 Central Georgia Sports Report

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High Schools

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ACE Charter 5, East Laurens 4
Karlee Yates broke a tie with what ended up as the game-winning homer to left in the bottom of the sixth. The Gryphons trailed 4-1 entering the sixth, and came back in the inning on a sac fly from Madisyn Hallar and Reese Thames’ 2-run homer before Yates went yard.

Bleckley County 12, Jefferson County 0
The Royals had plenty of offense, with 2-hit games from Kaylee Rae Barrs, Alaysia Coley, and Cayleigh Francis, and a 3-RBI night from Emmie Williams. Barrs gave up 3 hits in a 4-inning shutout, with 4 strikeouts. Five of the Royals’ runs were unearned.

Coffee 3, Houston County 2
The Bears tried to rally in the bottom of the seventh and got a run on Hayley McElroy’s homer, but were then retired in order.

Dublin 18, Northeast 6
Caitlyn Nesbitt went 3 for 3 with a triple and 2 homers, and drove in 5 runs. Brianna Daniel went all 4 innings for the win. Nesbitt, Daniel, and Emily Maddox each had 3 hits, Evelyn Stubbs with 2.

FPD 8, Brookstone 0, 5 inn.
A 5-run third put the Vikings in control. A Arnold had 3 hits and Gracyn Fuller and Mallie Moughon had 2 hits each.

Howard 15, Westside-Augusta 0, 3 inn.
Howard’s offense made for a short game, and Abby Davis made for a memorable one with a perfect 3 innings.The Huskies sent 17 batters to the plate in the 13-run first inning.

Peach County 20, Dougherty 0, 3 inn.
The Trojans needed only 7 hits, thanks in part to 5 errors, getting 12 in the first. Alyssa Smith had 2 hits for the Trojans, who were walked 14 times.

Perry 10, Ware County 2
Six runs in the first inning – two on Avery Grant’s single - put Perry in control. Grant, Anna Dean, Mackenzie Crumley, and Rayanna Harrell. Grant and Crumley each had 3 RBI.

Spalding 5, Mary Persons 4
Spalding won it in a walk-off in the bottom of the seventh. The Bulldogs tied it after three straight 1-run innings. Olivia Woodgeard and Shelbie Lewis each had 2 hits.

Stratford 14, Tiftarea 2, 6 inn.
Hayden Craddock’s 4-run, 4-RBI game led Stratford, which got 2-hit games from Reagan Ray, Rowen Garcia, Lucie Cheek, and Graci Kluge. Taylor Monroe got the 6-inning win.

Tattnall 13, Westfield 8
Gradie Appling had another multi-homer game and drove in 4 runs. Annamary Talcott added a 3-run homer in the first. The duo smacked homers in the 3-run third. Callie Still, who also homered, got the win. Appling and Abigayle Baugh had 2 hits, and Molly Kemp stole two bases. Madison Hammock had 3 hits and Cate Raines 4 RBI for Westfield.

Taylor County 4, Crawford County 3, 8 inn.
The Vikings tied it in the top of the seventh on a walk, hit by pitch and single by Sunni Scott, then took the lead in the eighth. Victoria Cooper doubled with two outs in the eighth, and came around on an error with the lead run. Crawford County’s first two batters reached in the bottom of the eighth, but the Vikings picked off a runner at second and got a line-out on the same batter, and Molleigh Gassett got a game-ending strikeout, her 10th of the game.

Veterans 4, Thomas County Central 2
Hailey Maloney and Bella Fendley had 2 hits each for the Warhawks, Braylin Horton driving in a pair of runs. Veterans got all of its runs in the fourth, and survived 3 errors.

Washington County 9, Central 2

Windsor 11, Covenant 5
It took Windsor awhile, but it delivered the knockout with a 7-run sixth inning, keyed by Zoe Bishop’s 3-run double and Sealy Dent’s 2-run single. Covenant had gone up 5-4 in the top of the inning. Maddie Treem fanned 10 in 7 innings for the win. Abby Price went 2 for 4.

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Stratford 3, FPD 0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-20)

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M-GMC 4, Thomas JV 2

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Atlanta 8, Minnesota 6, 10 inn.

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Alumni Update

Rough week of NFL cuts for Central Georgia products

The bad news for several former Central Georgia high school football standouts is they were told to bring their playbooks to the head coach’s office.

The good news is that a fair chunk of them will find a spot on a roster at some point soon, likely on a practice squad at first.

NFL teams made the necessary cuts or waiver moves this week to get down to the 53-man roster.

A surprise departure was that of Westside grad Kareem Jackson, who signed in July with Buffalo, his third team (Houston twice, Denver once). He has played in only 10 games the past two seasons.

Also cut or waive: WR Quintez Cephus, Stratford, Houston; QB Jake Fromm, Houston County/UGA, by Detroit; LB Devin Harper, Mercer, Cincinnati; OL Trey Hill, Houston County/UGA, Cincinnati; WR Kearis Jackson, Peach County/UGA, Tennessee; OL Jason Poe, Mercer, by Philadelphia.

Among those waived or cut earlier: WR Ty James, Mercer, Minnesota; WR Devron Harper, Mercer, Minnesota

The full list of moves is here.

Honor Roll

SOC-SoCon taps two Mercer players

Georgia College puts 14 on NFCA All-America scholar-athlete team

Around/About Georgia

Smart ‘envious’ of Swinney transfer portal stance, while understanding the need for it

Swinney on Week 1 battle: 'They're not going to give us a national championship trophy'

Status of Georgia’s NFLers

Williams' new role isn't

UGA notes

Georgia State-Georgia Tech connections run deep