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August 29, 2024 Central Georgia Sports Report

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High Schools

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Central 15, Wilkinson County 3

Crawford County 5, Spalding 3

The Eagles led 4-0 after four en route to a 10-4 hits advantage. C White had 3 hits and Jayden Rogers and Kinley Howard and Maddie Jo Carroll 2 each.

GMC Prep 14, Mount de Sales 0, 4 inn.

The Bulldogs put up 9 in the first inning, and outhit the Cavs 7-1. Hannah Garner fanned 9 in 4 innings, and Allie Deason had 2 hits and 3 RBI.

Perry 7, Lee County 4, 8 inn.

The Panthers scored 4 in the top of the 8th and gave up only 1 in the bottom half. Cason Gentry belted a 2-run homer in the eighth. Anna Dean had 2 hits and 3 RBI for the Panthers.

Taylor County 13, Shaw 1

Victoria Cooper struck out 12 hitters in 5 innings, and Bralyn Hunter went 3 for 4 for the Vikings. Syler Searcy went 4 for 4.

Westside 28, Southwest 16

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M-GMC 3, Georgia Revolution FC 1

Pro

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Atlanta 5, Minnesota 1

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Seattle 85, Atlanta 81

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Around/About Central Georgia

CFB: Presbyterian at Mercer, 7 p.m.

The Bears open the Mike Jacobs era against a team that’s now in the conference Mercer competed in when it reinstated football, the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League.

The teams played in 2019, Mercer winning 45-7, as well as 14 times in the old days. The Blue Hose were in the Division II South Atlantic Conference 1975-2006, the joined the Division I Big South, staying there from 2009-2019

Presbyterian returns 11 defensive starts and six on offense from last year’s 4-7 team, and head coach Steve Elkhart is 5-17 entering his third season. The Blue Hose have 17 players from Georgia, none from Central Georgia.

PC hasn’t had a winning season since going 6-5 in 2014, which included a win over Furman of the Southern Conference.

Jacobs takes over a team that made its FCS playoff debut last year, and is 8-3 in the new era’s home openers. The Bears averaged 147 rushing yards and 176 passing yards a game last year, but must replace most of the players who accumulated those yards.

But the Bears put 12 players on at least one preseason all-conference team, led by linebacker Ken Standley, who is on the Buck Buchanan watch list at least one preseason All-American team.

Mercer, picked for fourth in the conference, visits Bethune-Cookman next week.

Thursday’s area HS football games

Crawford County, 1-1, at Kendrick, 7 p.m.
The Eagles are off a 43-7 win over GMC Prep, while the AA Cherokees lost 22-0 to BEST. This is the first meeting.

Howard at Rutland (Ed DeFore), 5:30 p.m.
The 3A Huskies lead the series 5-4, winning the last five after the AA Hurricanes took the first four, starting in 2010. Howard won 13-0 last year.

Northeast at Washington County, 7 p.m.

Two former college standouts go against each other as head coaches, Northeast’s Jeremy Wiggins (Appalachian State) and Washington County’s Robert Edwards (Georgia). The Golden Hawks lead the series 10-5, but the Raiders have won the last three meetings 26-13/2019, 25-24/2020, and 27-23/2021).

Around/About Georgia

Sale bolsters Cy Young case with 15th win as Braves sweep Twins

Falcons trade quarterback Taylor Heinicke to Chargers

By the numbers: How Falcons' 53-man roster compares to rest of NFL

Georgia’s D made an all-time statement against Clemson in 2021. It’ll look to do so again in Week 1

Georgia, Clemson ADs will put friendship aside for a few hours

Neighbors Georgia Tech, Georgia State meet for first time

Baseball/MLB

Ohtani-mania breaks out again with 2nd giveaway of bobblehead featuring Dodgers slugger and his dog

Cleveland Cavaliers founder and former Guardians owner Nick Mileti dies at 93

Bethancourt drives in 7 as Chicago Cubs rally

Houston’s Arrighetti loses no-hit bid against Phillies in 8th inning on infield single by Hays