The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Tuesday’s Report: HS scores, Georgia College; No O for Braves, Falcons review, Tech, UGA; college 🏈, NFL, NASCAR, WNBA, tennis

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High Schools
Softball

FPD 12, Mount de Sales 0, 4 inn.
          Jessica Jones brought in 5 runs on 2 hits, including a grand slam, for the Vikings. Hannah Davis and Ava Spillers each had 2 hits and 2 RBI for FPD.

Flint River 12, Covenant 10

Howard 8, Upson-Lee 1
          Abby Davis kept Upson-Lee in check, the Knights twice loading the bases and coming up empty. She had 2 hits and an RBI. Howard improved to 8-9 and 5-1 with its sixth straight win.

Northside 13, Rutland 8
          The Eagles broke a tie with 5 runs in the bottom of the sixth of the 9-error game. Madi Burch had 3 hits and 3 RBI for Northside, Brynli Burch wit h3 hits and 2 RBI. Kadence Cooley and Abigail Watson had 2 hits each. Addison Payne had 3 hits for Rutland.

Peach County 9, Spalding 1
          A pitchers’ duel became a blowout when Peach County scored 9 runs in the bottom of the sixth, Spalding hanging in despite only 1 hit. Shaniyah Gibson fanned 10.

Perry 11, ACE 2, 5 inn.
          The Panthers pulled away with a 5-run fourth, aided along the way by 3 ACE errors. Kamryn Fielder and Cason Gentry each had 2 hits, Gentry with 3 RBI and Fielder with 2, Chloe Davey scoring 3 times. Laney Bridges had 2 of ACE’s 5 hits.

Schley County 7, Hawkinsville 4

Southland 14, Windsor 2

Veterans 8, West Laurens 0, 5 inn.
          The Warhawks made it a short game with 7 in the fourth. Rayven Hodridge had 2 hits and 2 RBI for Veterans, Bella Fendlay driving in 3 runs with a homer.

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Stratford 3, Piedmont 0 (25-18, 25-10, 25-17)

Golf

Bearcat Fall Invitational, Georgia College

Pro

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Cincinnati 1, Atlanta 0

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Honor Roll

SoCon football: Mercer’s McConnell

 

Around/About Georgia

'You're watching him bounce back with excellence': Grady Jarrett shines in return against Steelers

Facts, stats, quotes from Week 1 home loss to Steelers

Morris on Kirk Cousins' health, offensive play-calling decisions after Week 1 loss

Martinez retires 17 straight batters as the Reds beat the Braves

Georgia preparing to face 'ultimate competitor' in Vandagriff

Georgia notebook

UGA injury update

MGLF: Georgia Tech’s  Heppler extended, new assistant coaches hired

 

Baseball/MLB

National League wild card race looks like a barnburner with 3 weeks remaining in regular season

Ed Kranepool, longest-tenured player in New York Mets history and member of Miracle Mets, dies at 79

Guardians LHP Joey Cantillo loses bid for perfect game with two outs in the 7th inning

Clemens has RBI single in 9th to lift Phillies

Skenes strikes out 9 as Pirates edge Marlins

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

A change at QB is possible at Auburn after Cal loss

Freeze: Tigers’ roster still ‘not talented enough’ to play poorly and win games

Alabama OL is trying to fix penalties, other problems after dismal USF performance

Clemson’s Swinney says backup LB McCloud out for the season with knee injury

Sarkisian tells No. 2 Longhorns ‘we are entitled to nothing’ after big win 

No. 16 LSU is developing a new plan for its defensive line after Guillory’s injury

FSU's Lucas out for the season after RB's injury in loss to Boston College

Former Clemson receiver Overton shot and killed at a party in Greensboro, sheriff’s department says

College Football

What's wrong with Penn State football. And why they still believe in greatness

Why does what happened to Notre Dame keep happening?

USA Today Sports coaches poll

Player of the Week: Arizona St. workhorse Cam Skattebo runs for career-high 262 against Bulldogs

Football/NFL/USFL

Hill's lawyers mull legal action after Dolphins star handcuffed by cops: agent

Video shows officers dragged Hill out of his car after he put his window back up

The 49ers spoil Rodgers’ return with a win over the Jets

Watson accused of sexual assault by Texas woman in 2020 incident

Jaguars stumble in 2nd half as fumble helps pave way to  loss

Panthers’ offseason changes yield another dismal outing as Young struggles again

Watson has rough return in first game since surgery as Browns thumped

Nix shows promise despite some struggles in opening loss to Seahawks

Williams looked like a rookie QB in his NFL debut, but a winning one at least

Bengals have issues beyond Chase’s holdout in dud of a season opener

Pierce defends his decision after Raiders punt in Chargers territory late in their opener

Murray and Cardinals start fast and then fall short

Richardson shows off strong arm but lacks consistency

Giants’ Jones is booed in his first game since ACL injury

Pierce defends his decision after Raiders punt in Chargers territory late in their opener

Packers QB Love has an MCL injury and should return this season, AP source says

WNBA

Reese uses social media to explain wrist injury that will sideline her the rest of WNBA season

Auto Racing

Takeaways after the Cup playoff opener at Atlanta

Tennis

Fritz returns to the ATP top 10, and Navarro is a career-high WTA No. 8 after the US Open

College Sports

Pitt fires athletic director Lyke months before her contract was to expire

Around the nation/world

Gaudreau brothers are mourned by the hockey community, family and friends as ‘linemates forever’

 

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games