Thursday's Report: HS scores/picks/rankings, Alums: Stratford/West Laurens, Jaime Kaplan, area colleges; Falcons, UGA, Braves, United; MLB, NFL, colleges, ACC suit, soccer, WNBA, NCAA landscape
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High Schools
Softball
Softball
ACE 11, Central 1
Central took a 1-0 lead, and it was downhill after that ACE scored 5 in the second, 2 coming in on Madisyn Hallar’s sac fly. The Gryphons scored 5 runs on 4 hits in the fourth, 2 each on hits from Avery Stone and Sophie Denney. Stone and Laney Bridge each had 2 hits for ACE, which turned a triple play.
Bleckley County 6, Dodge County 4
Northeast 15, Jefferson County 7; Northeast 13, Jefferson County 11
Peach County 5, Crawford County 2
The Trojans won their 10th straight, Kaylyn Hornaday’s 2-run double in the first getting them going. Shaniyah Gibson struck out 13 in the complete-game 3-hitter. Bailey Phillips fanned 12 in a losing cause.
Pike County 14, Lamar County 0
Richmond County 23, Westside 21
Tattnall 12, Stratford 3
Bryton Tarver drove in 4 runs on 2 hits from the bottom of the lineup. Anna Still, Brianna Logue, Annamary Talcott and Byrton Tarver had 2 hits each for the Trojans, Hayden Craddock and Taylor Monroe getting 2 hits each for Stratford.
Vidalia 11, East Laurens 4
West Laurens 8, GMC Prep 0
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Central 2, Howard 0 (25-21, 25-16)
Peach County 2, Westside 0 (25-16, 25-22); Peach County 2, Crawford County 0 (25-18, 25-23)
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W-Florida Southern 1, Georgia College 0
W-Middle Georgia State 2, Point 0
M-Middle Georgia State 1, Point 1
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Savannah State 3, Middle Georgia State 2 (22-25, 25-22, 24-26, 25-16, 16-14)
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Atlanta 2, Inter Miami 2
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Honor Roll
GCAA WSOC: Central Georgia Tech’s Lopez
Alumni Update
West Laurens’ BayBay Thomas on NFL HoF list
Rams sign Stratford grad Cephus
Around/About Georgia
Where did Falcons prove themselves most in Monday Night Football win?
Falcons injury report: Tyler Allgeier, James Smith-Williams limited as Week 3 prep begins
Ryan, Manning, and Manning were all stunned by Eagles' decision to pass
Falcons' London laments gun celebration after TD
Miranchuk scores in 84th minute to lift United to 2-2 tie with Messi’s Inter Miami
Ozuna homers, Urshela drives in 3 as Braves beat Reds
Smart applauds Kemp's executive order
Baseball/MLB
Orioles DFA nine-time All-Star closer Kimbrel right before playoffs
Ohtani is tantalizingly close to being founding member of 50-50 club
Ohtani steals 49th base in Dodgers’ 8-4 win over Marlins
Team with the most losses in a Major League Baseball season
Quintana and Nimmo lead surging Mets to 10-0 win for 2nd straight blowout of Nationals
Brewers outperform preseason expectations again to win 3rd NL Central title in 4 years
Cease pitches into the 9th and Machado hits 2 of Padres’ 4 homers
Carroll homers twice and Rodriguez strikes out 11 in Diamondbacks win
Opinion
Chiles deserved Olympic bronze medal. And so much more
College Football/South
Napier’s plan to fix Florida is now bust, but the Gators aren’t quite ready to fire him
'That cut was deep': After a bitter parting, Tennessee’s Heupel comes home to Oklahoma
Florida will be without leading receiver Eugene Wilson III at Mississippi State
Cal and Stanford get ready for their first of many cross-country ACC trips
Wake Forest replaces canceled trip to Ole Miss with home-and-home series vs. Oregon State
College Football
College football guarantee games pay millions to small-budget schools but opportunities could shrink
No. 23 Northern Illinois enjoys moment, stays focused after beating Notre Dame
College football picks: New conference rivalries for No. 11 USC and No. 15 Oklahoma take spotlight
Football/NFL/USFL
Eli Manning headlines 16 1st-time HOF nominees
Pro Picks: 9 winless teams aim to avoid an 0-3 start that could doom their playoff aspirations
Sirianni is on the hot seat for questionable calls that backfired in the Eagles’ loss to the Falcons
Panthers not considering trading benched Young
Stroud: Wasn't trying to 'little bro' Williams on SNF
Elway and Bradshaw were benched as rookies and ended up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Bengals' Ja’Marr Chase crossed the line with abusive language late in loss to Chiefs, official said
Patriots release former 1st-round pick Reagor after his cryptic social media post
An appeals court won’t revive Favre’s defamation lawsuit against Sharpe
Column: Cowboys show 'playoff form' in emasculating home loss to Saints
Smith again shows NFL, Seahawks fans he's elite under pressure
The 0-2 Rams are buried under an avalanche of injuries, and now the 49ers are coming to town
WNBA
WNBA awards Portland an expansion franchise that will begin play in 2026
College Sports, the changing landscape
Attorneys: 'Progress' in clarifying NCAA settlement
Sources: ACC exploring new revenue structure to resolve FSU, Clemson lawsuits
Arkansas AD says school needs $12M more per year in NIL donations to compete
Auto Racing
NASCAR Cup playoffs to run under the lights at Bristol bullring; F1 preps for streets of Singapore
Soccer
Man City and Inter Milan draw 0-0 in goal-shy Champions League. PSG scores late to beat Girona
College Basketball
Calipari to make Arkansas debut against Kansas in charity exhibition in October
Scoreboards