Friday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: HSFB 2018 is fully here, scores and roundup; prep scores/skeds; Falcons sluggish; Mercer soccer, the Hawks, and football
Friday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
The Braves Report is up.
The sounds of whistles, bands, and eventually illegal hits
A day after Jones County nipped Howard, nearly everybody else got the 2018 high school football season started. Check out the roundup – hopefully to be updated – in The Latest Coverage.
High School Scores
Softball
Bleckley County 5, ECI 0; Bleckley County 3, Echols County 2
Stratford 10, Calvary Day 2
Tattnall 2, Richmond Hill 0
High School Schedule
Saturday
Softball
9:30 a.m.
Bleckley County vs. TBA, at Cordele
Dodge County vs. TBA, at Cordele
10 a.m.
Luella at Howard
Jones County vs. Jeff Davis (neutral)
11 a.m.
Tattnall vs. George Walton, at Calvary Day
11:30 a.m.
Dodge County vs. TBA, at Cordele
Bleckley County vs. TBA, at Cordele
12 p.m.
Jones County vs. Statesboro (neutral)
Rutland at Perry
1 p.m.
Tattnall vs. Islands, at Calvary Day
2 p.m.
Northside at Howard
Volleyball
TBA
West Laurens in Alpharetta tournament
Falcons sluggish in another preseason outing
Calvin Ridley played well, but the Falcons were up and down in a 28-14 loss to the Chiefs in their second preseason game.
A good season opener
As expected, Mercer had little trouble in its women’s soccer opener.
Hawks’ Collins has a long list
He wants improvement allll over the place.
United may get Barco back soon
A discipline issue has sidelined him.
Football practice reports
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Stewart sees a maturing offense
Time, soon, will tell how Woody’s scheme fits
Still figuring some things out
Georgia Southern