Friday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Full high school football coverage; Tech rebounds from Clemson visit; Scoreboard; Braves Report; Falcons

Friday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Full high school football coverage; Tech rebounds from Clemson visit; Scoreboard; Braves Report; Falcons

Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

Coming Saturday

          A look at Georgia, Mercer, GMC, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, and Kennesaw State’s games, including who from Central Georgia is on rosters. Look for it around lunchtime in The Latest Coverage.

 

Football, football, football

          In The Latest Coverage is Central Georgia’s most comprehensive high school football coverage, with updates coming Saturday morning, including more on Rutland breaking a 23-game losing streak.

 

The visit to Clemson was not fun, but …

Collins’ takeaways

It wasn’t a shocker

Notebook

 

Alumni Update/Catching up with …

 

Scoreboard

Friday

College

VBall: Nicholls State 3, Mercer 1 (17-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-23; Mercer 3, Georgia Southern 0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-18)

VBall: Middle Georgia State 3, Agnes Scott 0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-20)

WSoc: Mercer 1, Austin Peay 0

MSoc: Mercer 2, Cincinnati 0

 

Braves Report

          A four-run seventh pulled the White Sox close, but Atlanta answered with a pair of two-run innings for a 10-7 win before nearly 39,100 at SunTrust.

          Ozzie Albies went 4 for 5 with two runs, while Freddie Freeman, Matt Joyce, and Tyler Flowers added two hits each. Flowers drove in three runs with his 10th homer, and Freeman added two RBI.

          Max Fried improved to 15-4 with a six-inning, 11-strikeout night, giving up four runs and four hits, only one walk. Mark Melancon, Atlanta’s fifth pitcher, got his seventh save.

Box

Saturday, vs. Chicago White Sox, 7:20 p.m., FSSO; Sunday, vs. Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m., FSSO; Monday, vs. Toronto, 1:20 p.m., FSSE; Tuesday, vs. Toronto, vs. 7:20 p.m., FSSE

Fried gets it done

Teammates chip in with Donaldson at charity event

The key White Sox mistake

Braves getting healthier

Will the Braves and Donaldson get serious?

Notebook

Around/About Georgia

Falcons: No rush on McGary

Falcons: Here come the cuts