Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: HS football; Scoreboard (w/Friday details); Alumni Update; Braves, UGA-Auburn, Falcons, and more
Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Veterans 5, Crawford County 1
A two-run fourth put it away for the Warhawks, aided by four errors and five walks. Olivia Brown fanned five with no walks in four innings to start.
Thursday (with details)
High School
Softball
ACE 8, Glascock County 0
Brentwood 5, Thomas Jefferson 3
Briarwood 5, John Milledge 0
Bulloch 14, Twiggs 0
Central 9, Peach County 7
Crawford County 5, Taylor County 4
Rylie Youngblood’s single brought in Bailey Carreker with the winning run quickly in the bottom of the seventh. Kryssi Maddox had two hits, with two RBIs from Kennadi Rozier and Mary Kathryn Mason.
East Coweta 14, Stratford 0
East Laurens 5, Swainsboro 2
Madison Johnson’s two hits led East Laurens, which got 13 strikeouts from Madison Cheek.
Jackson 2, Upson-Lee 1
Johnson County 11, Dublin 2
Hawkinsville 17, Montgomery County 5
Heard County 9, Lamar County 1
Houston County 8, Northside 2; Houston County 7, Northside 6
Abbie Havard’s walk-off in the nightcap gave Houston County its first region title since 2016.
Jackson 2, Upson-Lee 1
Jones County 9, Locust Grove 5
Mary Persons 19, Americus-Sumter 0; Mary Persons 16, Americus-Sumter 0
Mount de Sales 14, St. Vincent’s 0
An explosion late ended it in five. Chloe Nepveux had three hits and three RBI for MdS, while Sawyer Stuart had two hits, two RBI and three runs and Heartly Nepveux two hits and three RBI, Sarah Hatcher adding two hits. Chloe Nepveux struck out eight in four.
Piedmont 15, LaGrange 4
Putnam County 16, Westside-Augusta 4
Rutland 10, Howard 1
Six in the fourth ended it early. Keely Bryant led Rutland with three hits, the Hurricanes getting two hits from Kaitlyn Greene, Taylor Stewart, and Lacey Caldwell, and two RBI from Bryant and Amber Summerday. Summerday struck out seven in five.
Spalding 18, Baldwin 2
Tattnall 9, St. Vincent’s 0; Tattnall 16, Calvary Day 0
The Trojans went up 8-0 after two in the opener, a five-inning one-hitter from Hailey Daughtry. Kaitlyn Hallman and Kaci Paul had two hits each, Hallman scoring twice and Paul driving in three runs. Seven walks helped Tattnall in the four-inning nightcap, with two-hit games from Grace Hiller, Paul, and Ana Land. Isabelle Pecorilli fanned five in three.
West Laurens 7, Perry 1
Windsor 15, Gatewood 0; Windsor 24, Gatewood 1
College
Volleyball
The Citadel 3, Mercer 1 (Thursday)
Alumni Update
Central Georgia Tigers vs. UGA?
Auburn has a pair of young Central Georgians on the roster, but only one has a chance to play Saturday in Athens
Houston County’s Wesley Steiner (No. 32) is listed as a No. 2 at one of the Tigers’ linebacking spots, behind senior K.J. Britt. But he’s awaiting his debut, the freshman not playing in last week’s win over Kentucky. It’s likely to come in Athens.
Dublin’s Romello Height (No. 37) is out indefinitely after having shoulder surgery in the offseason, the team announced on Sept. 22. Listed at the “buck” position, he’ll likely see time pretty quickly upon his return.
Around/About Georgia
‘Watch parties’ set for Truist
No. 7 and No. 4, a lot earlier than usual
And eyes on both teams’ QBs, for different reasons
Reviewing Auburn’s win over Kentucky
Tech’s list of improvement on the off week
Column: Fans can’t forget their responsibilities in stadiums
Yes, Falcons have talent, but …
LaFleur has taken off since leaving Atlanta
Falcons secondary boosted by Sheffield return
Julio’s not 100 percent, but …
Sports and racial/social awareness
Early MLB commish’s name pulled off MVP plaques
Around the nation/world
Pitching legend Gibson dies at 84
Stewart leads Storm to opening win