Saturday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Peach State college football; Braves fall; Falcons, UGA; a full and diverse buffet
Saturday’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
Buford 8, Jones County 3; Grayson 8, Jones County 0
Calhoun 7, Tattnall 3; Ringgold 12, Tattnall 8
Three in the third put Calhoun on top for good. Grace Hiller had two hits and three RBI and Hailey Daughtry two hits for the Trojans. Tattnall and Ringgold were tied after one and two innings, and Ringgold’s one in the third put it in the lead for good. Daughtry, Olivia Bridger, and Caroline Patterson had two hits apiece for the Trojans, Patterson and Kaci Paul with two RBI each.
Piedmont 17, Bethlehem Christian 1
West Laurens 8, Dodge County 3
Volleyball
Harris County 2, Veterans 0; Harris County 2, Houston County 0; Harris County 2, Warner Robins 0
Mary Persons 2, Americus-Sumter 0; Mary Persons 2, Upson-Lee 1; Jackson 2, Mary Persons 0
Pike County 2, Central 0
Peach County 2, Central 0 (25-13, 25-19); Pike County 2, Peach County 1 (21-25, 25-12, 15-10); Upson-Lee 2, Peach County 1 (18-25, 25-13, 18-16)
The 11-6 Trojans host senior day on Tuesday against Taylor County.
College
Peach State College Football
The Yellow Jackets were hanging with the No. 14 Knights, down two touchdowns until the visitors pulled away in the fourth quarter.
UCF outpassed the Jackets 417-244, and Tech suffered three lost fumbles and two interceptions.
Peach County’s Quez Jackson led Tech with nine tackles, while Washington County’s Djimon Brooks had three tackles and Northside’s Tobias Oliver one.
Louisiana 34, Georgia State 31, OT
The Panthers had a two-touchdown lead, had to come back to tie it, and had to settle for a field goal on their first OT possession. And the No. 19 Cajuns took advantage.
Jones County alum Trey Bonner saw action on the offensive line.
Around/About Georgia
Mets strike late to put Braves away
Freddie Freeman getting some mo for MVP
Offseason life and issues make the season even bigger for Smart
Sports and social & racial awareness/Georgia
Quinn pays tribute to ‘Exonerated Five’
Matthew Stafford: we can’t just shut up and play
NFL remains a good place for statements
Sports and social/racial awareness
Sports and COVID-19
A look at the Big Ten schedule
Tate Martell not playing … again
Around the nation/world
Tommy John surgery ends Verlander’s year
Harvick fired up after holding off Busch at Bristol
Wolff on fire in third round of US Open
Tigers’ Gardenhire suddenly retires
Deion Sanders is going to coach where?
Navy finishes off record comeback at Tulane
Might NHL start up around New Year’s?
Syracuse QB had cancer, throws a TD pass Saturday
Last time the World Series had one home?