Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Braves/playoffs; UGA, Tech, Falcons; Pac-12 back; and more
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
Coming Friday: Central Georgia’s HS FB scouting reports, state poll and Maxwell picks
High school readables in Coverage: A tour of the updated Henderson Stadium; The Sports Report’s predictions
Scoreboard
High School
Football
Brunswick 41, Northeast 12
Softball
Bacon County 11, East Laurens 2
Bleckley County 6, Lamar County 4
Brentwood 4, Westfield 3
A three-run sixth lifted Brentwood, which trailed 2-1 after one. Cameran Francis, Sophia Boutelle, and Isabel Ahrens each had two hits for Brentwood, Boutelle adding two RBI. Carliegh Knowles had two RBI for Westfield, which was three-hit by Margo Sims.
Jones County 8, Houston County 2
Wilcox County 13, Dublin 0
Volleyball
ACE 2, Taylor County 0 (25-6, 25-15)
The Gryphons improved to 3-1 in area and 6-7 overall, getting 12 aces from McKenna Prather, seven from Olivia Deese, and six from Aly Corrigan, Kaitlyn Edwards adding a solid defensive performance. ACE hosts Mount de Sales and Mary Persons on Wednesday and Lamar County on Thursday.
ELCA 2, FPD 0
Lake Oconee 2, Putnam County 0
Stratford 2, Mary Persons 0
Around/About Georgia
Defense collapses in Braves loss, but Anderson good
Ryan to face a sporty pass rush
Keanu Neal is healthy and confident
But Fowler is doubtful this week
Hawks’ Capela so happy to practice
Bulldogs do have some question marks
What will Sanford be like on game day?
Tech got calls to play on open date
Dream’s Laney is WNBA’s most improved
Sports and COVID-19/Georgia
AJC hosts Atlanta leaders to discuss the pandemic and sports
Sports and COVID-19
Pac-12 is back, after all, as is Mountain West
SEC gets going, with un-SEC-like situations
Column: Is SEC transparent enough? No
Florida Atlantic just can’t get a game
Ohio State faces a monster deficit for 2021 fiscal year
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Around the nation/world
Legendary friendship lives on in “Brian’s Song”
Tennessee’s Pruitt extended through 2025