Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 10, 2021Comment

Saturday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard, Russell Henley; Braves win; Falcons; MLB, colleges, NFL, NASCAR, NBA, more

Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 10, 2021Comment

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
Westfield 2, Southland 0; Westfield 12, Southland 1
The battle of pitchers wen to the Hornets, who got single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, the teams combining for five hits. Marena Knowles scored on a passed ball in the fifth for all Westfield needed in the opener of their GISA playoff series. The nightcap was the complete opposite, although Westfield’s lead was only 3-1 after four. The Hornets went off for nine runs in the fifth, with nine batters going to the plate before the first out. Knowles belted a grand slam in the inning. Knowles had three hits, and Madison Hammock also drove in four runs, on two hits. Lauren Davidson got the five-inning complete-game win on 56 pitches, with five strikeouts and no walks.

College
Soccer
M-Mercer 5, VMI 0
Volleyball
Mercer 3, Chattanooga 0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-22)
Pro
MLB
Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0

Around/about Central Georgia

Henley rebounds with solid round

After a round that included a double bogey and an eagle, Russell Henley’s game returned to fairly stable at the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas.

Henley enters the final day tied for 24th, in a pack of seven 10 under. He’s eight back of leader Adam Schenk, also 5 under for the day.

He had the seemingly requisite bogeys Saturday, two, but countered them with a nifty seven birdies, five on the back nine.

Around/About Georgia

Fried does Fried as Braves blank Brewers

Max was Max

Column: Another Fried gem evens series, now in Atlanta

Pitching leads the way

‘Ton of strikes’

Falcons need to right the run game Sunday

No Ridley, so Jets prep for Pitts

Is England getting into it?

Baseball