Thursday’s Report: HS scores, Houston County’s Burress, Mercer football, Mercer Tennis Classic; UGA, Falcons, Braves; Milton, NFL, colleges, MLB, NCAA
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High Schools
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Brentwood 7, Edmund Burke 2
Central Fellowship 9, Flint River 2
Dodge County 9, Hawkinsville 8
East Laurens 3, ACE 2
Perry 10, Lee County 4
Trinity Christian 15, FPCA 0
West Laurens 15, Veterans 7
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Crawford County 3, Central Fellowship 0
West Laurens 3, Luella 0
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FVSU 3, Wesleyan 0
Middle Georgia State 3, LaGrange 0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-18)
USC Aiken 3, Georgia College 1 (25-18, 21-25, 23-25, 25-17)
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Alumni Update
Houston County’s Burress joins UGA QB Beck’s NIL company
Around/About Central Georgia
Undefeated Bears storm into nation's top 10
Hurricane Milton evacuees to be welcomed at Saturday's Mercer game
Some names set for Mercer Tennis Classic
Three top-100 players are among those in the field at next week’s 11th Mercer Tennis Classic.
The tournament runs Monday through Saturday.
Reneta Zarazua and Anna Blinkova are ranked near each other at No. 74 and 78, with Maria Lourdes Carle at No. 74.
Other include No. 106 Robin Montgomery, No. 113 Maya Joint, No. 126 Ann Ali, No. 147 Marina Stakusic, No. 156 Lucrezia Stefanini, No. 177 Maja Chwalinski, and No. 181 Sachia Vickery (181).
The tournament also features other events besides tournament tennis:
Tuesday: Ladies clinic, Adaptive Tennis Night for participants of Macon Area Tennis Association’s Net Therapy and Vet Therapy Adaptive Tennis Programs; Wednedsay: MATA community tennis awards; Thursday: Middle Georgia Youth Night at The Classic with player meet & greet.
Matches begin at 10 a.m. starting on Monday.
Around/About Georgia
UGA’s Young suspended indefinitely
Georgia relying even more on Malaki Starks
How important are good starts? Here's what the numbers say
Falcons injury report: Nate Landman returns to practice, 5 starters listed as Panthers prep begins
Cousins named NFC Offensive Player of the Week
Braves file lawsuit against two former employees in Hank Aaron memorabilia case
Georgia university leaders ask NCAA to ban transgender women from sports
Weather
Displaced Buccaneers appreciate having families and pets out of the path of Hurricane Milton
Concerns over Milton force Magic-Pelicans NBA preseason game to be called off
College Sports, the changing landscape
Inside Project Rudy, a secret push to radically change college sports
While SEC and Big Ten leaders mull major changes, Super League gains some steam
College Football/South
Auburn's Thorne says he didn't change Freeze's 4th-and-1 call against Georgia
Vanderbilt auctioning memorabilia from Alabama win
South Carolina LB Kamara will transfer, Beamer says
Alabama defensive coaches respond to Moore's critique of play calling
Column-Making sense of DeBoer's decision not to suspend Moore
What’s wrong with Tennessee O and why it matters vs Florida
Could a win at Tennessee alter the Billy Napier narrative at Florida?
College Football
Fisher says NIL has made cheating worse in college football
College football picks: Time is not on visitor’s side so far on long road trips in Big Ten
A new warning to teams: Quit the gun celebrations
Day not concerned that long trip to Oregon will slow Ohio State
Big Ten has become a landing zone for transfer quarterbacks
It's not 'Any Given Saturday,' yet, but college parity is coming
Iowa’s Leshon Williams and Kaleb Brown leave the team and plan to enter the transfer portal
Kansas State football's offense hangs its hat on DJ Giddens and a prolific rushing attack
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Jaguars expect to get TE Engram and CB Campbell back during London trip
Jets owner says firing of Saleh will bring ‘new energy’ to one of franchise’s ‘most talented teams’
Rodgers says allegations that he played a role in Saleh’s firing as Jets coach are ‘patently false’
Jim Trotter settles lawsuit against NFL, creates HBCU scholarship foundation named for Junior Seau
Brilliant but beaten: the historic, searing misfortune of Joe Burrow
Coaching, again, is killing the Patriots
Bills’ ‘everybody eats’ motto on offense goes from feast to famine after 2 straight losses
The Rams are starting slowly every week, and they’re already in an early season hole at 1-4
Injury to star receiver Collins puts damper on Houston’s best start since 2012
Baseball/MLB
Lindor’s grand slam sends Mets into NLCS with 4-1 win over Phillies
Dodgers smoke homestanding Padres, force finale
Stanton hits go-ahead homer in the eighth, Yankees beat Royals
Tigers blank Guardians 3-0 in ALDS with clutch hitting and strong pitching, taking 2-1 series lead
Pending free agent Pete Alonso extending his Mets tenure with every postseason homer
College Basketball
ACC’s additions of Cal, Stanford create test for coast-to-coast basketball scheduling plans
WNBA
Collier, the unassuming and unflappable superstar, has led the Lynx back to the WNBA Finals
Caitlin Clark to tee it up in LPGA pro-am at The Annika
Sky officials are light on details in discussing their decision to fire Weatherspoon after 1 year
NBA
Paul makes exhibition debut with the Spurs, sets up Wembanyama for dunk with 1st assist
NBA season preview: Team-by-team outlooks, schedules, fantasy analysis …
Auto Racing
NASCAR: How the playoff field stacks up heading into the final race of the second round
Golf
McIlroy/Scheffler vs. Koepka/DeChambeau match has a name, a date and a site
High school/youth sports
Soccer
As Pulisic emerges as USMNT's star, how does Pochettino mold the team around him?
5 former employees sue the San Diego Wave and the National Women’s Soccer League
Scoreboards