Sunday's Report: Southwest-Northeast fight, Russell Henley, Mercer, GMC/CGTC, HS 🏈 schedule; Falcons, Dream, UGA, Braves/Sale; Tour Championship, Little League WS, MLB, college 🏈, NFL, NASCAR
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High Schools
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Lamar County 5, Marion County 0; Lamar County 9, Baconton Charter 0
Dakota Crowley threw a 2-hit shutout in the opener, boosted by 2-hit games from Kylee Kington, Keelie Smallwood, and Kaden Flournoy. Kington got the shutout in the one-hit nightcap, with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks. The Trojans took advantage of eight walks, 5 wild pitches, and 2 hit batters in the nightcap, needing only 7 hits.
Loganville Christian 11, Tattnall 8
Kiley Kate Hodgin had 3 hits and 3 RBI for Tattnall, Callie Still and Anna Still with 2 hits each.
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Scholars 2, Stratford 0
Pro
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Around/About Central Georgia
Weather stymies Mercer’s comeback vs. UC Davis, no contest
Henley stays steady, remains among the leaders at the Tour Championship
GMC scores in all phases to roll Central Georgia Tech
The nation’s No. 5 junior college entering the season played that way, GMC JC thumping Central Georgia Tech 69-13 Saturday.
No stats were available from either team.
The Bulldogs opened last year with a similar result, hammering Jireh Prep 74-17. They went on to crack the 50-point mark three more times, including 65-0 over CGTC in mid September.
GMC visits Iowa Western next, and returns home on Sept.6 against Community Christian College. GCTG takes on Louisburg, N.C. at Brookland-Cayce High near Columbia, S.C., then welcomes Mississippi Prep Academy on Sept. 6 in the home opener.
High school football games postponed, new dates set
ACE Charter and Central got through a quarter on Thursday. That game will be finished Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Ed DeFore.
The Dublin-East Laurens game was postponed before any weather hit, around lunchtime on Friday, and is now set for Sept. 12.
Twiggs County’s visit to Greene County is now Sept. 19.
Rutland will now make its trip to Jeff Davis on Oct. 17.
GoFan tickets will be in effect for makeup dates.
Around/About Georgia
What happened in Falcons vs. Cowboys
Movers and shakers from Falcons final preseason game vs. Dallas
Morris updates status of McGary
Falcons begin 53-man roster cutdown, release 12 players
Gray scores 19, Jones 17 and Dream cruise past short-handed Liberty
What does a 9-game SEC schedule mean for Georgia football? Here are three to things to know
Mets hit 6 homers to support a strong start from Holmes in 9-2 win over Braves
Sale makes rehab start, nearing return
Tour Championship at East Lake
Cantlay and Fleetwood tied for Tour Championship lead. Ryder Cup captain Bradley in the mix
With Arnold Palmer reminder and a 63, Keegan Bradley's Ryder Cup situation more intriguing than ever
Full stop: This stopgap of a Tour Championship proving a worthwhile return to sanity, clarity
Little League World Series
Nevada to face Taiwan in the Little League World Series final
‘Our boys’: Fans cheer as Las Vegas Little League team wins U.S. crown
Nevada wins US title in Little League World Series with championship game Sunday
'Lived out their dream': Fairfield National parents, fans appreciate Little League World Series run
Baseball/MLB
Second MLB pitcher this week calls out fans sending death threats
Nola gets 1st win since May 3 as Phillies top Nationals behind homers from Sosa and Turner
Cortes silences his Dodgers demons with 6 brilliant innings, pitching Padres into 1st place
Pirates beat Rockies with 2-run home runs from McCutchen and Triolo
College Football/Saturday
Becht stars as No. 22 Iowa State beats No. 17 Kansas State in Ireland
Daniels stars as Kansas opens rebuilt $450M stadium with win over Fresno State
Thomas scores 3 TDs and UNLV holds off Idaho State in Dan Mullen’s debut as coach
Alejado throws for 2 TDs, Matsuzawa kicks 38-yard FG as time expires; Hawaii beats Stanford
Mosley has career game with 180 yards rushing and North Carolina Central tops Southern
McIvor accounts for 4 touchdowns as Western Kentucky tops Sam Houston
Marsh’s pick-6 highlights big defensive effort and Nicholls dumps Incarnate Word
College Football/South
Alabama standout LB Lawson ‘has one shot at this’ and wants to make it count
South Carolina assistant coach Robertson hospitalized following car accident
Swinney’s faith in QB Klubnik has paid off as No. 4 Clemson eyes national title run
College Football
AP’s dream road trip: How to see every preseason Top 25 team at least once in 2025
It’s Week 0 in college football. Here are the games and why some teams get an early start
Gabriel understudy Dante Moore is expected to take the reins as No. 7 Oregon’s starting QB
Indiana cashes in on last season’s success with $50 million naming rights deal for Memorial Stadium
No. 6 Notre Dame names CJ Carr starting quarterback over Kenny Minchey
NFL/Saturday
Smith throws TD pass in only drive for Raiders, who fall to Cardinals
49ers spoil Lance’s return to the Bay Area with win over the Chargers
With Allen sitting, Buechele leads Bills over the Bucs
Tagovailoa throws TD pass and is sacked twice as Dolphins beat Jaguars
Willis has TD pass and Packers sack Milroe 5 times in win over Seahawks
Third-string QB Leonard shines as Colts beat Bengals
Sanders struggles, Huntley leads Browns to last-second win over Rams
Loop kicks 61-yard field goal as Ravens win over Commanders
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Green sex toys move from WNBA to NFL with incident at Vikings-Titans game
Starkey: If Big Ben is right about Aaron Rodgers, all bets are off
Patriots HC vows to find 'rats' who leaked Polk's injury
WNBA/Women’s basketball
McBride scores 29 points, Shepard has triple-double as Lynx beat Fever
Wilson has 19th double-double as the Aces beat Mystics for 10th straight victory
NBA/Basketball
Former NBA star Shawn Kemp gets 30 days of home monitoring for Washington parking lot shooting
NBA player Malik Beasley is no longer a target in federal gambling probe, according to report
Auto Racing
Blaney’s last-second surge at Daytona denies underdogs a Cinderella moment
Preece explains his "shitty situation" while leading late at Daytona
Daytona race to finalize playoff lineup with 2 spots up for grabs
Dillon conveys what Richmond win means to his grandfather Childress: ‘NASCAR let him down’
Golf
Henderson takes share of lead in home CPKC Women’s Open
Morgan, Kelepouris, McBride tied for lead in US Senior Women’s Open
Fitzpatrick leads British Masters by 1 stroke, Hojgaard stays on course for automatic Ryder Cup spot
DeChambeau's, Rahm's squads move into team final at LIV Golf finale
Tennis
Maria Sharapova and Bryan Brothers enter tennis hall, with surprise appearance by Serena Williams
Williams’ age gets attention at the US Open but players think her icon status matters more
Soccer
NWSL match at baseball’s Oracle Park draws record crowd
For 3rd time in 2025, a new women's transfer world record has been set
Boxing/UFC/MMA
Gable Steveson, record-breaking Olympic champ, set to make MMA debut
UFC Shanghai: Walker stuns Zhang, Sterling dominates Ortega
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