Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 16, 2026Comment

Friday's Report: State softball, Baldwin, HS FB; US Soccer/Blank, Dream/Reese, UGA/Richt/Frazier, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, Falcons; MLB playoffs, college football, NFL, WNBA, NBA, golf

Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 16, 2026Comment

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GIAA tournament

Class 4A

George Walton 9, Tattnall 0

FPD 8, Loganville Christian 0

Gracyn Fuller turned in another stellar effort in the circle with 11 strikeouts in a 6-inning no-hitter. Lyric Jones, Emma Morgan, Jessica Jones, and Addison Arnold each had 2 hits for the Vikings.

FPD 8, St. Anne-Pacelli 0

The Vikings needed only 4.5 innings, starting with 3 runs in the first. Fuller and Lyric Jones teamed for a 1-hitter. Jessica Jones had 2 hits and 2 RBI. FPD faces Clavary Christian at 12 p.m. on Friday.

Tattnall 16, Bethlehem Christian 8

The Trojans advanced to a 10 a.m. Friday game with St. Anne-Pacelli in the loser’s bracket. Madison Malcom belted 2 homers and drove in 6 run.

Class 3A

Athens Christian 7, John Milledge 5

Westfield 13, Central Fellowship 0

No information was available for Westfield on MaxPreps, Gamechanger, or social media, and the GIAA keeps no stats of championship events.

Westfield 9, Athens Christian 1

The defending champs take on second-seed Terrell at noon Friday.

John Milledge 14, CFCA 1

The Trojans advanced to a 10 a.m. Friday game against Heritage in the loser’s bracket. John Milledge put up 10 runs in the third, keyed by a 3-run double from Brooklyn Baxley.

Class AA

Briarwood 4, Gatewood 1

Windsor 4, Piedmont 1

Rayne Wesson sat down 11 Cougars in the complete-game six-hitter.

Southwest Georgia 9, Windsor 2

The Knights fell into a 10 a.m. Friday game against Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke 6, Gatewood 3, Gatewood eliminated

Piedmont 1, Southland 0

The Cougars advanced to a 10 a.m. Friday game against Briarwood

Class A

Fullington 12, Twiggs 1

Twiggs 6, Robert Toombs 5

Twiggs advanced to a 10 a.m. Friday game against Citizens Christian in the loser’s bracket.

GHSA playoffs

Class 6A

Veterans 15, Newnan 7

Maddy Kincade belted homers in the third and fifth innings to lead Veterans in the series-clinching third game. The Warhawks put up 8 runs in the third.

Class 5A

Jones County 5, Madison County 2

The Greyhounds led from the start and held Madison County scoreless until the seventh, Jones County taking advantage of 5 errors to advance. Marissa Moore had 2 of Jones County’s 2 hits.

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W-Mercer 2, Wofford 0

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Alumni Update

Washington County’s Gray optimistic about her availability for Dream in Game 1 of WNBA Finals

Around/About Central Georgia

Troup overcomes Baldwin’s good start

An 80-yard touchdown pass from Kam Patterson to Tavares Hooks on the first from scrimmage may not have been so good after all.

That huge play by Baldwin might have alerted Troup from the start that the Braves were there to play.

Troup trailed 6-0 and 12-8, but took over after that with 28 straight points en route to a 63-32 win Thursday in a battle of Class 4A’s top teams.

Troup is a consensus top-3 team, and Baldwin came in No. 12 in a composite poll.