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LIST: School closures due to possible impacts from Debby

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Ahead of possible impacts from Debby, some CSRA school districts are announcing closures.

Tropical Depression 4 became Tropical Storm Debby on Saturday night. It’s expected to make landfall Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, then move northeast into southeastern Georgia and southern South Carolina. This will bring the potential for lots of rain across the CSRA, but especially in southern and eastern counties.

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  • Jenkins County students in Millen will go to school on Monday, Aug. 5, but the school system will close on Tuesday, Aug. 6, and students will not report back until Thursday, Aug. 8. The school will be preparing a bag of meals for each student to take home Monday with breakfast and lunch for three days.

What’s ahead

Tropical Storm Debby strengthened rapidly Sunday and was expected to become a hurricane as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, bringing with it the threat of devastating floods to the southeast Atlantic coast later in the week.

The storm was likely to become a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall Monday in the Big Bend region of Florida, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

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Debby's potential path into the CSRA.
Debby’s potential path into the CSRA.(WRDW)

From there, the storm is expected to move eastward over northern Florida and then stall over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, thrashing the region with the potential of record-setting rains totaling up to 30 inches beginning Tuesday.

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“There’s some really amazing rainfall totals being forecast and amazing in a bad way,” Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said at a briefing Sunday. “That would be record-breaking rainfall associated with a tropical cyclone for both the states of Georgia and South Carolina if we got up to the 30 inch level.”

The flooding impacts, which could last through Friday, are expected to be especially severe in low-lying areas near the coast, including Savannah, Georgia; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina.



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Jags Crack Three Homers in Win Over Georgia College – Augusta University

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Jags Crack Three Homers in Win Over Georgia College – Augusta University


Augusta, Ga.- Nathan Martin, Landon Leonard and Nolan Turner all homered as Augusta took down Georgia College 11-4 on Saturday afternoon at Jaguar Field. With the win, the Jaguars improve to 14-14 overall and 10-7 in Peach Belt Conference action. The Bobcats are now 12-16 overall and 8-9 in conference play.

AU struck first with a pair of runs in the second inning. Aidan Cannaday picked up the first RBI on a bases loaded walk. Then, Harris Bachelder lifted a sacrifice fly for the early 2-0 lead.

After the Bobcats scored three in the top of the fourth, the Jags responded with four runs of their own. All the damage came with two outs as a costly GCSU error started the rally. Ryan Patrick reached on the error and then Maritn connected on a two-run homer. Turner would continue the rally with a triple. He would score when Leonard smoked a homer giving AU the lead.

An inning later, it was Turner again front and center with a three-run blast. Turner finished with a single, triple, and home run and scored three times. 

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Leonard added two hits while Martin collected three hits and three runs driven in.

On the mound, Caleb Jatko went five innings to pick up the win. Jameson Whittier would do the rest with four innings of three-hit ball for his first save of the year. 

Augusta and Georgia College will finish out the three-game series with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

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Augusta Drops Series Opener Against Georgia College – Augusta University

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Augusta, Ga. – Augusta scored three runs in the first three innings, but it was not nearly enough as Georiga College knocked off the Jaguars 13-3 Friday in the first of a three game series. Augusta is now 9-7 in Peach Belt Conference play and 13-14 overall. The Bobcats improve to 8-8 in conference and 12-15 overall.

After giving up two runs in the first, AU got on the board when Roland Chance hit his fifth homer of the year, this one to right center making it a 2-1 game.

GCSU put a four spot on the board in the second and Augusta would get one back in the bottom of the second. Jake Vachon walked to start the inning and moved to second on a Mattheson Go single. With one out, Jakob Cowart would single home Go with the second AU run.

In the third, Harris Bachelder would pick up a two-out double. Aidan Cannaday would single him home for the Jags final run of the game.

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Chance had three hits to lead the Augusta offense with Go picking up a pair of safeties. 

Carson Vick was the hitting start for the Bobcats with four hits, three doubles, four RBI and five runs scored.

Augusta and Georgia College will play again on Saturday with first pitch at 3:00 p.m. at Jaguar Field.

Fans of Jaguar Athletics can subscribe to the email listserve by clicking here. Fans can follow Augusta University at www.augustajags.com and receive short updates on Facebook at Augusta University Athletics and on Twitter at @AugustaJags.

 

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Ga. teens heading to Drive, Chip & Putt finals in Augusta

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Dozens of junior golfers have received their invitations to play the Drive, Chip and Putt finals at Augusta National Golf Club, including a local boy who is no stranger to the course.

Kipp Madison from Evans won back in 2024 in the boys 12 to 13 age group. Now he has moved up to the 14-15 division.

Kipp Madison of the Boys 12-13 group drives during the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club, Sunday, April 7, 2024.(Contributed)

Another Georgia teen is competing in the finals as well. Her name is Moa Kim and she is from Duluth.

The 13-year-old Kim is one of 80 finalists competing at the start of Masters week in the annual Drive, Chip and Putt Championships after dominating regionals at TPC Sawgrass.

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“I think I did really good,” Kim said.

Kim finished first by 10 points for all national qualifiers in the women’s age 12-to-13 competition.

“Most people can’t just go and play at Augusta,” Kim said.

Kim said she wants to play in high school, then in college. But for now, she is focused on the competition.

“I just want to have fun,” Kim said. “Maybe if I win my parents will do something really nice for me.”

Here’s the full list on invitees to the finals:

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The Drive, Chip & Putt finals will be played April 5. Masters week is April 6-12.



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