Friday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes (with Mercer and Georgia College video)
Friday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
College Baseball: Mercer gets past Wofford for sixth straight win
A four-run sixth and another nifty performance from FPD grad Austin Cox lifted Mercer to a 7-5 win over Wofford in the SoCon opener.
Cox fanned 11 to improve to 5-0 while Mercer jumped up to 18-5 overall.
College Baseball: Perry alum Gentry gives Georgia College the walk-off
Sophomore Cal Gentry struck out three times, but came up big with a walk-off single to give No. 29 Georgia College a 2-1 win over No. 25 UNC Pembroke.
Gentry, a sophomore from Perry, came up with the two-out hit to score Garrett Green, who singled and moved to second on a walk.
The hit made a nifty starting performance from Charlie Hecht avoid being wasted. Hecht gave up 10 hits in 7.2 innings, but fanned 6 going deep into the game. Bradly Cammack got out of an eighth-inning situation and cruised through the ninth for his sixth win.
College Baseball: Georgia Tech, No. 6 N.C. State split
The Yellow Jackets had pitching and offense in a 13-4 win to open the series, but nearly enough of the latter in losing 5-2 in the nightcap.
The rubber game is Sunday in Raleigh.
College Baseball: Locey helps Georgia come back to beat South Carolina
Georgia took the lead with 3 in the seventh and held on to stop visiting South Carolina.
The Bulldogs pieced together a hit batter, single, double, grounder, intentional walk and error for the three runs.
Houston County grad Tony Locey turned in a quality relief performance, with 3 strikeouts and no hits in 4 innings to get the win and improve to 4-0.
College Softball: Georgia College splits with Young Harris
The Bobcats had the offense rolling in a 9-2 win, and had the favor returned in a 7-3 loss.
A pair of Houston County alums led the way in the opener. Amber Coy went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI in the opener, while Caitlyn Davis had 2 hits. Brentwood grad Caroline Snider went 2-for-3.
Coy had 2 of the Bobcats' 3 hits in the nightcap
Braves' Freeman wants to be the next Chipper
Freddie Freeman picked the right guy who's career he wants to mirror.
Augusta Prep coach remains in serious condition after local crash; driver cleared
The driver of the bus carrying the Augusta Prep golf team to a match in Perry was cleared of fault in Thursday's crash in Jones County near Macon.
And head coach Chuck Mason remains in the intensive care unit at Medical Center Navicent health.
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