Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

Braves notebook: Albies works on mechanics, and more

          Ozzie Albies is ready to hit, not mess with his swing. And more.

 

Tech football notebook: QB Marshall ready to show experience; OL depth; getting bigger

       Quarterback TaQuon Marshall expects his confidence and experience to show in 2018.

 

College Baseball: Mercer takes control early in big offensive day

          The Bears improved to 20-6 with a 13-4 win at Florida A&M to take the season series.

          Five pitchers saw action with an offense boosted by RJ Yeager's 3-for-5 day with 4 RBI, Jackson Sare going 3-for-6 with 4 RBI.

 

College Baseball: Big pitching effort from Hurter leads Tech past Georgia Southern

          Freshman Brant Hurter whiffed 10 in seven shutout innings to lead Georgia Tech past Georgia Southern 3-1.

          Hurter retired the first nine batters, and got strikeouts to get out of other jams for the 14-11 Jackets.

          Tattnall grad Blake Simmons had one of the Eagles' 6 hits.

 

College Baseball: Georgia staff rolls to shutout
    Five pitchers led No. 23 Georgia to a 7-0 win over Charleston Southern.

    Houston County alum Tony Locey got it going with the first two innings, so he wasn't involved in the decision, which went to Blake Cairnes.

 

College Softball: Middle Ga. State keeps on rolling

          Middle Georgia State dug out of an early 4-0 hole for an 8-6 win over Brewton-Parker in the first game, the Knights opening the nightcap with 4 in the first en route to a 7-6 win.

          West Laurens grad Harley Roberts had a homer in the first game, and her hit led to the game-winning run in the nightcap, scored by Putnam County grad and courtesy runner Sam Silva.

 

 

Georgia hoops to get nice road trip: Maui

          Georgia will make its debut in the famed tournament in Tom Crean's second season.

          The field for the 36th Maui Invitational includes Kansas, Michigan State, and Virginia Tech.

 

Column: Georgia Tech faces 50-year-old challenge

          Is Georgia Tech on schedule, based on history, for a special year?

 

Honor Roll (covering the week)

          Franziska Nobis of Middle Georgia State is the Southern States Athletic Conference women's tennis player of the week. She helped the 13th-ranked Knights beat No. 24 Reinhardt 6-3, winning 6-0 and 7-6 in singles and 9-7 at No. 1 doubles.

          She is the fifth MGSU tennis player honored this season. ...

          Middle Georgia State's Darrell White, a former standout at Peach County, was named NAIA All-American honorable mention recently. White averaged 16.3 points a game, shooting 48.1 percent from the floor and 80.3 from the line. He was also a first-team all-conference pick.

Earlier

          Haley Tierce, a junior from Houston County, is the latest Peach Belt Conference softball player of the week. The infielder got hits in all eight of Georgia Southwestern's games, batting .429 with 5 homers and 13 RBI. She fanned only once in 28 at-bats. Tierce is tied for the league lead with 12 homers. ...

          Middle Georgia State's Madison Staniloiu is the Southern States Athletic Conference softball player of the week after batting .529 with 3 homers and 8 RBI.