Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: New Veterans hoops coach, Braves win, United finally lose, GHSA state track, Mercer SB wins, Roquan's items returned, Northside alum/NFL, AJ Gray, and more
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Veterans hires former Perry coach for boys basketball
Brett Hardy left Perry a year ago and sat out varsity basketball, but he's back, having been hired up the road at Veterans. First report on the move is in This Week's Coverage.
Markakis, Teheran lead Braves on the road
Nick Markakis belted a three-run homer and Julio Teheran threw six scoreless innings to lead Atlanta to a 5-2 win over the Rays.
Unbeaten streak ends as United lose to Kansas City
A 10-man Atlanta team lost 2-0 to Kansas City.
Going for ‘gold,’ state track gets underway
Nearly 300 Central Georgians will compete in three parts of the state starting Thursday morning in the GHSA state track meet, with several area athletes among the favorites in their classes. A list of all Central Georgia qualifiers plus area top seeds and some of the top area competitors to watch is up in This Week’s Coverage.
College Softball: Mercer storms back to win SoCon tourney opener
Mercer scored 5 runs in the sixth inning to roar back and beat Western Carolina 8-7 in the SoCon softball tournament.
Roquan Smith gets most of his possessions back
Police recovered most of the items stolen last week from former Macon County and Georgia star Roquan Smith.
Northside alum Robert Davis ready to take advantage
After a year on the practice squad, Robert Davis is looking to make a name for himself.
Column: A.J. Gray's departure not all bad
Staying alive and healthy is the silver lining in the end of A.J. Gray's football career
College Lacrosse: Mercer falls to Wagner
Wagner broke a 5-5 tie and took a 3-goal lead, holding on to beat Mercer 13-9 in an NCAA women's lacrosse play-in game.
The daily scoreboard, and GHSA playoff results and pairings are posted
This Week's Signings
Houston County's Clayton Martin signed to play men's soccer in the Peach Belt at North Georgia. ...
Northeast girls basketball standout Victoria Dumas signed Tuesday with Central Georgia Tech.
This Week's Honor Roll
Former Warner Robins multi-sport standout Courtney Walker of Fort Valley State is the SIAC freshman softball player of the year. She went 16-17 and played in all 33 games for the Wildcats. ...
Cassius Young of Georgia College in the PBC baseball freshman of the week after a .667 on-base percentage and no errors at shortstop. ...
Georgia's Lu Harris-Champer is the SEC's softball coach of the year.
This Week's PollWatch
Georgia College heads into the Peach Belt Conference as the nation's N0. 6 Division II team in the latest Collegiate Baseball poll.
The Bobcats are No. 8 in the National College Baseball Writers Association poll. ...
Mercer's softball team enters the Southern Conference tournament with a No. 74 RPI.