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

Central Georgia student-athletes honored with Dooley scholarships

          Four Central Georgians were announced Saturday at a ceremony as finalists for the 11th annual Dooley Scholarships, named after the former longtime Georgia head football coach and athletics director.

          FPD's Sadie Frame couldn't make it. She was helping the Vikings to the GHSA Class A girls soccer state title.

          Joining Frame in getting a $1,000 scholarship for each of four years in college and a $500 charitable donation: Emily Harrison of Trinity Christian, Margaret Henry of Lamar County, and Sammy Martin of Stratford.

          Frame has a 4.0 GPA, was the school's 2017 high school Heisman winner, helped the Vikings to the 2016 state softball title, and has been a state qualifier in track, in addition to many community service efforts.

          Dooley Award recipients from Central Georgia schools:

          FPD, Garrett West; Peach County, Thaddeus Adams and Alexandra Estrada; Trinity Christian, Gabriel Meadows; West Laurens, Ben Deal and Taylor Cobb.

Middle Georgia State loses lead in first-round NAIA loss

          Middle Georgia State got off to a quality start in its opening game of the NAIA national baseball tournament in Lincoln, Cal.

          Antelope Valley's finish, though, was better, and the Pioneers came back to beat MGS 8-6.

          MGS led 5-2 after five, but Antelope Valley scored three in the seventh and two in the eighth for the win.

          Trent Nash, who had an early homer, Zach Cornel, Jack Bell IV, and Mikal Flores had two hits each for the Knights.

          The Pioneers got the two winning runs in the eighth after two strikeouts, but one batter reached on a dropped third strike to keep the door open. An error preceded a two-run homer.

          The second-seeded Knights battle elimination at noon Tuesday against fifth-seeded British Columbia, which lost to Judson, Ill., 19-8.

          The winner returns to action at 6 p.m. against Judson.

Georgia College is seeded second in the NCAA region, but nationally?

         The Bobcats go into the postseason ranked No. 1 in one primary national Division II poll.

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Hawks introduce new head coach: "Good days will add up"

          Lloyd Pierce met the media Monday a few days after being named new head coach of the Atlanta Hawks.

          The 42-year-old is about defense, and has worked with a pretty good roster of players.

Bautista blast lifts Braves in makeup game

          Jose Batista belted a go-ahead three-run homer and Julio Teheran survived four runs in six hits as Atlanta beat Chicago 6-5 at Wrigley.

          The Braves belted three homers, and now get set to host the Cubs at SunTrust.

College Baseball: Virginia takes series finale from Georgia Tech

          Rain delayed the start a few hours, and Virginia topped Georgia Tech 8-4 in the final game of their ACC series.

          The Cavaliers more than doubled the Jackets in hits, 14-6, in a game that ended just short of 1 a.m.

The daily scoreboard games (MGSU, Tech, and Braves) are above, so there's no daily scoreboard for Monday.

This Week's Signings

          It was a good Monday at Bleckley County, where a pair of girls basketball standout signed letters of intent.

          Jahnaria Brown is headed to Georgia Highlands, a junior college in metro Atlanta that finished 19-13 last season.

          Chania McRae signed with Brewton-Parker, which went 6-19. Former Northside standout Alexia Galloway was a freshman last season.