Saturday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes
Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Georgia College falls to home team, top region seed
A 3-1 lead after an inning last a little bit, but Georgia College watched North Greenville get going and pull away for 10-6 win in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional.
Story in This Week's Coverage.
Braves roll past Marlins
Johan Camargo went 2-for-2 with two RBI and Ender Inciare went 3-for-4 to lead Atlanta to an 8-1 win over Florida.
Atlanta pitchers, led by starter Sean Newcomb, struck out five with no walks.
College Baseball: Senior Day a bummer for Mercer
Mercer's one big inning couldn't counter The Citadel scoring in five innings as the Bulldogs beat the Bears 7-5 on Senior Day.
Mercer is 35-20 overall and 11-13 in the Southern Conference, the Bears' first sub-.500 conference mark since going 12-15 in 2009 and only the four under head coach Craig Gibson. It's the lowest conference win total since his first season's 8-22 in 2004.
The Bears open SoCon play Wednesday morning against VMI.
College Baseball: Georgia nips Arkansas on defensive walk-off, gets third seed
The celebration came in left fielder, where Keegan McGovern caught a fly and threw out a runner at home to end Georgia's 3-2 win over Arkansas.
The win put Georgia into a third seed for the SEC tournament.
College Baseball: Duke ruins Tech senior day
Duke avoided a sweep by hitting its way to a 12-5 win over Georgia Tech.
The Jackets are eighth in the conference, fourth in the Coastal.
College Softball: Georgia rolls Northwestern
Alyssa DiCoarlo belted three two-run homers to lead Georgia past Northwestern 12-0 in the NCAA Athens Regional.
Kylie Bass, a junior from Jones County, got the win in relief.
The daily scoreboard is posted, and the daily schedule, including high school, is updated
This Week's Signings
Zoe Jordan, who won two state triple jump title at Westside and scored points last weekend at the state meet for Howard, will keep in running and jump at Georgia Southern, with whom she signed Friday morning. ...
Add two more Bleckley County athletes to sign letters for the college level.
Girls soccer player Jasia Taylor and football player Andrew Butler signed on Thursday, Taylor with Brewton-Parker and Butler at LaGrange. ...
Three Northside football players signed on Thursday: Marcus Jolly with Albany State, Greg Coger with Iowa Wesleyan, and Eric Fleming with Huntingdon.
The ceremony included girls basketball player Tamia Sapp, who signed with Georgia Southwestern. ...
Veterans pitcher Daniel Hawthorn signed Thursday with Emmanuel College, a member of Division II Conference Carolinas.
Schoolmate Max Wilkins will continue his soccer career at Georgia State ...
A pair of East Laurens boys soccer players will take their skills about 35 miles away.
Bryce Robinson and Jon Eric Senn signed with Brewton-Parker. ...
Jones County girls sprinter Jazmyne Hambrick has signed with Life University in Marietta. ...
Central Georgia Tech has added a nearby former high schooler.
Alexis Cainion started her college career after graduating from Warner Robins at Andrew College, but is transferring to CGTC. She averaged 7.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 22 games as a freshman.
She'll rejoin Demon teammate Victoria Brown, who will be in her second season with the Titans. ...
Multi-sport athlete Jaydon Norman of Warner Robins signed Wednesday to play football at Fort Valley State, alma mater of his basketball coach Jamaal Garman.
The school held a ceremony Wednesday that included Nelson Phillips, who signed before the season with Georgia State for basketball. ...
Another athlete from Houston County is headed to Limestone. This time, it's Houston County track athlete Javaris Michael.
Former Demon quarterback Ivan Corbin will be a junior on the football team, and D'Angelo Whitehead committed to Limestone in February for track. ...
It was a good Tuesday at Jones County for some football players.
Christian Veal signed with New Mexico Military Institute, a junior college that went 3-6 last year. Dayton Hunt is headed to Mount St. Joseph, a Division III program in Cincinnati that went 6-4 last year. ...
Warner Robins' Janiya Bryant has signed to run track with Brenau, an NAIA program in Gainesville. ...
Multi-sport athlete Aaron Kirkland at GMC has picked soccer, and has signed to play at Brewton-Parker. ...
Northside's Hoy Thurman IV has signed with Truett-McConnell for track and field. ...
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.
This Week's Honor Roll
Georgia College's Holland Coursey was named to the All-Southeast Region softball team by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association.
The first-team All-PBC pick also made the National Fastpitch Coaches Association all-region team after hitting .401 with two homers, 35 RBI and 36 runs.