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

Macon Mayhem lose a head coach, and hire a head coach

          Leo Thomas has been part of the Mayhem for two successful years, and is a historical hire.

          In This Week's Coverage.

College Baseball Roundup: Mercer wins, UGA doesn't

          Mercer rolled in its Southern Conference opener, while UGA was shut out.

          The Southern Conference was turned upside down when Western Carolina, 7-45 in the regular season, stunned top seed UNCG Wednessday.

          Check out the college baseball/softball postseason report in This Week's Coverage.

Braves blanked in Philly

          Luiz Gohara had a decent debut on the mound, but got no help at the plate in Atlanta's 4-0 loss at Philadelphia.

Liberty Media bragging about Braves' turnaround

          The Braves owner is quite happy with the surprising season.

This Week's Signings

          Five Houston County baseball players took part Monday in a signing ceremony.

          Logan Morris and Chandler Ring are headed to East Georgia State, a junior college in Swainsboro that had Central Georgians Case Matthews (West Laurens) and Parker Stahlman (Perry) on the 2018 roster.

          Dillon Toms signed with Lee University, a member of the Gulf South Conference

          Conner Martin will play for Wilson College, a Division III program in Chambersburg, Pa. And Jackson Jones signed with Covenant College, a Division III program in Lookout Mountain, Ga. whose 2018 roster included Stratford's John Mitchell. ...

          Perry's John Micah Law has signed to play baseball at Augusta University.

This Week's Honor Roll

           Five Georgia College baseball players were named to the all-region team by the national college baseball writers and the Division II Conference Commissioners Association.

          Outfielder Logan Mattix, pitcher Charlie Hecht, and utility Nate Schmal made the first team on both lists, and first baseman Matthew Miller and outfielder Wesley Wommack the second team on both.

          Hecht was named the region's pitcher of the year by both groups, with D2CCA tabbing Mattix as the region player of the year.