Saturday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: United roll, Braves roll; Bacon slowed; signings

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

Huge crowd at the Benz leave happy

          A crowd of 71,932 watched the generally nippy battle between Atlanta and Orlando City turn into a cruise for the home team, the United taking a 4-0 win.

          Atlanta got the only goal it needed only three minutes in, from Julian Gressel.

          The United visit Dallas on Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Fried comes up big on hill for Braves

          Max Fried turned in a better performance than expected. Gamer and more in The Braves Report.

Pitchers dual goes to Florence

          For seven innings, the pitchers ruled.

          In the eighth, Florence changed that just enough to get a 2-0 win over visiting Macon in Coastal Plain League action.

          Both teams had only three hits, and Florence had an error. The RedWolves got a two-out, two-run single from Greg Vaughn Jr.

          Amos Willingham (Georgia Tech) got the win in relief for Florence (14-10), which struck out 15 batters

          Macon hosts Florence at 5 p.m. Sunday.

This Week’s Signings

          Lineman and tight end Bruce Guyton of Dublin will take his skills to the northern part of the state, signing Thursday with Shorter.

         The 6-2, 255-pound two-sport standout Guyton had 61 tackles as a senior, with 14 QB pressures and 12 tackles for loss. He was a Georgia Athletic Coaches Association first-team all-state defender, and led the team in snaps.

         The Hawks had a couple Central Georgia underclassmen on last year’s roster: fullback Artie Gardner of Warner Robins and defensive back Jaren Harris of Central. Peach County’s Ethan Mann joined on signing day.