Tuesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes (belatedly posted): Mercer adds hoops assistant; GHSA suspensions; Honor Roll; prep scores; football updates
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Apologies for belated posting.
The Braves Report is up.
Scoreboard
High School
Softball
Dodge County 12, East Laurens 0
Five runs in the third keyed the win. Abby Manning had three hits, while Jade Dowdy, Jacey Dowdy, and Amber Maxwell added two hits each for Dodge County. Jade Dowdy fanned three and gave up two hits in the five-inning shutout.
FPD 6, ACE 2
A five-run third combined with seven ACE errors put FPD on top. Mary Elizabeth Ballard and Madison Whitehead had two hits each for ACE.
Hawkinsville 8, Manchester 0
Jones County 6, Ola 5
Brenay Howard and Mackenzie Kilpatrick each had two hits for the Greyhounds, Howard driving in two runs. Savannah Williams and Destin Howard handled the pitching, with eight Ks and three BBs.
Lamar County 13, Callaway 5
Brinkley Yevak and Kelyse Harris had three hits each and teamed for six RBI for Lamar County.
Piedmont 8, John Milledge 4
Piedmont scored five in the sixth and outhit JMA 13-5, but had one more error.
Rutland 6, Warner Robins 0
Rutland had 15 hits, led by Karly Douglas’s 3-for-4 game. Kaitlyn Greene, Breasia Davis, Amber Summerday, Sadi Ratterree and Madelyn Phillips all had two hits for the Hurricanes. Bailey Caldwell fanned eight with no walks in the two-hit shutout.
Spalding 4, Howard 1
Elle Doolittle did manage 10 strikeouts for Howard.
Tattnall 15, Wilkinson County 0
The Trojans improved t0 8-1 after getting six in the first to roll, helped by six Warrior errors. Courtney Ball drove in five runs on two hits, while Jaelyn Darley, Kenna Epps, and Julia Bridgeman had two hits each for Tattnall. Hailey Daughtry whiffed nine in four innings.
Upson-Lee 6, Perry 1
Veterans 9, Northside 4
The teams finished with six hits each, and Veterans had three errors to none for Northside, but a six-run seventh gave the Warhawks the win. Reagan Stell and Chloe Barnes had three hits each for Veterans, while Trinity Thiel and Kaylee Brown drove in two runs each. Casey Ruffin led Northside with three hits. Madison Bussell got the win.
Westfield 6, Strong Rock 0
Riley Hickok’s 3-for-4 night led the Hornets, who got a one-hitter from Emma Williams, owner of 11 strikeouts and one walk.
Volleyball
FPD def. Veterans 26-24, 25-23
College
Women’s Soccer
Middle Ga. State 2, Truett McConnell 1
Late Monday
Volleyball
Mount de Sales def. Strong Rock 2-0
Mount de Sales def. Hampton 2-0
Schedule
High School
Wednesday
Softball
5:15 p.m.
ACE at Rutland
6:30 p.m.
Tattnall at Stratford
Mercer adds former Alabama, Georgia assistant to hoops staff
Phillip Pearson brings some major experience to town as he joins the Mercer men’s basketball staff.
Pearson replaces Dale Layer, who joined the Mercer staff 14 months ago and left last week to become special assistant to the head coach at Virginia Tech. This will be the third time Layer as worked with Hokies head coach Buzz Williams.
Pearson is the second newcomer of the summer. Elvis Kisonas was named in early June as the new director of basketball operations, replacing Josh Davis, who departed after 11 months for Oklahoma Baptist and the staff of former Mercer assistant Jason Eaker, who took the job in early April.
Column: GHSA right in upholding Marietta suspensions
Two remain suspended, one had the suspension lifted.
Around Central Georgia
Mercer will host the Southern Conference men’s and women’s tennis championships.
Honor Roll
Mercer freshman Trevor Martineau scored five points over the weekend in his debut and is the season's first Southern Conference men's soccer player of the week.
Martinueau is the first freshman since Oct. 2016 to win the honor, helping Mercer to a 2-1 win over North Florida and a win over Jacksonville.
Football updates
Georgia
People want to talk – now that he’s allowed to answer – the ‘starting’ QB
Trying to replace Roquan Smith? Cool
Georgia Tech
Scooter gets away from Jordan-Swilling
Kennesaw State
Brian Bohannon gets a not-unexpected contract extension.
Falcons
Eagles minus Jeffery for opener
Beckham contract to impact Julio’s discussions?