Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Signing day at Stratford, Tattnall, Westfield; GHSA coin flip good; Snitker: Braves just starting; GC VB in NCAAs
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
WEDNESDAY SCOREBOARD
College
Basketball
M-CGTC 90, Southern Basketball Academy 85
Champ Dawson (Warner Robins) had 12 points and five assists for CGTC (4-1).
W-CGTC 72, Andrew 53
M-Georgia Southwestern 68, FVSU 59
W-Georgia Tech 84, Western Carolina 49
Stratford, Tattnall, Westfield players sign on dotted line
From Stratford to Starkville and the SEC.
That’s the journey for Devin Butts, who signed a national letter intent to play basketball at Mississippi State Wednesday morning.
Butts was joined by two classmates at a signing ceremony.
Will Chambless will play golf at Georgia State and Autumn Land softball at GMC.
Butts has scored 627 points entering his senior season, with 105 assists and 179 rebounds, all in two years of varsity play. He was the 7-A Player of the year as a junior, and is in the top 10 at Stratford in single-season 3-pointers tried (sixth), single-season free-throw percentage (first), 3-pointers made (10th) and career 3-points tried (fifth).
Chambless had a 74.5-stroke average last year. Land has a .315 career average with 110 hits, 50 RBI, 122 runs, and a .904 fielding percentage.
Tattnall baseball player Trey Ham is headed to Lipscomb of the Atlantic Sun conference, a former league rival of Mercer.
Ham helped the Trojans to last year’s GHSA Class A Private state title.
Lipscomb, in Nashville, finished 24-30 last year but reached the A-Sun tournament championship.
Westfield softball standout Riley Hickok signed with Mercer.
She went 11-1 for the Hornets, including a perfect game in August, and helped Westfield to two GISA state titles.
Mercer signs softball, basketball, and tennis players
The Mercer softball team signed eight players on Wednesday, including Westfield pitcher Riley Hickok, one of three players from Georgia.
The women’s basketball team added three players, two from Florida.
The women’s tennis team added one.
Coin flip a good flip for Central Georgia
The GHSA flipped the viral coin Wednesday for quarterfinal home locations for the football playoffs, and it was good news for Central Georgia.
Teams on the top of the bracket will be home in the quarterfinals if the seeds are the same. Mary Persons, Baldwin, Peach County, and Dublin will be at home in the quarters if they win and face another No. 1 seed.
Westside can host if third seed North Hall upsets Cedar Grove. Dodge County can host if third seed Bremen beats top seed Rockmart. Dooly County would travel regardless of the opponent.
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