Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Signings update, hoops at Southwest, Hoffman's milestone, plenty of football, and more
Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
The final edition of the Central Georgia high school football roundup will be up at noon, and most games will have some new information, as well as the quarterfinal pairings for area teams.
High school and college scores, non-football, and links will be in the scoreboard in The Latest Coverage.
The Peach State College Football Scouting Report will appear before the first area kickoff.
For full high school football pregame coverage – scouting reports, predictions, rankings, etc. – visit The Latest Coverage.
Ochs ends suspense-free recruiting process
FPD softball standout Karsen Ochs highlights the latest signings update, autographing her letter of intent to South Carolina. The full Central Georgia roundup is in The Latest Coverage.
Southwest to host Border Showdown
If you need a high school basketball fix, there's a day of one-stop shopping at Southwest on Saturday.
Admission is $10 for eight game, starting at 10 a.m. and probably running for about 12 hours.
Games start at 10 a.m. In order:
G-Veterans vs. Northside
B-Veterans vs. Griffin
G-Howard vs. Twiggs County
B-Howard vs. Twiggs County
G-Northeast vs. Warner Robins
B-Northeast vs. Warner Robins
G-Southwest vs. Putnam County
B-Southwest vs. Putnam County
The final game is scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m., but that's given 90 minutes between each schedule tipoff, very optimistic.
Around Central Georgia
Bob Hoffman picked up his 200th win as head coach at Mercer with the Bears’ 77-60 win over Tennessee-Martin.
Georgia College lost a tough five-setter to USC Aiken in the Southeast Regional volleyball final.
Details in The Scoreboard.
Football update
Georgia
Georgia Tech