Saturday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes
Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Ah, Rivalry Day
For the largest collection of reading material on Tech-Georgia and Southern-vs.-State, visit Peach State College Football Scoreboard in The Latest Coverage. Between the two games, nearly two dozen links to stories.
And more to come Sunday afternoon.
Full Central Georgia high school coverage? Only here
Check out the interesting Friday night of quarterfinal GHSA and semifinal GISA action for Central Georgia teams, as well as the quality wins and big efforts. All the games, more information/details/names than anywhere else.
And re-visit the week of coverage, from polls to predictions to scouting reports. The full GHSA semifinal pairings are up, too.
The Scoreboard
High school hoops are picking up, with 13 scores and some details on Dodge County and Jones County, plus colleges with Mercer – the men took N. C. State to the wire - and FVSU, and the Mayhem.
Honor Roll
Former Peach County standout Nausia Woolfolk was named the MVP of the Junkanoo Jam Tournament in the Bahamas after scoring 25 points in the championship game.
The junior led Florida State to the tourney title win over No. 12/14 Iowa 71-67. She went 8 for 11 at the line and grabbed five rebounds to go with two steals.
She had eight points and eight rebounds in a 62-45 win over Eastern Kentucky.
Woolfolk will be back in familiar environments on Dec. 5 when the 6-1 Seminoles visit Mercer. ...
Mercer's KeKe Calloway is the Southern Conference women’s basketball player of the week.
In a 92-82 win over SEC visitor Florida, the Mary Persons grad led Mercer with 30 points and 10 assists for her first double-double of the season. She was 9-of-21 from the floor, 6-of-10 from beyond the arc and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. She also had four rebounds, all defensive, and two steals in the home win.
Calloway scored eight points and had seven rebounds, five assists, one block and one steal in a loss to UCF. ...
Former Peach County kicker Mitchell Fineran made the Southern Conference's coaches all-freshman team.
He was perfect on 45 PATs and 12 of 16 on field goals, with a long of 46, going 9 for 10 inside 39 yards. ...
Georgia College's Isaac Thornton is the Peach Belt player of the week.
Shorter got its fill of Thomas, who was 18-for-25 in back-to-back victories wins. He had 20 points in the first game at Centennial Center, followed by 22 points in road rematch. He added six steals and four assists in the games, moving up to second in the conference in field goal percentage and fourth in field goals made. ...
Middle Georgia State's Joy Sadler is the Southern States women's basketball player of the week after scoring 28 points with 12 rebounds, two blocks, and two steals in a 78-68 win over Thomas. She's averaging 16.4 points and 8.8 rebounds so far.