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Monday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes

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

 

The Monday Morning Quarterback shall arrive on Tuesday. The Scoreboard shall arrive later tonight.

 High School basketball and wrestling coaches: You should have received an email from The Sports Report through your AD on season info. Please check with your AD. Regardless, all should send their schedule to centralgasports@gmail.com for Central Georgia’s only schedule, and sent postgame results and information as soon as possible to centralgasports@gmail.com.

 

SCOREBOARD

MONDAY

High School

Basketball

G-Windsor 62, Twiggs 26

          Noraiya Shinholtster and Mackenzie Roberts teamed for 30 points to outscore Twiggs by themselves. Shinholster had a pair of 3s.

Windsor hosts John Milledge on Tuesday.

B-Windsor 84, Twiggs 60

          Joe Woolfolk went off for 38 points and Jaboree Goodson added 10 for Windsor, which led 26-9 after one only for Twiggs to take the second quarter 26-21. Timothy Fowler had 25 for Twiggs, Klark Smith 21.

 

College

Basketball

M-FVSU 80, Georgia Southwestern 65

M-Georgia 92, Texas Southern 75

 Pro

NBA

Golden State 128, Atlanta 111

Former Tech players have thoughts on Johnson’s successor

          And there’s a split about whether to go option or otherwise.

 

Honor Roll

          Warner Robins quarterback Dylan Fromm is a finalist for the Mr. Georgia award handed out by the Atlanta Touchdown Club.

          And teammate wideout Marcayll Jones is a finalist for the Little Peach Award, which goes to the top underclassmen.

          Fromm is on the list with Blessed Trinity's Steele Chambers, Rome running back Jamious Griffin, Cedar Grove wideout Jason Haselwood, Lee County athlete Jammie Robinson, and Douglas County defensive end Mataio Soli.

          And Jones is joined by Valdosta quarterback Tate Rodemaker, Archer quarterback Carter Peevy, ELCA running back Keaton Mitchell, Troup County athlete Kobe Hudson, Marietta athlete Arik Gilbert, Callaway running back Tank Bigsby, and Marietta quarterback Harrison Bailey. ...

          KeKe Calloway is the second Mercer women's basketball player in two seasons picked as a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award.

          She's one of 30 women's basketball student-athletes in NCAA Division I and only one from the Southern Conference. Former teammate and current assistant Sydni Means was on the list last year.

          An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as a senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.

          The senior from Mary Persons is averaging 19.4 points through seven games. Her average of 4.7 assists has her a game or two away from passing her career-high in a single season. ...

 

Football updates

Georgia

On to Texas

Seven Dogs on AP All-SEC team

Replacing Tucker won’t be easy

 

Georgia Tech

Johnson talks about the bowl

Clemson’s Elliott talks about the job

Memories of playing for Johnson

Tech-Clemson to launch ACC Network

 

Georgia Southern

Eagles ready for second bowl game

Eastern Michigan is amped

Falcons

Column: They’re broken, time to fix them

Qs&As

Going backward since that 2017 meeting