Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: GHSA Class A power rankings; Mercer BKB; Scoreboard; Peach State CFB Report (Georgia, Tech, Ga. Southern); Falcons Report; Hawks

Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: GHSA Class A power rankings; Mercer BKB; Scoreboard; Peach State CFB Report (Georgia, Tech, Ga. Southern); Falcons Report; Hawks

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

 

 

Latest GHSA Class A football rankings

          In The Latest Coverage.

 

Monday Morning Quarterback

          Who’s ranked where among Central Georgia teams? Notes and observations. Life is getting interesting.

          In The Latest Coverage.

 

TD Club taps players from Westside and Jones County

          Three players were honored Monday night by the Macon Touchdown Club.

          Westside’s Victor Dixon Jr. is the back of the week after completing 18 of 22 for 291 yard and single-game school record seven touchdowns in the win over Kendrick.

          Jones County defensive end Nathan Seiy is the lineman of the week after three tackles, one assist, a tackle for loss, a caused fumble, and a sack in the win over Eagle’s Landing.

          Westside’s Diego Pedraza is the special teams player after hitting on seven of eight PATs.

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer men’s BKB hosts exhibition

          The Bears welcome St. Andrews in men’s exhibition basketball Tuesday night at 7.

 

Scoreboard

College Basketball

W-Middle Georgia State 62, LaGrange 41

 

Peach State CFB Report

UGA: Kirby – ‘About Jacksonville …’

UGA: Kirby – ‘No, really …’

UGA: Kirby – ‘Let me make one thing perfectly clear …’

UGA: And one more thing

UGA: Notebook I

UGA: Kirby talks

UGA: Injury update

UGA: Swift is ready

 

Tech: Can the Jackets finish strong?

Georgia Southern: Coaches reach out after Wiggins tragedy

Kennesaw State: Owls move up in polls


Falcons Report

Could – take a deep breath – Quinn be back in 2020?

Worst start since when?

Quinn not ‘wasting time’ on job concerns

Kickers getting tryouts

 

Around/About Georgia

More state softball champions crowned

          Weather pushed several GHSA state softball finals to Monday, and they were all able to be completed.

          Full championship finals results: 7A – Mountainview def. Grayson 3-1; 6A – Pope def Lee County 6-0; 5A – Locust Grove 4, Harris County 0; 4A – Heritage-Catoosa 6, Marist 3; 3A - Ringgold def. Franklin County twice; AA – Banks County 6, Bremen 1; A Public - Gordon Lee 9, Trion 1; A Private – Mount de Sales 2, Wesleyan 0.

 

Hawks: Sixers win a tight one

Hawks: Young off to the start he wanted

Tech BKB: A look at Pastner’s past and future

United: Truth in defense