Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: A busy signing day; a full Honor Roll (Heisman scholarships, Mercer soccer, GC VB); colleges; Braves, et al
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
The usual buffet – Central Georgia’s only full scoreboard, UGA/Tech and more college football, the Falcons, and more - coming later
A day of signings all around Central Georgia
Hump Day was also signing day for all sorts of sports, and at all sorts of places in Central Georgia.
Houston County is sending three softball players to college.
Houston County is sending three to the next level.
Madi Campbell signed with Georgia Southern, Dejah Dunn with Fort Valley State, and Lauren Ross with Middle Georgia State.
Send signing information (name, sport, new school, and stats and resume information) before and/or after to centralgasports@gmail.com
Photos from schools
Campbell was a mainstay for the Bears, a four-year starter who made an all-county and all-region team all four years, all-state three years and region player of the year once.
She is a career. 486 hitter with 83 RBI and 56 stolen bases.
Mary Persons’ Gus Proctor and Trippe Moore.
Dunn started one year and earned all-region, batting a career .327. Ross started for three years, with three all-region and one all-state selection. She batted .385 with 78 RBI and 23 doubles. …
Pitcher Trippe Moore will trade his black and gold Bulldog uniform for a red and black one, signing to play baseball at Georgia.
Gus Proctor is headed to Truett McConnell to play golf. …
Also headed to Athens is Aniyah Black of Dodge County for softball. She’ll be joined by Lamar County’s Cayla Bishop.
Black, an infielder, is a three-sport athlete, competing also in track and basketball. She helped the Indians to four region titles in softball and three in basketball, and she was also the homecoming queen recently. She hit .517 this season, and ranks 83rd on Extra Innings Softball’s Elite 100.
Dodge County’s Aniyah Black.
Bishop began her career at catcher, and earned all-region and all-state honors after batting .495 with eight homers and 26 RBI.
After more all-state honors and a .431 average, she sat out her junior year with an injury and batted .518 at shortstop as a senior, with 17 homers and 38 RBI, earning her No. 33 on the Extra Innings’ top 100 list. …
Jones County’s Madisen Mitchum (right).
Madisen Mitchum of Jones County signed to play soccer at Charleston Southern. …
FPD’s Luke Dasher followed up on a longtime commitment and signed with Georgia Southern for golf, joining former teammate Wilson Andress. Dasher was the top-ranked junior in Georgia by Junior Golf Scoreboard, was the state runner-up in 2017, among other highlights. …
Veterans’ Mackenzie Walls, the GHSA Class 5A state cross country champ last month, has signed with Georgia Tech while Stacie Jones will head for Kennesaw State. …
Howard’s Elle Doolittle is headed north to Georgia State for softball and will sign Friday at 1 in a ceremony.
Mercer signed several players in baseball, softball, and women’s basketball, and women’s soccer, as did Georgia College.
Coming Thursday
The Sports Report’s predictions for the week, latest statewide polls, Maxwell Ratings updates, and tentatively a combo high school/college/Loughdmouthings column.
The Latest Coverage.
Alumni Update
Callaway, receivers boosting Tennessee’s resurgance
Honor Roll
Central Georgians represented on HS Heisman scholarship list
A dozen student-athletes from eight Central Georgia high schools are school winners in the annual Heisman High School Scholarship Competition.
Winners must have a 3.0 GPA and have participated in one of 48 sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee or National Federation of State High School Associations.
State winners earn a $500 scholarship.
From Central Georgia: Tattnall’s Wes Allen and Logan Oller; Mount de Sales’ Sydney Luliucci, Peach County’s Kemoy’ Caldwell-Latimore and Joshaviah Duhart, Fullington’s Joshua Hendrix and Carlee Roberts, Maliyah Howell of Upson Lee, Camden Lashley of FPD, Mary Elaine Mitchell of Stratford, Shyann Moore of Wilkinson County, and Cannon Oliver of Perry.
The national finalists will be announced next week.
Trio from Mercer earn Southern Conference postseason soccer honors
Mercer’s Toledo Jr. SoCon top S-A of the week
Georgia College volleyballers take academic recognition
Scoreboard
College
Basketball
W-South Georgia Tech 76, CGTC 53
W-Kennesaw State 92, Mercer 64
M-Middle Georgia Prep 83, CGTC 64
Peach State college football Report
UGA: Ready for Fromm vs. Fromm (sort of)
UGA: Fromm an O’Brien Award semifinalist
UGA: And a Collegiate Man of the Year semifinalist
UGA: Auburn’s Schwartz will be trouble
UGA: Auburn in a huge spoiler role
Falcons Report
Have you ever fired yourself like Quinn kinda did?
Newsflash: Falcons need to maintain consistency
Around/About Georgia
Hawks’ Young carrying the team
Things are wide open for the Braves
Braves’ Soroka sixth in Cy Young