Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Mercer meets Cronic; Bibb-Houston all-star game set; Alumni Update (bowl edition); college hoops/football; and more
Friday Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Ed DeFore set for Bibb-Houston all-star game
Dozens of some of the top seniors in Central Georgia will represent their home counties in the inaugural Bibb vs. Houston All-Star Senior Bowl.
Players from the two counties’ public high schools will battle at 1 p.m. at Ed DeFore.
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Basketball, basketball, basketball, and colleges
Where isn’t there a day off? Where don’t sports get ignored a few times a week?
The Sports Report. If there are score and there are sports, check The Report for your only Friday night’s high school basketball, in The Scoreboard.
Cronic ready to lead new set of Bears
Mercer’s new head football coach met the public and media on Friday for the first time.
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Alumni Update
When former Warner Robins standout Trey Franklin makes his college debut in 2020, it’ll be with a bowl-winning team.
The freshman cornerback is redshirting, but watched Buffalo beat Charlotte 31-9 Friday in the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl. …
Playing Saturday: All-American tight end Harrison Bryant of FAU against SMU at 3:30 p.m. (ABC) in the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl. …
Dooly County’s Kereon Merrell, a redshirt senior defensive back, will help Marshall against UCF on Monday in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.
Peach State College Football Report
Georgia Southern: Ready for the bowl
Peach State College Basketball Report
Mercer men lose in action-packed final seconds
Gardner-Webb tops Mercer women by a 3
Georgia wins in final two seconds
Falcons Report
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