Thursday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Big days for HS track and baseball, GT football, Braves Report, and more
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
The Scoreboard is in The Latest Coverage.
Honor Roll/Signings will be updated Friday.
The postseason high school schedule, the only place to find out what’s coming up with Central Georgia high schools, is in The Latest Coverage.
Central Georgians win medals early in state track
A pair of area track standouts already have state track medals. For a preview of the overall meet and full first-day coverage – and Central Georgia’s only coverage – of the GHSA meet, visit The Latest Coverage, The Sports Report of Central Georgia, www.centralgasports.com.
Who’s left?
Baseball is at the quarterfinal state, and four teams were to be in action Thursday in Game 3s. Two got done, one was epic, and two more must wait until Friday. In The Scoreboard.
Falcons rookie riding faith through brother’s murder
Qadree Ollison’s older brother was murdered in 2017, but he’s holding back the hate of the killer.
This is not your older brother’s Georgia Tech football, let alone your father’s
Geoff Collins has been geared toward this for two decades.
Braves Report
The bullpen will get blamed, for giving up a run in the ninth and in the 10th, but Atlanta failed to crack the three-run mark for the fifth time this month in a 3-2 10-inning loss.
Next: at Arizona, Friday, 9:40 p.m., FSSO; at Arizona, Saturday, 8:10 p.m., FSSO; at Arizona, Sunday, 4:10 p.m., FSSO; vs. St. Louis, Tuesday, 7:20 p.m., FSSE/MLB.
College roundup
Weather and field conditions pushed back Mercer’s second game in the Southern Conference Tournament to 9 a.m. Friday.
Weather forced Georgia and the SEC to adjust, and the Bulldogs won early Thursday but lost late Thursday. Jones County’s Kylie Bass got a win and a loss for a full day.
Georgia Tech was skunked in the ACC Tournament.
Georgia College goes after its third straight Peach Belt Tournament title Friday afternoon, opening with Flagler.
Mercer visits Belmont in a non-conference baseball series starting Friday night.
Around/About Georgia
Tech achieving in the classroom