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.

 

Honor Roll/Signings will be updated Friday.

 

It’s time for NCAA Regional baseball

          Three Division I college baseball teams from Georgia made the NCAA Regionals. Two are playing at home, and one isn’t far from home.

          Georgia welcomes Mercer, Florida State, and Florida Atlantic to Athens, while Georgia Tech hosts Auburn, Coastal Carolina, and Florida A&M.

          Action starts Friday at noon. For more on both regionals, visit The Latest Coverage.

          Area fans can keep an eye on Veterans’ Gabe Holt, leading Texas Tech into another host role. The Red Raiders open at 4 p.m. Friday (ESPN3) with Army at home in Lubbock, Florida and Dallas Baptist also in the regional. The Red Raiders are likely to be on a national network at some point in the regional.

 

Who did the best in the state in the h.s. athletics directors standings?

          (Yes, finally) See how your school did, and if it did better than, you know, them. In The Latest Coverage.

 

Macon Bacon list roster, lose opener

          On the day of the season opener, the Macon Bacon posted this season’s roster, and again, it’s loaded with Central Georgia connections.

Perry grad and Georgia College standout Cal Gentry is back, and is joined by Bobcat teammates Forrest Wilson and Chris Rolick.

Middle Georgia State has four players on the roster, led by SSAC player of the year and conference scholar-athlete of the year Zach Cornell. Other Knights: Kyle Anderson and MJ Rookard, as well as Veterans grad Preston Sparks.

          GMC grad Cory Bivins, playing at North Greenville, is joined by former Tattnall standouts Cory Batholomew (West Georgia) and Logan Fink (Kennesaw State).

          Macon lost 4-3 at Savannah in Thursday’s season opener. Florence – which has Matt Blair of Mercer and Tattnall on the roster - visits Macon on Friday.

          Savannah brings West Laurens’ Bill LeRoy to Luther Williams on Saturday.

          Coastal Plain rosters are likely to start undergoing shakeups as college teams are eliminated from NCAA regionals, which begin Friday.

Voice of Auburn, wife celebrated, remembered at service

Opelika-Auburn News

Video of service

Montgomery Advertiser

AL.com

Auburn Undercover/247sports

 

SEC meetings

Alcohol vote on Friday?

Transfer portal remains a topic of debate

Steve Shaw chats – for awhile – about the 7-OT game, and more

Alabama, Auburn ADs agree … that is all

But Auburn AD wants to keep the amateur part going

Move from Jacksonville? OK, the Masters to Greenville

 

Braves Report

Next: Friday, vs. Detroit, 7:20 p.m.; Saturday, vs. Detroit, 4:10 p.m.; Sunday, 1:20 p.m., vs. Detroit, 1:20 p.m.; Tuesday, at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Home not so sweet for the Braves

About the pitching

Transition still rough for Camargo

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mary Persons’ KeKe Calloway latest Mercer hoopster headed to Europe

 

Around/About Georgia

Falcons’ McKinley seeing snaps at LB

Clark Atlanta hoops coach trying a unique fund-raiser

Times set for Georgia Southern football

Some Georgia basketball schedule info is out