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

 

Peach County’s Jackson out for a few weeks at UGA

     Kearis Jackson finally got a chance to start, and now he’s out for maybe a month. Jackson broke a few bones in his hand on a hit after a fourth-quarter catch Saturday against Vanderbilt.

 

Suddenly, Mercer has a game this week

          Mercer was off, and Presbyterian was going to play Stetson on Saturday.

          Dorian apparently didn’t like all that.

          The major weather issues led to Presbyterian and Stetson cancelling their non-conference game, and PC picking up a home game with Mercer for the new season opener.

          All in less than a week.

          Kickoff is 2 p.m. in Clinton, S.C. The two haven’t played in the modern era.

          Mercer is 1-0 after thumping Western Carolina 49-27.

 

Monday Morning Quarterback

          Who’s ranked where among Central Georgia teams? Who’s going to make the playoffs? And a little review of the second week of high school games.

          In The Latest Coverage.

 

Scoreboard

College

MSOC: Louisburg 3, GMC 1

MSOC: Mercer 2, Presbyterian 1

 

Braves Report

          The pitching was solid for all nine innings, and Josh Donaldson yet again provided the big hit in Atlanta’s 6-3 win over Toronto.

          Mike Soroka made it just past the halfway point, with six strikeouts and two walks in five innings, allowing three runs. He improved to 11-3, and Mark Melancon – the last of four pitchers – got his ninth save. Josh Tomlin and Shane Greene were solid in middle relief.

          Dansby Swanson had half of Atlanta’s four hits, the Braves winning despite the soft offense. They were 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position.

Box

Guess who popped in to SunTrust Park today? He's not quite up to getting tossed, from even the press box

Players thrilled to see the old boss in the house

A mostly quiet offense

 

 

Falcons Report

Falcons happy, Bryant happy

Really ready for Julio to sign

Making moves

Notebook

 

Peach State football Report

UGA: On to improvement, Murray State

UGA: Some bright spots on defense

UGA: Notebook I

UGA: Notebook II

UGA: Naming of the field bigger for Vince’s family

Georgia State: Still enjoying the UT win, trolling a bit

Georgia Southern: Werts battles shoulder injury

National: Did Smart make the wrong call at quarterback?

 

Around/About Georgia

Hines Ward joins the Jets

United’s Martinez nearing another record