Sunday's Daily News 'n Notes: Falcons dump Quinn, Dimitroff; Macon TD Club; Russell Henley; Braves, UGA; French Open, NFL, NASCAR, +
Sunday'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.
Falcons pull the trigger on Quinn and Dimitroff
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Around/About Central Georgia
Henley closes out quality Shriners effort
Four below-par round were good news for Russell Henley, who finished tied for 27th in the Shriners Hospital for Children Open in Las Vegas.
His 270 came after rounds of 67, 67, 66, and 70, 14 under, and nine behind the leaders.
Henley had two bogeys on the front nine followed by consecutive birdies on the front nine Sunday, and had one back-nine birdie.
Martin Laird won a playoff over Austin Cook and Matthew Wolff. The three shot 261s, three up on Abraham Ancer.
Macon TD Club welcomes Chuck Oliver; last week’s honorees
College football radio host Chuck Oliver is Monday night’s speaker at the Macon Touchdown Club.
The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program to begin around 7. Cost is $30 for non-members.
Central and Mount d Sales are this week’s featured high schools.
Oliver graduated from South Gwinnett in 1986, attended Auburn, and then began a coaching and teaching career.
He spent five years coaching the defensive line at his alma mater, then became a writer and author.
In 2000, AM-790 in Atlanta hired him for sports talk, and that role expanded multiple times. He joined 680 The Fan in 2008 and co-hosted a show with Matt Chernoff while also broadcasting college football games and serving as an SEC analyst for CBS.
Nominated for four Emmys in various roles, he has hosted The Chuck Oliver Show n Southern Sports Today Network for several years.
The club remains a week off on announcing players of the week. Honorees for the games of Sept. 25 were announced last Tuesday. For Oct. 2:
Co-back of the week Keondre Glover of Stratford ran 16 times for 189 yards and two touchdowns against Mount Paran in helping head coach Mark Farriba to his 200th career win. Maleek Wooten of Jones County caught six passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns in the romp over Union Grove.
Lineman of the week Jeremiah Roberson of Northeast had 14 tackles, two for loss, and a pass breakup in the win over Monroe-Albany.
Winners for the games of Oct. 9 haven’t been announced.
Around/About Georgia
Not news: Acuna confident vs. Dodgers
Dodgers happy there’ll be fans
LA has the edge, except in the pen
Dodgers staff strong, beatable
Smart miffed about Pickens’ penalty
Where’s Gameday this week?
Who’s favored in Tuscaloosa?
NFL highlights
Alex Smith returns to the field, two years later
Cowboys rally for QB to nip Giants
Prescott suffers brutal injury, undergoes immediate surgery
Best QB in Raiders-Chiefs? Carr
Dolphins, Fitzpatrick thump Niners
Rookie catches 4 TDs in Steelers romp over Philly
Thomas punches teammate, sitting Monday for the Saints
Texans 1-0 in post O’Brien era
Wilson breaks Vikings hearts in final seconds
Around the nation/world
Lakers rout Heat to win NBA title
LeBron happy, and a hair grumpy
Elliott wins at Charlotte, Kyle Busch is out
Nadal perfect in Paris … again
Honeymoon over for Coach Eaux?
Time to re-evaluate Leach and Mississippi State?
Saban wonders if Mississippi was swiping signals, and Lane responds