Sunday's Daily News 'n Notes: Falcons dump Quinn, Dimitroff; Macon TD Club; Russell Henley; Braves, UGA; French Open, NFL, NASCAR, +

October 12, 2020 Central Georgia Sports Report

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

Fried grew up on the Dodgers

Not news: Acuna confident vs. Dodgers

The field helps neither team

Dodgers happy there’ll be fans

LA has the edge, except in the pen

Dodgers staff strong, beatable

Braves have grown up

Smart miffed about Pickens’ penalty

Where’s Gameday this week?
Who’s favored in Tuscaloosa?