Wednesdays' Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Signing Day; Mercer-GSU; Lamar County FB; CFB, NFL, COVID, more
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Coming Thursday: More on Jones County and Warner Robins and that epic semifinal that awaits
Scoreboard
High School
Basketball
B-Bleckley County 41, Dodge County 37
G-Dodge County 60, Bleckley County 42
College
Basketball
Honor Roll
Former Mary Persons football standout Antoine Davis was one of several Garden City CC players who recorded a 3.0 or better for the fall semester. …
And former teammate Desmond Williams of East Central (Miss.) Community College earned second-team all-conference honors in the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference.
Around/About Central Georgia
Help wanted: Lamar County
Jeff Sloan has resigned as head football coach at Lamar County for a different headac, er, job: assistant principal.
Sloan will remain as athletics director, and key the search for a new head football coach. He was 10-10 in two seasons, 4-8 in region play. His successor will be the Trojans’ ninth head coach this century. Mark Wilson (2000-02), Calvin Scandrett (2003-07), and Jason Strickland (2008-2011) are the only coaches in that span to stay more than two seasons.
Since 2000, the Trojans have had 13 winning and seven losing seasons.
Sloan was the Trojans’ defensive coordinator before being promoted to succeed John Flath (5-15 in two seasons). He started at Lamar County in 2014, went to Jones County as head wrestling and assistant football coach in 2016-17 before returning to Lamar County.
Georgia State gets revenge on Mercer
Around/About Georgia
The best pitching seasons in Braves’ history?
Sports and COVID 19
Virginia Tech bowl streak ends with decision
College Football
Money, money, money: If you’re not the HFBC, the O-Line bosses make buck
Money, money, money: A list of assistant salaries
Big turnaround for Northwestern
Notre Dame preps for Clemson with outgoing DC
Coastal, Chadwell agree to long extension
Matt Campbell: Iowa State’s miracle worker
Azusa Pacific football done after 55 years
NFL
Indy’s Sanchez back after cancer surgery
Geno Atkins put on injured reserve
Brees to leave injured reserve
‘Heroes’ to help push vaccines at Super Bowl
Around the nation/world
Report: LSU has been covering up assault allegations against athletes
Major League Baseball adds Negro Leagues to Major League Baseball
Normal spring training start for MLB?
Men’s college basketball scoreboard
Women’s college basketball scoreboard