Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Henley in the hunt; Scoreboard; state basketball & wrestling; GC trainer gets a big call, and more
Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
State basketball tournament headquarters
Friday night’s scores and the full results/schedule are posted.
Central Georgians go for wrestling titles
A double-digit number of area kids will battle for GHSA state wrestling titles on Saturday. Full coverage awaits.
Russell Henley in the hunt at The Genesis Invitational
Macon’s Russell Henley had the lead a bit Friday and had to settle for a tie for fifth through two rounds of The Genesis Invitational in California.
He’s at 136 after two, 6 under and with Adam Scott, Vaughn Taylor, and Sung Kang.
Matt Kuchar is first with a 133.
Henley’s first round was mostly pars to go with two birdies and an eagle. The second round started off in similar fashion, but Henley suffered three bogeys in the final six holes.
Around/About Central Georgia
Georgia College trainer gets new gig … in the majors
Mercer gets hitting and pitching to win opener
Georgia College stays undefeated
Mayhem pick up OT win on the road
SCOREBOARD
High school coaches should send box scores and/or game information to centralgasports@gmail.com within 30 minutes of completion for expanded coverage. The more info provided, the more info to give people.
Scores are from Twitter, email, and MaxPreps.
High School
Baseball
Berrien 2, Dodge County 1
Bleckley County 4, Gainesville 1
Coahulla Creek 15, Washington County 2
FPD 1, Monticello 0
Parker Ingram reached on an error on his sacrifice, and came in with the winning run in the top of the eighth on Coleman Cauley’s double to center.
Houston County 11, Tattnall 4
The Bears took a 5-0 lead after four and kept the Trojans blanked until the sixth. Jacob Profit, Drew Burress, and E.J. Lewis had two hits each for Houston County, Gage Harrelson driving in three runs, with two from Coleman Willis and Burress. Dawson Brown had three of Tattnall’s nine hits, Brett McHugh adding two hits. Jaden Woods struck out 11 with no walks and three hits in five innings for Houston County. Brown fanned seven with two walks in four innings.
Mary Persons 13, Jackson 3
Perry 4, Veterans 1
Taylor County 8, Lamar County 0
Evan Hinton, Dylan Hudgems, and Travis Wainwright combined for a nine-strikeout, one-walk two hitter. Cy Scott had two hits and Cody Harris two RBI for Taylor County.
Treutlen 14, Dublin 2
Upson-Lee 10, Cedar Grove 0
Jake Willis needed only 57 pitches for a five-inning no-hitter, Willis striking out 11 with a walk. Trent Walls had three doubles and two RBI to lead the Knights offense.
College
Baseball
Georgia College 6, Francis Marion 1
Georgia Southern 6, Ball State 0
Mercer 13, Maryland-Eastern Shore 4
Softball
Mercer 4, Monmouth 1; Mercer 10, Akron 7
Pro
SPHL