Saturday's Daily News 'n Notes: Mary Persons mourns loss of athlete; Mercer baseballers honored; NASCAR at AMS; Sports/Race/George Floyd; and more
Saturday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Mary Persons mourns baseball player McCoy
Baseball and football player Dillon McCoy of Mary Persons died Friday from injuries sustain in a single-car accident last week.
McCoy, 16, was in an accident on Highway 42 south of Forsyth on May 27, when he lost control on a curve and went down an embankment and hit a tree. He was taken to Navicent Health in Macon, and died early Friday afternoon.
There was a vigil in his honor Saturday night at the Mary Persons baseball field.
The rising junior was an organ donor, and that has led to life-saving donations to three people.
An account has been set up at United Bank in Forsyth to help to accept donations. Services had not been finalized as of Saturday night.
Honor Roll
Mercer outfielder Colby Thomas is a freshman All-American in the opinion of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
He is the sixth straight Bear to make the freshman team (Angelo DiSpigna, Le Bassett, R.J. Yeager, Zach Graveno, Robert Broom, and Trey Truitt), hitting .333 with a team-high nine doubles, five homers, and 18 RBI.
Teammate Jackson Kelley was D1Baseball.com’s breakout pitcher in the Southern Conference.
Around/About Georgia
Allmendinger rallies from 30th for Xfinity win
What in the world will September be like?
Braves get ready for the draft
But cost-cutting has affected the pool of prospects
Column: how can sports re-grow revenue?
Sports and race/George Floyd-Georgia
Column: NFL has to actually do something now
Column: NFL right in admitting wrong
Mixed reactions from Falcons on NFL proclamation
Bulldogs offer thoughts on protest
Collins’ heart goes out to players who fear for their safety
Tech legend Morgan wants to be part of the solution
Lloyd Pierce couldn’t stay quiet
UGA assistant Linehan writes to himself about current situation
Herschel wants unity, and protests from 9-5
Sports and race/George Floyd
SEC’s Sankey wants “real and positive change”
Lions will return to football when it’s time
Dak Prescott puts up a million
NHL, Subban put up $100K toward Floyd’s daughter and fund
Stephen Jackson will try to sub for Floyd with daughter
Former tennis star Blake had his own run-in
Utah football assistant suspended for 2013 text slur
And is mostly defended by players
Michael Irvin has some thoughts
Around the nation/world
Nunes defends UFC belt, roundup