Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Mary Persons, GC honors; Kyle Lewis, Terrance Gore on the rosters; Braves opening day; and more
Thursday'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.
Honor Roll
Mary Persons’s Wachtel is USA Today’s state XC athlete of the year
Georgia College volleyball team on national academic list
Around/About Central Georgia
An offensive night at Luther Williams
The Bacon and Eggs teamed for 16 runs, 19 hits, and six errors in the Eggs’ 10-6 win in the intersquad game.
Tyler Williams had three hits for the Eaggs, while Jordan Rathbone, Robert Brooks, and Trevor Austin had two hits each. Cassius Young led the Bacon with three hits, three RBI, and two runs, Noah Mendlinger adding two hits and two RBI.
The Bacon host Savannah Friday night.
Mercer baseball alum Lewis on – no shocker – the Seattle’s opening-day roster
Good news for Jones County’s Gore: on the Dodger’s opening-day roster
Talking with FVSU softball player Destiny Fitzpatrick
Braves vs. Mets
Column: COVID issues or not, the Braves win the division
Chipper ready for broadcast debut
Around/About Georgia
2020 Duluth grad football player dies, not of COVID after all
Falcons’ Gurley and Jarrett want more from NFL on issues
Dream working on a new identity
Sports and social awareness+COVID-19
Of course MLB’s first night couldn’t be good and quiet
Even if they weren’t in the stadium …
Pop is clear: ‘I don’t want to die’
Indy 500: 25 percent capacity, no blackout
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