Friday's Daily News 'n Notes

August 22, 2020 Central Georgia Sports Report

Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Scoreboard

High School

Softball

Lanier County 10, Bleckley County 0

Woodland 10, Lamar County 2

Henley stays hot at Northern Trust

How much of a roll is Russell Henley on?

Two straight rounds without a bogey.

Short of a list of every round Henley has played, it’s no doubt been a long, long time since that happened, and it has Henley tied for seventh after two rounds of the Northern Trust in Norton, Mass.

The buzz, though, was dominated by huge rounds from Dustin Johnson and Scottie Scheffler.

Scheffler led for most of the day after slicing a whopping 11 strokes from his score with a 69. Later in the day, Johnson improved by seven strokes with a 60 to take a two-shot lead over Scheffler and Cameron Davis.

Henley 67 was more steady than spectacular, with two birdies on the first and second nine (he started on 10). Also at 131: Kevin Kisner, another former Georgia player, preceding Henley’s days in Athens.

Among those missing the cut a 3-under: Collin Morikawa, Cameron Champ, Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau, Sungjae Im, Patrick Cantlay, Phil Mickelson and Joaquin Niemann, among others.

Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods, and Rory McIlroy were among those barely surviving.

Henley and Davis were among the first-round quad-leaders, with Harris English (130) and Kevin Streelman, who dropped to a tie for 20th with a 71.

The Golf Channel will pick up coverage at 3 p.m.

Henley tees off at 1:20 p.m. with Kisner, just ahead of co-Bulldog English.

Georgia College won’t participate in fall sports

Competitors in women’s soccer, volleyball, and cross country at Georgia College will have more time to study than they ever imagined with the school’s decision to withdraw from fall competition.

“The health and safety of our students and campus community remains a top priority for Georgia College,” said president Dr. Steve Dorman in a release. “I, like many others, always look forward to seeing our student athletes compete in all sports, however, we want them to be able to do that in as safe of an environment as possible.”

Spring sports that have fall “seasons” – baseball, softball, golf, and tennis – will be sidelined as well. A decision on basketball is next.

“While the Peach Belt is allowing competition in Cross Country, Golf and Tennis, the appropriate action for Georgia College is to seek to provide this experience in the Spring 2021 semester,” said athletics director Wendell Staton in the release. The cancellation of the NCAA Fall Championships is disappointing to our student-athletes and we hope to be able to provide an opportunity for competition for Spring 2021 in all sports.”

“While we live in uncertain times, this decision provides a level of certainty that allows our student-athletes to prepare for Spring without having to worry about daily changes impacting competition this Fall. Many factors influenced this decision as we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

“ The logistical, financial, legal and ethical issues, associated with testing, as well as the existing ban on non-essential travel are all factors in this decision. This is the most prudent action for our student-athletes, our department and for Georgia College.”

Alumni Update

Marquez Callaway is catching important eyes in New Orleans

Signings

Former Central girls basketball standout Na’Kayia Greene is moving on from Southern Crescent Tech to Florida College, an NAIA program in Tampa.

Former teammate JeNya Wilder is headed to Division II Coker in South Carolina.

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