Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Perry sidelined by positive test; Hamels starts, Braves fall; familiarity on A-Sun all-decade team; and 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.
Scoreboard
High School
Volleyball
ACE 2, Northeast 0 (25-13, 25-20)
The Gryphons won their third straight, improving to 5-5 overall and 2-1 in region/area. Kaitlyn Edwards had eight aces, Aly Corrigan six and Olivia Deese five.
Peach County 3, Central 1 (25-11, 25-9, 23-25, 25-10)
The Trojans improved to 5-1 in 2-AAA action, and 8-4 overall. They are at ACE Thursday with Chattahoochee County.
Perry football out for two weeks
In Coverage.
Atlantic Sun’s all-decade men’s basketball team is stout, and familiar
Before Mercer beat Duke, the Bears were involved in some quality and memorable battles in the Atlantic Sun, with some quality players and against some.
Mercer put Scott Emerson and James Florence on the conference’s all-decade team for 2001-10, with Dublin grad Ben Smith making the top 22.
Emerson played from 1999-2004, earning two first-team all-conference honors and leading Mercer to the 2002-03 regular-season championship team.
He is still in the conference top 25 all-time in double-doubles (second), rebounds (ninth), field goals made (17th), and points (22nd).
Florence (2006-10), who is still playing in Europe, is among nine 2,000-point scorers in the conference, and is in the top 25 in free throws (fourth), steals (eighth), field goals (10th), 3-pointers (21st), and assists (24th). The freshman of the year is one of four players to make four all-conference teams.
Smith, who has returned to his high school alma mater as head coach, made all-conference three times at Jacksonville during his career (2007-10), leading the Dolphins to two regular-season titles. He is second in free throws, fifth in steals, 12th in points, 14th in assist, and 25th in free-throw percentage.
Florence and Smith engaged in some big-time battles during their careers.
Mercer’s Langston Hall was named in July to the all-decade team for 2011-20, his final year in the conference coinciding with Mercer’s last year, in 2014-15.
Alumni Update
Perry grad Hayward takes AFC defensive honors
One of Cephus’ accusers is suing Wisconsin
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer fall sports up and going
Mercer’s women’s soccer team visits The Citadel on Thursday, six days after losing 2-1 to Georgia State. The men host Georgia State on Friday, while the volleyball team is at Georgia State on Friday.
The football team plays at Jacksonville State on Oct. 10.
Around/About Georgia
Smart: Bulldogs are COVID free right now
Jordan Davis knows the expectations
Tech’s Stansbury hopes for better masking than … other places
GT athletics having to make more cuts
Georgia State players to watch
Atlanta’s Morris overlooked the what part of Seattle’s offense?
Falcons’ Oliver: about that deep touchdown and technique
Calvin Johnson, Roddy White now on Pro FB HOF ballot
Sports and racial/social awareness
Iowa high school may start new conference after racial taunts of player
Sports and COVID 19
Did the Big Ten choke? And become SEC North? On dark day in conference history?
Expect an interruption, even with the late start and good testing
Pac-12 has more to deal with before considering a fall return
Memphis has how many active cases?
Column: College football’s reaction to the virus and caution is getting silly
Orgeron says most Tigers have had the virus
MLB plays, but areas around stadiums don’t feel it
Arkansas State-Central Arkansas pushed back
Follow https://www.facebook.com/Thesportsreportofcentralgeorgia to keep up, un-Twitter-like, with the day’s events.
Around the nation/world
Maya Moore helped get Jonathan Irons free, now they’re married
TV ratings mixed for NFL’s opening week