Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: Monday’s only Scoreboard; Butler visits TD Club; West Laurens mourns players death; Braves win, Hamels' done; and more
Monday'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
Bleckley County 10, Hawkinsville 2
Columbus 4, Taylor County 2
Crawford County 4, Shaw 2
Shaw rallied a little bit with two in the bottom of the seventh, but Crawford County’s two in the top half were the difference. Kryssi Maddox had two hits for the Eagles, while striking out 12 with five hits and a walk.
Northside 20, Warner Robins 2
Treutlen 10, East Laurens 2
Trinity Christian 9, Twiggs County 0
Upson-Lee 8, Mary Persons 4
Westfield 8, GMC 0
The Hornets put it away with four runs in the first two innings, helped along the way by three GMC errors. Sadie Hayes had two hits, runs, and RBI at leadoff, and Brooke Corlee went 2 for 2 from the eighth spot. Sydney Langdon was solid on the mound, with 14 strikeouts and no walks in a two-hitter.
Braves honor Jeff Battcher, Bobby Pope
In Coverage.
This week’s area high school football schedule
In Coverage.
UGA legend Butler visits the Macon TD Club
In Coverage.
TD Club honors trio
Players from Rutland, Central, and ACE earned Macon Touchdown Club players of the week honors for last week’s action.
Back of the week Jessie Phelps Jr,. of Rutland ran 23 times for 247 yards, and caught three passes in the loss at Luella.
Lineman of the week Adam Lamar of Central racked up six tackles, three for loss, and 2.5 sacks in the the Chargers first win over over Westside.
Special teams player of the week Mason Maddox of ACE had punts of 41, 46, 37, 43, and 41, a 41.6 average, in the loss to Tattnall.
Around/About Central Georgia
West Laurens freshman football player dies from gunshot
Le’ontae Coates, a freshman football player at West Laurens, died Sunday morning of a gunshot wound.
A number of social media posts from the team and school district said he “passed away in the early morning hours” Saturday.
Counselors were available Monday at West Laurens.
A Lauren’s County Sheriff’s Office release said officers responded to a home in East Dublin around 6 a.m. Sunday, and found the 16-year-old dead of a gunshot wound.
Roderick Brown and Lashundria Madison have been charged, Brown with criminal trespass and simple battery, and Madison with aggravated assault against Brown, but no charges have been filed regarding Coates’ death.
Around/About Georgia
A look at the final stretch for Atlanta
Quinn says he’s seen enough ‘tale of two halves
Blank, Quinn not on same page on The Uncovered Kick
Good and bad from Falcons-Cowboys
Kirby talks (video) (as does Peach County’s Kearis Jackson)
UGA-Arkansas notes: Kirby and Sam are cool …
Tech’s Martin explains his departure
Sports and COVID-19
No fans don’t mean Wentz can’t get booed
An 0-2 start isn’t so horrible this year
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Around the nation/world
Father of Patriots’ White killed in car wreck Sunday
Deion Sanders is now a head football coach in college
Raiders knock off Saints in stadium debut
Penalties doom Dallas in Game 2 of Stanley Cup
MJ to become NASCAR owner, with Bubba Wallace driving
Browns’ Stefanski tries a new approach for chemistry
The NFL’s highest-paid players in 2020
Standards raised for Alabama defense
Injury Sunday a sign of things to come?