Monday's News 'n Notes: Macon TD Club POTWs; GHSA/GISA postseason; Mercer Tennis Classic, MGSU honorees, Wilkinson County's Dupree back; Braves-Dodgers; UGA, Hawks; college FB, MLB, NFL, NASCAR, more

Monday's News 'n Notes: Macon TD Club POTWs; GHSA/GISA postseason; Mercer Tennis Classic, MGSU honorees, Wilkinson County's Dupree back; Braves-Dodgers; UGA, Hawks; college FB, MLB, NFL, NASCAR, 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.

 

In Coverage: Macon TD Club players of the week; GHSA and GISA playoff softball, GHSA volleyball; Coming: Monday Morning QB, Tuesday edition

 

Alumni Update

Dupree (Wilkinson County) back with Tennessee

 

Players of the week

SSAC volleyball: Middle Georgia State’s Gomez

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer Tennis Classic underway

            Qualifying continues Tuesday under the sun and moon at John Drew Smith Tennis Center.

            The top five seeds in the qualifying draw advanced, top seed Robin Anderson in straight sets and second seed Conny Perrin in a tiebreaker.

            The final player list is a little different than the originally released list. Madison Brengle is seeded first and Zarina Diyas second. The top five seeds are ranked in the WTA’s top 120.

            A Mercer connection was added to the doubles field. Mercer junior Mary Courville, of Columbus, and new graduate assistant Andrea Garcia Fernandez will compete in the tournament, and are in action Tuesday afternoon.

            Garcia Fernandez was one of Florida State’s most successful players ever, with 206 wins, becoming the first Seminole with 100 wins in singles and in doubles.

            The main singles draw action begins on Wednesday, which is Macon Tennis Legends night. Action begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $5 per day or $20 for the entire week.

 

Around/About Georgia

NLCS: Braves better versed for series success

NCLS: Will unpredictable script include unlikely ending?

NLCS: Game 3 FAQs

NLCS: How the Dodgers have contained Freeman

NLCS: Dodgers have Braves where they want them at home

Stat watch: Georgia putting the D in dominant

And now, a breather

Ridley back, McGary put on COVID reserve list

Hawks, Huerter agree to extension
Expectations soar for Atlanta

Savannah OKs marathon for runners with vaccine or test

 

College Football/South

SEC fines Tennessee $250K for embarrassing fan debacle

How Vols fans trashed the end of the game

Column: Time hasn’t calmed Tennessee’s view on Kiffin

Burrow stunned by Orgeron firing, indebted

Agreement: O must cooperate in Title IX litigation

Fisher says he’s not interested

Kiffin uneasy about Corral’s status for Saturday

Noland to start at QB for South Carolina

Column: How warm is the seat for Miami’s Diaz?

 

College Football

Washington State fires Rolovich – and some assistants - for vaccine refusal

Column: No sympathy for Rolovich, it was his call

Benching doesn’t hurt Rattler’s marketability

Purdue goes creative to return to poll
AP Top 25 Reality Check (notes)

 

Baseball

Schwarber, Sox slams Astros, take 2-1 lead

Houston scrambling after pitchers pounded for 25 runs

What the Mets need to do

Giants will give Posey $22 mil if he’ll take it

 

NFL

Allen, Bills come up shorter after gamble in thriller

Henry, Titans D turn in quality night

Seattle’s Smith was fine at QB, until …

Henry, Titans tired of hearing about workload

 

College Sports

Gonzaga tops AP preseason men’s hoops poll

Vitale diagnosed with lymphoma, unrelated to earlier cancer

 

Auto Racing

Column: Larson surges, other stumble in playoffs

 

Golf/Tennis

No vaccine, visa doubtful to play in Australian Open

 

NBA/WNBA

Spurs facing the rare unknown

Lakers have more season roster for title chase

 

Sports and COVID-19

NHL suspends Kane for fake COVID vax card

 

Around the nation/world

MLB scores/games

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games