Sunday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; playoff pairings, Henley; Jordan to visit TD Club; United, UGA/Tech, KSU; college FB (Mullen), BKB, NFL, NBA

November 22, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

Sunday'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.

In Coverage: Updated GHSA and GISA playoff pairings

Coming Monday: Macon TD Club winners; Monday Morning Quarterback

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Basketball

W-Georgia 73, Alabama State 43

M-Georgia State 74, High Point 66

W-Mercer 63, Gardner-Webb 50

M-Wofford 70, Georgia Southern 52

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Macon TD Club welcomes Brian Jordan

Former Atlanta Falcon – and Braves – Brian Jordan is Monday’s speaker at the Macon Touchdown Club.

The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program to begin around 7. Admission for non-members is $30.

Rutland is the featured high school. Author and ESPN senior writer Mark Schlabach is next week’s speaker in the final meeting of the season. Georgia’s Kirby Smart makes his annual visit in the jamboree in February.

Jordan is a Baltimore native who was an all-conference baseball and football player at Richmond, earning All-America honors in football. He was picked in the first round of the 1988 baseball draft by St. Louis and in the seventh round of the NFL draft in 1989 by Buffalo.

He was cut by the Bills, but latched on with the Falcons from 1989-91, but gave up football after St. Louis gave him a new contract with a signing bonus to stick to baseball.

Jordan went to his second Atlanta team for the first time in 1998, and he spent three seasons there, moving to the Dodgers and Rangers before returning to the Braves in 2005 for two seasons.

He now works in the broadcast booth, doing baseball and football while also heading the Brian Jordan Foundation, in which he works to inspire youngsters to read.

Henley gets a top-25 finish

Russell Henley survived a double-bogey to finish with an under-par round and tie for 22nd in the RSM Classic.

Henley shot 68 on Sunday to finish 10 under with a 272.

Talor Gooch rolled to a three-shot win.

The field for the Dec. 2-5 Hero World Challenge in the Bahams won’t be announced until later this week.

WBKB: Doughtery just misses double-double in road win

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

New York blanked United in playoffs

Georgia a big favorite over Tech

And as a not-so-big favorite over Alabama

Blaylock returns, is Pickens next?

Kennesaw State hosts Davidson in FCS first round
FCS bracket