Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GHSA reclassification; Tasha Butts, Jake Fromm, Omar Cervantes, softball All-State, Dodge County flag FB, Jones County signings; Hawks, UGA, Falcons, more

Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GHSA reclassification; Tasha Butts, Jake Fromm, Omar Cervantes, softball All-State, Dodge County flag FB, Jones County signings; Hawks, UGA, Falcons, 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.

 

In Coverage: The latest GHSA reclassification moves affect AAA, AA, and A, and they’re pretty drastic, especially for ACE 

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High School
Basketball
G-Central 54, Howard 24
          Trazur Cooper’s nine steals and four assists paced Central, which got five steals each from Kayla Pryor and TaNiya Pryor.

B-GMC 70, Riverside Military 53

College
Basketball
W-Georgia 69, North Florida 40

M-Southern Union State 73, Central Georgia Tech 63

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Former Baldwin girls hoops star Butts battling breast cancer

         

Tattnall’s Appling and ACE’s Sims highlight area softball all-staters

          Thee Class A softball players of the year as chosen by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association don’t play too far from each other.

          Dixiana Sims of ACE is the Class A Public pitcher of the year and Tattnall’s Gradie Appling is the Class A Private player of the year.

          The rest of the Central Georgia all-state selections:

          Class 5A first team: P Destin Howard, Jones County; IF Kimber Kent, Jones County. Second team: IF Aniya Canty, Jones County; Util/DP Taylor Trefelnor, Jones County.

          Class 4A first team: P Taylor Sapp, West Laurens. Second team: IF Hudson Smith, West Laurens; OF Emma Riner, West Laurens.

          Class AA first team: P Brooke Perdue, Dodge County; Second team: C Ava Roland, Dodge County.

          Class A Public first team: C Lizzy Mitchell, ACE; IF Destiny Lucas, ACE; OF Laney Bridges, ACE. Second team: P Leah Jannakos, GMC; IF Hannah Garner, GMC; OF Regan Foster, ACE.

          Class A private first team: P Caroline Patterson, Tattnall; OF Kaitlyn Hallman, Tattnall. Second team: OF Isabelle Recorilli, Tattnall; Util/DP Hailey Daughtry, Tattnall.

          There were no Central Georgia picks in Class 6A or 3A.

 

Dodge County faces Lithia Springs in flag football championship

          The GHSA Division II flag football state championship is on the line Thursday when Dodge County takes on Lithia Springs at Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta.

          The Indians beat Locust Grove 19-0, Rockdale 24-0, Trinity Christian 14-6, and Riverwood 13-6 to reach the finals, while Lithia Springs topped Grovetown 6-0, Newnan 7-6, Heritage 2-0, and Greenbrier 6-2.

          The game kicks off at 12:45 p.m. and will be on GPB.

 

Signings

          Jones County outfielder Aiden Payne won’t be far from home, signing Wednesday with Georgia College.

          Classmate Kate Cole signed with Columbia College in South Carolina for softball.

 

Alumni Update

Fromm (Houston County) getting snaps with starters

 

Honor Roll

Peach County alum Cervantes earns more All-American honors

Around/About Georgia

Hawks lose veteran Hill for rest of the season

Smart, Bowers lead UGA list on All-SEC honors

Pollack defied skeptics, now in College HOF

Georgia’s playoff fate not centered on the QBs

Crean in win-win Orange Bowl, with UGA and with brother-in-law Harbaugh

Tebow; UGA needs ‘elite quarterback play to get over the hump’

Atlanta injury update

Three Peach Staters among 20 ‘highest-rated’ recruits since 2000

 

College Football/South

Florida’s Napier starts compiling staff

Top 10 quotes from Napier’s introduction

Full All-SEC

 

College Football

College hall of fame has a double class at Tuesday induction

Dickerson happy to be in, but nonchalant

Venables follows advice to daughter with new job

Right after resigning at Pitt, Whipple moves to Nebraska

Iowa State TE top scholar-athlete

Fresno State hires Tedford, again

Is early signing period on the clock?

 

College Basketball

W-UConn loses another guard

 

College Sports

Miami set to hire Clemson’s Radakovich as AD

 

Baseball

What to expect when roster freeze lifts

 

Golf/Tennis

Williams won’t be in Australian Open

Around the nation/world          

College football scores/games

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball