Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; state basketball; Macon TD Club local honors; Mercer, Mayhem, FVSU; Braves, Hawks, Falcons, and more

February 27, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

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Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer opens the second part of the football season

Early-season fall football weather in the late winter is expected when football returns to Macon on Saturday when Mercer hosts The Citadel.

Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. at Five Star Stadium.

Both teams are 0-4 in the split season. This is The Citadel’s first game this spring, the Bulldogs losing to South Florida (27-6), Clemson (49-0), Eastern Kentucky (37-14) and Army (14-9).

Mercer opened the spring season last week with a 31-14 loss to Wofford. The Bears lost in the fall to Jacksonville State (34-28), Army (49-3) and Abilene Christian (20-17).

Tattnall grad Destin Mack is a starting junior cornerback back for the Bulldogs. He is seventh on the team with 11 tackles, and shares the team lead with two pass breakups and two passes defended.

The Bears listed a few Central Georgians on the two-deep: snapper Zach Lassiter of Bleckley County, punt returner Landon Miller of Rutland. Other area players on the roster: QB Dylan Fromm of Warner Robins, DB Brandon Mays of Wilkinson County, DL Kashawn Baker of Crawford County, WR Isaia Harris of Houston County, and DL Nathan Seiy of Jones County. The latter two are true freshman.

The Bears are back home on March 20 against Western Carolina, April 3 against Furman and April 10 against ETSU.

Macon TD Club announces local winners

The Macon Touchdown Club won’t hold its annual year-end jamboree because of COVID-19 concerns, but it will have an abbreviated ceremony to honor its local award winners.

The TD Club encompasses Bibb County high schools as well as Jones County and Mary Persons.

It will host the athletes and invite guests on March 6 at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

This year’s local winners:

Ortho Georgia Back of the Year: Travion Solomon, Northeast

Ortho Georgia/Bill Turner Lineman of the Year: Matt Adams, Jones County

Ortho Georgia Special Teams Player of the Year: Evan West, Jones County

Marvin Davis Coach of the Year: Jeremy Wiggins, Northeast

Bobby Pope State Coach of the Year: Marquis Westbrook, Warner Robins

Bobby Gene Sanders Memorial Scholarship Awards: Sean Langan, Mount De Sales; Anders J. Stevenson, Stratford; Andrew Correa, FPD; Camden Ford, Tattnall

Recognition of Appointment to United States Military Academy at West Point: Walter Hawthorne, Central

Mayhem roll past Huntsville for seventh straight win

FVSU women win on the road

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Atlanta extends Snitker through 2023

Former Dream guard Montgomery part of Dream’s new ownership group

Georgia State stuns SEC powerhouse Vanderbilt

Good news from NCAA about Tech basketball penalties

Hawks, Thunder suffer a wardrobe malfunction

Falcons’ Fontenot increasing opportunities for women

But he and coworker have roster and cap work to do

About UGA and spring practice