Sunday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer, Georgia College, FVSU; state colleges; Hawks, Braves; NASCAR, Tiger, more
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 Central Georgia state high school basketball pairings
Scoreboard
College
Basketball
Baseball
East Carolina 9, Georgia Southern 2
Georgia College 16, North Georgia 15
Vanderbilt 12, Georgia State 2; Vanderbilt 17, Georgia State 6
Golf
W-Florida State Matchup, Mercer, final round
Soccer
W-Troy 1, Mercer 0, OT
M-UAB 1, Mercer 0
Softball
Catawba 1, Georgia College 2; Catawba 7, GC 5
Wesleyan 6, Fort Valley State 1
Volleyball
Mercer 3, Chattanooga 1
Pro
NBA
Honor Roll/Alumni Update
Middle Georgia State pair – including Putnam County grad - on all-tournament team
Around/About Central Georgia
Walk-off bomb wins whopper game for Georgia College
Mercer suffers rare non-conference home sweep
Southern Conference women’s brackets
Southern Conference men’s brackets
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Georgia dug the long ball in Sunday romp
Tech finishes off road sweep of No. 13 N.C. State
Georgia skunks Tech in softball
Wright struggles as Braves fall to Rays
Collins’ double-double not enough for Hawks at Miami
Hawks’ Bogdanovic progressing well from knee surgery
The year Alabama is SEC champ in basketball and football
Chattanooga knocked off No. 11 Wofford Saturday
College Basketball
Iowa impressive in humbling Ohio State
ESPN’s Dakich in trouble again
NBA/WNBA
Freak goes for 36 in Bucks rally to win
Baseball
Optimism and fans return to baseball fields
NFL
Fox Sports, “racist propaganda”, and DesShaun Watson
College Football
Sooooo many seniors should have huge impact in 2021
Scholarship fund honors killed Indiana player
Al-ACC CB no longer at Clemson
Sports and social & racial awareness
Column: More facilities need to honor African Americans’ accomplishments
Fox Sports, “racist propaganda”, and DesShaun Watson
Sorenstam defends accepting medal a day after Capitol riots
Tomlin frustrated at little action regarding hiring of Black coaches
Sports and COVID-19
Raptors have issues, game called off
Around the nation/world
Morikawa steady in winning Workday, emotional in tribute to Woods
Obit: Irv Cross was a star player before pioneer broadcaster
Byron another surprise winner at Homestead
Men’s college basketball scoreboard