Central Georgia Sports ReportMarch 02, 2021Comment

Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Jake Fromm, Titus Moore, Middle Georgia State, Georgia College, Mercer; Hawks fire Pierce, Falcons, Braves; NIT moves; MLB, NBA, JJ Watt; more

Central Georgia Sports ReportMarch 02, 2021Comment

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: Updated state basketball pairings

Scoreboard

High School

Baseball

ACE 4, Lamar County 3

Bleckley County 6, Crawford County 2
Three runs in the first were all the Royals needed, thanks in part to five Crawford County errors. Brody Little had three of Bleckley County’s eight hits, and Dawson Chapman scored three times. Levi Hammock had two hits for the Eagles. Eli Mullis and Conner Senters teamed for a five-hitter with nine strikeouts and six walks.

Central 7, GMC 3
Central survived four errors, and sealed it with five runs in the sixth.

Jasper County/Monticello 9, Baldwin 0
The Canes led 3-0 after two and blew it open with four in the sixth, helped along the way by four errors and three earned runs. Hunter Hayes fanned nine with four walks and a hit in 5.1 innings and Trent Maddox finished things off. Ethan Lynch had three hits for Jasper County, with Maddox and Barton adding two each, Barton with two RBI.

Mary Persons 10, Eagle’s Landing 0
Eric Snow had two hits, RBI, and runs from the leadoff spot for the 7-1 Bulldogs, who combined only six hits with five walks and three Eagle’s Landing errors, and three triples. Thomas Willingham threw a five-inning four-hitter, striking out three with no walks.

Soccer

G-East Laurens 1, Swainsboro 0
Kaleigh Jackson gave the Falcons the lone and game-winning goal.
B-Swainsboro 2, East Laurens 1

Tennis

G-Stratford 5, Upson-Lee 0
B-Stratford 5, Upson-Lee 0

College

Golf

M-Southern Invitational, Mercer, third, second round

Soccer

W-Francis Marion 3, Georgia College 1

Alumni Update

Fromm earns raves in weird year with Bills, ready for competition

FPD’s Moore wins SoCon hurdles title

Former FPD track standout Titus Moore is the Southern Conference indoor 60-meter hurdles champ.

He ran a 7.93 over the weekend to help the Samford men’s team win the conference indoor title at the meet in Lexington, Va., home to VMI. He also ran 7.93 and 6.99 and 7.02 in earlier heats.

The NCAA indoor championships are March 11-13 at Arkansas, with the outdoor season to start a week later.

Honor Roll

Middle Georgia State volleyballer picked by SSAC

As is a women’s soccer player

Around/About Central Georgia

Georgia College men seeded second in PBC tournament

Bobcats still a tournament team to watch

Mercer-Florida State lose to weather, at SC next

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Atlanta dumps Lloyd Pierce amid disappointing start

Who’s next?

What kind of team do the Hawks want to be?