Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer men fall; conference honorees; Rush Propst tape makes charges; Miles, Kansas are done; college basketball; and more

Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer men fall; conference honorees; Rush Propst tape makes charges; Miles, Kansas are done; college basketball; and more

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: Mercer men battle but fall short in Southern Conference championship

 

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High School
Baseball
ACE 10, Lamar County 5
Covenant 4, Crisp 3
Crawford County 9, Taylor County 0
          The Eagles scored three in the first and rolled, thanks in part to four errors. Derontae Stewart and Brennan Hudson each had two hits from atop the lineup, teaming for five runs.  Caleb Carr struck out 13 with four walks in the complete-game win.
Fitzgerald 5, Warner Robins 3
          Fitzgerald scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth for the win, surrendering only two hits.
Howard 4, Spalding 3
          The Huskies scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to tie it, and then won the program’s 165th game on two wild pitches that brought in Gavin Williams, who opened the inning with a double. Howard starter Andrew Garnett whiffed 14 in seven innings, Landon Daniels getting the win. Gavin Williams and Khalil Lavender had two hits each for Howard (3-4/1-0). The Huskies visit Westside on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., while Rutland is at Spalding the same day at 5:55 p.m.
Jasper County 4, Putnam County 4
John Milledge 21, Brentwood 4
Johnson County 15, Wilkinson County 2
Peach County 3, Northside 2
          The Eagles scored two in the bottom of the seventh to rally, but Ke’Andrew Towns ended the threat and jam with the bases loaded with a strikeout. Rhett Adams and Hunter Johnson had two hits each for Northside, Colter Ginn with two of Peach County’s six hits.
Perry 15, Westside 0
          The Panthers ended it in three innings on 11 hits and seven walks. Brayden Long and Carson Mashburn had two hits each and teamed for five RBI. Dylan Butler and Carson Bryant drove in two runs each. Wyatt Doyle and Ethan Bearden combined for the short-game no-hitter, with seven strikeouts and no walks.
Rutland 17, Baldwin 11
Strong Rock 3, FPD 2

Soccer
B-Bleckley County 2, Dodge County 1
B-Mary Persons 8, Central 0

Tennis
G-Bleckley County 4, Telfair County 1
B-Bleckley County 5, Telfair County 0
G-Veterans 3, Stratford 2
B-Stratford 5, Veterans 0

College
Basketball
M-App State 80, Georgia State 73
M-UNGC 69, Mercer 61

Baseball

Golf
M-Bearcat Classic, Georgia College, round 1
W-UNF Collegiate, Mercer, round 1

Soccer

Volleyball
Mercer 3, Wofford 0
UNC Pembroke 3, Georgia College 1

College players of the week

Southern Conference baseball: Mercer’s Kelley

Peach Belt softball: Georgia College’s Hobbs

SSAC men’s soccer: MGSU’s Kittelman

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer-Xavier series canceled, Bears seek opponent

Mercer volleyball sets program record

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Tape of Rush Propst charging Saban & Smart with cheating emerges, UGA investigating

Chubb shoots down payment charges from Propst

Tech takes ACC top player, defender in ACC

Reddish undergoes Achilles procedure

Titans trading bust Wilson to Miami

Georgia State topped in Sun Belt finale

Kennesaw State ranked ninth in “preseason” poll

 

College Basketball

Cutouts donations at women’s Final Four to help causes

App State back in first tourney since 2000

Troy women take Sun Belt again                                 

UConn women win 19th Big East trophy

A look at the men’s tournaments

Creighton players explain in video thoughts on coach, statement

And after a game suspension, he’s reinstated

 

Top-ranked Gonzaga pops St.Mary’s in semifinal

Big 12 boss optimistic as tournaments near

A maddening season for Pitino at Iona

 

College Basketball

Conference tournaments

Southern Conference women

Southern Conference men

Peach Belt men

Peach Belt women

SEC women

SEC men

ACC women

ACC men

Sun Belt women

Sun Belt men

Atlantic Sun men

Atlantic Sun women

Gulf South women

Gulf South men

 

NBA/WNBA

 

Baseball

Foltynewicz picking up some heat in fastball

 

College Football

Kansas and Miles part ways

 

NFL

Titans trading bust Wilson to Miami

Cowboys, Prescott come to terms

Looking for opioid alternative to pain management

Remember when Houston love its football, and got loved back?

 

Sports and racial/social awareness

Column: Larson’s win shouldn’t count as redemption

Analysis: Texas will find a way to clear race in “Eyes of Texas 
”

 

Sports and COVID-19

So much has changed in sports and habits in the last year

Chicago baseball fans to see some Chicago baseball finally

 

Around the nation/world

Smokin’ Joe gets a statue, mural in adopted hometown

Column: Larson’s win shouldn’t count as redemption

 Men’s college basketball scoreboard

Women’s college basketball scoreboard

NBA scoreboard

NHL roundup/scoreboard

College football scoreboard