Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mary Persons' Herring; Dublin's Walden; GMC, Mercer honorees; Braves gets hits, win; Hawks rough; 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.
SCOREBOARD
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High School
GHSA Playoffs
Soccer
Girls
5A: McIntosh 9, Jones County 0; Jones County eliminated
A Public: Atkinson County 4, Dublin 3, PKs; Dublin eliminated
A Private: ACE 1, Lake Oconee 0; vs. Portal or Wheeler County
A Private: St. Vincent’s 3, Stratford 1; Stratford eliminated
A Private: FPD 2, ELCA 1; vs. Hebron Christian or Pinecrest
Madelyn Davis and Emmie DeZoort scored, with assists from Claire Harrison and Luci Bonfim to lift the Vikings into the next round.
Tennis
Girls
AA: Bleckley County 5, Bremen 0; vs. Early County or Lovett
A Public: Seminole County 4, ACE 1; ACE eliminated
Regular season
Baseball
Calvary Christian 15, Westfield 6
Fullington 11, Windsor 3
John Milledge 10, Gatewood 0
Piedmont 7, LaGrange 0
Soccer
G-Bulloch 4, Westfield 2
B-Bulloch 4, Westfield 1
Pro
NBA
MLB
Alumni Update
Mary Persons’ Herring may be undervalued draft prospect
Dublin grad Erik Walden does some chatting
College players of the week
Southern Conference baseball: Mercer’s Dispigna
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Rugged night for Atlanta at Detroit
Draft rumor: Falcons might trade Julio
Baseball
Winning out West: Oakland, SF, and SD are rolling
Bridich resigns as GM at Colorado
College Sports
Mulkey celebrates homecoming for the “one job”
Danny Manning joins Maryland as assistant
Kessler transferring from UNC to Auburn
NFL
Packers committed to Rodgers for awhile
Sports and COVID-19
Column: Vaccine a key to get 135K at Indy 500
Around the nation/world
Column: Vaccine a key to get 135K at Indy 500