Tuesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Dooly County's Felton; HoCo signings; conference honors; Mercer; All-Star Game; NCAAs; more
Tuesday'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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Alumni Update
Dooly County’s Felton earns GCAA honors
Former Dooly County basketball standout Zeff Felton was named the defensive player of the year in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association.
The Albany Tech led the GCAA’s all-defensive team after finishing first in blocks and sixth in the conference in steals.
Signings
Houston County held a signing ceremony on Tuesday for five athletes in two sports.
Girls basketball: Skylar Bailey to Central Arkansas, Kendra Roberts to LaGrange, and Danielle Childs to Wesleyan.
Baseball: Chris Le to St. Andrews, and E.J. Lewis to Barton College.
College players of the week
Southern Conference football: Mercer’s Dowden
SSAC baseball: Middle Georgia State’s Martin
Honor Roll
Middle Georgia State takes major SSAC women’s soccer honors
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer tops Georgia State for fourth straight win
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
New Orleans gets three-bombed by the Hawks
Soto walk-off hands Atlanta another L
More fallout from All-Star Game move
Braves pick up infielder Arcia for Sobotka and Weigel
Daniels has ‘fully transitioned’ to UGA
A look at UGA football’s early enrollees (including Bleckley County’s Mims)
Jackets stacked at running back
Tech volleyball has waited a long time for NCAA trip
Men’s NCAA Tournament
Column: Blaming Gonzaga’s conference is wrong on many counts
Baylor strengths were bright in blowout
About 17 mil watched the championship
Grand Canyon player killed in accident makes “One Shining Moment”
College Basketball
FSU’s Hamilton among those getting nifty bonuses
Stanford’s Williams declares for WNBA draft
Former UCLA forward giving up the game
Valentine has a big act to follow at Loyola
Davis starts making UNC program his own
Help wanted: Vanderbilt’s women’s basketball
Baseball
MLB makes All-Star Game move official
Red Sox are wearing what for Patriots Day weekend?
College Sports
Wisconsin’s Alvarez makes retirement date official
NFL
Woman publicly address assault by Watson
Communications between attorneys shared
Dunlap needed assurances before going back to Seattle
49ers Gordon working for women’s equity
Around the nation/world