Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GMC vs. ACE for state; first CGA state track champions crowned; Mayhem, Mercer, Middle Georgia State; Hawks, Braves, Falcons, more

Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GMC vs. ACE for state; first CGA state track champions crowned; Mayhem, Mercer, Middle Georgia State; Hawks, Braves, Falcons, more

Thursday'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: Claire Harrison of FPD opened the first day of the GHSA state track meets with a title, and Mary Persons’ Justin Wachtel ended the day with one, another one or two on the horizon

 

In Coverage: In a short period of time, ACE and GMC have developed a soccer rivalry. Now, they’re playing for a state championship

 

Scoreboard

College

Baseball

Elon 8, Georgia Southern 5

Softball

App State Georgia State 2; Sun Belt Tournament, GSU eliminated

UNC Greensboro 3, Mercer 2; Mercer 6, Chattanooga 2; Southern Conference Tournament

 

Pro

MLB

Toronto 8, Atlanta 4

NBA

Atlanta 116,  Orlando 93

 

Honor Roll

GC tennis earns PBC sportsmanship award

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mayhem open President’s Cup finals at Pensacola

Mercer splits, stays alive in SoCon softball

Middle Georgia State in NAIA tournament

Mercer hosts The Citadel in final home series

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Hawks look like a playoff team, unexpected a few months ago

Morton struggles, Acuna goes down, and it was an L

Braves notes

Falcons have a good schedule

Atlanta adds TE and OL

UGA’s advantage against Clemson

 

NBA

Haslem returns to action, lasts three minutes and two techs

Heat beat Sixers to stay fifth in East

NBA creates social justice award, for Abdul-Jabbar

 

 

Baseball

Vaccinated Yank tests positive

Pujols now a free agent

MLB, ESPN stick together for seven more years

 

NFL

Browns have three draft picks already signed

Will Fitzgerald go from Arizona to Minnesota?

Packers pick up QB Bortles

Peyton Manning, a Denver intern?

 

College Sports

PAC-12 picks MGM exec as commish

 

College Football

Long, winding football season with FCS title game

Did Ohio State players get alleged Deshaun treatment?

 

Sports and racial/social awareness

Ump makes player remove beads from hair

NBA creates social justice award, for Abdul-Jabbar

 

Sports and COVID 19

Vaccinated Yank tests positive

 

Around the nation/world

Column: Put Baffert in Doping Hall of Fame

Spieth, Spaun at 63 in AT&T Byron Nelson

Biles returning to competition

MLB scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL roundup/scoreboard

College football scoreboard