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
NBA
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
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
MLB, ESPN stick together for seven more years
NFL
Browns have three draft picks already signed
Will Fitzgerald go from Arizona to Minnesota?
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