Sunday's Daily News ' Notes: Scoreboard; Georgia Sports Hall of Fame; GHSA baseball/ACE/Houston County; GHSA golf; Alums/UGA degrees; GMC softball
Sunday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
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Alumni Update
Area alums get UGA degrees
Central Georgia has a number of former high school standouts got their degrees over the weekend at Georgia’s graduation.
Football player Darius Jackson of Washington County earned a degree in biological science, and softball standout Mary Wilson Avant of Stratford graduated in marketing research.
Around/About Central Georgia
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame set for banquet weekend
The weather will apparently warm up just in time for the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame’s 65th induction ceremony.
The jacket presentation ceremony is Friday night – invitation only – at the Hall.
The FanFest, with the new inductees as well as many others, is Saturday form 1-2:30 p.m. at the Hall. Admission is free.
Dinner and induction ceremony Saturday night at the Macon City Auditorium.
For ticket info, call 478-752-1585 or visit here or here.
The Hall has added a Class of Legends, for “numerous late, great athletes, coaches, and advocates for Georgia sports who, though deserving, were not inducted during their respective lifetimes.”
The Hall is honoring former Northeast standout Al Lucas, multi-sport athletes Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley (a co-author of ‘The Three Faces of Eve”) and Escue Rodgers, and baseball player Robert Montag. Rodgers coached at Fort Valley State in the 1950s.
This year’s class: sports journalist, author, and broadcaster Tony Barnhart, baseball player Tom Glavine, football player Joe Hamilton, basketball player Janet Harris, baseball/football player Brian Jordan, high school football coach Ray Lamb, basketball player Maya Moore, and football player Matt Stinchcomb.
Two busy former Braves are ready. Jordan knows his way around Central Georgia.
Two CGA teams left; GHSA sets baseball finals
ACE has a game three on Monday while Houston County begins its series as the only two Central Georgia teams left in the GHSA playoffs.
The Gryphons are at Gordon Lee with their third game at 5 p.m. Houston County visits Allatoona, their series starting at 4:30 p.m.
The GHSA has finalized the championships series logistics, with finals at Coolray Field in Gwinnett, Truist Park, and Grayson Stadium in Savannah.
The Class A Public final is in Savannah, the ACE-Gordon Lee winner playing Metter, first pitch at 5 p.m. on Friday.
The Class 6A series is TBA, but at Truist Park, starting either May 24 or 25.
Area teams set for state golf tournament
Fifteen teams from Central Georgia will tee off Monday in the GHSA state golf tournament.
The Class AA tournament will be held at Southern Hills in Hawkinsville, with Bleckley County the host school.
Rutland’s girls in 2018 won the Class 3A championship, the last Central Georgia team to bring home a trophy. FPD’s boys won the Class A private title a year earlier.
Central Georgia’s qualifying teams and individuals:
Class 4A: West Laurens boys and girls; Perry boys, Rutland girls
Class AAA: Mary Persons boys and girls; Upson-Lee girls; Upson-Lee’s boys Trey Kelly
Class AA: Dodge County boys; Bleckley County boys and girls; Washington County boys; East Laurens boys and girls; Jasper County girls
Class A Public: ACE girls; Hawkinsville girls; ACE’s boys’ JD Judd
Class A Private: Stratford and FPD boys and girls
GMC softball heads to national JC tournament
GMC beat Gordon State twice on Friday to win the Southeast Regional and advance to the National Junior College Athletic Association tournament.
It starts on May 25 in Yuma, Ariz., but brackets have yet to be set. GMC is 36-15.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Atlanta takes momentum from rout of Rockets into playoffs
Tech’s Chris Bosh earns spot on next basketball HOF class
Another rough bullpen outing, another close Braves loss
NBA/WNBA
NBA legends Russell heads new basketball HOF class
Randles leads Knicks to fourth seed over Atlanta
College Sports
NCAA puts softball regionals in state with new transgender laws
College Football
Sam Houston scores late for FCS title over South Dakota State
Sports and COVID-19
Around the nation/world
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Nadal tops Djokovic for 10th Italian Open