Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GHSA golf, Middle Georgia State, Mercer; Braves, Hawks; MLB, NBA; 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.
In Coverage: The Scoreboard, including Central Georgians in GHSA state golf
Around/About Central Georgia
Central Georgia teams, individuals in state golf hunt
Four individuals from Central Georgia are in the top five after a day of GHSA state golf throughout the state.
And four teams are within 30 shots of the top team in their respective classes.
The closest teams to the lead are Perry’s boys in 4A and Bleckley County’s girls in AA, 24 shots back. Bleckley County’s boys are 25 back and Stratford’s boys 27 back.
Ten area golfers are in the top 10 in their respective classes.
West Laurens’ Kate Belote is one stroke out of first in 4A girls. Andrew Reyes and Aaron Stocks of Perry and Nicholas Browning, West Laurens are all within 10 in 4A boys.
Bleckley County’s Lucy Wiegert is third in AA girls, two shots out of the lead. Classmate Ty Cranford is four back on the boys side, as is J.D. Judd of ACE in A Public boys.
Upson-Lee’s Trey Kelly, Dodge County’s Wyatt Jones, FPD’s Avery Robinson and Trey Mixon, and Stratford’s Peter Garud are all within 10 shots in their respective classifications.
MGSU wins NAIA national opener in thrilling fashion
The Knights and Bryan (Tenn.) were in quite the pitchers duel, going eight scoreless innings in their opener of the NAIA baseball tournament regional in Winter Haven, Fla.
Then Bryan got its first hit, a leadoff single in the ninth, and got the game’s first run on a sacrifice fly.
No problem.
Pinch-hitter William Giles doubled and advanced to third on a grounder. In infield single, walk, and strikeout followed, and then Joel Ellis deliver the walk-off single to right to score Giles and Parker Stahlman.
Ellis had three of the Knights’ seven hits.
Garrett Martin went the distance for Middle Georgia State, striking out seven with a walk on 131 pitches.
The Knights play region top seed and host Southeastern at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mercer picks up hoops transfer with Tennessee, Wake Forest resume
Georgia Southern to close out Mercer baseball’s home schedule
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Atlanta bats quieted as injured Mets win at Truist
Ynoa out for two months, loses punching battle with bench
Mets’ Pillar takes pitch in face, is OK
How does McMillan make Atlanta better in the playoffs?
Sahvir Wheeler heading to Kentucky
NBA/WNBA
LeBron vs Steph in play-in tournament to get postseason started?
Injuries likely to lead to sluggish postseason play
Longtime announcer Albert is retiring after nearly 60 years
Baseball
Pujols moves across town to the Dodgers
And plays right away, drives in a run
Cubs’ Bryant back to slugging
NFL
Reich weary of whining about Wentz
Broncos hire woman as exec in football operations
Around the nation/world
NY suspends Baffert from state tracks
Fowler now struggling to get into majors