Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Rutland's Easom moving; Middle Georgia State; Mayhem; Braves, Acuna; Falcons; Southern Conference; more
Wednesday'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: Rusty Easom and his staff had put in plenty of work to turn Rutland football around, and the Hurricanes were making legitimate progress. It took a dream job to keep Easom from continuing that progress, and he’s headed to Griffin.
SCOREBOARD
College
Baseball
Middle Georgia State 5, Bryan College, 4; Southeastern 18, MGSU 4; NAIA Tournament; MGSU eliminated
Pro
MLB
WNBA
REPORTING SPORTS
Honor Roll
Four Mayhem players named to All-SPHL team
Around/About Central Georgia
MGSU splits, eliminated from NAIA tournament
The Knights stayed alive in the first game of the NAIA regional in Lakeland, Fla., Wednesday, but the top seed and host ended Middle Georgia State’s season in the afternoon.
MGSU beat Bryan, for the second time in the week, 5-2 in 11 innings in an 11 a.m. start. The Knights led 2-0 after two, and Bryan tied it with one in the fifth and eighth. Middle Georgia State, which survive four errors, put up three in the top of the 11th.
Ryan Wilson single, Justin Brooks bunt single, Blake Metcalfe RBI single. A few batters later, J.T Rice brought in two more runs with a single to center. Bryan got out of the inning with no more damage and the bases loaded.
Caleb Lanoux finished a nifty 3.2 innings in relief - striking out five with no walks – retired Bryan in the bottom half, allowing only a leadoff double.
Parker Stahlman and Metcalfe each had three hits, Wilson and Paolo Brossier two each. Rice with three RBI.
Right after that, though, Southeastern (50-7) woke up after the Knights took a 1-0 lead in the first, with a pair of three-run innings for a 6-2 lead after three. Southeastern kept rolling, sealing it with four in the seventh and turning it into a scoreboard rout with seven in the ninth.
Eight Knights had a hit, Stahlman scoring twice and Michael Garner driving in two runs as Middle Georgia State’s season came to an end with a 36-21 record.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Acuna walks it off for the first time in his career
‘If there was ever a timely win’
New HS basketball league building facility in Atlanta
Falcons’ Mike Davis looks packed, draws attention
SEC to hand out $23 mil to each school for COVID expenses
This week’s UGA men’s basketball transfer is … and is Auburn bound
Southern Conference to keep basketball tournament in Asheville for awhile
Baseball
Sports and racial/social issues
Texas, home to “Eyes of Texas” and racial implications, hires Black band director
NBA/WNBA
LeBron’s big bomb in final minute lefts Lakers past Warriors
Spurs season comes to an early end
Only a play-in, but still a big LeBron-Curry battle
College Sports
Duke promotes female to athletics director
Around the nation/world
Elliott a favorite in road course race in Austin