Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Signings: Stratford, Mary Persons, Upson-Lee, Warner Robins; Mercer; Russell Henley; Braves, Hawks; 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.
Scoreboard
College
Baseball
North Carolina 3, Georgia Tech 2
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MLB
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Signings
At Stratford: Thomas Brewer and Will Fackler to Georgia College for men’s tennis.
Stratford’s Thomas Brewer, Jaime Kaplan, and Will Fackler.
Brewer went 16-0 in 2020 to finish 62-0 in singles and doubles at Stratford, and was all-region three times, all Eagle state championship seasons. Fackler went 8-0 in 2021 and finished his Stratford career 50-1. They were part of a 74-1 run with the Eagles.
At Mary Persons: Baseball standout Jaden Bankston is headed to South Georgia State junior college.
Upson-Lee: Trey Kelly, who finished tied for sixth in 3A boys state golf earlier this week, signed with Columbus State. Ja’Khia Parker will play women’s basketball at Albany Tech.
Warner Robins: Christian Bowen signed to play men’s soccer at Truett-McConnell.
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer, winningest softball coach part ways
Another 35-win season clinched by Mercer
Henley off to brutal start at PGA Championship
His day started with a bogey. And then another one. And then three before making the turn.
Russell Henley will have to follow his worst round since February of 2019 (AT&T Pebble Beach) with perhaps his best in awhile to make the cut at the PGA Championship in Kiawah Island, S.C.
The Stratford grad shot a 6-over 78 and is tied for 127th in a field of 155
It was a staggering day of eight bogeys in 18 holes, with two birdies. He spent seven of the nine holes after the turn at 4-over or worse.
Henley’s highest score this season before Thursday was 75, at The Players Championship (148, missed cut) and the fourth round of last week’s Wells Fargo, a rough 9-over 293.
He tied for 37th in last year’s PGA at TPC Harding in San Francisco. Henley didn’t play in 2019, and tied for 50th in 2018.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Hawks likely without Reddish for first round
NBA fines McMillan 25K for officials/Knicks comments
Atlanta falls to Pittsburgh in 10
Ex-Bulldog Wheeler at UK for a title
UGA softball opens NCAA Regional with WKU
Bulldogs go through six pitchers in 2-0 loss
Heels get one in the top of the ninth to top Tech
NBA/WNBA
Beal, Westbrook lead Wizards to win, eighth seed
Augustus goes from major player to coach
Baseball
Sabathia latest to rip LaRussa, White Sox
Marlins get two-hitter in shutting out Philly
Pujols bomb helps Dodgers in 3-2 win
NFL
Tebow officially signs with Jacksonville
Around the nation/world
Conners keeps cool for PGA lead
Toronto vs. Montreal in playoffs for first time in how long?