Tuesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Houston County eyes state title; Mayhem, Mercer honors; Signings: Dublin, Upson-Lee; GMC softball; Falcons, Braves, more
Tuesday'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:
Sun Belt: Georgia State 9, ULM 6
Southern Conference tournament
Softball
Salt Lake CC 6, GMC 0, NJCAA Tournament
Pro
MLB
WNBA
Atlanta 90, Chicago 83
Honor Roll
Seven Bears – Delano twice – earn All-SoCon honors
Signings
At Dublin: Brianna McRae is the first Irish female athlete to sign a dual scholarship, heading to Reinhardt for women’s basketball and women’s track. She averaged more than 22 points a game in her four-year basketball career, and is second all-time in scoring, and won the 2019 Class AA state title in the 110 hurdles.
At Upson-Lee: Jakhia Parker has signed with Albany Tech.
Around/About Central Georgia
GMC falls in national tournament opener
The top-ranked team in the NJCAA showed why, Salt Lake Community College starting off hot and finishing off a 6-0 win over GMC JC Tuesday in the NJCAA national tournament in Yuma, Ariz.
Salt Lake pitching gave up only three hits, with nine strikeouts against two walks. Jane Shellhorse turned in a nice outing in the circle for GMC, with six strikeouts and walk, with six hits in six innings.
The Bulldogs play Chattanooga State at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in an elimination game. CSU lost 1-0 to San Jacinto-South.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Smith says little about Julio Jones’ future
NYC mayor chimes in on Trae Young
Can Atlanta slow down Randle again?
Houston County’s Woods clutch in Georgia SEC win over LSU
SEC: Auburn popped by Ole Miss
ACC: Louisville bombs Clemson with seven dingers
Sun Belt: Georgia State powers past Louisiana-Monroe
Sports and COVID
NBA
Doncic puts up 39, Mavs go up 2-0
Davis, Lakers bounce back to stop Suns
NFL
Rodgers or not, Packers will stay focused
Ex-Giants employee talks of violent workplace
Most Steelers on time for OTAs
Around the nation/world