Sunday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; HS all-state golf; WACO's Gray to Olympics; Hawks win; Braves, Ozuna; more
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.
Sunday Scoreboard
College
Baseball
Sun Belt: South Alabama 10, Georgia Southern 4
Pro
NBA
Central Georgians earn golf all-state honors
Nearly a dozen golfers from eight Central Georgia schools have made the Georgia High School Golf Coaches Association all-state teams.
The association doesn’t have one story or list, and its website hasn’t been updated recently, but the full teams are listed in a stream of Facebook posts.
From Central Georgia:
Class 4A: Jenny Pyon, Rutland; Kate Belote, West Laurens; Aaron Stock, Perry; Andrew Reyes, Perry
Class AAA: Trey Kelly, Upson-Lee
Class AA: Lucy Wiegert, Bleckley County; Ty Cranford, Bleckley County
Class A Public: J.D. Judd, ACE
Class A Private: Trey Mixon, FPD; Peter Garud, Stratford, honorable mention
Alumni Update
Washington County grad Gray makes Olympics basketball roster
Allisha Gray is heading to the Tokyo Olympics as part of the USA’s FIBA 3 on 3 team.
The Washington County grad is on a team with Stefanie Dolson(UConn/Chicago), Kelsey Plum (Washington/Las Vegas), and Katie Lou Samuelson (UConn/Seattle Storm).
The U.S. team went 6-0, beating Spain 21-13 in the final game on Sunday.
This is the first year that 3x3 basketball is part of the Olympics.
Gray is also on the 32-player pool competing for a spot on the US women’s national team.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Young stays hot, Hawks stifle Randle again to go up 3-1
Sun Belt: Georgia Southern falls in championship
Southern Conference: Samford wins it on another walk-off
What’s the impact of gameday home rentals in neighborhoods?
Duke breaks loooong streak, wins ACC title
Tech grad Wieters dropped from Olympic qualifying roster
Health issues force LSU’s Mainieri to retire
Tech in playoff to advance in NCAA men’s golf
But UGA fails to advance in NCAA men’s golf
NBA/WNBA
Roster moves pay off for Bucks
Net thump Celtics, another fan acts out
Seattle Storm coach abruptly retires
Baseball
Former Brave scores the game’s two millionth run
Golf/Tennis
Osaka fined for French Open media boycott, further punishments possible
Column: Tennis shouldn’t be doing this to Osaka
Around the nation/world
Larson gives Hendrick record-breaking win in Coca-Cola 600
Castroneves wins another Indy 500