Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard: Russell Henley/U.S. Open; Hawks-Sixers; Braves-Cards; Honor Roll: Stratford, GMC; NBA, MLB, more
Friday’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: Russell Henley remains on top the leaderboard at the US Open, sharing the lead
SCOREBOARD
Summer Baseball
Pro
NBA
MLB
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Honor Roll
Stratford’s Brewer, GMC’s Haskins make AJC athletes of the year
Mercer’s Delano All-Southeast Region by ABCA/Rawlings
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer adds Lowery to women’s basketball staff
Macon loses again
Lexington County led 4-0 after two and kept Macon at arm’s length en route to a 6-3 win at Luther Williams Field in Coastal Plain action.
Trippe Moore (Mary Persons) along with R Leitch and R Archibald had two hits each for Macon (2-10).
Garrett Houston (Tattnall/Georgia College) threw a shutout ninth inning for Lexington County.
Macon is at Lexington County on Saturday.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Hawks can’t get over the hump against Sixers
Curry and Maxey come to Philly’s rescue
NBA/WNBA
Clippers storm back to make their first conference final
Nowitzki joins Mavs’ wide open front office
Stable Mavs suddenly seeking stability
Edwards, Ball head all-rookie team
Celtics get Walker, pick for Horford
U.S. women look for depth n Olympics roster
Baseball
Japanese start in MLB home run derby
College Baseball
Vandy, Tennessee rivalry on hold a bit
Arizona’s Kopps wins Howser Trophy
2 p.m.: NC State vs. Stanford; 7 p.m.: Arizona vs. Vanderbilt (both ESPN)
NFL
Buffalo thinking about a new outdoor stadium?
Beasley would rather retire than follow COVID rules
Golf/Tennis
U.S. Open co-leader Bland: “give gym-goers” a run for it
Rookie leads Meijer LPGA Classic
Around the nation/world
How exciting will the action be at Nashville Superspeedway?
Florida’s Borkov wins Selke Trophy
Adviser: no fans is best for Olympics
Euro: Scotland holds off England
Olympic swimmer Manuel fails to advance, admits burnout and overtraining
Lochte seventh in 200 IM, doesn’t make it