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

Lexington County 6, Macon 3

Pro
NBA

Philadelphia 104, Atlanta 99

MLB

Atlanta 9, St. Louis 1

 

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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

Fried fabulous in Braves romp

 

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

Nats take Mets in walk-off

Japanese start in MLB home run derby

 

College Baseball

Vandy, Tennessee rivalry on hold a bit

Arizona’s Kopps wins Howser Trophy

What a trip to Omaha means

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

Denmark’s Eriksen released

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

Canadiens coach tests positive, is isolating

MLB scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL roundup/scoreboard