Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Stratford mourns; Allisha Gray celebrates gold; Signing: Baldwin; Honor Roll: FVSU, Georgia College, Mercer; Northside's Jones retires; Braves; Olympics, MLB, NFL, CFB, more

July 29, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

Wednesday'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: Stratford mourns death of runner Bethune

In Coverage: Gold for Golden Hawk legend Allisha Gray (with reactions and interview)

Scoreboard

Little League

Southeast Region Softball

Virginia 3, Georgia 0

Weather stopped the game Tuesday night, and Virginia added an insurance run in the bottom of the fourth to win the small-ball battle. Georgia had one more hit, but also four errors en route to allowing all unearned runs. Dudley’s Cheyann Phillips fanned nine with two walks, as did Virginia’s two pitchers. Georgia was eliminated, and Virginia went on to beat North Carolina to win the region title and advance.

Summer Baseball

Savannah 8, Macon 7

The Bacon led 2-1 after one, gave up four in the second, trailed 8-2 after seven and scored five in the eight only to fall short. Ashton Roy and Dondrae Bremner had three hits each for Macon, and Tattnall grad Logan Fink drove in two runs.had three hits for Macon,

Pro

MLB

NY Mets 2, Atlanta 1

Signings

Will Freeman, a huge factor in Baldwin’s run to GHSA Class 4A boys state championship in 2020-21, is headed up I-75 to play at Life, an NAIA program in Marietta. Freeman’s game-winner with 3.8 seconds left gave the Braves a 54-53 win over Fayette County at the Macon Coliseum.

Alumni Update

Northside grad Abry Jones (probably) retires from the NFL

Honor Roll

FVSU puts four on SIAC All-Academic, more on another list

Four Georgia College hoopers on NABC Honors Court

Mercer men put three on the court

Around/About Central Georgia

FVSU working on brand new track in stadium

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Mets get just enough O to nip Fried and Braves

Julio Jones and Roddy White in cannabis/fraud lawsuit

Olympics