Central Georgia Sports ReportNovember 06, 2022Comment

Sunday's Report: Henley expands lead, GHSA state cross country, Mayhem win, Mercer soccer; Falcons, Hawks; NFL, MLB/Series, NBA, NASCAR, soccer

Central Georgia Sports ReportNovember 06, 2022Comment

Saturday'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.

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College
Basketball

M-Central Georgia Tech 81, Franklin Prep 63

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Flagler 3, Georgia College 0

Mercer 4, Furman 1 (19-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-16)

Pro

SPHL

Macon 4, Fayetteville 0

NBA

Atlanta 124, New Orleans 121, OT

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Around/about Central Georgia

Mary Persons, ACE have top-10 state XC finishes

          Central Georgia was shut out Saturday as far as state championships, team or individuals, but Mary Persons’ girls had a good day.
          The Bulldogs finished third in Class AAA, with four runners in the top 25. They scored 106 points, behind Wesleyan’s 48 and Oconee County’s 99.
          ACE’s girls took 10th in AA, three years after winning the Class A Public title. The boys won it that year, too, and finished 15th in AA.
          ACE’s Nathan Hallar was eighth in AA, the only Central Georgian to finish in the top 10 on Saturday.
          Jones County had a pair of top-10 finishes, seventh for the girls and fourth for the boys.
          Here are the Central Georgia top-25 individual finishers, and team results.

Here are the Central Georgia top-25 individual finishers, and team results.
Class 6A girls
9. Emma Rice, Veterans, 20:08.98
Team: 21. Veterans, 587; 29. Houston County, 846
Class 6A boys
17. Trent Rasmussen, Northside, 17:25.91
Team: 12. Northside, 343; 21. Veterans, 536; 27. Houston County, 776
Class 5A girls
15. Camryn Wommack, Jones County, 21:22.16
Team: 7. Jones County, 255
Class 5A boys
16. Kyle Whipple, Jones County, 17:43.91
Team: 4. Jones County, 208; 31. Warner Robins, 883
Class 4A girls
Team: 20. West Laurens, 524
Class 4A boys
Team: 19. West Laurens, 523; 21. Perry, 568; 24. Baldwin, 652
Class AAA girls
16. Madelyn Causey, Mary Persons, 21:49.54; 20. Lexi Greene, Upson-Lee, 21:54.21; 21. Gabriella Hoover, Mary Persons, 21:54.61; 22. Kolbi McBrayer, Mary Persons, 21:58.40; 23. Abbey Stembridge, Mary Persons, 21:58.65
Team: 3. Mary Persons, 106;
Class AAA boys
13. Mary Persons, 378; 22. Peach County, 566
Class AA girls
25. Alyssa Pennington, Putnam County, 22:57.01
Team: 10. ACE, 310; 19. Putnam County, 478; 23. Washington County, 614; 26. Northeast, 675
Class AA boys
8. Nathan Hallar, ACE, 17:59.93
Team: 15. ACE, 361; 19. Washington County, 533; 22. Putnam County, 581

Mayhem roll to first win

Henley keeps it going in Mexico

Russell Henley went on a huge run last season of bogey-free golf, but suffered hiccups on a few Sundays.

He’s on another such roll, with a different feel, and it has him on top of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

Henley pours it on
Flawless Henley extends lead
Leaderboard

The Stratford grad racked up six more birdies to go with only pars and extended his lead to six strokes with a 6-under third round.

He is now 22 under par, ahead of Will Gordon and Patton Kizzire.

Henley doesn’t recall having a lead like this entering the final round, but he has been in first on Sunday before. It hasn’t gone well.

Short memory.

“I’m really trying not to think about the score,” he said, “and just think about each shot.

“It’s definitely tough to finish golf tournaments.”

He’ll try to do that starting with a 1 p.m. tee time, the final round on the Golf Channel at 2 p.m.

MSOC: Mercer heads north for SoCon semi

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