Monday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; FVSU wins, Georgia College, Mercer; UGA, Tech, Falcons; Sports/Ukraine, MLB, colleges, NBA, NFL

Monday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; FVSU wins, Georgia College, Mercer; UGA, Tech, Falcons; Sports/Ukraine, MLB, colleges, NBA, NFL

Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

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High School

Baseball

Athens Academy 11, Putnam County 4

          A 6-4 game after two stayed that way until Athens Academy got going late. Gerald Kilgore and Mark Winslette had two hits each, Kilgore driving in two runs in Putnam County’s first loss.

Dodge County 6, Hawkinsville 4

          Tyler Shields and Riley Williams teamed for eight strikeouts and a walk in keeping Hawkinsville in check after a three-run first. Braylon Mincey had three hits and Jason Lann added two hits and two RBI for the Indians. Tanner Meeks, Brenden Varnadoe, and Chase Sinyard each had two hits for the Red Devils.

GMC 11, Covenant 2

          GMC answer Covenant’s tying run in the top of the fourth with four in the bottom half. Cayden Avant had three hits for GMC, Black with three RBI.

Howard 15, Westside 0

          A 10-run third ended it in three for the Huskies, who got 15 runs on six hits, all singles, and with only one Westside error, but thanks to 11 walks. Howard stole six bases, two by Gavin Williams. Landon Daniels had two hits and Andrew Garnett three RBI, while striking out seven in three innings.

Jasper County 5, Lake Oconee 4

Spalding 13, Rutland 3

          Spalding put it away with seven runs in the final two innings, helped by five Rutland errors. R.T. Maddox drove in three runs for Rutland.

West Laurens 9, Vidalia 4

          Vidalia marched out to a 4-0 lead after one, but the offensive door was shut after that, the Raiders going ahead with five in the fifth. Gunnar Jeffers survived seven walks in the win, Tucker Brown getting the save with three shutout innings. Eli Floyd and Jace Thompson each had two hits and two RBI, with two more RBI from William Kellam and Matthew Thigpen. 

Soccer

Girls

FPD 4, Jones County 0

          Madelyn Davis took care of the scoring, with two assists from Emmie DeZoort and one from Lucy Bonfim.

Mount de Sales 11, Central 1

Boys

Bleckley County 4, Northeast 0

          Charlie Williams and Clay Thompson each had two goals for the Royals.

FPD 5, Jones County 1

Mount de Sales 7, Central 0

 

Tennis

Girls

FPD 4, Bleckley County 1

West Laurens 5, Stratford 0

Boys

Bleckley County 4, FPD 1

Stratford 5, West Laurens 0

 

College

Basketball

W-Fort Valley State 48, LeMoyne-Owen 45, SIAC Tournament

M-Fort Valley State 73, Kentucky State 53, SIAC Tournament

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Around/About Central Georgia

WBKB-Thomas hits game-winner for FVSU in tournament opener

MBKB-Big second half lifts FVSU to easy tourney win

MBKB-Georgia College at home to open PBC tournament

BSB-Mercer welcomes Florida State

FVSU’s Bridges chasing NFL dream

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Searels back at Georgia to coach offensive line

A look at the revamped UGA staff

Who will be Tech’s feature back in 2022?

Tennessee unlikely to overlook UGA

The combine and the Falcons

 

Sports and Ukraine

World of sports attempts to put squeeze on Russia

Russia suspended from international soccer

NHL stops business dealings with Russia

Sports and social/racial awareness

Big Ten athletes to tour Alabama civil rights sites 

College Basketball/South

All-Sun Belt men’s teams

All-Sun Belt women’s teams 

College Basketball

M-Duke fans flocking to Duke games more than ever

AP women’s poll

AP men’s poll

W-Florida names Finley permanent head coach

M-UNC tops Syracuse in OT 

NBA/WNBA

Mardi Gras float pokes fun at Williamson

Morant dunks over a 7-footer, goes for 52

Barnes makes first 11 shots in Raptors romp

Golf/Tennis

DeChambeau pulls out of Arnold Palmer for health

Medvedev is the 27th No. 1 in ATP rankings

Baseball

The meetings continue, progress made

Jeter steps down atop Marlins

Tongue-in-cheek (probably) Harper inquires about Japan

Column: Why can’t MLB ever put fans first?

College baseball notebook: FSU, polls, NC State, more

College coaches’ poll

 

College Football/South

Scrutiny continues for Grambling after Briles hire …

… and will remain after Briles unhires himself Monday

College Football

 

College Sports

Time for anger management with college coaches?

NFL

Colts propose change in overtime rules

Raiders, Jags in Hall of Fame game

High Schools

Teen dies after going into cardiac arrest and collapsing at game 

Around the nation/world

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball