Saturday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer, Russell Henley; college hoops, college BKB, NBA, NASCAR, more
Saturday’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
Basketball
GHSA
Girls
Hancock Central 50, Commerce 35
Lake Oconee 58, Taylor County 30
Woodward 67, Warner Robins 35
Boys
King’s Ridge 59, FPD 57
Baseball
Holmes County 7, Veterans 3
Houston County 12, Madison Central 7; Houston County 11, Tampa Jesuit 4
Jones County 9, Marietta 0; Eastside 4, Jones County 0
Stratford 3, Bethlehem Christian 1
Golf
B-Perry 299, St. Pius X 308, Carrollton 315
Medalist: Andrew Reyes, Perry, 71
Soccer
B-Rutland 1, Stratford 1
Tennis
G-Bleckley County 4, Stratford 1
B-Stratford 5, Bleckley County 0
College
Basketball
M-App State 73, Georgia Southern 60
M-Missouri 79, Georgia 69
Baseball
Middle Georgia State 10, Stillman 3
Young Harris 5, Georgia College 4; Young Harris 4, Georgia College 0
Softball
Charleston Southern 3, Mercer 2; CSU 9, Mercer 7
Lander 10, Georgia College 1; Lander 10, Georgia College 0
Pro
SPHL
Fayetteville 4, Macon 1
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Around/about Central Georgia
MBKB: Mercer falls to second seed Furman
Henley even, improves
Russell Henley shot another even-par round Saturday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and jumped into a tie for ninth.
The Maconite had one birdie and one bogey on the front nine, and, again, three of each on the back nine.
He is five strokes back of leader Billy Horschel.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
MBKB: Missouri ends losing skid with comeback win over UGA
College basketball conference tournaments
M-SEC
M-ACC
College Basketball
Krzyzewski: ‘Season isn’t over’
NBA/WNBA
Popovich still short of record
Auto Racing
Hendrick squashes potential Larson-Elliott feud
College Sports
Soccer star felt stress to be perfect, a familiar battle for college athletes
Golf/Tennis
Horschel, Gooch share lead at Bay Hill
Soccer
Nearly two dozen injured in brawl at Mexican match
First-year Charlotte team sets attendance record
Around the nation/world