Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Gainous from Georgia College to Perry, Peach County/Mayhem, West Laurens hires, Perry's Casey Hayward, Mercer W🏀; Hawks, Falcons, UGA, Tech, more
Thursday'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: Perry’s new boys basketball coach comes from the college ranks; West Laurens plucks the Mary Persons staff for a new football coach
High School
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
Crawford County 6, Taylor County 5
Hawkinsville 15, Dooly County 0; Hawkinsville 21, Dooly County 0
Mary Persons 7, Trinity Christian 0
Ian Lewis and Tristan Hunt teamed up for a six-hit shutout. Brady Christman, Ryan Jenkins and Hunt had two hits each for the Bulldogs, Aric Mock with two RBI.
Perry 15, Baldwin 0
Brayden Long and Carson Bryant each had two hits and two RBI for the Panthers. Price Massey drove in three runs and Dyland Butler two in the three-inning win.
Strong Rock 5, Mount de Sales 3
⛳⛳⛳ Lacrosse ⛳⛳⛳
G-Northgate 15, Stratford 4
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
Girls
East Laurens 8, Vidalia 1
Lamar County 7, Washington County 1
Putnam County 8, Jefferson County 0
Stratford 5, Jones County 1
Tattnall 3, John Milledge 1
Brynn Scott had a pair of goals for the Trojans, Kennedy Walton adding insurance.
Boys
Dodge County 4, Northeast 1
John Milledge 6, Tattnall 1
Putnam County 5, Jefferson County 0
Stratford 2, Jones County 2
West Laurens 1, Westside 0
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
Girls
West Laurens 4, Stratford 1
Boys
Stratford 3, West Laurens 2
College
⚾ ⚾ ⚾Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Pro
SPHL
Pensacola 5, Macon 2
NBA
📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰
Alumni Update
Perry’s Hayward amped about playing with Terrell in Atlanta
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB: Good news for Mercer women-major duo coming back
Around/About Georgia
WBKB: New head coach making almost a mil
MBKB: Tech in the hunt for two transfers
Surging Hawks roll past Cleveland
Another Bennett walking on at Georgia
Notes and observations from UGA practice No. 8
Tech gets a veteran receivers coach
BSB: UGA takes down Florida in ninth-inning walk-off
Falcons bolster secondary some more
NCAA Tournaments
Men’s scores and boxes and schedules
Women’s scores and boxes and schedules
(Note: annoying video at the start)
W-Women’s hoops in Minnesota has been huge for awhile
W-Staley has built elite, popular program at South Carolina
W-Louisville to come in with a ‘fighting shot’
W-Auriemma knows what’s coming with Stanford
W-Coaching legends battle with UConn, Stanford
W-South Carolina can’t overlook Louisville
M-Krzyzewski can enjoy the moment, but …
M-Nova likes guards in the low post
M-Portal, COVID moves help Final Four teams
W-Portal is ‘way, way, way out of hand’
W-Auriemma favors separate women’s and men’s events
More
M-St. Peter’s can’t keep merchandise on shelves
College basketball tournaments
Jonas Hayes-coached Xavier outbattles A&M for NIT title
College basketball
M-Shaheen introduced at Seton Hall, with St. Peter’s on hand
W-South Carolina’s Boston AP’s top player
W-LSU’s Mulkey is coach of the year, third time
M-WVU’s Huggins reportedly gets Hall of Fame nod
Emmert decries the pace of basketball investigations
Who are the men’s ‘blue bloods’?
W-Tennessee center leaving after three seasons
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Antetokounmpo passes Abdul-Jabbar atop Bucks’ scoring list
Public gets a look at LeBron’s foundation house in Akron
Auto Racing
Winless at Richmond, Elliott’s still the favorite
Golf/Tennis
Osaka rallies into Miami Open final
Mission Hills bowing out with finale in the desert
MLB/Baseball
Schildt still confused: from a playoff run to fired from his dream team
College Football/South
Tennessee QB situation in decent shape
College Sports
Emmert claims progress in women’s NCAAs, but not on pay
Column: Emmert’s SOTU address just more capitulation
NFL
Arians denies rift with Brady, plan was solely for succession
Analysis: So, why do owners get taxpayer money for stadiums?
Congress investigating Snyder, Commanders, financial improprieties
Now, about that staggering Deshaun Watson contract
Alex Smith lets loose on Commanders
Around the nation/world