Wednesday'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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Alumni Update

Westside’s Reeves enters the portal

          In not terribly unexpected news, former Westside guard Kowacie Reeves Jr., of Florida is in the transfer portal.

          His former head coach, Mike White, is now the head coach at Georgia.

          He started 10 of 29 games and averaged 15.5 minutes a game, 5.5 points and 1.4 rebounds, ending the season with some strong outings.

          Reports indicate that Reeves is open to staying at Florida.

 Northside’s Nelson signs with Houston

 

Signings

          Jones County kicking standout Evan West has signed with Ave Maria University, an NAIA program in Florida’s Sun Conference.

          Stratford’s Garrett Lang signed to play baseball at Berry College.

          Two Central girls basketball standouts have signed, TaNiya Pryor with St. Petersburg College and Trazur Cooper with Denmark Technical College.

Around/About Georgia

Hunter, Young lead Hawks to play-in rout

Freight train delays Charlotte arrival

A W without Collins, Williams

Charlotte’s Bridges throws mouthpiece, hits young fan

A one on one with Young

FB: Finally, J.T. Daniels has a new team

FB: New pressure for Smart

FB: McConkey no longer an underdog

Washington pitching handcuffs Atlanta

MBKB: UGA’s Ingram hopes to return

MBKB: And Oquendo will return

HS: Tri-Cities AD begins suspension for gun confiscation issue

 

 Baseball/MLB

Tampa Bay’s Phillips homers after engaging with young cancer victim, brings joy to the game

Kershaw pulled after seven with a perfect game

Giants, Padres coaches mend fences after incident, comments

Scherzer cruises in Mets win

Gash in hand doesn’t slow Guerrero, who belts three bombs

Battle of Ohio tied after Cleveland win

College basketball

W-South Carolina celebrates national championship 

NBA/WNBA

Pelicans advance with win over Spurs

Heat not worried about lack of believers 

Auto Racing

Next Gen issue, and Waltrip is back 

Golf/Tennis

Is the Masters leaving money on the table? 

NFL

Mayfield felt disrespected, deceived, but no regrets in Cleveland

Raiders extend QB Carr

College Football/South

Takeaways from Auburn’s spring so far 

College Football

Is Lane Kiffin or Lincoln Riley the portal king?

Michigan State holding open practice instead of spring game again 

College Sports

Column: Pay for good grades, not for coaches not to coach 

Olympics

Decorated Felix announces retirement

Around the nation/world

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

MLB games/scores