Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; Travon Walker/draft; Middle Georgia State honors; Signing: Windsor; Peyton Manning/Demaryius Thomas, Brentwood, Mercer; Hawks, Braves, Ga. Southern; NFL Draft, more
Wednesday'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: A Central Georgian going No. 1 in the NFL Draft? Perhaps, but the area is used to first-round picks
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NFL Draft
Expect a record weekend for Georgia
Fontenot knows draft predictions are tough
Will the Bulldogs break the tie with Auburn for No. 1 picks?
Draft night in Vegas? Yeah, what you’d expect
Jags trying to get No. 1 right two straight years
Muma hopes diabetes doesn’t scare teams from picking him
Eight teams don’t have a first-round pick
Remember Tunsil and the bong picture? Now, it’ll help charity
Some prospects used extra season well
Honor Roll
Middle Georgia State has SSAC top newcomer, all-conference picks
Signings
Windsor’s Eboni Medina signed to play softball at Trinity Baptist in Jacksonville, Fla.
Around/About Central Georgia
Brentwood boys take second in GISA state tennis
Brentwood’s boys tennis team lost to Fulton Science on Tuesday in the GISA state tennis tournament at John Drew Smith Tennis Center.
The War Eagles were seeded first, and beat Oak Mountain and LaGrange to reach the final.
There were only six Central Georgia teams in the tournaments: Trinity Christian and Westfield in AAA girls; Westfield in AAA boys; and Brentwood and Piedmont in AA girls. And the champs
Brentwood’s boys were the only team to win a match.
Mercer slugs its way past Jacksonville State
Mercer and Jacksonville State exchanged eight-run innings, but the Bears added four- and three-run innings en route to a 17-10 win over the host Gamecocks.
The teams combined for 27 runs and 27 hits, Mercer winning despite being outhit by one, thanks in part to three JSU errors.
Five Bears had two-hit games: Collin Price, David Burke, Blake Schmitt, Treyson Hughes, and Will Mapes. Price had a grand slam and five RBI while Burke drove in four runs.
Mercer visits ETSU this weekend.
Around/About Georgia
Hawks go from surprise to, well, back to normal
MBKB: Tech gets All-ACC transfer
FB-Georgia Southern QB Ransom in the portal
Braves bats quieted in extra-inning loss
Baseball/MLB
Mets and Cardinals go at each other
Bring on the bags for Cincinnati fans
NBA/WNBA
Oladipo was clutch in helping Heat handle Hawks
Bucks bounce Bulls, win series
Golden State has to come back to dismiss Denver
Jerry West taking fight to HBO for odd portrayal in ‘Winning Time’
Auto Racing
Talledega finish highlights growth of newer teams
Speed freaks include Hamlin and Harvick
Golf/Tennis
Has Mickelson signed up for eight Saudi events with huge fee up front?
NFL
Mayfield had dealt with adversity regularly, and now again
Arians having the time of his life
Panthers’ Rhule has owner’s support
College Basketball
People just sent money to St. Peter’s
College Football
SEC a top transfer destination
College Sports
Florida fires soccer coach after one year, amid complaints
Column: Failed prez Emmert leaving won’t fix college sports issues
Around the nation/world