Friday's Report: Scoreboard; Positive Athletes, top teacher/Houston County, Georgia College, Travon Walker, Tattnall, signings; Falcons schedule, Southern notes; NBA, MLB, NASCAR, more

May 13, 2022 Central Georgia Sports Report

Thursday'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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College
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Tennessee 5, Georgia 2

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Duke 9, Georgia Tech 6, ACC Tournament
Georgia State 5, Texas-Arlington 3, Sun Belt Tournament
Kennesaw State 14, Jacksonville state 4, ASUN Tournament
Samford 7, Mercer 6, Southern Conference Tournament, Mercer eliminated

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Honor Roll

John Milledge alum heads Georgia College All-Conference picks

Area athletes earn state Positive Athlete honors

Three Central Georgians made the Positive Athlete version of an All-State team: Peach County’s Hannah Bennett for volleyball, West Laurens’ Cade Wood for boys golf, and East Laurens’ Benjamin Brantley for boys cross country were among the state honorees for each sport.

The regional award winners were posted here on April 25.

Teacher of the year

Houston County head girls basketball coach Daniell Johnson is the teacher of the year for the school on Highway 96.

Alumni Update

Travon Walker (Upson-Lee) officially signs nice big deal

Tattnall grad rocking in Division III softball

Tattnall grad Allie Gordon had herself a sophomore season playing softball at Belhaven, a Division III school in Mississippi. She was named the American Southwest Conference Player of the Year after hitting .404 with 15 doubles and a team-high nine homers in 44 games, also fielding at a .958 clip. She was also named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Division III top 25 list.

Carley Ingle is another Trojan who helped Belhaven to a 38-6 record, playing in 17 games.

Signings

          Two-sport Hawkinsville standout Braden Simmons won’t be far from home to further his baseball career, signing with Middle Georgia State.
          Dublin’s Terrianna Wilburn has signed to play women’s basketball with Pensacola State junior college.
          Jones County’s Matthew Wold is headed for Denmark Tech for men’s basketball.
          Westside’s Shon McCrary has signed to play tennis at Fort Valley State.
          Jones County has more football signings: Tucker Mix, Mercer; Zyrique Earley, Methodist; Lamiron Solomon, Tusculum.
          Putnam County’s Breshyia Farley signed with GMC JC for women’s soccer.

Around/About Georgia

The Falcons – as every year, for all – have a schedule (and ‘production’)

The simple ol’ schedule

Schedule notes and observations

Buck Belue has stories … and is sharing them in a book

Georgia Southern notebook: Football/Helton, schedule, hoops

Baseball/MLB

Yanks GM brushes off scandal comments

MLB roundup

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Strong second half lifts Miami to finish off Philadelphia

Dallas stays alive in convincing form