Tuesday's Report: Honorees-Mercer, Georgia College; Stratford-Perry pair wins Peach Blossom, MGSU's Poe; Falcons, Braves, Tech, UGA; MLB, NFL, NBA, NASCAR, colleges

May 3, 2022 Central Georgia Sports Report

Monday'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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MLB

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Players of the Week/Honor Roll

Southern Conference baseball: Mercer’s Kelley

Peach Belt softball: Georgia College’s Checo

Peach Belt baseball: Georgia College’s Brown

Southern Conference softball Mercer’s Williams

Southern Conference men’s golf team: Mercer’s Jonsson

Around/About Central Georgia

‘Youngsters’ from Stratford, Perry take Peach Blossom tournament

The Peach Blossom held its 75th tournament over the weekend at Idle Hour.

And it was one by the youngest pairing in those 75 years.

Stratford junior Marsh Butler and Perry junior Andrew Reyes finished with a 16-under 194 to nip veteran players Stan Gann Jr. and Travis Steed by a stroke and Nick and Dimitri Cassini by two.

Butler and Reyes opened with a 64, one shot behind the Cassinis and Jay Spivey and Luke Dasher, a pair of FPD alums playing at Mercer and Georgia Southern, respectively.

Butler-Reyes and Spivey-Dasher shared the lead after two rounds with Colin Bowles (Georgia Southern) and Wilson Andress (FPD/Georgia Southern), who shot a 62 to counter an opening 68.

But Butler-Reyes stayed steady in the final round with a 64, with Gann-Steed making a run.

Two of the top four teams were made up of players under 23, with Andress-Bowles finishing seventh.

The last Peach Blossom was held in 2019. Champs Jake Maples and Brett Barron, who weren’t in this year’s field.

MBKB: Middle Georgia State’s Moe honored for impact

BSB: MGSU seeded fifth in SSAC tournament

National Tennis Month in Macon-Bibb County starts

The Randy Stephens Tennis Center in south Macon welcomed more than 150 tennis players on Sunday to start National Tennis Month.

Macon-Bibb mayor Lester Miller attended the afternoon kickoff, that included instruction for junior players from Mercer assistants Andrea Garcia and Andres Alcaraz.

More events are planned throughout the month at area tennis centers.

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Matt Ryan: would probably still be in ATL but for Watson

d‘Arnaud’s bat, Fried’s arm lead Braves over Mets

Mets minus Showalter for game

Falcons release Davis, unlikely to exercise option on McGary

What the draft told us about the Smith-Fontenot plan

Ridder thinks he sat too long, but …

FB: Tech DL headed to West Virginia

WBKB: AAC POY coming to Georgia

Baseball/MLB/College

Mets cut Cano with $45 mil left on deal