Monday's Report: Scoreboard; Mercer/state college golf; state college ⚾/NCAAs; Braves, Dream, state ⚾/⛳ update; NBA, NASCAR, French Open, more
Sunday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
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College
Kennesaw State 10, Liberty 6, ASUN championship
Louisiana 7, Georgia Southern 6, Sun Belt championship
Pro
MLB
WNBA
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Honor Roll
Mercer’s Jonsson earns PING All-Region; GSU, Tech, UGA also
Tobias Jonsson of Mercer was among the NCAA Division I PING All-Region selections announced Sunday.
Jonsson, who competed in the NCAA championships, made it in the East, along with Georgia Tech’s Bartley Forrester, Connor Howe, Christo Lampretcht, and Ross Steelman.
Georgia Southern’s Ben Carr and Mason Williams along with Georgia’s Maxwell Ford and Trent Phillips made the Southeast region team.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Ozuna sparks Braves with bombs
Harris looks the part in debut
College Baseball/Softball
Southern Conference Tournament
Kennesaw State takes the ASUN title
And did so under a first-year head coach
Louisiana gets 2 in the 9th to beat Georgia Southern
Sewell, Gilbert help Tennessee to SEC title
Honeycutt’s HR help Heels in ACC final
SEC, ACC each get four regional hosts
Florida lone Southern team to make softball world series
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Boston survives Miami comeback, headed to finals
Finals matchup: Pop should be happy
Former Hawk Horford in his first finals ever, ends longest streak ever
Horford played Game 6 after grandfather’s death
Column: Mavs would better with thinner, less whiny Doncic
Football/NFL/USFL
Antonio Brown’s career realization: ‘Obviously, I’m a rapper’
Ouch: Ryan can become first QB to lose to 31 different teams
Baseball/MLB/College
First MLB hit? Game-tying homer in the ninth as Mets sweep Phils
Ohtano belts two bombs, Gurriel drives in 5 for Jays
High Schools
Column: Florida HS association, where rules are made up and bylaws don’t matter
Golf/Tennis
Gauff graduates, advances to French quarters
Nadal vs. Djokovic, thanks to 5-set win
Alker rallies to win Senior PGA
Auto Racing
It was long, caution-filled, and epic, and Hamlin wins in OT
Longest race in NASCAR history
Buescher OK after major rolling wreck
Sweden’s Ericsson gives Ganassi an Indy 500 win
College Football
Column: SEC should focus more on schedule than alignment
Column: Saban’s not retiring, just grumpy
College Sports
North Carolina nips Boston College in NCAA lacrosse final
Soccer
Marcelo leaving Madrid after fifth title
Fans rush field in France as St.-Etienne drops
Nottingham Forest wins, returns to top flight
Hockey
Carolina, New York set for Game 7
Around the nation/world
Fans at Barclay scatter after loud noise following boxing match