Friday's Report: Georgia College/Aquino; Houston County's Burress, Harrelson, Bacon lose; Hawks/draft, Braves, Falcons; CWS, NBA/draft, NFL, golf, tennis, more

Friday's Report: Georgia College/Aquino; Houston County's Burress, Harrelson, Bacon lose; Hawks/draft, Braves, Falcons; CWS, NBA/draft, NFL, golf, tennis, more

Thursday'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: New Georgia College men’s hoops boss Aquino talks about home

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Coastal Plain League

Savannah 3, Macon 2 

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 7, San Francisco 6

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Honor Roll/Alumni Update

Houston County’s Burress, Harrelson earn A-A honors

          The kudos continue for Houston County baseball standouts Drew Burress and Gage Harrelson.

          The latest: All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball.

          Harrelson is a repeat selection, making last year’s team, along with Bear teammates Brodie Chestnutt and Coleman Willis

          Burress and Harrelson are joined by eight Georgians, all from metro Atlanta.

          Burress was named the Prep Baseball Report’s state player of the year and to its All-America team after batting .486 with 54 hits, 73 RBI, 17 homers and 45 runs.

          Burress is headed to Georgia Tech and Harrelson to Texas Tech.

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Savannah walks it off over Macon

          A triple and single gave Savannah a 3-2 walk-off win over visiting Macon in Coastal Plain action.

          The game was tied at 2 after four until the Bananas’ game-winner. Savannah improved to 17-5 while Macon fell to 10-12.

          Macon outhit Savannah 12-8, led by three-hit games from Jack Malone and Mason Minzey.

          The Bacon host Florence on Friday.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Hawks snag Duke forward Griffin first

And UConn’s Martin at 51

Plus, there was a rights’ exchange

Swanson’s two-bomb day lifts Atlanta to within 4 of Mets

Next: Freeman’s Atlanta homecoming

Shaffer may be just what Falcons are looking for

Vince Carter’s Atlanta home robbed

 

College World Series

De Lucia da bomb in complete-game shutout of Arkansas

Kiffin narrates the end of the game

Scores/schedule 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Duke’s Banchero goes first

Auburn’s Smith is third, to Houston, now motivated

Minnesota picks Auburn’s Kessler

Picks, trades, analysis

‘We gave (Larry) Bird away’: Wife of ex-Pacers owner, had worries

Bird ties WNBA wins record

Football/NFL/USFL

Ex-NFL troublemaker Pacman now adoptive father for Chris Henry’s kids

Obit: McElhenny was a 49ers star

Golf/Tennis

McIlroy opens Travelers with a 62, like “U.S. Open rehab’

Wimbledon quiz

A look at Serena’s comebacks

College Basketball

Auburn’s Pearl takes shots at Gonzaga’s Holmgren before draft

Canisius recruit gets bail on gun charges, school drops him

College Sports

Ohio State gets OK to trademark “The”

Olympic sports

Richardson has disappointing finish

Hockey

 Officiating under a microscope

Around the nation/world

NHL scores/games

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games