Tuesday's Report: Perry golf, Georgia College alum, Bananas/Bacon, FVSU AD/SIAC; Braves/Riley, Hawks, UGA; Bill Russell, MLB, colleges, NASCAR, golf, NFL/Watson, more

Tuesday's Report: Perry golf, Georgia College alum, Bananas/Bacon, FVSU AD/SIAC; Braves/Riley, Hawks, UGA; Bill Russell, MLB, colleges, NASCAR, golf, NFL/Watson, more

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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Honor Roll

Perry golfers finish 27th nationally, Reyes 12th

The GHSA Class 4A boys golf runners-up from Perry joined three other teams from Georgia in the top 30 of the National High School Golf Association’s final poll for the 2021-22 year.

And standout Andrew Reyes earned a spot in the top 15.

The Panthers finished second to North Oconee, which was ranked 12th, second in the state behind No. 6 Westminster. Richmond Academy was 14th and Starr’s Mill 21st. 

Another eight boys teams made the top 100.

Reyes is ranked 12th, second among Georgia players, with five more in the top 100.

There are 10 Georgia teams in the girls’ top 100, led by No. 1 Lambert, with four girls in the top 100.

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Former Georgia College hoops star suddenly a head coach

          When the new head coach of the Cambridge girls basketball team wants to make a point, the players better be ready.

          She can show them out it’s done.

          Former Georgia College standout and record-setter Shanteona Keys is the new head coach of the young program.

          Head coach Lesley Broadwell posted on social media last Friday that she was resigning that position to focus on her duties as athletics director.

          Broadwell coached Keys at Roswell, where Keys scored more than 1,200 points and kept the team in the postseason. She has been at Cambridge since the school opened a decade ago, starting with working summer camps and then joining the staff.

          Keys was the eighth-grade coach the past two years. She was valedictorian at Georgia College in 2015, a four-year captain, Peach Belt scholar-athlete of the year, two-time academic All-American, and four-time all-conference pick.

 

FVSU AD taking over as SIAC commissioner

 

Savannah sweeps Macon, ends Bacon season

          As has been the case in recent memory, Savannah got the best of Macon, leading 7-0 after three en route to an 8-2 win in the Pettit Cup Playoffs West Division series, eliminating Macon.

          Savannah won 8-3 on Sunday.

          The Bananas had one less hit than Macon, but had five more extra-base hits. The Bacon stranded eight, twice as many as the Bananas.

          Jared Weber had four of Macon’s 11 hits. West Laurens grad Nolan Daniel got the win for Savannah.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Riley getting paid with big 10-year contract

Riley caps huge month with game-winner, more MVP noise

Braves get Grossman for Anglin

Former Hawks standout on what happens when you sign an 8-figure contract: it’s complicated

Van Pran on Searels: ‘Going to speak life into you’

Building WR depth big for Georgia

 

Bill Russell, 1934-2022

‘He fought the good fight’

Young, Hawks honor Russell

A difference-maker on par with Jackie Robinson

A photo look back

‘A touchstone to our history that can never be replaced’

Never had to find his activist voice, it was there

Friends share memories of charity, passion, the laugh

Career stats

Brady impacted by relationship with Russell

Celtics: ‘DNA is woven through every element of the Celtics organization

Current, former players pay tribute

Column: Retire No. 6 leaguewide

Baseball/MLB

Traded during interview about being traded?

Soto homers, but Mets win seventh in a row

Judge belts 43rd, Yanks beat Mariners

Suddenly, a busy trading day

Only two of top 300 draft picks fail to sign by deadline

College Football/South

Heupel could break the mold with a big second season

College Football

Jim Mora’s 1,700-day exile is over, and he’s thrilled

Lanning amped to raise Oregon’s profile further

Colleges Sports/NIL/Portal

Column: NIL is improving, not ruining, college sports

College Realignment

Column: Ohio State fans see the changes as personal, not business

Southern Cal president shut down potential expansion last year

College Sports

ETSU AD resigns, women’s basketball to be fired, not connected

New Big 12 boss learning NCAA issues in real time

Football/NFL/USFL

Arbitrator gives Watson a six-game suspension

NFL has three days to appeal

‘An abomination’

Read the decision

Browns get clarity, but not closure

Column: NFL fumbled the case, fails to stand up for women again

If NFL increases ban, behavior more “egregious” than before is a key

Tannehill driven by playoff loss

Sam Mills would’ve been a blue-chipper if not just 5-9

Auto Racing

Allmendinger just misses Indy sweep

Blaney angry after big drop on restart

Hamlin on Pocono DQ: ‘shock to all of us’

Golf

Mickelson thinks maybe you’re the problem

Column: Marriage of LIV, Trump what schemes are made of

Soccer

Player sucker-punches women ref over minor call, is arrested

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games