Monday's Report: Mercer soccer champs, Macon TD POTW/Mullen visits, HS & college 🏀; Falcons, UGA, United, Tech; NFL Sunday, MLB, NBA, colleges, golf

November 13, 2023 Central Georgia Sports Report

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High School

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Saturday

G-Baldwin 64, Campbell 36
Kassidy Neal led Baldwin with 15 points and 7 rebounds, Madison Ruff adding 12 and 7, and Janay Walker 11 and 10.

B-Baldwin 76, Morrow 57
B-Greenbrier 71, Veterans 58

B-Houston County 71, Augusta Christian 52
Malachi Jackson went off for 26 points to lead Houston County, which got 18 from Malik Gillespie, and 10 each from Devan Robinson and Antwun Zeigler, Robinson grabbing 12 boards.

B-New Hampstead 59, Jones County 57
G-Veterans 44, Jones County 33

College

⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

M-Mercer 2, Furman 0, SoCon championship

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W-Clemson 90, Mercer 66
M-Georgia 64, N.C. Central 54
M-Georgia College 69, North Greenville 66

Pro

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Arizona 25, Atlanta 22

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Around/About Central Georgia

MSOC-Mercer wins fifth SoCon championships, awaits NCAA opponent

WBKB-Clemson pulls away in fourth quarter to top Mercer

WBKB-Wesleyan’s latest new head coach among new faces

MBKB-Georgia College finishes comeback in win

Macon Touchdown Club taps Greyhounds
Back of the week: Junior quarter back Devin Edmonds of Jones County completed 15 of 18 – 83 percent - for 302 yards and five touchdowns in the 42-21 first-round Class 5A playoff win over Northside-Columbus

Lineman: Senior linebacker Ched Smith of Jones County racked up six tackles, a QB hurry and a sack, and a tackle for loss in the Greyhounds’ playoff win.

There were no special teams nominations.

Ex-Gator head coach and current ESPN voice Miullen to visit Macon Touchdown Club
Former Mississippi State and Florida head coach and current ESPN college football analyst Dan Mullen is Monday’s speaker at the Macon Touchdown Club.

The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner, and the program to begin around 7. Admission for non-members is $30.

Army’s Jeff Monken is next week’s speaker, followed by SEC/ESPN host Dari Nowkhah in the final week of the regular season.

The 51-year-old Mullen is a graduate of Ursinus College and Wagner College in Pa., Mullen playing tight end and earning all-conference honors.

His coaching career started at Wagner, and went to Column for two seasons after that. Then he was a grad assistant at Syracuse and Notre Dame.

Two-year stints at Bowling Green and Utah followed, then four at Florida as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach before his head coaching debut at Mississippi State.

After going 69-46 in nine seasons with the Bulldogs, and a 6-2 bowl record, he took over for Jim McElwain at Florida. He was let go after four seasons, going 5-6 in 2021 after a 29-9 start.

He was a consultant for a short period of time at Lake Oconee Academy in 2022, and then joined ESPN and ABC. The married father of three had a career record of 103-61.

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Murray leads game-winning drive in return from ACL injury, Cardinals beat Falcons

Falcons unable to answer lingering quarterback questions in loss to Cardinals

Atlanta struggles to adjust defensively in loss

Defense helps give Murray a nice return

Columbus advance to Eastern Conference semifinals with win over Atlanta United

AP poll: Lather, rinse, repeat

UGA grades

What the Dawgs said

Georgia game balls

Jackets’ King: ‘It sucks’

Tech-Clemson numbers