Central Georgia Sports ReportMarch 13, 2023Comment

Monday's Report: Scoreboard; Mercer, Russell Henley, Stratford grad/MLS; Kennesaw State/NCAA, Falcons, Braves; NCAA W & M coverage, college🏀 news, NASCAR, golf, NFL, colleges

Central Georgia Sports ReportMarch 13, 2023Comment

News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

High school coaches/teams: please send postgame information and stats to centralgasports@gmail.com, post full scores and names/stats/records/info on Twitter and/or Facebook within 30 minutes of completion.

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Mercer 6, Baylor 3

⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳

W-Clover Cup, final round, Mercer

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

Louisiana 3, Mercer 2

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Alumni Update

Stratford grad makes MLS debut

A decade after finishing up at Stratford, Jonathan Dean is still playing soccer.

The former Eagle made his Major League Soccer debut on Saturday for Chicago Fire FC in its 1-0 loss to Philadelphia Union.

Dean played at Georgia United before heading to Wofford for a year and then to Central Florida, where he made 50 appearances from 2016-19.

He was drafted 39th overall in the 2020 SuperDraft by Orlando City, but was released less than two months later. He then played with the Birmingham Legion, starting a week after his release, in the United Soccer League.

His debut came that July against Memphis He was a second-team All-USL pick in 2022, his third season, plaing every minute of the regular season.

Chicago signed him two months ago to a one-year deal.

Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Houston County’s Hughes helps Mercer sweep Baylor

Henley closes Players strong

Yet again, he couldn’t get through a bogey-free round, but Russell Henley was otherwise on point for a second straight day and shot a 2-under 70 at the Players Championship to finish tied for 19th with a 6-under 282.

That was 11 shots back of winner Scottie Scheffler, and good for $275,000.

Henley bogeyed two of the first four holes, then had birdies on three of the next six. Another bogey showed up, but he finished with birdies on 16 and 17 and a par on 18.

Around/About Georgia

MBKB-Now it’s real for Kennesaw State

Owls fans ready to travel

Xavier-Kennesaw State info

Breaking down the Falcons free agent situation

Is wide receiver help coming?

Schuster makes case for fifth Atlanta starter

College Basketball

M-Miller leads Bama to romp of A&M

W-Joens lead Iowa State over Texas for Big 12

M-Memphis holds on against No. 1 Houston

M-Edey’s 30 helps Purdue survive huge Penn State comeback