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Around/About Central Georgia
Jones Countians lead GMC JC in national golf tournament
A team scoring record wasn’t quite enough for GMC JC in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III men’s golf national championship.
The Bulldogs shot a four-round total of 1,188, but couldn’t catch Sandhills (N.C.), which rolled over the Chautaugua (N.Y.) golf course with a 1,147, 5-under score last week.
GMC finished second for the third straight year.
Jones County grad Nick Johnson’s four-round 288 was good for third among all individuals, one of only three players to shoot even or better, while Brad Hammock – another Greyhound - shot a 295 for eighth. Walter Kelley took 12th and Stephen Bishop 13th.
Johnson, Hammock, Kelley, and Bishop all finished in the top 13 and took home All-America honors.
Johnson’s 288 tied the school mark set by Floris Veth en route to the 2017 individual national title.
Henley steadies, Carr stumbles a little, Grey a lot
Russell Henley is getting used to unpredictable rounds, and he had another one.
Henley couldn’t get on a good stretch and was able to avoid a bad one for a 1-over second round of the U.S. Open in Los Angeles.
And his standing fluctuated, finally settling in a logjam tied for 49th. It was enough to make the cut, his 2-over 142 with a second straight 71.
Georgia Southern alum Ben Carr matched him with that score, going 2 over on Friday. Georgia State’s J.J. Grey almost survived a wretched start, but couldn’t get enough going to make the cut, and finished with a 4-over 144.
Henley got off to a nice start, parring five of his first six holes, with a birdie breaking it up, only for a bogey to drop him back to 2 over and on the cut fringe.
A double bogey – he went from tee to rough to bunker - on 8/17 slowed that momentum, and he had two birdie/bogey stints on the second nine.
Carr was in that group tied for 73rd, with Henley early, courtesy of two bogeys shortly after a birdie to open the day.
He had consecutive birdies follow by a bogey, and had two bogeys and a birdie on the back nine
Grey’s second round started downhill from the get-go, with two bogeys and a double – he went backwards on one shot - in his first three holes. That put him in too big a hole, though he was better the rest of the way, with four birdies and two bogeys keeping him barely alive for the cut – if it moved a bit – until a bogey on his final hole, a 10-footer for par coming up eight inches short.
He finished tied for 80th.
Among those also missing the cut: Jordan Spieth, Taylor Moore, Nick Taylor, Justin Rose, hometowner Max Homa, Keegan Bradley, and Phil Mickelson.
Macon wins on walk-off wild pitch
Jackson Cherry opened the bottom fo the ninth with a single, pinch-hitter Elijah Frank was hit by a pitch, and two wild pitches later, Cherry scooted home with the game-winner in Macon’s 6-5 home win over Lexington County.
Three Macon pitchers teamed for 11 strikeouts and four walks, giving up 10 hits. Connor Hill got the win.
Cherry, John-Reagan Freethy, and Connor Hicks each had two hits for Macon, which got a three-run homer from Jarrett Jenkins.
Macon (6-6) visits Lexington County on Saturday, then visits Forest City on Monday and Lexington County on Wednesday before hosting Florence on Thursday.
Around/About Georgia
UGA’s Bennett, Peach County’s Robinson get raves from Rams
Everybody but Trae Young is on the Hawks’ block
Georgia ranks fifth in athletics revenue
D/Arnaud powers Braves to romp
MLB/Baseball
Turner goes yard twice, one a slam, in romp of Yankees
Nun commends Dodgers on Pride Night, archbishops say blasphemy
Manfred ‘meh’ at Oakland’s reverse boycott
Governor signs funding bill for Athletics’ stadium
Harper, Stott saddened by Oakland’s move to Las Vegas
Golf
Clark, McIlroy set the pace at US Open
Youtube visit helps McIlroy in LA
Mickelson a fan favorite no more
Johnson ‘almost speechless’
Harrington waited till after round to discuss merger with Mickelson
LIV, PGA file joint motion to dismiss lawsuits
Furue takes lead of Meijer LPGA Classic
NCAA Baseball/Softball
3-run bomb in ninth lifts Oral Roberts to comeback win over TCU
Florida comes back to knock off Virginia
Stanford, Mathews explain the huge pitch count, a controversy
Notebook: Defending 156 pitches, Skenes/Howser, fan favorite, day job can wait
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Morant suspended 25 games for latest gun-display issue
Column-Morant lucky it wasn’t longer
Jokic changes tune at almost-family-friendly title celebration
College Sports
SEC, Big Ten pass $2 bil in revenue
USA Today’s list of Division I (reporting) schools money
LSU’s Johnson, of Savannah, explains balance of sports and music
UConn’s Bueckers working her way back from knee injury
Where SWAC schools rank in public schools athletics revenue
Tennis
Kyrgios was in psychiatric ward during 2019 Wimbledon
Wimbledon prize money grows more than 11 percent, 3 mil to singles winners
Hockey/NHL
Cassidy proud to bring second pro title to Las Vegas
Arrest of man threatening mass shooting at Stanley Cup game
College Football
Does the SEC need rivalries like Bama-Tennessee and Auburn-UGA?
Arkansas recruit dies in ATV accident
Longhorns remain on Saban’s brain
NFL/Football/USFL/XFL
Antonio Brown - *sigh* - loses National Arena League team
Sports and Gambling
Pro leagues balance profit and integrity in growing legal gambling era
Soccer
US women’s captain Sauerbrunn to miss World Cup
Homophobic chants ended US-Mexico early in Las Vegas
High Schools
S.C. school considering forfeit against charter school
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