Monday's Report: Cronic/TD Club/POTW, Alumni Update, Mercer; Falcons, Braves, Kennesaw State; NFL, US Open, colleges, MLB, NASCAR, basketball, soccer

September 11, 2023 Central Georgia Sports Report

In Coverage: Macon Touchdown Club high school honorees for the first four weeks; Monday Morning Quarterback

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College
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

M-Mercer 1, Bradley 1

🏐 🏐 🏐 Volleyball 🏐 🏐 🏐

Auburn 3, Mercer 0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-11)

⚾ ⚾ ⚾ MLB ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 2

WNBA

Dallas 94, Atlanta 77

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Alumni Update

Dublin’s JaQues Evans had four tackles in helping Western Kentucky roll Houston Christian 52-22. Peach County grad Talique Allen had five tackles, half a tackle for loss, and a forced fumble in the win. Northside’s Cory Munson averaged 64.8 yards on eight kickoffs

John Milledge’s Harrison Bryant caught a touchdown pass in Cleveland’s romp over Cincinnati.

Desmond Gilbert of Dublin helped Sewanee to a 32-14 win over Westminster, Mo., with four tackles, five assists, and 1.5 sacks.

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer’s Cronic kicks off Macon Touchdown Club season

Fresh off a big 48-22 home-opening win over Morehead State and with this weekend off, Mercer head coach Drew Cronic is the first speaker of the season for 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. Membership for the year is $250.

Sewanee head coach Andy McCollum – who has coached at UTEP, Baylor, Middle Tennessee, N.C. State, Georgia Tech, Western Carolina, and with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans – is next week’s speaker.

Cronic was named in December of 2019 to succeed Bobby Lamb and become Mercer’s second head coach since the program was restarted. He was on the sidelines for the Bears’ first game, when he was an assistant at Reinhardt under his father.

He came to Mercer from Division II Lenoir-Rhyne to a 25-3 record in two seasons, tying a school record with 13 wins in 2019.

Cronic was head coach at Reinhardt, an NAIA program, for two years after serving as an assistant. Before that, he was on the staff at Furman and James Madison. He spent another year, 2017, at Furman.

He is 21-14 at Mercer, and 69-20 in his head coaching career.

Mercer baseball alum wins MLB starting debut

This week’s state college football schedule (All Saturday, all on ESPN+ unless noted)
12 p.m.: Georgia Southern at Wisconsin, Big Ten Network
1 p.m.: Lackawanna at GMC (Jock Jive)
3:30 p.m.: South Carolina at Georgia, CBS
5 p.m.: Furman at Kennesaw State
6 p.m.: Edward Waters at Fort Valley State; Georgia State at Charlotte
7:30 p.m.: Georgia Tech at Mississippi, SEC Network

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Robinson outshines top pick Young as Falcons knock off Panthers

Young: ‘It’s on me’

Braves first MLB team to clinch playoff berth this year after rally

Beck shows improvement

Luck or coaching=3 INTs?

Georgia grades

Board of Regents approves new residence hall, baseball stadium renovation at Kennesaw State

Football/NFL/USFL/CFL/XFL

Carr’s New Orleans debut is a success as the Saints edge Titans

Buccaneers top Vikings, Mayfield finishes strong in his debut

Watson runs for TD, Browns bottle up Burrow again