Friday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Falcons and UGA draft, GC's Hecht sizzles, college recaps, sitdown with Stratford alum, signings, Honor Roll, and Pollwatch
Friday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Falcons add CB and DT in draft
A look at Atlanta's draft picks through two days and three rounds.
UGA's Chubb goes early in second round
The other part of Georgia's legendary running back tandem didn't wait long to get the NFL Draft call. He was joined in the third round by linebacker Lorenzo Carter, who went 66th to the New York Giants.
Quick chat with Stratford alum Mary Wilson Avant
Georgiadogs.com sat down with the former Eagle, who is having a stellar year in Athens.
College Baseball: Georgia College's Hecht hardly hittable against No. 5 Columbus State
Pitcher Charlie Hecht was something. Nasty, Greg Maddux-like, befuddling, dominant.
He threw a four-hit shutout to lead No. 12 Georgia College to a 4-0 win at No. 5 Columbus State in a the opener of a huge Peach Belt Conference series.
He struck out nine and walked only two in making a third-inning run stand up.
College Baseball: VMI takes series opener at Mercer
VMI's Josh Winder kept Mercer off the board until the eighth as the Keydets stopped the Bears 4-1 at OrthoGeorgia Park.
It was the fifth in time in the last nine games that Mercer has been held to two runs or less.
College Baseball: Georgia holds off Tennessee
A fifth-inning homer by Mason Meadows was the difference in Georgia's 8-6 win over Tennessee.
College Baseball: Georgia Tech rolls past Wake Forest
Xzavion Curry's first complete-game was a 2-hit shutout and 7 no-hit innings in a 7-0 win over Wake Forest to break a four-game losing streak.
Georgia losing men's basketball backup
Head coach Tom Crean said there was a place for Isaac Kante with the Bulldogs.
This week's signings
Dodge County standouts Nick Cummings and DeMarcus Caines signed Thursday to play basketball at South Georgia Technical College in Americus.
SGTC went 20-12 last year in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association, and tied for second. ...
West Laurens infielder and pitcher Guy Anderberg has signed with Georgia Southwestern of the Peach Belt Conference.
This week's honor roll
After his headline performance against Florida, Mercer reliever Robert Broom has been added to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's stopper of the year midseason watch list for the second straight year.
Broom, a junior from Gordon Lee, is 8-1 with a 1.33 ERA and 84 strikeouts in 54.1 innings. ...
Former Stratford standout Mary Wilson Avant is having a season with Georgia, and is the latest SEC softball pitcher of the week.
Avant went 3-0, allowing only 1 run i 18 innings against USC Upstate, and Kentucky. She whiffed a season-high eight againt UK with no walks.
She is 7-1 i 67.2 innings with 60 strikeouts and a .72 ERA. ...
Middle Georgia State's Margaret Simmons is the latest Southern States Athletic Conference player of the week.
The freshman from Dodge County batted .350 with 3 HRs in 3 straight games, including a walk-off homer, helping the Knights to a 5-1 record. It's her second honor of the season.