Monday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: GHSA moves baseball to Mercer, holds meeting; Hayes leaving; Falcons add Central Ga. alum; Mercer improves; honor roll and polls
Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
GHSA moves section of baseball championships to Mercer
Renovations to Luther Williams Field have been slowed by weather, and the facility won't be ready for the GHSA state finals, so Mercer's OrthoGeorgia Park is the new venue.
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Georgia hoops assistant Jonas Hayes leaving for Xavier
Conventional wisdom was that Jonas Hayes was a must-keep for new UGA men's basketball coach Tom Crean, Hayes having become a high-level recruiter.
But Hayes, a former UGA basketball standout, is headed for Xavier.
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Quiet meeting for GHSA, but basketball coaches are happy
The GHSA's executive committee met Monday in Macon, and things were fairly routine.
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Falcons add Central Georgia alum to staff
Travis Jones, a Wilkinson County and Georgia grad, is joining the Atlanta Falcons staff.
Jones worked with head coach Dan Quinn in Seattle as defensive line coach, and spent last year as a senior defensive analyst with the Seahawks.
Jones began his coaching career as a grad assistant at Georgia in 1997 after his playing days with the Bulldogs. Atlanta will be his seventh stop since then.
Atlanta also added Aden Durde as a defensive quality control assistant.
Mercer tries to stay perfect in state with Georgia Tech visit
Georgia Tech brings plenty of momentum from a series win over Florida State to Macon when it visits Mercer, off a surprising series loss at home to Mercer.
The Yellow Jackets are trying to avoid losing the season series to the Bears, who are undefeated against in-state competition. Mercer does not play Georgia this season.
Mercer is 26-8, only two games off of last year, when the Bears were 28-6 after 34 games en route to a 39-17 record.
College Golf: Mercer picks up two spots in Brickyard
A 3-over day helped Mercer slip into fifth place at The Brickyard women's golf tournament.
The Bears are at 601 after two rounds, 25 over par. Vanderbilt retained its lead with an improvement of nine strokes, and holds an 8-stroke lead over Old Dominion, with Kennesaw State third.
Mercer's Payton Schanen dropped from a tie for first into a tie for fifth.
MLB: Scherzer gets some revenge against Braves
Max Scherzer came up with a complete-game shutout against the offensively-thriving Braves 2-0.
Scherzer whiffed 10 to break the Nats' 5-game losing streak and give the pen a rest, the Braves managing only 2 hits.
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This Week's Honor Roll
Outfielder Sarah Couch of Georgia College is the Peach Belt Conference freshman of the week.
Couch hit .500 in four conference games last week with a double and five RBIs. ...
Junior MJ Rookard of Middle Georgia State is the Southern States Athletic Conference player of the week, for the second time this season.
He helped the No. 17 Knights to a 3-1 week, hitting .500 with a .714 slugging percentage and 4 RBI. Rookard is batting .379 with 5 homers and 26 RBI.
This Week's Poll Watch
Georgia College stayed at 13th in the latest Collegiate Baseball Division II poll, five spots behind Columbus State. ...
Georgia is No. 18 in the latest D1Baseball.com and USA Today/Coaches poll, 21st in Baseball America, and 25th in Perfect Game. The Bulldogs fell out of the Collegiate Baseball poll.