Friday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Luther Williams alive with baseball; Folty comes up huge for Braves (and The Freeze wins); UGA regional interrupted; Smoltzie qualifies; and more
Friday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Macon sends fans home happy in Luther Williams' debut
Macon and Lexington County had a battle going, until the home team pulled ahead and won 8-4 in the Coastal Plain League home debut before nearly 4,000 at a fresh and shiny and upgraded Luther Williams Field.
For a ride back through fans' postings, check out the story in The Latest Coverage.
A what? A complete game? From the Braves? Folty did it
Stephen Strasburg on the mound for a two-hit complete-game shutout is shocker, but he had nothing to do it.
Mike Foltynewicz did.
Foltzynewicz gave Atlanta an 11-strikeout night and a complete game in Atlanta's 4-0 win over Atlanta.
He needed only 105 pitches, and was in the upper 90s at the end of Atlanta's first complete game of the season.
Things were a little closer for The Freeze.
SEC adjusts transfer rule
For a collection of coverage of the final day of the SEC meetings, visit The Latest Coverage.
Weather interrupts NCAA baseball regional in Athens
Duke and Troy got their game in, eventually, and that wasn't good for Duke, a 6-0 loser to the Trojans in a game that ended just before midnight.
That pushes the Georgia-Campbell game to noon on Saturday, with games to follow at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
The full NCAA Tournament scoreboard is here.
No surprise, but Smoltzie qualifies for U.S. Senior Open
Legendary Atlanta pitcher John Smoltz qualified Thursday for the U.S. Senior Open after winning a three-man playoff in a qualifier at the Planterra Ridge Golf Club in Peachtree City.
This week's signings
A slew of Baldwin athletes signed letters of intent last Friday.
Girls track standout Brittany Trawick is headed to Troy, Keldrick Bell signed with Benedict football, and Ambria Henry is going to Piedmont for track.
Paine is the destination of Roderick Walker for track and basketball, Akirah Robinson for girls basketball, Makayla Ricks for softball, Tremaija Neal, Hezekiah Hartry, and Nysherria Braddy for track.
This Week's Honor Roll
Mercer relief pitcher Robert Broom has earned third-team All-America honors by Baseball America.
The junior first-team all-conference pick went 10-4 with a 1.70 ERA in nearly 75 innings. He's the first Bear to be so honored since top-15 draft pick Kyle Lewis in 2016.
The magazine also picked Georgia Tech's Joey Bart and Georgia's Keegan McGovern. ...
The national college baseball writers have picked Georgia College pitcher Charlie Hecht to its All-America second team.
Martin Dewald was a first-team pick in 2010.
Outfielder Logan Mattix and utility Nate Schmal were honorable mention picks. ...
Georgia College had three players named to the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-America teams.
Senior pitcher Charlie Hecht, senior utility Nate Schmal made the second team, and senior outfielder Logan Mattix made the third team.
Schmal hit .417 with 40 runs, playing second, outfield, and catching (Mattix and Hecht stats below). ...
Georgia College's dynamic duo of Charlie Hecht and Logan Mattix added to the resumes, being named to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-America team.Hecht, the consensus region pitcher of the year, made the second team, and Mattix, the Peach Belt player of the year, made the third team. It's the second year in a row the Bobcats had two players so honored.
Hecht went 11-1 with a 3.03 ERA and 125 strikeouts in 104 innings. Mattix batted .400 with nine homers and 67 RBI.