Thursday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
Scoreboard
College
Basketball
M-Central Georgia Tech 72, Beville State (Ala.) CC 69
W-Motlow State (Tenn.) CC79, CGTC 63
Thursday’s high school menu is fuller than anywhere else
As always, you can find more results and info here than anywhere else, scores and details, in the Scoreboard.
The Sports Reports predictions for two dozen Central Georgia playoff games are up. Upsets? Upset alerts?
The final regular-season state polls are together for one-stop shopping, along with the list of all Central Georgia teams on the Maxwell Ratings, which rate all 422 GHSA teams in the state.
Re-visitables: An abbreviated Monday Afternoon Quarterback has the Central Georgia polls by division, although further examination led to some alterations for the final regular-season poll of all GHSA/GISA teams, no divisions.
Coming Friday morning, preview capsules on every GHSA and GISA playoff game, and – belatedly – a ranking of all of those Central Georgia GHSA and GISA teams, all 44, one list, as well as the final regular-season standings, for reference and saving.
The Braves Report
GM meetings over, Braves resume exploring
Markakis adds to resume with slugger award
Braves made more money last quarter
Reds’ ex-boss up for pitching coach job
Around Central Georgia
Georgia College enters the Peach Belt volleyball tournament as the fifth seed. The Bobcats open play at 11 a.m. Saturday against Flagler, in Greenwood, S.C.
Honor Roll
Georgia College women's soccer goalie Ashlee Graham was named to the College Sports Information Directors Association academic all-district teams for soccer.
The senior has a 3.97 GPA in exercise science.
It's the first national academic honor for Graham, giving the Bobcats eight academic all-district honorees. Graham now moves on to the Academic All-America ballot. ...
Mercer's Maddie Nunley is the Southern Conference's offensive player for October.
The sophomore from Murrietta, Cal. also had the weekly honor for mid-October. She helped Mercer to a 4-4 record for the month with 344 assists and five double-doubles.
Nunley leads the Bears (14-11, 7-7) with 825 assists and is third with 10.5 a game. ...
Sophomore Libby Bochniak leads the way for Georgia College's volleyball team with her first Peach Belt all-academic team selection with a 4.0 in biology. Sophomore Emily Pope, a nursing major, made it with a 3.56 GPA.
Seniors Kayla Brockway and Taylor Svehla are selected for the third time, Brockway with a 3.68 GPA in athletic training and Svehla a 3.58 in math. ...
Middle Georgia's soccer teams fared well with postseason awards in the Southern States Athletic Conference.
For the women: Ronja Andersson was named to the first-team all-conference at goal keeper after earning five defensive player of the week honors. Hannah Theriault of East Laurens was named to the second team and all-freshman team. Anna Hieronymus was also named to the second team and the all-academic team.
Miagh Downey was also named to the all-freshman. Manuela Bedoya earned all-academic honors.
For the men: Kyle Jordaan, John Crawley, and Erik Ulloa Villa all made the all-freshman team. Northside alum Justin Alonso and Alex Herrera each earned a spot on the conference all-academic team. Alonso also received the Musco Lighting Champions of Character Award. ...
Former Mary Persons quarterback Caleb Speir is the USA South offensive rookie of the week.
The sophomore passed for 355 yards and four touchdowns to lead LaGrange to a 48-38 win over Methodist. He was 26 of 32, turning in the program's second-highest efficiency rating of 209.4.
He has 948 yards and 12 touchdowns to only three interceptions this year. ...
Georgia College put three women's cross country runners on the all-Peach Belt team: Rachel Boulineau, Tessa Allen, and Sydney Brown.
The Bobcats finished fourth in the conference meet. ...
Collin and Brendan Silliman earned all-PBC honors in men's cross country after helping the Bobcats to a fourth-place finish. ...
Middle Georgia State's Ronja Anderson is the SSAC defensive player of the week for the fifth time this season.
Football updates
Georgia
Smart still deciding on color scheme for Saturday
A look at the last five UGA-Auburn meetings
Auburn having a weird year again
From WarEagleNation media: Tigers want to be dream killers
Georgia Tech
How is Tech's 'new' defense doing?
It's getting the takeaways, though
Falcons