Thursday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes, and Scoreboard
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.
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SCOREBOARD
College
Basketball
W-Blue Mountain 64, Middle Georgia State 58
Joy Sadler had 17 for MGSU.
W-Georgia State 57, Texas State
M-Middle Georgia State 83, Blue Mountain 77
Peach County grad Darrell White led MGSU with 23 points.
M-North Alabama 76, Kennesaw State 71
M-Texas-Arlington 72, Georgia Southern 67
M-Texas State 81, Georgia State 68
Is Houston County’s Trey Hill the next center at UGA?
Georgia used Trey Hill earlier than expected, and in more positions than expected. Is his home at center?
Westside grad Kareem Jackson has some ink, but with meaning
Kareem Jackson is quite tatted up, and his family is all over his body. He is featured in Inked.
Around Central Georgia
Georgia College softball picked third in PBC poll
By a point, Georgia College is third in the Peach Belt’s preseason softball poll, just behind Young Harris. North Georgia got all the first place votes.
The Bobcats were second last year at 16-4, 36-16 overall, en route to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in six years.
Brentwood’s Caroline Snider is a senior outfielder who made the All-Southeast Region team last year and has a slew of academic honors.
Around Georgia
Oconee County, ex-UGA softball standout dies in crash
The two-time Athens Banner-Herald softball player of the year was killed early Thursday in a crash in I-10 near Lafayette, La. Geri Ann Glasco was an assistant softball coach at Louisiana-Lafayette, a regular NCAA Super Regional program.
Her father Gerry is the Ragin’ Cajuns’ head coach.
Profits not quite finding a way to the Braves’ payroll