Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: All-Star rosters released; ex-Mercer BKB assistant suffers stroke; Honor Roll/Alumni Update; Falcons; Scoreboard
Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Note to high schools with signings on Wednesday and beyond: Send signing information – location, time, etc. – as well as resume information on the signee, to centralgasports@gmail.com on Tuesday and when the signing takes place.
Who’s playing in the local all-star game?
The rosters for Saturday’s Bibb vs. Houston county public high school all-star game were released Monday morning, with plenty of A-list names on both teams.
In The Latest Coverage.
Former Mercer men’s BKB assistant suffers stroke
Jarred Merrill spent several seasons alongside Bob Hoffman on the Mercer men’s basketball bench.
When Hoffman lost his job last spring, Merrill was gone, to0, landing as head coach at Coker College in Hartsville, S.C., in between Columbia and Florence.
Merrill suffered a stroke on Dec. 8 just before a game at College of Charleston. He is at the Medical University of South Carolina.
A GoFundMe page has been started.
Honor Roll/Alumni Update
Another two teams, more honors for John Milledge alum Harrison Bryant of Florida Atlantic.
The senior tight end was named the AP All-America first team on Monday, joining the likes of Heisman winner Joe Burrow, Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor, and LSU receiver Ja’Marr Chase.
And he was named to ESPN’s All-America team. …
Georgia College’s Wesley Simpson is the Peach Belt men’s basketball player of the week.
Mercer’s Leo Toledo Jr. was named an All-South region student-athlete by the United Soccer Coaches.
Scoreboard
High School
Basketball
G-SW Georgia 68, Fullington 33
B-SW Georgia 65, Fullington 51
College
Basketball
W-Chattanooga State 68, CGTC 61
M-Mercer 72, UNC Wilmington 63
M-Murray State 74, Kennesaw State 38
W-Tuskegee 63, Fort Valley State 58
M-Tuskegee 66, Fort Valley State 62
Falcons Report
Peach State College FB Report
Georgia Southern: Views from Tracy Ham
UGA: Bulldogs on AP All-America team
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