Tuesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Mercer's Thompson honored again; HS commitments; Braves Report (notes and updates, too); Honor Roll (CGTC, FPD, Jones County, Stratford); Bacon; and more
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Mercer's Thompson takes Southern Conference's top honor
Amanda Thompson has racked up awards all year, and has another one. In The Latest Coverage.
Commitment update
Houston County, Dublin, Westside, Bleckley County, West Laurens, and Northeast in football, basketball, and baseball. In The Latest Coverage.
Braves Report
A crowd around 40,000 on a hot Tuesday watched a fairly uneventful evening of baseball with only nine hits, and a combined 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position, as the Phillies beat the Braves 2-0.
Those runs came on Jay Bruce’s two-run double in the fourth off Dallas Keuchel, who was otherwise solid. Aaron Nola was better, though, with eight shutout innings.
Next: Wednesday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m., FSSE; Thursday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m., ESPN/FSSE; Friday, vs. Miami, 7:20 p.m., FSSO; Saturday, vs. Miami, 4:10 p.m., FSSO; Sunday, vs. Miami, 1:20 p.m., FSSO
Notebook: Swarzak expected back quite soon, Folty update, and more
Celebrating the Braves treasure, Walter Banks
Pitchers figuring out Bryce Harper?
Series starts with the fading Phillies
Honor Roll
CGTC foursome earns national academic honors
Four Central Georgia Tech men’s basketball players earned second- and third-team National Junior College Athletic Association academic honors.
Donnie Flowers Jr. made the second team (3.8-3.99 GPA), while Champ Dawson (Warner Robins), Antonio Youngblood, and Ijon Owens made the third team (3.6-3.79 GPA).
Area alums on Georgia’s spring honor roll
Three Central Georgians were among 80 athletes at Georgia to make the spring SEC academic honor roll for at least a 3.o in 24 semester hours.
Mary Wilson Avant (Stratford/softball, marketing), Kylie Bass (Jones County/softball, human development & family science), and Jonathan Raines (FPD/track & field, finance) made the honor roll.
Around/About Central Georgia
Macon takes control early in road win
A six-run first put Macon in control, and the Bacon kept the Blowfish at bay in a 12-8 road win.
Macon had 12 hits, one more than Lexington County, led by a 3-for-4 night from Calvin Estrada, who drove in four runs. Brandon Ashy had two hits and three RBI, Jared Miller two hits and three runs, and Ben McDonnell two RBI and two runs. Cal Gentry (Perry/Georgia College) scored twice.
Macon went through five pitchers and Lexington County seven.
The Bacon host Lexington County on Wednesday, visit Forest City on Thursday and Lexington County on Friday, and welcome Savannah on Saturday.
Around/About Georgia
Georgia Southern football among nation’s best in community service