Tuesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: First day of Cephus trial done; Mercer golfers/tournament; Braves Report; Falcons Report; Bacon-Bananas; UGA/Tech FB, Sun Belt BKB; United issues
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Day 1 of Cephus trial complete
The first day of Quintez Cephus’ trial in Madison, Wisc. on sexual assault charges included a contradiction on whether a threesome had been organized by one of the alleged victims, and varying allowance of the introduction of text messages.
One of the two accusers as well as police officer from the University of Wisconsin as well as the city of Madison took the stand, both offering descriptions of an accusers demeanor on the night of the alleged assaults in April of 2018.
A Facebook page to help raise funds for his defense has been started.
Here is a collection of stories from assorted regional media outlets (some may be updated late Tuesday night):
Mercer trio makes the cut
Three Mercer women’s golfers survived some shaky rounds to make the cut of the Ladies National Golf Association Amateur Championship in Tennessee.
As of 9:30 p.m., the leaderboard was inexplicably very incomplete. The LNGA website had no report of weather delays, and it’s Twitter account hadn’t been touched since 11:20 a.m., so click on the link to see updates.
The projected cut at that point was 10 over, and 64 players.
Rutland grad Carol Pyon shot a first-round 77, and was listed at 1-over through 13 for Tuesday’s round, putting her in a tie for 37th.
Lauren Lightfritz made a huge jump, slicing eight strokes off with a 69 to reach the top 25 with a 146.
Payton Schanen went in the other direction with a six-stroke change to fall 8-under at 150 and in a tie for 45th.
Karoline Storm of Kent, Ohio leads with a 134.
Braves Report
Atlanta gave up six runs in the final two innings, but held on for an 11-8 win over Washington.
Julio Teheran got the win for the Braves, who led 9-0 after four innings.
Adam Duvall went 4 fo 5 with three runs and two RBI. Ender Inciarte and Ozzie Albies had three hits each.
Next: Wednesday, at Washington, 12:05 p.m., FSSE; Thursday, vs. Cincinnati, 7:20 p.m., FSSE; Friday, 7:20 p.m., FSSO; Saturday, vs. Cincinnati, 7:20 p.m., FSSO
Who should go hard at the deadline?
Falcons Report
Beasley has something to prove
The preseason opener approaches for DQ
D-Line to be on toes, not heels
Season tickets very much remain
Falcons lend aid to former Georgia high schooler Neiron Ball
Around/About Central Georgia
Central Georgians on GHSA Executive Committee
As the school year beckons, the GHSA released its list of executive committee members.
Central Georgia reps are in each class except 7A.
1-6A: Kevin Kinsler, Northside AD; 1-5A: Chris Brown, Houston County system; 2-4A: Jim Finch, Mary Persons principal; 3-AA: Rex Hodges, Dodge County system; 5-AA: David Boland, Lamar County principal; at-large: Michelle Masters, Peach County system
The GHSA list released has Steven Simpson still at GMC and as the 7-A rep, but he left earlier this summer to be an assistant at Warren County.
Several area coaches and administrators are on subcommittees, of which there are nearly two dozen. Of note: Hodges on baseball, Kinsler on coaches, Finch and Masters on eligibility, Brown on football, Finch on reclassification.
Savannah’s eighth dooms Macon
Savannah scored twice in the eighth to break a tie and hold on for a 9-7 win over visiting Macon.
The Bacon coughed up five errors, helping lead to three unearned runs. Macon went through six pitchers, Savannah four.
Calvin Estrada had three hits and two RBI for Macon, Jared Miller and Daniel Harris adding two hits each.
West Laurens grad Bill LeRoy had two hits for Savannah, which got two hits and three RBI from Gabe Howell.
Gastonia beat Macon 6-3 on Monday, thanks to a three-run seventh and despite four errors.
Estrada had two of Macon’s six hits.
Macon hosts Savannah on Wednesday and Friday.
Around/About Georgia
UGA football: A look at pre-camp storylines
UGA football: Wolf to bolster tight end spot
Tech football: Incoming freshman Griffin knows hard work
Sun Belt basketball schedule, Georgia State version
Sun Belt basketball schedule, Georgia Southern version
United having some family issues
But no, really, things are cool