Thursday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: National honor for Dodge County/FVSU DB; Macon Mayhem update; full HS scoreboard; Braves Report, Falcons Report, Peach State gridiron Report
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.
Dodge County alum, FVSU senior on national list
There are several dozen players on the watch list for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award.
One is from Central Georgia.
Camron Young, a senior defensive back at Fort Valley State, is on the first collection of players on the watch list.
Young is one of seven players from the SIAC on the list, which includes players from FCS HBCU-oriented conferences as well as Division II.
Four finalists will be announced on Dec. 3 with the winner of the Deacon Jones Trophy honored on Feb. 15, 2020 in Atlanta.
Mayhem send Sutliffe to Evansville, add Fotino
Derek Sutliffe had a solid season last year with the Macon Mayhem.
Evansville hopes he does it again, but with the Thunderbolts
The Mayhem traded Sutliffe to Evansville on Thursday for right-winger Chase Hatcher and future considerations.
Sutliffe was second in goals behind Jake Trask after coming to Macon from Mississippi.
A veteran goaltender is the latest addition to the Macon Mayhem's preseason roster.
Alex Fotino joins Kevin Entmaa in front of the net for Macon, which opens the season on Oct. 18. The 24-year-old has fairly recently concluded his college career at York U. in Toronto, following a notable youth and junior career.
Mike Chemello is back with the Mayhem for a training camp tryout. The forward played in 29 games last year, also suiting up for Elmira of the Federal Hockey League.
Visit here for more recent additions and changes to the Mayhem's roster.
High School Scoreboard
Thursday
Softball
Central 15, Westside 0
Crawford County 8, Hawkinsville 7
Crawford County survived in eight innings, being taken that far despite more than tripling Hawkinsville in hits and doubling up the Red Devils in errors. Hawkinsville took the lead in the top of the eighth, Kaitlyn Newman scoring on a one-out grounder. Crawford County tied it on an error after getting the first two batters on in the bottom half. The game-winner came on an infield groundout.
Dodge County 19, Northeast 1
Fullington 8, Tiftarea 7
Houston County 9, Mary Persons 1
Four in the first was more than enough for the Bears, who tripled the Bulldogs’ hit total. Makayla Krepps drove in four runs on two hits, and Kendall Huelsman went 3-for-3, Alice Thomas adding two hits. Rylee Lamb fanned seven with two walks in the five-inning complete game.
Howard 2, Monticello 1
Megan Sharpe’s infield grounder brought in Sydnee McElveen – placed at second to start the inning – with the game-winner in the bottom of the 10th for the Huskies. Both teams had runners in extra innings, Howard getting the first two batters on in the eighth. The teams got single runs in the first two innings and battled, Monticello almost surviving three errors. Elle Doolittle and Kayla Roberts added two hits to the three-hit game from Abby Mitchell for Howard. Avery Barton had three hits and Azure Guli two for Monticello. Doolittle had a phenomenal game in the circle with 17 strikeouts and two walks, throwing 140 pitches, four more than Bailey Jenkins.
Jones County 11, Dutchtown 1
Perry 14, Warner Robins 5
A six-run first put the Panthers in control in a five-inning win. Perry combined 11 hits with 11 walks, Abby Ussery and Madison Homen with two hits and two RBI each, Harley Crumley and Carson Garner also driving in two runs.
Rutland 11, Peach County 1
The visitors took control with a 6-1 first-inning lead and were aided by six Peach County errors in the five-inning game. Bailey Caldwell, Hannah Scott, and Amber Summerday had two hits for Rutland, with two-RBI games from Scott, Keely Bryant, and Lacey Caldwell. Bailey Caldwell fanned nine with no walks, while eight Rutland runs were unearned.
Schley County 2, Taylor County 1
Upson-Lee 15, Troup County 1
Windsor 3, Trinity Christian 0
Volleyball
FPD 2, Putnam County 0 (25-14, 25-13)
Stratford 3, Mary Persons 0 (24-20, 25-9, 25-19)
Tattnall 3, Baldwin 2
Braves Report
For a change, the bullpen sweating things out wasn’t Atlanta’s.
The Braves scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth, after Julio Teheran’s night ended stunningly early in an impending blowout, to make things tight, but the rally ended and the Mets held on 10-8.
The Mets hammered Braves pitching for a whopping 23 hits, more than double the Braves output, with eight off Teheran and 10 off x Tomlin in five innings.
Rookie Pete Alonso belted his 39th homer for the Mets, one of his five hits and six RBI. Amed Rosario went 5-for 6 with four runs from the leadoff spot, and Wilson Ramos had four hits in six trips
Freddie Freeman and Josh Donaldson had two homers each and teamed for five RBI, Atlanta belting six homers for the 10th time in franchise history.
Next: Friday, vs. LA Dodgers, 7:20 p.m., MLBN/FSSO; Saturday, vs. LA Dodgers, 7:20 p.m., FSSO; Sunday, vs. LA Dodgers, 1:20 p.m., FSSO/TBS
Can Acuna gain some MVP ground this week?
Injury update: Riley, Swanson getting there
Falcons Report
Julio likes the challenge of a confident rookie corner
Looking better on short yardage
State college football Report
UGA: Column – Capitalizing on offensive talent
UGA: Coaches’ All-SEC team is out
Tech: In memory of Brandon Adams