Monday's Daily News 'n Notes: GHSA Class A softball & football power rankings; Braves Report; Falcons Report
Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
First GHSA Class A football rankings? Lean for Central Georgia
The irrelevant-but-overused “if the season ended today” broadcast mantra? Good thing for Central Georgia Class A teams it’s just an irrelevant-but-overused mantra.
The Scoreboard is in The Latest Coverage
Coming Tuesday afternoon: Georgia Tech assistant head coach Brent Key at the Macon Touchdown Club
Coming Tuesday afternoon: Henderson Stadium’s latest upgrades are nearly done, but a schedule change is still necessary
Only one team is in a top 10, and only two more are in a top 20 in an interesting first poll, indicating teams aren’t inputting information to MaxPreps as required.
Taylor County is No. 7 in the public poll, while FPD is 17th and Mount de Sales 19th in the private list.
The top 24 teams in each make the playoffs.
Wilkinson County is 23rd and Twiggs County 28th in public.
Those two teams have been outscored 208-38.
Hancock Central, 1-2, is 29th with 0-3 Macon County 30th. GMC is 2-1, but listed as 0-1, and ranks last in public, two spots behind 0-2 Crawford County. Dooly County and Hawkinsville are in a tie for 41st.
Stratford is one of six teams tied at 21st in the private list, with Tattnall 27th.
Five Central Georgia teams in GHSA softball power rankings top 10
Three private and two public school teams from Central Georgia are in the top 10 of the second GHSA softball power rankings.
Tattnall is No. 2, up a spot, and Mount de Sales held still at No. 4 with Stratford up four to No. 5 on the private-school list.
ACE remained and GMC fell one to No. 10 on the public-school list, with Crawford County and Hawkinsville at 12-13, same as last week..
Wesleyan and Gordon Lee are the No. 1 teams in their respective classifications.
Monday Morning Quarterback
Who’s ranked where among Central Georgia teams? What’s happened to Class A around here? Notes and observations.
In The Latest Coverage.
Braves Report
The postseason and contract talks
A look at the postseason roster
Approaching three 40-homer players
Next: Tuesday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m., FSSE; Wednesday, vs. Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m. FSSE/ESPN; Thursday, vs. Philadelphia, 12:10 p.m., FSSE/MLB; Friday, vs. San Francisco, 7:20 p.m., FSSO
Falcons Report
Falcons – including Matthews on his block – talk
Peach State football Report
Tech: Collins changes radio plans, records show
Tech: Lineman Lee done for the year