Tuesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Middle Georgia State, Mercer, Georgia College, GMC; Peach Countys' Jackson; UGA, 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.
Scoreboard
High School
Basketball
G-Brentwood 39, John Milledge 36
G-Trinity Christian 62, Gatewood 30
Honor Roll
Good week for Middle Georgia State
Jurnee Powell, a junior from Dodge County, is the SSAC women’s player of the week. And the Knights owned the volleyball awards.
Nearly 70 GMC athletes earn academic honors
Around/About Central Georgia
GMC cross country finishes in top 5 at national meet
Georgia College volleyball schedule is set
Alumni Day set for Mercer women’s basketball in December
Around/About Georgia
Peach County’s Jackson emerging as more than just a good player
Black unis in Athens this week?
Anthony Edwards awaits the draft
And he’s had a ride to get to this point
Georgia State eyes naming rights; UGA boosters still writing checks
College Football
Orgeron defends LSU’s response to sexual assault charges
A different plan: read kids books to players in pregame
Is Urban Meyer thinkin’ about Texas?
Florida’s Shorter gets a boost from Mom
NFL
Chiefs lock down Reid, GM to extensions
Former Falcon McKinley already dumped by Cincy
Around the nation/world
Embattled Wichita State hoops coach Marshall resigns
Baseball wiz Epstein departs from the Cubs
Updating the NBA draft’s top prospects