Sunday's Daily News 'n Notes: Alumni Update, Honor Roll; Macon TD Club honorees; Mercer, GC BSB rockin'; Scoreboard; and more
The weekend’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Central Georgia’s only state tournament headquarters has updated pairings for GHSA.
Coaches/teams/schools should send playoff game times and information to centralgasports@gmail.com to run with the daily schedule, the only places telling folks who, when, and where.
Macon TD Club to welcome Smart, honor players
Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart will speak Monday night at the Macon Touchdown Club’s annual jamboree.
The event is sold out.
The club will also honor nearly two dozen local and state players and coaches, as well as hand out scholarships.
The honorees:
Super Seven All-State
David Daniel, Woodstock
Terrence Ferguson, Peach County
Shawn Hardy, Camden County
Amarius Mims, Bleckley County
Micah Morris, Camden County
Zamon Ross, Schley County
Elmo A. Richardson Player of the Year
Brock Vandagriff, Prince Avenue Christian
Bobby Pope State Coach of the Year
Jeff Ratliff, Gatewood
Ortho Georgia Co-Back of the Year
Dexter Williams, Mount de Sales
Ortho Georgia Co-Back of the Year
Jaylon Barden, Westside
Ortho Georgia/Bill Turner Lineman of the Year
Jerome Denson, Southwest
Ortho Georgia Special Teams Player of the Year
Elizabeth Rodenroth, Howard
Marvin Davis Co-Coaches of the Year
Mike Chastain, Jones County
Keith Hatcher, Mount de Sales
Bobby Gene Sanders Memorial Scholarship Awards
Wesley Allen, Tattnall Square
Harrison Bonfim, First Presbyterian Day School
William Deal, Stratford
Conner Gilbert, Mount de Sales
Britton Jones, Jones County
Christian A. Lane, Central
Kieran MacKinnon, Stratford
Henley racks up top-10 finish
Russell Henley has had an inconsistent season so far, but he put together his second straight quality performance and finished tied for eighth in the Honda Classic.
That follows a tie for 17th two weeks earlier in the Genesis Invitational, which followed missing five straight cuts.
Even on short weekends, Henley has shot pretty well, with only a 5-over two rounds at the Sony Open in Hawaii leaving a bad taste.
Henley recorded rounds 70, 69, 70, and 69 for a 278 at the Honda, only two under in a tournament of fairly high scores and a field of few highly ranked players, but only four strokes back of winner Sungjae Im.
Bogeys have been a problem this season for Henley, disrupting several good rounds otherwise. This time, he suffered only eight bogeys in four rounds, and countered them with a double eagle and 12 birdies.
He finished tied for 20th at the Honda last year, five years after winning it.
Up next on the tour is the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week in Orlando, and then the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer baseball keeps on truckin’
Georgia College baseball keeps on truckin’
Southern Conference tournament schedule is set
Peach Belt men’s tournament pairings released
Alumni Update
FPD alum Garrett West threw his first career no-hitter Saturday, leading Berry to a 12-1 win over Oglethorpe.
The sophomore gave Berry its first no-hitter since 1999. That one? His uncle Shelby, against Shorter.
West improved to 2-2 after striking out four and walking three. The run was unearned. …
Mary Persons grad Cam Holden and Warner Robins’ Jacolbey Owens were named to the Florida College System Activities Association Athletics’ Panhandle Conference first team.
Teammate Maurice Gordon, a sophomore from FPD who made the second team, hit a game-winning shot at the buzzer on Feb. 22 for a 108-107 triple-overtime win to send Gulf Coast State to the state tournament for the first time in 11 years.
Gordon had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Owens had 21 points and eight assists in the game, Holden 24.
The trio led a turnaround from a season that was followed by a coaching change, last-place finish, and a season that started with road trips for the first month. …
Stratford’s Mary Wilson Avant teamed with Amanda Ablan to no-hit Western Carolina in five innings, an 8-0 Georgia softball win.
Honor Roll
FVSU’s Foxbrennen makes All-SIAC
Around/About Georgia
Georgia takes all three from Georgia Tech
State lawmakers inquiring about sports broadcasting tax breaks
Braves debt got to that much how?
UGA tennis coach Diaz passes legendary Magill
Sunday Scoreboard
High school coaches should send box scores and/or game information to centralgasports@gmail.com within 30 minutes of completion for expanded coverage. The more info provided, the more info to give people.
Colleges
Baseball
ETSU 18, Georgia State 7; ETSU 5, Georgia State 4, 10 inn.
Georgia College 13, North Georgia 1
Georgia Southern 19, Radford 2
Basketball
Softball
Wingate 3, Georgia College 0; Wingate 10, Georgia College 5
Pfeiffer at Wesleyan