Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: And so endeth the high school season; no news at Valdosta; around the state and nation
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.
COVID-19: high school year is over
A day after Gov. Kemp closed the public schools for the year, the GHSA made it official that the sports year was over as well.
As of 7 p.m. Thursday, Georgia has 5,444 confirmed cases, with 1,129 hospitalized and 176 deaths. According to www.covidtracking.com, just short of 23,000 tests have been administered among Georgia’s 10 million residents.
Alligood bringing changes galore to Northside football
Valdosta’s new head coach iiiiiis …
Still out there somewhere.
The Valdosta school board met Thursday with the football coach on the agenda. The meeting was streamed on Zoom, but with only 100 slots for observers.
And the search goes on, the board tabled voting on a new head coach.
In the mix is a lawsuit by Leah Rodemaker, wife of fired head coach Alan Rodemaker, charging racism by the board’s surprising decision back in late January that was upheld by the same vote two weeks later.
Rush Propst, having had his teach certificate restored last month while also leaving a job at a new academy in Alabama after eight weeks, is a highly discussed candidate.
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Offensive coordinator Josh Crawford has reportedly withdrawn as a candidate. Other candidates and/or interviewees, according to assorted media reports: Kareem Reid of Griffin, Dean Fabrizio of Lee County, Brooks County’s Maurice Freeman, and coaches from Nevada, South Carolina and Florida, among other states.
With school shutdown, distance guidelines in place, and nothing changing for the foreseeable future, plus a lawsuit, the drama will drag on.
Signings
CGTC forward Ayana Collins has signed with Piedmont International, a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association in North Carolina.
Around/About Georgia
Trae Young on all sorts of stuff, including, of course, Tiger King
Tech’s Collins stays on message
Braves’ Snitker at home on home-opener date
UGA, opponents pondering what the football schedule may look like
No Pro Day hurts borderline Bulldogs
NCAA again doesn’t help college baseball much
And then them Auburn folks got the water hoses out …
Kirby chatted with Paul for a bit
Around the nation/world
College ADs predict a rough fiscal report for 2019-20, and next year
South Carolina holding out hope for high school season
Staley adds major accomplishment to burly resume
Old Dominion eliminates wrestling in a budget cut
No added year for Ivy League athletes
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