Tuesday's Daily News 'n Notes: GHSA COVID update; Honor Roll (Stratford, Bleckley County); Mercer, Georgia College, Braves, and more
Tuenday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
How many COVID-19 cases have been reported to the GHSA?
Honor Roll/Alumni Update
Softball players Mary Wilson Avant (Stratford) and Hannah Coulter (Bleckley County) are among 101 athletes from Georgia named to the SEC’s spring honor roll. Full-time students with a 3.0 or higher make the list.
Around/About Central Georgia
Macon tops Savannah in shootout
The Bacon survived six errors, thanks to four-RBI nights from Luther Woullard and Cole Gambill atop the lineup to beat Savannah 15-10 at Luther Williams Field.
Woullard and Gambill had three hits each, joined by a three-hit game from Noah Mendlinger. Robert Brooks, Cassius Young, and Austin Deming had two hits each for Macon, Brooks and Deming driving in two runs apiece.
Austin Hohm, the second of seven Macon pitchers, got the win. The Bacon walked 12 and struck out 11, while the Bananas coughed up five homers (Woullard, Gambill, Brooks, Young, and Deming.
The teams play in Savannah on Wednesday.
Mercer’s Betts is A-Sun men’s soccer player of the decade
Georgia College loses interim head baseball coach to North Georgia
Services set for Friday at Mercer for Bill Bibb
Around/About Georgia
Surprise: Puig to join the Braves (MLB notes)
United get going early Thursday
Soroka to get the ball on opening day
Braves notebook: Atlanta tests crowd noise at intrasquad
Georgia gets NCAA penalties after violations
Falcons to explore reduced capacity
Longtime basketball coach at Coastal Georgia dies, was 80
Sports and COVID/social awareness/Georgia
Braves not alone in NL East battling the virus
Several MLB umps are opting out
SEC postpones volleyball, soccer, cross country start
Around the nation/world