Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Area signings; GHSA appeals, Mercer; UGA, Falcons, Braves; colleges FB, NFL, NBA, more,
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Perry and Central win GHSA appeals, stay put; Monday Morning QB, Hump Day Edition (lots ‘o football)
Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s predictions;
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College
Basketball
M-Georgia 58, FIU 51 (Tuesday)
M-Miami, Ohio 72, Georgia Tech 69 (Tuesday)
Golf
W-Mercer Invitational, final, Mercer
Volleyball
Samford 3, Mercer 0
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Signings
Georgia softball is getting another Central Georgian with the signing Wednesday of Jones County pitcher Destin Howard, who helped the Greyhounds to the GHSA 5A state title in 2020, and struck out more than 200 batters as a senior.
John Milledge basketball standout Keith Robbins, who has played at GMC and St. Francis, signed with Belmont, while Avery Barton signed with Mercer for softball.
Three Westfield athletes have signed: Marena Knowles to Clemson for softball, Damon Sanders to Andrew College for baseball, and Grey Brannen to Northwest Florida State for baseball.
Three Houston County athletes have signed college letters of intent.
Gage Harrelson, one of the top players in the state, followed up on his longtime commitment and signed with Texas Tech, former home to Veterans alum Gabe Holt. Kaden Galason signed for Belmont baseball.
Tattnall had three signings on Wednesday: Benjamin Stubbs to Flagler for baseball, Hailey Daughtry and Kaitlyn Hallman to GMC for softball, and Kaci Paul to LaGrange for softball.
Howard’s Andrew Garnett and Lee Martin signed to play baseball at Gordon State.
Washington County’s Ashley Gray, younger sister of Allisha and A.J., signed with Alabama State for basketball.
Players of the week
SoCon student-athlete: Rutland grad Pyon of Mercer
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB: Mercer welcomes Sun Belt’s App State
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
UGA’s Anderson turns himself in, proclaims innocence
It’s not a QB battle, it’s a blessing
Prepping for Tennessee’s ‘huffing and puffing’ offense
Georgia nearing full strength at WR
Falcons cut OLB Tuioti-Mariner, punter
Fowler returns to practice, status unclear
Agent Boras blames teams trading veterans for Braves’ World Series win
Pederson’s pearls headed to Cooperstown
Column: Young has to stop feuds he can’t win, with refs
MBKB: Strong second half lifts UGA over FIU
MBKB: Late run lifts Miami of Ohio over Tech
College Football/South
Column: Gators go from division summit to badly Beamered
A tie that binds Miami and Florida State
College Football
Frost willing to do anything to stay at Nebraska
Plenty of Big 12 teams to go bowling
Column: Harbaugh should stop whining, follow Tucker example
Cal coach: team followed protocols before outbreak
College Basketball
Big 12 could be a winner in shuffles
A small school with big expectations
NFL
Darnold out a month or so with shoulder fracture
League defends MNF taunting call
Column: NFL’s asinine taunting rule stole Monday’s show, could get worse
ESPN’s Levy apologizes to Harris for sleeping-on-floor mistake
College Sports
Middle Tennessee staying in C-USA
Florida International AD steps down
NBA/WNBA
Jokic suspended, Morris and Butler fined
Around the nation/world