Monday's Report: Macon Touchdown Club/Hatcher/POTW; Falcons,/Bucs, Braves, UGA, United, Hawks; MLB, colleges, NFL, NASCAR, golf
Sunday'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.
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Around/About Central Georgia
This weekend
Saturday
1 p.m., Central Arkansas at Kennesaw State, ESPN+
2 p.m., Morehouse at Fort Valley State
3:30 p.m., Vanderbilt at Georgia, SECN
4 p.m., East Tennessee State at Mercer, ESPN+
4 p.m., James Madison at Georgia Southern, ESPN+
Sunday
1 p.m., San Francisco at Atlanta, FOX
Braves schedule
Tuesday, 1:07 p.m., vs. Philadelphia; Wednesday, 4:35 p.m., vs. Philadelphia; Friday, TBD, at Philadelphia; Saturday, at Philadelphia, if necessary; Sunday, TBD, at Philadelphia, if necessary
Macon Touchdown Club taps Northeast and Tattnall players
Two players from Northeast and one from Tattnall are the latest Macon Touchdown Club players of the week.
Back: Northeast sophomore Nick Woodford ran for 302 yards on 17 carries with five touchdowns in the 49-16 win over Kendrick.
Lineman: Senior defensive end Carlton Jackson of Northeast had 12 tackles, three for loss, two quarterback sacks, a forced fumble and three hurries in the win over Kendrick.
Special teams: Senior Brayden Smith of Tattnall had three kickoff returns for 141 yards, and added three catches and two rushes in the 33-28 comeback win over Stratford.
Maconite Hatcher to speak at Macon Touchdown Club
Samford head coach and Mount de Sales grad Chris Hatcher is Monday night’s speaker at the Macon Touchdown Club.
The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program to begin around 7. Admission for non-members is $30.
GMC head coach Rob Manchester is next week’s speaker.
Hatcher is in his eighth season at Samford, and is 45-37 after Saturday’s 28-14 win over Wofford. He is 166-94 in 22 seasons at Valdosta State (76-12), Georgia Southern (18-15), Murray State (27-30), and Samford.
The Mount de Sales grad led Valdosta State as a player, passing for 11,363 yards and 121 touchdowns, earning the Harlon Hill Trophy – Division II’s Heisman – in 1994.
He returned to VSU as head coach and led the Blazers to the Division I national title.
The Bulldogs are trying for their seventh winning season in eight under Hatcher. Samford has several Central Georgians: QB David Coleman of Trinity Christian, QB Miles Morris of Tattnall, LB Josiah Cotton of Mount de Sales, OL Luke Byrne of Mary Persons, and OL Jabari Brooks of Washington County,
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Odd call disrupts Falcons comeback in stinging loss
“Roughing” call befuddles Falcons, fans
Now, if Atlanta can start like it finishes
Georgia back on top of one poll
UGA athletes navigate careers with mental health in balance
Beating a rival is supposed to be fun
UGA’s Starks smashing the freshman wall
Edwards and Robinson big in Georgia backfield
Young talks about strong preseason
Baseball/MLB
Musgrove magnificent as Padres blank Mets
After Scherzer implosion, Mets had identity crisis
Yanks’ Chapman ruled out of ALDS after skipping workout
Half of video review challenges led to overturned calls
Velocity, shifts set records, average drops
What’s 2023 free agency look like?
College Football/South
ACC Coastal going out with chaotic bang
Harsin still searching for answers, hope
Florida is good enough, and bad enough
There was a Sanders/Robinson Jr. issue in postgame
Sanders had a ‘lack of respect’ for Alabama State?
College Football
Sanders, Robinson Jr. have words after game
Stroud passes Fields on Ohio State list
Not having Levis big for Kentucky in loss
Column: Day embraces burden of winning big at Ohio State
Nix, No. 12 Oregon roll over Arizona
Column: Eyes on Badgers as CFB’s reactionary world turns
Football/NFL/USFL
Hill goes for 4 TDs in Saints win over Seattle
Garoppolo, stingy D lead Niners past Panthers
Pierce run, Walker’s gaff help Texans top Jags
Allen picks apart Steelers in rout
Cleveland doomed by missed FGs, tackles
Boy runs onto field in Tampa, tackled by security
Giants spoil Packers international debut
Cousins, Viking come to life late after big start
Eagles hang on, stay undefeated
Robinson plays for Washington 6 weeks after shooting
Jets roll past Dolphins, break AFC skid
Bridgewater leaves under revised concussion rules
Watson set to return to Browns
Auto Racing
Bell wins in Charlotte, champ Larson bumped from playoffs
Busch move to RCR has him in Indy 500 conversation
Golf
Kim wins in Vegas, Cantlay falls apart on final hole
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